Max Baucus

Max Baucus is the Democratic senior United States Senator from Montana. Baucus was first elected to the Senate in 1978, succeeding Richard Shoup.

Baucus was born to a family of ranchers on December 11, 1941, in Helena, Montana. He attended Helena High School, where he graduated in 1959.http://baucus.senate.gov/?p=maxs_biography Upon his graduating, Baucus attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, before transferring to Stanford University a year later. He graduated in 1964, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. After reciving his B.A., Baucus went on to attend Stanford Law School, where he graduated in 1967 with a Juris Doctor.http://baucus.senate.gov/?p=maxs_biography

He worked as a lawyer on the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., before returning to Montana to open his own law firm and serve as executive director of the state's Constitutional Convention. Baucus was elected to the Montana House of Representatives as a representative of Missoula.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000243/

Baucus was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974, and re-elected in 1976.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000243/

He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978, for the term beginning January 3, 1979. He assumed the office early, on December 15, 1978, with the resignation of Paul Hatfield.http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000243/ Baucus was re-elected to the Senate in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, and in 2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015.

Max Baucus married his wife, Wanda, in 1983. The couple divorced in 2009, stating that they "parted ways amicably and with mutual respect."http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/09/montana-senator-max-baucu_n_185441.html

• 1973-74: Served in the Montana house of representatives.

• 1974: Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

• 1976: Re-elected to the U.S. House of Representatives

• 1978:Elected to the United States Senate for term set to start January 3, 1979.

• 1978: Began serving term early, with the resignation of Paul Hatfield December 15.

• 1984: Re-elected to the U.S. Senate

• 1990: Re-elected to the U.S. Senate

• 1996: Re-elected to the U.S. Senate

• 2001: Served on the Committee on Finance

• 2001- 03:Served on the Joint Committee on Taxation

• 2002: Re-elected to the U.S. Senate

• 2008: Re-elected to the U.S. Senate for term ending January 3, 2015