Montana Legislature

Montana Voters Pass Corrupt Practices Act Banning Corporate Political Spending

1912-11-05 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Montana voters approved the Corrupt Practices Act by ballot initiative with 76% support, establishing one of the nation’s strongest bans on corporate money in elections. The law responded directly to decades of systematic corruption by the “Copper Kings” - mining barons William A. …

Montana voters William A. Clark F. Augustus Heinze Marcus Daly Anaconda Copper Mining Company +1 more campaign-finance ballot-initiative corporate-corruption political-reform copper-kings +2 more

Anaconda Copper Shuts Down All Montana Operations to Force Legislative Changes

1903-10-29 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The Amalgamated Copper Company (later Anaconda Copper Mining Company) executed an extraordinary act of corporate extortion by shutting down all mining operations across Montana, deliberately putting 15,000 workers out of work to force the state legislature to pass laws favorable to the company. This …

Amalgamated Copper Company Anaconda Copper Mining Company F. Augustus Heinze Judge William Clancy Governor Joseph Toole +1 more corporate-power institutional-capture economic-extortion legislative-corruption corporate-personhood +2 more