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
, there are two living former U.S. Senators from Montana. The most recent Senator to die was John Melcher (served 1977–1989) on April 12, 2018. The most recently serving Senator to die was Conrad Burns (served 1989–2007) on April 28, 2016.