Ray Herbert Talbot

Raymond Herbert Talbot (August 19, 1896 – January 30, 1955) was an American politician who served as the 27th Governor of Colorado for eleven days in 1937.

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Ray Herbert Talbot
27th Governor of Colorado
In office January 1, 1937 – January 12, 1937
Lieutenant	Vacant
Preceded by	Edwin C. Johnson
Succeeded by	Teller Ammons
26th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
In office 1933–1937
Governor	Edwin C. Johnson
Preceded by	Edwin C. Johnson
Succeeded by	Frank J. Hayes
Member of the Colorado Senate
In office 1928-1932
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
In office 1926-1928
Personal details
Born	(1896-08-19)August 19, 1896 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 30, 1955(1955-01-30) (aged 58) Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
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Talbot, an electrical engineer, was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1926 and to the Colorado Senate in 1928. In 1932, he was elected the 26th lieutenant governor as the running mate of Edwin C. Johnson. Johnson resigned as governor on January 1, 1937, eleven days before the expiration of his term, to take his seat in the United States Senate. Talbot was sworn in as governor to fill the eleven-day interim until the start of the term of newly elected governor Teller Ammons.

After his brief term as governor, Talbot served as a city commissioner and postmaster of Pueblo, Colorado, and continued in office as president of the Colorado State Fair Commission (1931–1953).

He married Juniatta L. Wilson and had two children.^[1]

Talbot died on January 30, 1955, at the age of 58, and he is buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Pueblo.