James Franklin Battin

James Franklin Battin (February 13, 1925 - September 27, 1996) was a Republican U.S. Representative from the U.S. state of Montana.

Born in Wichita, Kansas, Battin moved with his parents to Montana in November 1929. He was educated in the public schools of Billings, the largest city in the state. Battin He graduated from high school in 1942. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served for three years, two and a half years of which were in the Pacific theater of operations. He returned to his studies and graduated in 1948 from Eastern Montana College in Billings.

Battin received the degree of Juris Doctor from George Washington University School of Law, Washington, D.C., in 1951.He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Washington, D.C., for about a year. He returned to Billings in 1952 and continued in law.He served as deputy county attorney, secretary-counsel for the City-County Planning Board, assistant city attorney, and city attorney.He served as member of the Montana House of Representatives in 1958 and 1959.

Battin was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1961, until his resignation February 27, 1969, to become United States district judge for the District of Montana, an appointee of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. He became chief judge, District of Montana on November 16, 1978.

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