Maxwell Sieben Baucus is an American politician 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 over 35 years, making him the longest-serving U.S. senator in Montana history. President Barack Obama appointed Baucus to replace Gary Locke as the 11th U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, a position he held from 2014 until 2017.
Official portrait, 2014
Baucus during his time in the House of Representatives
Baucus during his tenure in the U.S. Senate
Senator Chuck Grassley (left) and Representative E. Clay Shaw (right) with Baucus at the White House
This is a broad outline of the history of Montana in the United States.
Pretty Nose at Fort Keogh, 1879
The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis
Swedish gold panners in 1860s Montana. The Montana gold rush began in 1862.
Stump Horn and family (Northern Cheyenne); showing home and horse-drawn travois.