1. Timothy Milford Babcock was an American politician, the 16th Governor of the state of Montana, from 1962 to 1969.
14 Facts About Tim Babcock
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Tim Babcock later moved to Glendive, Montana and graduated from Dawson County High School in 1939.
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Tim Babcock married Betty Lee on September 21,1941, and they had two children.
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Tim Babcock fought at Elsenborn Ridge, part of the Battle of the Bulge.
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Tim Babcock later took part in the capture of the Remagen Bridge, where he was awarded a Bronze Star Medal for valor.
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Tim Babcock served three terms in the Montana Legislature prior to being elected lieutenant governor in 1960.
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Tim Babcock became governor in 1962 upon the death of Governor Donald Nutter.
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In 1964, Tim Babcock endorsed Barry Goldwater of Arizona for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Tim Babcock ran for re-election in 1964 against Roland Renne, the former President of Montana State College and the Democratic nominee.
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In 1966, he ran against incumbent United States Senator Lee Metcalf, and despite the fact that Democrats nationwide lost three Senate seats that year, Metcalf not only defeated Tim Babcock, but increased his margin of victory from 1960.
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When Tim Babcock ran for re-election in 1968, he faced a stiff challenge in the Republican primary from Ted James, who had served with Tim Babcock as his Lieutenant Governor since 1965.
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In 1969, Tim Babcock, who was a close friend of Nixon, was hired by Armand Hammer's Occidental Petroleum as a vice president and as Hammer's lobbyist with access not only to the White House but to Tim Babcock's friend President Nixon.
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Tim Babcock was a delegate to the Republican National Convention eleven times and served on the National Republican Committee in 1997 and 2000.
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In September 1972, Armand Hammer made three illegal contributions totaling $54,000 to Richard Nixon's Watergate fund through friends of Tim Babcock, who had been a vice president of Hammer's Occidental Petroleum, after which both Tim Babcock and Hammer pleaded guilty to charges involving illegal contributions.