Frank A. Hazelbaker

Frank A. Hazelbaker
Frank A. Hazelbaker
Lieutenant Governor of Montana
	In office; 1929–1933
Governor	John E. Erickson
Preceded by	W. S. McCormack
Succeeded by	Frank Henry Cooney
Member of the Montana State Senate
	In office; 1921–1929
Personal details
Born	February 15, 1878; Linn County, Kansas, U.S.
Died	July 6, 1939 (aged 61); Dillon, Montana, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Relatives	Frank W. Hazelbaker (son)
Occupation	Businessman, politician

Francis Albert Hazelbaker (February 15, 1878 – July 6, 1939) was an American politician in the state of Montana who served as Lieutenant Governor of Montana from 1929 to 1933. He also served in the Montana State Senate and was the Republican candidate for governor in 1932 and 1936, losing narrowly each time.^[1]^[2]

Hazelbaker was the Secretary of the Commission overseeing Montana's representation at the Panama–California Exposition in San Francisco (1915-7) and represented the Commission at the exposition. He had previously overseen the agricultural displays at the Montana state fair.^[3]

Hazelbaker was allergic to bee stings and died after being stung.^[4]

Hazelbaker married Carrie Eveline Woodworth (1887-1919), daughter of rancher and state legislator George E. Woodworth, in 1905; their son Frank W. Hazelbaker (1912-1990) also served in the state legislature. After Carrie's death of pneumonia during the Spanish flu pandemic, Hazelbaker married Lois Brown Brantly (1894-1972), the daughter of Theodore M. Brantley, the Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court; they had one son, Theodore Brantley Hazelbaker (1930-2006), who served several terms as chairman of the Montana state board of education.

References

^ "Montana Legislature - Leadership 1889-Present". Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Hayworth to Heacock". Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ The Story of the Exposition, volume 3, Frank Morton Todd, New York: G. P. Putnam, 1921, p. 365-6
^ Mueller Record, September 1939, Mueller Co., Decatur, IL, p. 23

Party political offices
Preceded by Wellington D. Rankin	Republican nominee for Governor of Montana 1932, 1936	Succeeded by Sam C. Ford
Political offices
Preceded by W.S. McCormack	Lieutenant Governor of Montana 1929–1933	Succeeded by Frank Henry Cooney