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Russell Charles "R. C." McDonough (December 7, 1924 – April 3, 2018) was a justice of the
Montana Supreme Court The Montana Supreme Court is the supreme court, highest court of the state court system in the U.S. state of Montana. It is established and its powers defined by Article VII of the 1972 Montana Constitution. It is primarily an appellate court wh ...
from 1987 to 1993.


Early life and career

Born in
Glendive, Montana Glendive is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Montana, United States, and home to Dawson Community College. Glendive was established by the Northern Pacific Railway when they built the transcontinental railroad across the northern ...
, McDonough enlisted in the
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in 1942, to serve in
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. After the war, he attended
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and received his J.D. from the
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in 1949. He served as the Glendive City Attorney and Dawson County Attorney and was a delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention. He was elected district judge in the seventh judicial district in 1982, serving in that capacity until May 1987, when Governor
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appointed McDonough to a seat on the Montana Supreme Court. McDonough retired from the Montana Supreme Court in 1993; though his appointing governor was a Democrat, McDonough resigned during the governorship of Republican
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, allowing for a change in the makeup of the court.


Personal life

McDonough married Dora Jean Bidwell, with whom he had six children. McDonough died on April 3, 2018, at the age of 93.


References

1924 births 2018 deaths People from Glendive, Montana United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II Montana State University alumni George Washington University Law School alumni Justices of the Montana Supreme Court {{Montana-state-judge-stub