Theodore "Ted" Schwinden (August 31, 1925; Wolf Point, Montana

Wolf Point, Montana

Wolf Point is a city in and the county seat of Roosevelt County, Montana, United States. The population was 2,621 at the 2010 census. It is the largest community on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Wolf Point is the home of the annual Wild Horse Stampede, held every year during the second weekend...

) served as the 19th Governor of Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

 from 1981 until 1989.

Schwinden was Lieutenant Governor under Thomas Judge and defeated his predecessor in the Democratic primary in 1980. He is a member of the United States Democratic Party.

His wife, former Montana First Lady Jean Schwinden, died from cancer

Cancer

Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

on March 24, 2007, aged 81.