Philip Eugene Batt (1927 - 2023)

Born 4 Mar 1927 in Wilder, Canyon, Idaho, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jacque Elaine (Fallis) Batt — married 9 Jan 1948 in Clearwater, Idaho, United States

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Preceded by 28th Governor Cecil D. Andrus

Phil Batt 29th Governor of Idaho 1995—1999

Succeeded by 30th Governor Dirk Kempthorne

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Biography

Phil Batt was an Idahoan.

Phil Batt is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army

Philip Eugene Batt was born in 1927 in a small farmhouse several miles from Wilder, a southwestern Idaho agricultural town.^[1] Son of John Batt and Elizabeth Karn. After graduating high school, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II.^[2]

An onion farmer, he entered politics when he was elected to the Idaho statehouse in 1965 and served in the state House of Representatives and state Senate for the next 18 years.

Batt became Idaho's first Republican governor in 28 years in 1994. He served as Idaho governor from 1995-1999.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHD5-WBN : accessed 7 March 2023), Phillip E Batt in household of John W Batt, Wilder, Canyon, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 58, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ https://apnews.com/article/idaho-governor-phil-batt-dead-obituary-cbc28a3bd6ec1d1696a98082e790a708

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• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:VY4V-JTP : Mon Jan 02 02:59:50 UTC 2023), Philip E Bott in the household of John W Bott and Elizabeth A Bott, 1940.