Lynton Y. Ballentine

Lynton Yates Ballentine
12th North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
In office
1949  July 19, 1964
GovernorW. Kerr Scott
William B. Umstead
Luther H. Hodges
Terry Sanford
Preceded byDavid S. Coltrane
Succeeded byJames Allen Graham
20th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
In office
January 4, 1945  January 6, 1949
GovernorR. Gregg Cherry
Preceded byReginald L. Harris
Succeeded byHoyt Patrick Taylor
Member of the
North Carolina Senate
Thirteenth Senatorial District
In office
1937–1943
Member of the
Wake County, N.C.
Board of Commissioners
In office
1926–1934
Personal details
BornApril 6, 1899
Varina, North Carolina
DiedJuly 19, 1964 (aged 65)
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materWake Forest University (BA)
NicknameStag

Lynton Yates Ballentine (April 6, 1899 – July 19, 1964) was a North Carolina politician who served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1945 to 1949 and as the 12th North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture from 1949 until his death on July 19, 1964.