Lorenzo A. Babcock

Lorenzo Allen Babcock
Born	June 15, 1820 Berkshire, Vermont, U.S.
Died	April 2, 1860
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Attorney, Politician
Known for	First Attorney General of Minnesota Territory
Political party	Whig (before mid-1850s) Republican (mid-1850s onwards)

Lorenzo Allen Babcock (June 15, 1820 – April 2, 1860) was an American attorney and politician. He was most notable for his service as the first attorney general of Minnesota Territory, a position he held from 1849 to 1853.

Born in Berkshire, Vermont, Babcock was a son of Elias Babcock and Clara (Olmstead) Babcock.^[1] Among his siblings was Orville E. Babcock.^[1]

Babcock studied law and became an attorney. A Whig,^[2] he served in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives in 1849 and on the Minnesota Territorial Council from 1852 to 1853.^[3] In 1849 he was appointed territorial attorney general, and he served until 1853. He became a Republican when the party was founded in the mid-1850s.^[4]

Notes

1. Olmstead, Henry King (1912). Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America. New York, NY: A. T. De La Mare. p. 299 – via Google Books.
2. "The Minnesota Legislature and Its Politics, &c: Political Character of the Council". The Minnesota Democrat. St. Paul, MN. January 19, 1853. p. 2 – via GenealogyBank.com.
3. Lorenzo A. Babcock, Minnesota Legislators Past and Present
4. Von Baumbach, Fred (1885). Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN: Johnson, Smith & Harrison. p. 188 – via Google Books.