Robert S. Babcock

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

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 68th 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[]

• The Political Graveyard

External links[]

• Robert S. Babcock at Find a Grave