Max Baucus
Max Sieben Baucus (né Enke; born December 11, 1941) is a retired American politician and diplomat who served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. Senator for nearly 36 years, making him the longest-serving Senator in Montana history. President Barack Obama appointed Baucus to replace Gary Locke as the 11th United States Ambassador to China, a position that he held from 2014 until 2017.
List of United States Senators from Montana
Montana was admitted to the Union on November 8, 1889 and elects U.S. Senators to Classes 1 and 2. Its current Senators are Democrat Jon Tester (serving since 2007) and Republican Steve Daines (serving since 2015).