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Frank (Francis) A. Hazelbaker
BORN: 15 February 1878, on a farm near Mound City, Linn County, Kansas

DIED: 6 July 1939, in Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: Tall - 5'11", Medium Build, High Forehead, Straight Nose, Blue Eyes, Black/Brown Hair, Oval Face, and Fair Complexion (from his WWI Draft Registration Card, and passport).

OCCUPATIONS: Lt Governor/State Senator, Cattleman, Businessman, Teacher, Real Estate & Insurance Agent. Note: before 1974, the Lieutenant Governor also served as Senate President. 1925 President Montana State Legislature. 1929 & 1931 State Senate President - Republican, from Dillon, Montana

FATHER: Sidney James Hazelbaker, born: 1838, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.

MOTHER: Maria Aletta Shellenberger, born: 1838, in Pennsylvania; died: 1912 (Kansas?)

SIBLINGS: Samuel, Charles, Sidney, Susan, George, Laura, John

1ST WIFE: Carrie Eveline Woodworth, 1888 - 1 Jan 1919. Married: 3 Sep 1905, at the home of her parents, Mr & Mrs George Woodworth, in Wisdom, Beaverhead County, Montana. They had one child: Frank Woodworth Hazelbaker, Born: 5 Aug 1912, in Dillon, Beaverhead, Montana. Died: 16 Mar 1990, in Lake County, Montana

2ND WIFE: Lois Brown Brantly CHILDREN: Theodore B. & Lois B.

Transcript of news article:

The Billings Gazette
Final Morning Edition Billings, Montana, Friday, July 7, 1939

(Photo in the article, of Frank, titled; "Succumbs". Caption reads: Frank A Hazelbaker, 61, of Dillon, former Lieutenant Governor of Montana, and prominent businessman and stockgrower, died suddenly, Thursday, after being stung by a bee.)

The article reads: (dates are difficult to read).

STING OF BEE CAUSES DEATH OF STATE MAN
Frank A Hazelbaker, of Dillon, Formerly was Montana Lieutenant Governor

SERVED IN MANY PUBLIC OFFICES
Was Republican Candidate For Governor Twice, Losing By Narrow Margins

Dillon, July 6 (AP) Frank A Hazelbaker, 61, of Dillon, former Lieutenant Governor of Montana, died suddenly at his home, Thursday. A bee sting was advanced by Dr. W. E. Stephan as the cause of death. Hazelbaker was allergic to bee stings. Hazelbaker had been out in the garden gathering flowers for the dinner table. Walking into the house he said to his wife, "I feel funny. I've been stung by a bee." "You know I'm allergic to bee stings." Mrs. Hazelbaker said he started toward an upstair bedroom and then collapsed. He died 20 minutes later. Dr. Stephan, after a conference with 2 other physicians, said, "We figure it an accidental death, due to an allergy to the bee sting." Hazelbaker, unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor in 1936, served Beaverhead County and Montana, in public office for many years. He was clerk of the district court in Beaverhead County from January 1905, until December 31, 1912. He was the Republican nominee for Secretary of State in 1912. Eight years later he was elected State Senator, and re-elected in 1921. He was chosen Lieutenant Governor in 1928 and was his party's nominee for Governor in 1932 and 1936. In the...

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...Republican Primary of July, 1936. He carried 55 of the state's 86 counties. In the 1932 election, he lost the governorship to the then Democratic incumbent, John E Erickson, by the close margin of 3844 votes. He ran more than 23,000 votes ahead of his party's nominee for President, Herbert Hoover. In his second campaign for governor he lost to the present Chief Executive, Roy E. Ayers, of Lewistown, by. 6396 votes, although running 51,700 votes ahead of the Republican Prsidential candidate, Alf M. Landon. While a member of the State Senate, in 1926, he was elected Chairman of the Republican State Committee. The only party nominee not elected in the campaign he directed that Fall was the candidate for Representative in Congress from the Western District. In earlier years, prior to the adoption of the Primary Nominating System, Hazelbaker was Secretary of a number of Republican State Nominating Conventions. At the time of his death he was one of three Montana members of the Republican National Policy Committee, headed by Dr. Glenn Frank, and of the psrty's Montana Executive Committee. He had been Republican State Committeeman, from Beaverhead County, for many years. He was born on a farm near Mound City (Linn County seat), Kansas, on Feb 15, 1878, a son of Mr. & Mrs. Sidney J Hazelbaker. He attended school in Linn County, Kansas, and in 1907 was graduated from the Kansas Normal College, in Fort Scott. In April 1898, he came to Beaverhead County, where he had since made his home. After teaching school, and serving as clerk of the court, he launched a real estate and insurance business at Dillon, which he operated until his death. Since 1917 his activities included operation of an abstract company at Dillon. Later he became a rancher in the Big Hole Basin, with extensive livestok operations. Hazelbaker was the executive committeeman from Montana, in charge of exhibits at the Panama Pacific International Exhibition at San Francisco, and at a similar fair in San Diego, both in 1913. He had been a member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows, Woodmen, Redmen, and Elks Lodges, and the Order of the Eastern Star. He was the first President of the Dillon Rotary Club, and past District Governor of Rotary International. He was married to Carrie E Woodworth, daughter of a Big Hole pioneer family. She died Jan 1, 1919. His second wife was Lois Brown Brantly, daughter of Theodore Brantly of Helena, for many years Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court. Immediate survivors, besides his wife and two children Lois, 13, and Theodore B 6, by the second marriage; and a son Frank Woodworth Hazelbaker of Dillon, by his first marriage.