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Nelson Story Jr. (February 15, 1878 – October 21, 1932), also known as Bud Story, was an American politician in the state of Montana who served as Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 1921 to 1925.[1] He also served in the Montana State Legislature in the 1902 and 1910 sessions, as mayor of Bozeman, and commissioner of Gallatin County, Montana. His father was Nelson Story, a pioneer settler in Bozeman. Nelson Jr. was educated at the Shattuck (Minnesota) and Ogden (Utah) Military academies.[2] A businessman, he owned a machine shop and iron foundry, served as vice president of a milling company, and was involved in the gold mining industry.[3] Story died of a stroke while driving in Bozeman, Montana in 1932.[4]

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  1. ^ "Montana Legislature - Leadership 1889-Present". Archived from the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ Stout, Tom (1921). "Montana, Its Story and Biography: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Montana and Three Decades of Statehood, Under the Editorial Supervision of Tom Stout".
  3. ^ "Nelson Story Jr. Taken By Death". Montana Butte Standard. October 22, 1932. p. 2. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  4. ^ "Nelson Story, Former Lieutenant Governor, Dies at Wheel of Car". Montana Butte Standard. October 22, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved December 22, 2015.