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| In office January 22, 1993 – January 2, 2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Manuel Lujan Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Gale Norton |
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20th Governor of Arizona
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| In office March 4, 1978 – January 6, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | Wesley Bolin |
| Succeeded by | Evan Mecham |
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| Born | June 27, 1938 Los Angeles, California |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Bruce Edward Babbitt (born June 27, 1938), a Democrat, served as United States Secretary of the Interior and as Governor of Arizona. The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States Gale Ann Norton (born March 11, 1954) served as the 48th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2001 to 2006 under President The Governor of Arizona is the head of the Executive branch of Arizona 's government and the Commander-in-chief of the state's military forces Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Wesley Bolin ( July 1, 1909 - March 4, 1978) was a Democratic Party politician who served as governor of the U Evan Mecham (ˈmiːkəm May 12 1924 – February 21 2008) was the 21st Governor Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The Governor of Arizona is the head of the Executive branch of Arizona 's government and the Commander-in-chief of the state's military forces
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Biography
Born in Los Angeles, California, Babbitt graduated from the University of Notre Dame, and attended the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in England on a Marshall Scholarship, and then received his law degree at Harvard Law School. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in Newcastle University is a leading research intensive University located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the north-east of England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Marshall Scholarships awards a graduating American undergraduate can receive created by the British Parliament when the Marshall Aid Commemoration Act was Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University.
He married attorney Harriet Coons (known as Hattie) in 1968. Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt have two sons, Christopher and T. J.
Babbitt's brother, Paul Babbitt, was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 2004. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate.
Political career
Arizona
Babbitt was elected Attorney General of Arizona. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. When Governor Wesley Bolin died in office on March 4, 1978, Babbitt succeeded to the governorship. Wesley Bolin ( July 1, 1909 - March 4, 1978) was a Democratic Party politician who served as governor of the U Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Normally the Arizona Secretary of State would have been next in line to become governor, but Rose Perica Mofford, then serving as Arizona's Secretary of State, had been appointed to the position and not elected, and thus was not eligible to succeed Bolin as governor. Rose Mofford (born June 10, 1922 in Globe Arizona) served as Democratic governor of the U [1]
As governor, Babbitt left a significant legacy of environmental accomplishment. He expanded Arizona's state park system and engineered passage of the comprehensive Arizona Groundwater Management Act of 1980. He also worked to create the Arizona Department of Water Resources and the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality. [1]
Babbitt proved popular as governor and was elected in 1978 and again in 1982. The United States gubernatorial elections of 1982 were held on November 2, 1982 in thirty-six states In all, Babbitt served as governor of Arizona from 1978 to 1987.
National work
In 1979, Babbitt was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve as a Commissioner on the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island, a six month investigation of the March, 1979 accident at a commercial nuclear power plant at Middletown, Pennsylvania. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002 Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station is a civilian Nuclear power plant located on an island (Three Mile Island in the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern Babbitt spoke at the 1980 Democratic National Convention, which nominated incumbent Jimmy Carter as the Democratic candidate for President. The 1980 National Convention of the US Democratic Party nominated President Jimmy Carter for President and Vice President Walter Mondale James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr (born October 1 1924 was the thirty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1977 to 1981 and the recipient of the 2002
A founding member of the Democratic Leadership Council and the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association in 1985, Babbitt sought the Democratic Party's 1988 nomination for President of the United States. The Democratic Governors Association is a Washington DC -based organization founded in 1983, consisting of U The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Among his proposals was a national sales tax to remedy the then-record budget deficits piled up during the several past administrations. He enjoyed positive press attention (called a "boomlet" in USA Today), but after finishing out of the top tier of candidates in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire Primary, he dropped out of the race. The Iowa caucuses are an electoral event in which residents of the U The New Hampshire primary is the first in a series of nationwide Political party Primary elections held in the United States every four years as part of In an intentional reference to Richard Nixon (who said after losing the California governorship that the press "won't have [me] to kick around anymore"), Babbitt joked in his last campaign press conference that the media "won't have Bruce Babbitt to puff up anymore. "
Clinton Administration
After leading the League of Conservation Voters, Babbitt served for eight years, 1993-2001, as the United States Secretary of the Interior during Bill Clinton's administration. The League of Conservation Voters (LCV is a political advocacy organization that was founded in 1969 by American Environmentalist David Brower. The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States
As Secretary of the Interior, Babbitt actively worked to protect scenic and historic areas of America's federal public lands. In 2000, Babbitt created the National Landscape Conservation System, a collection of 15 national monuments and 14 national conservation areas to be managed by the Bureau of Land Management in such a way as to keep them "healthy, open, and wild. The National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS is a 27 million acre collection of the lands considered to be the “crown jewels” of the American west The Bureau of Land Management (BLM is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's Public lands totaling approximately "[2]
In 1993, Babbitt was very seriously considered by President Clinton to replace retiring United States Supreme Court Justice Byron White. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Byron Raymond White ( June 8, 1917 &ndash April 15, 2002) won fame both as a football Running back and as an associate justice of However, due to his lead in environmental issues, Clinton nominated Ruth Bader Ginsburg instead. Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg (born March 15 1933 Brooklyn New York) is an Associate Justice on the U Clinton again considered Babbitt for the high court in 1994 when Harry Blackmun announced his retirement. Harry Andrew Blackmun ( November 12, 1908 &ndash March 4, 1999) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Babbitt was passed over again, this time in favor of Stephen Breyer, due to Breyer's immense support in the U. Stephen Gerald Breyer (born August 15 1938 is an American Attorney and Jurist. S. Senate, primarily because he was close to Sen. Ted Kennedy. Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (born February 22 1932 is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic
In 1998 he was the subject of a federal grand jury investigation into whether he had lied to Congress about having denied an Indian casino license in Wisconsin in return for political donations. The controversy has been called Wampumgate. Wampumgate is the name for the controversy around the rejection of an Indian gambling project by three impoverished Chippewa Indian tribes who hoped to establish a casino in The following year, Babbitt was cleared of wrongdoing in the special prosecutor's final report on the investigation. [3]
Post-political life
After leaving the Department of Interior, Babbitt took a job as chief counsel of the environmental litigation department of Latham & Watkins, a large international law firm. Latham & Watkins LLP is a prominent global law firm It is one of the largest law firms in the world currently employing more than 2100 attorneys in the US Europe the Middle East
Babbitt wrote a book in 2005 entitled Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America, where he proposes, among other things, to amend the Endangered Species Act so that it is used to identify, conserve and protect landscapes, watersheds and ecosystems whether or not an endangered species happens to be there. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( et seq or ESA is the most wide-ranging of the dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s Making a parallel with preventive medicine, he thinks it should promote the protection of open space and ecosystems before the downward spiral to extinction begins.
Babbitt has attracted the ire of some environmentalists and Native American groups for, among other things, his representation of Arizona Snowbowl ski resort and its effort to expand the resort and use wastewater to make artificial snow[4].
He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the World Wildlife Fund in the U. S.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Wesley Bolin |
Governor of Arizona 1978 – 1987 |
Succeeded by Evan Mecham |
| Preceded by Manuel Lujan, Jr. |
United States Secretary of the Interior 1993 – 2001 |
Succeeded by Gale Norton |
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