Joseph W. Babcock

Joseph W. Babcock

Joseph Weeks Babcock (born March 6, 1850, Swanton, Vermont; died April 27, 1909, Washington, D.C.) was a seven-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin.

Babcock was the grandson of Joseph Weeks, Congressman from Vermont. He grew up in Iowa, where he was a successful lumber merchant. In 1881, he moved to Wisconsin, and served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1888-1892.

In 1892, Babcock was elected to Congress from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. In 1893, he helped organize the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee; he was credited with helping achieve Republican successes in the 1894 House elections, and was chairman of the committee for the next ten years. He was a candidate for Speaker of the House in 1902, but lost to Joseph Cannon. He was defeated for reelection in 1906 by Democrat James William Murphy, and died in Washington in 1909.

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*American National Biography, vol. 1, pp. 811-812.
* [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?Submit=Search&action=search&keyword=Corporations Wisconsin Historical Society biography]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6417341 Findagrave.com entry]


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