Ted James (Montana politician)

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Ted James

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|office = Lieutenant Governor of Montana

|governor = Tim Babcock

|term_start = 1965

|term_end = 1969

|predecessor = David F. James

|successor = Thomas Lee Judge

|birth_date = {{birth date|1918|06|1|}}

|birth_place = Sand Coulee, Montana, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1995|05|14|1918|06|1}}

|death_place = Great Falls, Montana, U.S.

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Ted James (June 1, 1918, Sand Coulee, Montana – May 14, 1995, Great Falls, Montana){{Cite web |url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv66793 |title=Archives West: Ford Family papers, 1871-2003 |website=archiveswest.orbiscascade.org |access-date=2018-02-24}}[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9YL-CY8 Social Security Death Index] was an American politician. He served two terms as the district attorney for Cascade County, Montana before being elected as Lieutenant Governor of Montana, serving from 1965 to 1969. He ran for the governorship in 1968, but was defeated in the primary by Tim Babcock, who went on to lose re-election. He was appointed chairman of University of Montana board of regents, serving from 1973 to 1982. He has been described as a moderate Republican.{{cite book|author=James J. Lopach|title=We the people of Montana--: the workings of a popular government|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dlkVAQAAIAAJ|date=1 August 1983|publisher=Mountain Press|isbn=978-0-87842-154-1|page=114}}