George Fugett Turman (January 25, 1928 – December 9, 2008) was the 24th

Lieutenant Governor of Montana The lieutenant governor of Montana is an elected official in the State of Montana that ranks just below the governor of Montana. List of lieutenant governors ;Parties Living former lieutenant governors , there are six former lieutenant gov ...

. Originally a

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state legislator before becoming a

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, he was elected to the position in 1980 on a ticket with fellow Democrat

Ted Schwinden Theodore Schwinden (born August 31, 1925) is an American politician. He served as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Montana and the 19th Governor of Montana. Biography Schwinden was born in Wolf Point, Montana. He enlisted in the United States Ar ...

. They were re-elected in 1984. Turman relinquished the position in 1988. He died of natural causes on December 9, 2008, in

Missoula, Montana Missoula ( ; fla, label= Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County. It is located along the Clark Fork ...

, aged 80.George Turman, former lt. gov. and legislator, dies in Missoula
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