Francis Sanford Babbitt | |
Term Start: | 1891 |
Term End: | 1893 |
Majority: | 193 (1890) |
Predecessor: | Arthur Alger |
Birth Date: | December 22, 1843 |
Death Date: | August 22, 1917 |
Term Start2: | 1897 |
Term End2: | 1900 |
Office3: | Member of the Taunton, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen |
Term Start3: | 1887 |
Term End3: | 1887 |
Office4: | Chairman of the Bristol County, Massachusetts County Commission |
Term Start4: | 1888 |
Term End4: | 1893 |
Office5: | Member of the Bristol County, Massachusetts County Commission |
Term Start5: | 1887 |
Term End5: | 1893 |
Term Start6: | 1882 |
Term End6: | 1883 |
Spouse: | Abbie L. Hitch |
Children: | A. Louise Babbitt |
Allegiance: | ![]() Union |
Serviceyears: | 1862 August 1862-June 28, 1865 |
Commands: | United States Signal Corps |
Unit: | Company F, 4th Regiment; Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Company F, 39th Regiment; Massachusetts Volunteer Militia |
Battles: | American Civil War |
Francis Sanford Babbitt (December 22, 1843 – August 22, 1917) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the fourteenth Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts.
Babbitt was born in Taunton, Massachusetts to George H. and Seraphene S. Babbitt on December 22, 1843.
Babbitt ran for the Mayor of Taunton in 1890. On December 2, 1890, he was elected Mayor as the candidate of the Beau. and Citizen party by a plurality of 193 over Brown, (Ind.).