Chet Blaylock

Chester Merle Blaylock (November 13, 1924 – October 23, 1996) was an American politician from Montana. A Democrat, he served in the Montana Senate for twenty years. In 1996, he was the party's nominee for Governor of Montana against incumbent Marc Racicot, but died weeks before the election.

Background Blaylock served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Later he was a teacher for 30 years in Laurel and Chinook, Montana. He was chairman of the state Democratic Party from 1967 to 1969. He was a delegate to the Montana state Constitutional Convention in 1972 and a member of the Montana State Senate from Laurel, Montana, elected in 1974 and retiring in 1994.

Chet Blaylock Memorial Scholarship Award Offered at MSU-Billings, the Chet Blaylock Memorial Scholarship Award is a scholarship of $600. Recipients must be a full-time student enrolled for a minimum of 15 credits per semester; a graduate of a Montana high school; a Montana resident; have a high school GPA of 3.5 or above, university GPA of 3.25 or above; two letters of recommendation; and must be a student who shows "promise in a chosen field".

A large banner in Helena High School reads the quote: “Courage and gold are both rare; but courage, unlike gold, is seldom sought after.”—Chet Blaylock