Ira Babcock

Ira L. Babcock
1st and 3rd Supreme Judge of the Provisional Government of Oregon
In office February 18, 1841 – May 2, 1843
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	Osborne Russell
In office June 27, 1844 – November 11, 1844
Preceded by	Osborne Russell
Succeeded by	James Nesmith
Chairman/President of the Committee at Champoeg Meetings
In office September 23, 1842 – May 2, 1843
Preceded by	David Leslie
Succeeded by	First Executive Committee
Personal details
Born	circa 1808 New York
Died	March 21, 1888
Occupation	Physician, judge

Ira Leonard Babcock (c. 1808 – March 21, 1888) was an American pioneer and doctor in the Oregon Country. A native of New York, he was selected as the first Supreme Judge with probate powers in February 1841 in what would become the state of Oregon.^[1]

Although the meeting where he was selected did not produce an acting government, he also took over the executive and legislative powers as the first person in Oregon's history. The meeting was the first of several meetings, presided by him since 1842, that led to a Provisional Government in the Willamette Valley in May 1843.^[1]