serviceyears branch nationality birth_date residence term_end alma_mater preceded term_start spouse name occupation succeeded birth_place jr/sr party state religion article_title birth_name
1955-1957 united states marine corps american 25 january 1935 billings , montana january 3 , 2007 university of missouri john melcher january 3 , 1989 phyllis burns conrad burns consultant jon tester gallatin , missouri united states senator republican montana lutheran - lcms october 2014 conrad burns
 conrad ray burns
conrad burns

conrad ray burns -lrb- born january 25 , 1935 -rrb- is a lobbyist and former united states senator from montana .
he is only the second republican to represent montana in the senate since the passage in 1913 of the seventeenth amendment to the united states constitution and is the longest-serving republican senator in montana history .
while in the senate , burns sat on the senate appropriations committee and was the chairman of its subcommittee on the interior .
he was also chairman of the commerce , science , and transportation committee 's communications subcommittee .
