Ceded by Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, concluded Feb. 2, 1848, and proclaimed July 4, 1848. From then until statehood, California had a military government until Dec. 20, 1849, and then a local civil government. It never had a territorial form of government.
Donald Trump won the Montana Republican primary with more than 70 percent of the vote. Ted Cruz and John Kasichâboth of whom suspended their campaigns in May 2016âcame in second and third place, respectively. A total of 27 delegates were at stake. Trump received all of them.
Judy Martz was elected in 2000. She is the first woman elected governor and the first woman elected Lieutenant Governor of Montana, on the ticket with Governor Marc Racicot in 1996. She was a member of the 1964 U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Team and also Miss Rodeo Montana.oseph K. Toole, a Democrat from Helena, was born May 12, 1851, in Savannah, Missouri. A former territorial Legislator, and territorial delegate to the United States Congress, Governor Toole was elected Montana's first Governor in 1889 and served until 1893.