Lorenzo A. Babcock

{{Short description|American politician (1820–1860)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Lorenzo Allen Babcock

| birth_date = June 15, 1820

| birth_place = Berkshire, Vermont, U.S.

| death_date = April 2, 1860

| nationality = American

| occupation = Attorney, Politician

| known_for = First Attorney General of Minnesota Territory

| party = {{Plainlist|

• Whig (before mid-1850s)
• Republican (mid-1850s onwards)

}}

}}

Lorenzo Allen Babcock (June 15, 1820 – April 2, 1860) was an American attorney and politician. He was most notable for his service as the first attorney general of Minnesota Territory, a position he held from 1849 to 1853.

Born in Berkshire, Vermont, Babcock was a son of Elias Babcock and Clara (Olmstead) Babcock.{{cite book |last=Olmstead |first=Henry King |date=1912 |title=Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifrEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA299 |location=New York, NY |publisher=A. T. De La Mare |page=299 |via=Google Books}} Among his siblings was Orville E. Babcock.

Babcock studied law and became an attorney. A Whig,{{cite news |date=January 19, 1853 |title=The Minnesota Legislature and Its Politics, &c: Political Character of the Council |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/newspaper-clippings//cpghseisxqokvfvakhwfpwvipvhawgql_wma-gateway007_1669344020512 |work=The Minnesota Democrat |location=St. Paul, MN |page=2 |url-access=subscription |via=GenealogyBank.com}} he served in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives in 1849 and on the Minnesota Territorial Council from 1852 to 1853.[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=11106 Lorenzo A. Babcock, Minnesota Legislators Past and Present] In 1849 he was appointed territorial attorney general, and he served until 1853. He became a Republican when the party was founded in the mid-1850s.{{cite book |last=Von Baumbach |first=Fred |date=1885 |title=Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3hMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA188 |location=Minneapolis, MN |publisher=Johnson, Smith & Harrison |page=188 |via=Google Books}}