Timothy Milford Babcock (October 27, 1919 – April 7, 2015) was an American politician, the 16th Governor of the state of Montana, from 1962 to 1969.
[4] After graduating from Dawson County High School in 1939, he worked at a Douglas Aircraft factory in California.
During his tenure, he proposed a three-percent sales tax to support the state government, and moderated the budget signed by Governor Nutter.
Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, however, was an easy winner that year of Montana's then four electoral votes.
[6] He ran for re-election in 1964 against Roland Renne, the former President of Montana State College and the Democratic nominee.