sentences:  From 1930 to 1932, Stout served as a member of the Montana Public Service Commission, and in 1942, he was elected to the Montana House of Representatives.He was subsequently re-elected in 1944 and 1946, and, after he exited the legislature, he worked as an editorial writer for the "Billings Gazette" from 1947 to 1960.Until his death in 1965, he resided in Billings, Montana.