Robert S. Babcock

Robert Shillingford Babcock (July 22, 1915 – September 1, 1985) was an American politician, Republican from Vermont.

Robert S. Babcock
67th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
In office
January 8, 1959 – January 5, 1961
GovernorRobert Stafford
Preceded byRobert Stafford
Succeeded byRalph A. Foote
Personal details
BornJuly 22, 1915
Evanston, Illinois
DiedSeptember 1, 1985(1985-09-01) (aged 70)
Yuma, Arizona
Political partyRepublican

He was born in Evanston, Illinois to Oliver and Martha (née Shillingford). He served in the US Navy as a Lieutenant Junior Grade during the World War II era. He graduated from the University of Rochester and was a Rhodes Scholar at University of Oxford. He later moved to Burlington, Vermont, and became a university professor.

He served in the Vermont Senate (1951–1955 and 1957–1958) and was an alternate delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention.

Elected the 67th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 1958, he served a single term (1959–1961). In 1960, he unsuccessfully ran for Republican gubernatorial nomination, losing to eventual winner F. Ray Keyser, Jr.

Babcock later served in the Vermont House of Representatives (1977–1981). He died in Yuma, Arizona.[1]

References
  1. The Vermont Encyclopedia, John Duffy/Samuel Hand/Ralph Orth-editors, University of Vermont Press, Burlington, Vermont: 2003, Biographical Sketch of Robert S. Babcock, page 45. ISBN 1-58465-086-9
Political offices
Preceded by
Robert T. Stafford		 Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
1959–1961		 Succeeded by
Ralph A. Foote
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