Tim Milford Babcock was the 16th Governor of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 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,...

. He was born in Littlefork, Minnesota

Littlefork, Minnesota

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Babcock served in the 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,...

 legislature prior to being elected lieutenant governor in 1960. He became governor in 1962 upon the death of Governor Donald Nutter

Donald Grant Nutter

Donald Grant Nutter was an American politician. A recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross in World War II, Nutter served in the state senate and as the chair of the state Republican Party prior to being elected the 15th Governor of Montana in 1960...

. Babcock served until 1969, when he was succeeded by Forrest H. Anderson

Forrest H. Anderson

Forrest Howard Anderson was an American politician and judge who served as the 17th Governor of Montana from 1969 to 1973. He was a Democrat. Anderson served in the Montana House of Representatives. Anderson was also an Associate Justice on the Montana Supreme Court from 1953–1956 and Montana...

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In 1964, he endorsed Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona

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 for the GOP

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 presidential nomination. Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

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 of Texas

Texas

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, however, was an easy winner that year of Montana's then four electoral votes.