Thomas Lee Judge was an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 politician.

Judge was born in Helena, Montana

Helena, Montana

Helena is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. The 2010 census put the population at 28,180. The local daily newspaper is the Independent Record. The Helena Brewers minor league baseball and Helena Bighorns minor league hockey team call the...

. He served in the Montana House of Representatives

Montana House of Representatives

The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the House elects its leadership every two years.-Composition of the House:...

 from 1961 to 1967 and in the Montana Senate

Montana Senate

The Montana Senate is the upper house of the Montana State Legislature, the state legislative branch of the U.S. state of Montana. The body is composed of 50 senators.-Composition of the Senate:-Officers:*Majority Whip: Greg Barkus...

 from 1967 to 1969, and as Lieutenant Governor of Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

 from 1969 to 1973. Judge was the 18th Governor of Montana from 1973 to 1981. He was defeated for renomination in the 1980 Democratic Party primary by Lieutenant Governor Ted Schwinden

Ted Schwinden

Theodore "Ted" Schwinden served as the 19th Governor of Montana from 1981 until 1989.Schwinden was Lieutenant Governor under Thomas Judge and defeated his predecessor in the Democratic primary in 1980...

. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor in 1988 but lost in the general election to Republican Stan Stephens

Stan Stephens

Stanley Graham Stephens is an American politician.Stephens was the 20th Governor of Montana from 1989 until 1993. He did not run for reelection in 1992 because of health reasons.Source:...

.

Judge died in Chandler, Arizona

Chandler, Arizona

-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...

on September 8, 2006 from respiratory failure at the age of 71.