Thomas Lee Judge
Thomas Lee Judge | |
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Bill Christiansen | |
| Member of the Montana Senate | |
| In office 1967-1969 | |
| Member of the Montana House of Representatives | |
| In office 1961–1967 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 12, 1934 Helena, Montana, U.S. |
| Died | September 8, 2006 (aged 71) Chandler, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | |
| Occupation | Politician |
Thomas Lee Judge (October 12, 1934 – September 8, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 18th
lieutenant governor of Montana
from 1969 to 1973.
Biography
Judge was born in
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.[1]
Judge married Carol Anderson in 1966. The couple had two sons, Thomas Warren Judge and Patrick Lane Judge.[2][3] The Judges, who were serving as governor and first lady of Montana, separated in the fall of 1979 and divorced during the winter of 1980.[4] Judge then married his second wife, Suzan Koch, in 1981.[1][2] Judge and Koch separated in 2003.[2]
Career
Judge was a
US Army
and a captain in the US Army Adjutant General Corps and in the US Army Reserves from 1958 to 1964. In 1960, he became president and owner of a public relations firm.
Judge served in the
Lieutenant Governor of Montana
from 1969 to 1973.
In
Forrest Anderson declined to run for a second term, Judge ran to succeed him. He defeated several opponents in the Democratic primary, and advanced to the general election, where he comfortably defeated Republican nominee Ed Smith, a rancher and legislator from Dagmar, Montana.[2] Judge was 38 years old at the time of his election as governor.[2]
When Judge ran for re-election in
executive committee of the National Governors Association and was chair of the Western Governors Conference.[1]
When Schwinden declined to seek re-election to a third term in
1988, Judge ran to succeed him, and won a competitive and crowded Democratic primary. In the general election, Stan Stephens, the former President of the Montana Senate and the Republican
nominee, defeated Judge by a slim margin.
Death
Judge died in Chandler, Arizona, on September 8, 2006, at the age of 71. He is interred at Resurrection Cemetery in Helena, Montana.
References
- ^ a b c "Thomas Lee Judge". National Governors Association. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ^ Montana Standard. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ^ "Carol Ann Judge, 73". Daily Inter Lake. 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ^ Johnson, Charles S. (2014-12-13). "Column: Recalling Carol Judge, first lady, RN and advocate". Independent Record. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
External links
- The Political Graveyard
- National Governors Association
- Thomas Lee Judge at Find a Grave
- Montana Historical Society
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