His liberal politics, inspired by the safety nets of the New Deal, were shaped in working-class mining country.

Raised in Butte, Williams was a husband, father, teacher, member of the National Guard, Montana legislator, and served 18 ...

Montana Viewpoint has appeared in weekly and online newspapers across Montana for over 30 years. Jim Elliott served sixteen ...

Tom Lutey Pat Williams, Montana’s longest-serving member of the U.S. House, died Wednesday evening in a Missoula hospital. The Butte native, who was Montana’s last Democrat elected to the House to ...

It is a rare honor to lie in state at the Montana State Capitol. This week, Montana’s longest consecutive-serving U.S. House ...

Pat Williams, Montana’s longest-serving congressman, was honored Wednesday as he was lying in state at the Capitol.

Pat Williams has died. He was Montana’s longest serving Congressman, serving from 1979 to 1997. He had a sense of justice and values which he defended proudly and vigorously, often in the face of ...

Pat Williams, a New Deal-style Democrat who won Montana’s great liberal-conservative showdown of 1992 to become the state’s ...

People across the Treasure State are paying their respects as former U.S. Rep. Pat Williams lies in state Wednesday at the ...

The Williams family will host the celebration of life in Missoula on July 15 at the Dennison Theater. Doors will open at 3 p.m. for the 4 p.m. event, and ...

Authorities say two firefighters were killed and another was badly injured after they were ambushed and shot while responding ...