Background
Leonard, Charles Ransom was born on December 3, 1860 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of Nathan R. and Elizabeth (Heizer) Leonard.
Leonard, Charles Ransom was born on December 3, 1860 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Son of Nathan R. and Elizabeth (Heizer) Leonard.
Bachelor of Arts, State University of Iowa, 1881, Master of Arts, 1881, Bachelor of Laws, 1883.
Practiced law at Creston, Iowa, 1883-1890, Butte, Montana, since 1890.
Member Montana Senate, 1894-1898. Member Republican National Committee, 1897-1899. Ex-chairman Montana Tax and License Commission.
Married Alice Sample, of Carthage, Illinois, August 10, 1887. Married second, Fanny Sutphen Jones, of Lancaster, O., May 28, 1901. Children: Nathan Frank, Margaret (deceased), Alice Elizabeth (deceased).