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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Timothy Milford "Tim" Babcock
|image=Tim Babcock of MT.jpg
|office=16th [[Governor]] of [[Montana]]
|term_start=January 25, 1962
|term_end=January 6, 1969
|preceded=Donald Grant Nutter
|succeeded=Forrest Howard Anderson
|office2=22nd Lieutenant Governor of Montana
|governor2=Donald Nutter
|term_start2=January 2, 1961
|term_end2=January 25, 1962
|preceded2=Paul Cannon
|succeeded2=David James (acting)
|office3=Montana State Representative
|term_start3=1955
|term_end3=1961
|birth_date=October 27, 1919
|birth_place=Littlefork, [[Minnesota]]
|death_date=April 7, 2015 (aged 95)
|death_place=[[Helena]], Montana
|resting_place=Forestvale Cemetery in Helena
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|alma_mater=Dawson County (Montana) High School
|spouse=Betty Ruth Lee Babcock (married 1941-2013, her death)
|children=Marla Kay Babcock Fillinger (deceased)<br>
Lorna Babcock Kuney
|religion=[[United Methodists]]
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|unit=Infantry
|battles=European Theater of Operations: [[Battle of the Bulge]] in [[World War II]]
|awards=Bronze Star}}
'''Timothy Milford Babcock''', known as '''Tim Babcock''' (October 27, 1919 April 7, 2015), was the 16th governor of his adopted state of [[Montana]]. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he served from 1962 to 1969.
==Background==
Babcock was born in [[rural]] Littlefork in Koochiching County in northern [[Minnesota]], the son of Erwin Babcock and the former Olive Rinehart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/tim-milford-babcock/article_6949140e-0d5a-56e3-b542-f1e901ddc96f.html |title=Tim Milford Babcock | Obituaries |website=Billingsgazette.com |date=April 9, 2015|accessdate=2017-06-07}}</ref> He later moved to Glendive in Dawson County in eastern Montana, and graduated in 1939 from Dawson County High School.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tim M. Babcock|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/857/000099560/|publisher=Soylent Communications|accessdate= October 12, 2012}}</ref>
In 1941, in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], Babcock wed his high school sweetheart, the former Betty Ruth Lee (1922-2013), and the couple lived in Miles City until his election as lieutenant governor when they moved to the capital city of [[Helena]]. Betty Babcock was native of [[Iowa]] who was reared by an uncle and aunt after the death of her mother when she was two years of age. She published ''The First Lady's Cookbook,'' which helped to fund several state projects. She was a member of the 1972 state constitutional convention and was a state representative for one year in 1974. She was the chairman of the Montana Capitol Restoration Foundation and worked with the Montana Historical Society.<ref>Betty Ruth Lee Babcock (1922-2013) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref>
The Babcocks were [[United Methodist]]s and had two daughters, one of whom, Marla Kay Fillinger, died of injuries sustained in an [[automobile]] accident in 1985 at the age of thirty-seven. The other daughter is Lorna Kuney of [[Helena]].<ref>Marla Kay Babcock Fillinger (1947-1985) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|title=Tim M. Babcock|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_montana/col2-content/main-content-list/title_babcock_tim.html|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate=August 27, 2012}}</ref>
In 1944, he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] as an infantryman and served in the European Theater of Operations during [[World War II]].<ref name=findagrave/> He fought at Elsenborn Ridge as part of the [[Battle of the Bulge]]. He later took part in the capture of Remagen Bridge and received a [[Bronze Star]] for valor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Local Vets Remember Battle of Bulge on Its Anniversary|url=http://helenair.com/news/local/local-vets-remember-battle-of-bulge-on-its-anniversary/article_147dbda9-8c1a-508c-9a60-eec23410cec1.html|website=Helenair.com|accessdate=2017-06-07}}</ref>
==Career==
Babcock served three terms in the Montana House of Representatives prior to his 1960 election as lieutenant governor, when [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] carried Montana against Senator [[John F. Kennedy]]. He succeeded to the governorship in 1962 upon the death by airplane crash of Governor Donald Grant Nutter (1915-962). During his tenure, he proposed a three-percent sales tax to support the state government. In 1964, Babcock endorsed [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] for the [[Republican Party|Republican]] presidential nomination, one of only three of the then sixteen Republican governors. Babcock was joined by Governors [[Henry Bellmon]] of [[Oklahoma]] and [[Paul Fannin]] of Arizona. Goldwater was decisively defeated by the Democrat [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] of [[Texas]], who also won Montana's then four [[electoral votes]].<ref>{{cite journal|title= The 1964 Election in Montana|author=Thomas Payne|journal=The Western Political Quarterly|volume=18| issue = 2|quotation= The 1964 Elections in the West|date=June 1965|pages=491–494|doi=10.2307/445294|jstor= 445294}}</ref> Babcock narrowly won a full term in 1964 against the Democrat Roland R. Renne (1905-1989), the former president of [[Montana State University]], then Montana State College. From 1964 to 1965, he a member of the National Governors' Conference Executive Committee, and from 1966 to 1967 he chaired the Western Governors' Conference.
In 1966, Governor Babcock ran unsuccessfully against then incumbent [[United States Senator]] Lee Warren Metcalf (1911-1978), who improved his showing from his previous Senate race in 1960.
When Babcock ran for re-election in 1968, he faced a [[primary]] challenge from his lieutenant governor, Ted James.
Babcock defeated James but then lost the [[general election]] to the Democrat state Attorney General Forrest Howard Anderson (1913-1989).
==Later years==
President Nixon appointed Babcock to the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. On eleven occasions from 1956 to 1996, he was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] and served on the National Republican Committee from 1997 to 2000. He was an executive for the American financier [[Armand Hammer]].<ref name=findagrave/>
In 1978, Babcock and his wife, along with Linda Grosskopf, wrote a book: ''Challenges: Above & Beyond.''<ref>CHALLENGES Above and Beyond: Babcock, Tim; Babcock, Betty; Grosskopf, Linda: 9781607250692: Amazon.com: Books, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref>
In 1969, the Babcocks purchased the Hauser Mansion in Helena. Built for Governor Samuel Thomas Hauser (1833-1914), it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lewis and Clark County.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Hauser Mansion|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/0eaabce3-ecee-4f4b-a176-66a069b218fb|website=National Park Service|publisher=United States Department of the Interior|accessdate=June 7, 2017}}</ref>
Babcock died in Helena at the age of ninety-five, two years after the passing of his wife Betty. The couple and their daughter Marla are interred at Forestvale Cemetery in Helena.<ref name=findagrave>Timothy Milford “Tim” Babcock (1919-2015) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAUTSORT:Babcock, Tim}}
[[Category:Montana]]
[[Category:Minnesota]]
[[Category:Former Governors]]
[[Category:Republican Governors]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
|name=Timothy Milford "Tim" Babcock
|image=Tim Babcock of MT.jpg
|office=16th [[Governor]] of [[Montana]]
|term_start=January 25, 1962
|term_end=January 6, 1969
|preceded=Donald Grant Nutter
|succeeded=Forrest Howard Anderson
|office2=22nd Lieutenant Governor of Montana
|governor2=Donald Nutter
|term_start2=January 2, 1961
|term_end2=January 25, 1962
|preceded2=Paul Cannon
|succeeded2=David James (acting)
|office3=Montana State Representative
|term_start3=1955
|term_end3=1961
|birth_date=October 27, 1919
|birth_place=Littlefork, [[Minnesota]]
|death_date=April 7, 2015 (aged 95)
|death_place=[[Helena]], Montana
|resting_place=Forestvale Cemetery in Helena
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|alma_mater=Dawson County (Montana) High School
|spouse=Betty Ruth Lee Babcock (married 1941-2013, her death)
|children=Marla Kay Babcock Fillinger (deceased)<br>
Lorna Babcock Kuney
|religion=[[United Methodists]]
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|unit=Infantry
|battles=European Theater of Operations: [[Battle of the Bulge]] in [[World War II]]
|awards=Bronze Star}}
'''Timothy Milford Babcock''', known as '''Tim Babcock''' (October 27, 1919 April 7, 2015), was the 16th governor of his adopted state of [[Montana]]. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he served from 1962 to 1969.
==Background==
Babcock was born in [[rural]] Littlefork in Koochiching County in northern [[Minnesota]], the son of Erwin Babcock and the former Olive Rinehart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/tim-milford-babcock/article_6949140e-0d5a-56e3-b542-f1e901ddc96f.html |title=Tim Milford Babcock | Obituaries |website=Billingsgazette.com |date=April 9, 2015|accessdate=2017-06-07}}</ref> He later moved to Glendive in Dawson County in eastern Montana, and graduated in 1939 from Dawson County High School.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tim M. Babcock|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/857/000099560/|publisher=Soylent Communications|accessdate= October 12, 2012}}</ref>
In 1941, in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], Babcock wed his high school sweetheart, the former Betty Ruth Lee (1922-2013), and the couple lived in Miles City until his election as lieutenant governor when they moved to the capital city of [[Helena]]. Betty Babcock was native of [[Iowa]] who was reared by an uncle and aunt after the death of her mother when she was two years of age. She published ''The First Lady's Cookbook,'' which helped to fund several state projects. She was a member of the 1972 state constitutional convention and was a state representative for one year in 1974. She was the chairman of the Montana Capitol Restoration Foundation and worked with the Montana Historical Society.<ref>Betty Ruth Lee Babcock (1922-2013) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref>
The Babcocks were [[United Methodist]]s and had two daughters, one of whom, Marla Kay Fillinger, died of injuries sustained in an [[automobile]] accident in 1985 at the age of thirty-seven. The other daughter is Lorna Kuney of [[Helena]].<ref>Marla Kay Babcock Fillinger (1947-1985) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|title=Tim M. Babcock|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_montana/col2-content/main-content-list/title_babcock_tim.html|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate=August 27, 2012}}</ref>
In 1944, he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] as an infantryman and served in the European Theater of Operations during [[World War II]].<ref name=findagrave/> He fought at Elsenborn Ridge as part of the [[Battle of the Bulge]]. He later took part in the capture of Remagen Bridge and received a [[Bronze Star]] for valor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Local Vets Remember Battle of Bulge on Its Anniversary|url=http://helenair.com/news/local/local-vets-remember-battle-of-bulge-on-its-anniversary/article_147dbda9-8c1a-508c-9a60-eec23410cec1.html|website=Helenair.com|accessdate=2017-06-07}}</ref>
==Career==
Babcock served three terms in the Montana House of Representatives prior to his 1960 election as lieutenant governor, when [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Richard M. Nixon]] carried Montana against Senator [[John F. Kennedy]]. He succeeded to the governorship in 1962 upon the death by airplane crash of Governor Donald Grant Nutter (1915-962). During his tenure, he proposed a three-percent sales tax to support the state government. In 1964, Babcock endorsed [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] for the [[Republican Party|Republican]] presidential nomination, one of only three of the then sixteen Republican governors. Babcock was joined by Governors [[Henry Bellmon]] of [[Oklahoma]] and [[Paul Fannin]] of Arizona. Goldwater was decisively defeated by the Democrat [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] of [[Texas]], who also won Montana's then four [[electoral votes]].<ref>{{cite journal|title= The 1964 Election in Montana|author=Thomas Payne|journal=The Western Political Quarterly|volume=18| issue = 2|quotation= The 1964 Elections in the West|date=June 1965|pages=491–494|doi=10.2307/445294|jstor= 445294}}</ref> Babcock narrowly won a full term in 1964 against the Democrat Roland R. Renne (1905-1989), the former president of [[Montana State University]], then Montana State College. From 1964 to 1965, he a member of the National Governors' Conference Executive Committee, and from 1966 to 1967 he chaired the Western Governors' Conference.
In 1966, Governor Babcock ran unsuccessfully against then incumbent [[United States Senator]] Lee Warren Metcalf (1911-1978), who improved his showing from his previous Senate race in 1960.
When Babcock ran for re-election in 1968, he faced a [[primary]] challenge from his lieutenant governor, Ted James.
Babcock defeated James but then lost the [[general election]] to the Democrat state Attorney General Forrest Howard Anderson (1913-1989).
==Later years==
President Nixon appointed Babcock to the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. On eleven occasions from 1956 to 1996, he was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] and served on the National Republican Committee from 1997 to 2000. He was an executive for the American financier [[Armand Hammer]].<ref name=findagrave/>
In 1978, Babcock and his wife, along with Linda Grosskopf, wrote a book: ''Challenges: Above & Beyond.''<ref>CHALLENGES Above and Beyond: Babcock, Tim; Babcock, Betty; Grosskopf, Linda: 9781607250692: Amazon.com: Books, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref>
In 1969, the Babcocks purchased the Hauser Mansion in Helena. Built for Governor Samuel Thomas Hauser (1833-1914), it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lewis and Clark County.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Hauser Mansion|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/0eaabce3-ecee-4f4b-a176-66a069b218fb|website=National Park Service|publisher=United States Department of the Interior|accessdate=June 7, 2017}}</ref>
Babcock died in Helena at the age of ninety-five, two years after the passing of his wife Betty. The couple and their daughter Marla are interred at Forestvale Cemetery in Helena.<ref name=findagrave>Timothy Milford “Tim” Babcock (1919-2015) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 27, 2021.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAUTSORT:Babcock, Tim}}
[[Category:Montana]]
[[Category:Minnesota]]
[[Category:Former Governors]]
[[Category:Republican Governors]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]