{{Short description|American politician (1831–1907)}} {{one source|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Clinton Babbitt | honorific_suffix = | image = ClintonBabbitt.jpg | alt = | state = [[Wisconsin]] | district = {{ushr|Wisconsin|1|1st}} | term_start = March 4, 1891 | term_end = March 3, 1893 | predecessor = [[Lucien B. Caswell]] | successor = [[Henry Allen Cooper|Henry A. Cooper]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | birth_date = November 16, 1831 | birth_place = [[Westmoreland, New Hampshire]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1907|3|11|1831|11|16}} | death_place = [[Beloit, Wisconsin]], U.S. | resting_place = Oakwood Cemetery, Beloit | spouse = {{marriage|Sarah S. Johnson|1857|1907}} | children = 10 | occupation = Farmer }} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000001. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> '''Clinton Babbitt''' (November 16, 1831{{spaced ndash}}March 11, 1907) was an American farmer, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politician, and [[Wisconsin]] pioneer. He served one term in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], representing [[Wisconsin's 1st congressional district]] during the [[52nd United States Congress|52nd Congress]] (1891–1893). He was also a member of the first city council for the city of [[Beloit, Wisconsin]], and was a leading member of the state agricultural society for many years.
==Biography== Born in [[Westmoreland, New Hampshire]], Babbitt attended the common schools and was graduated from Keene (New Hampshire) Academy. He moved to [[Wisconsin]] in 1853 and settled near [[Beloit, Wisconsin|Beloit]] in [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]]. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.<ref name="wihist">{{cite web|url= https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS5072 |title= Babbitt, Clinton 1831 - 1907 |website= [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] |accessdate= February 16, 2026 }}</ref>
Babbitt was elected a member of the first [[city council]] of Beloit. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1880 to the [[Forty-seventh Congress]]. He was appointed [[postmaster]] of Beloit by President Cleveland on August 2, 1886, and served until August 17, 1889, when a successor was appointed. He was appointed secretary of the state agricultural society of Wisconsin in 1885 and served until 1899.<ref name="wihist"/>
Babbitt was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[Fifty-second Congress]] (March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893) and represented [[Wisconsin's 1st congressional district]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the [[Fifty-third Congress]].<ref name="wihist"/>
He retired from public life and active business pursuits and resided in Beloit until his death on March 11, 1907. He was interred in Beloit's Oakwood Cemetery.
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