Warren Babcock, Jr. (September 15, 1866 – June 3, 1913) was a

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

politician and educator. He was born in

Ypsilanti, Michigan Ypsilanti (), commonly shortened to Ypsi, is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 20,648. The city is bounded to the north by Superior Township and on the west, south, and ...

, son of Warren Babcock, a

farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mig ...

and saloon keeper who also served as

postmaster A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), ...

Milan, Michigan Milan ( ) is a city in Monroe and Washtenaw counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,079 at the 2020 census. The community was settled as early as 1831. Milan incorporated as a village in 1885 and much later as a city in ...

.''Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County Directory for 1886-87'' He married Gertrude Hanson on November 16, 1892, and they had a daughter, also named Gertrude.Warren Babcock biographical sketch
in William J. Beal, ''History of Michigan Agricultural College'', 1913. Accessed December 30, 2010. He was a professor of mathematics at

Michigan State Agricultural College Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...

(now Michigan State University), and lived in the small community then forming around it. In 1907, that community was incorporated as the city of

East Lansing, Michigan East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city lies within Ingham County, Michigan, Ingham County with a smaller portion extending north into Clinton County, Michigan, Clinton County. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 ...

. In 1908, he became the new city's second

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...

, and served a one-year term. As one of the few Democrats in the then-overwhelmingly

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

community, he was nominated to be East Lansing

at the beginning of

Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of ...

's presidential administration in 1913. Similarly, his father had been appointed postmaster in Milan by the previous Democratic president,

Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...

. However, Warren, Jr., died soon after, in June 1913, and is not listed as having served as postmaster. He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in nearby

Lansing Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, makin ...

. His home, at 437 Abbot Road,

, is now part of East Lansing's Oakwood Historic District.

References

External links

*
Warren Babcock
entry on

The Political Graveyard The Political Graveyard is a website and database that catalogues information on more than 277,000 American political figures and political families, along with other information. The name comes from the website's inclusion of burial locations of ...

.
Warren Babcock House
a
A Brief History of East Lansing, Michigan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Babcock, Warren 1866 births 1913 deaths Politicians from Ypsilanti, Michigan Michigan Democrats Michigan State University faculty Mayors of East Lansing, Michigan 19th-century American politicians