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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MontanaJames Franklin BATTIN
(1925-1996)
BATTIN, James Franklin, a
Representative from Montana; born in Wichita, Sedgwick County,
Kans., February 13, 1925; moved with his parents to Montana in
November 1929; educated in the public schools of Billings, Mont.;
graduated from high school in 1942; enlisted in the United States
Navy and served for three years, two and a half years of which were
in the Pacific theater; returned to his studies and graduated from
Eastern Montana College in Billings, Mont., in 1948; received the
degree of Juris Doctor from George Washington University School of
Law, Washington, D.C., in 1951; was admitted to the bar and
practiced law in Washington, D.C., for about a year; returned to
Billings, Mont., in 1952 and continued in law; served as deputy
county attorney, secretary-counsel for the City-County Planning
Board, assistant city attorney, and city attorney; member of the
State house of representatives in 1958 and 1959; elected as a
Republican to the Eighty-seventh and to the four succeeding
Congresses, and served from January 3, 1961, until his resignation
February 27, 1969, to become United States district judge for the
District of Montana; became chief judge, District of Montana on
November 16, 1978; died September 27, 1996.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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