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Francis Thomas Maloney (1894-1945) —
also known as Francis T. Maloney —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., March 31,
1894.
Democrat. Insurance
agent; mayor of
Meriden, Conn., 1930-33; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1933-35; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1935-45; died in office 1945; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Moose; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., January
16, 1945 (age 50 years, 291
days).
Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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John Anthony Danaher (1899-1990) —
also known as John A. Danaher —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., January
9, 1899.
Son of Cornelius J. Danaher and Ellen (Ryan) Danaher.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; secretary of
state of Connecticut, 1933-35; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1939-45; defeated, 1944; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1944;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1953-.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Grange; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died September
22, 1990 (age 91 years, 256
days).
Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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Thomas Lawrence Reilly (1858-1924) —
also known as Thomas L. Reilly —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., September
20, 1858.
Son of John Reilly and Catherine (Fagan) Reilly.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; mayor of
Meriden, Conn., 1906-12; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1911-15 (2nd District 1911-13,
3rd District 1913-15); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1916;
New
Haven County Sheriff, 1918-24.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 6,
1924 (age 65 years, 290
days).
Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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Henry D. Altobello (1907-1988) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., October
1, 1907.
Democrat. Construction
business; mayor of
Meriden, Conn., 1953-59; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1956;
delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 5th District,
1965; member of Connecticut
state senate.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., June 7,
1988 (age 80 years, 250
days).
Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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Andrew W. Tracy (1846-1917) —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Ireland,
1846.
Physician;
mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1892.
Died in Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn., December
10, 1917 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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Charles H. Ledwith (d. 1954) —
of South Meriden, Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1939-40.
Member, Elks.
Died in 1954.
Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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Married to Eva Deming. |
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Francis R. Danaher —
also known as Fran Danaher —
of Meriden, New Haven
County, Conn.
Mayor
of Meriden, Conn., 1940-41.
Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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James Edward English (1812-1890) —
also known as James E. English —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 13,
1812.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1856-58; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1861-65; Governor of
Connecticut, 1867-69, 1870-71; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1875-76.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 2,
1890 (age 77 years, 354
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Hobart B. Bigelow (1834-1891) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 16,
1834.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1875; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1878; Governor of
Connecticut, 1881-83; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1880.
Died at the New Haven House hotel, New
Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
12, 1891 (age 57 years, 149
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Luzon Burritt Morris (1827-1895) —
also known as Luzon B. Morris —
of Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Newtown, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 16,
1827.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870, 1876, 1880-81;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1857-63; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1874; Governor of
Connecticut, 1893-95; defeated, 1888, 1890.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke),
August
22, 1895 (age 68 years, 128
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862-1948) —
also known as Wilbur L. Cross —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Mansfield, Tolland
County, Conn., April 10,
1862.
Son of Samuel Cross and Harriet M. (Gurley) Cross.
Democrat. University
professor; Governor of
Connecticut, 1931-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
5, 1948 (age 86 years, 178
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Rollin Simmons Woodruff (1854-1925) —
also known as Rollin S. Woodruff —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 14,
1854.
Son of Rev. Jeremiah Woodruff and Clarissa (Thompson) Woodruff.
Republican. President, C. S. Mersick & Co., wholesale iron
dealers; director, Connecticut Savings Bank and
Mechanics Bank;
president, Grace Hospital
of New Haven; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07; Governor of
Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate), 1924.
English
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died June 30,
1925 (age 70 years, 351
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Nehemiah Day Sperry (1827-1911) —
also known as Nehemiah D. Sperry —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn., July 10,
1827.
Republican. Postmaster;
secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1855-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1864,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1895-1911.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
13, 1911 (age 84 years, 126
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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John Woodruff (1826-1868) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
12, 1826.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1855-57, 1859-61.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 20,
1868 (age 42 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Thomas Burr Osborne (1798-1869) —
also known as Thomas B. Osborne —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Weston (part now in Easton), Fairfield
County, Conn., July 8,
1798.
Son of Jeremiah Osborne and Anna (Sherwood) Osborne.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Fairfield, 1836, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1839-43; member of
Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1844; county judge in Connecticut,
1844; probate judge in Connecticut, 1851; law
professor.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
2, 1869 (age 71 years, 56
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Charles Le Moyne Mitchell (1844-1890) —
also known as Charles L. Mitchell —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., August 6,
1844.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1883-87.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 1,
1890 (age 45 years, 207
days).
Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Roger Sherman (1721-1793) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass., April 19,
1721.
Son of Mehitable (Wellington) Sherman (1688-1776) and William Sherman
(1692-1741).
Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1766-89; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-81, 1783-84;
member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1776-85; signer,
Declaration of Independence, 1776; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1784-93; died in office 1793; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-91; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1791-93; died in office 1793.
Congregationalist.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 23,
1793 (age 72 years, 95
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Mehitable (Wellington) Sherman (1688-1776) and William Sherman
(1692-1741); married, November
17, 1749, to Elizabeth Hartwell (1726-1760); married, May 12,
1763, to Rebecca Prescott (1742-1813); father of Rebecca Sherman
(who married Simeon
Baldwin (1761-1851)), Elizabeth Sherman (who married Simeon
Baldwin (1761-1851)) and Sarah Sherman (who married Samuel
Hoar); grandfather of Roger
Sherman Baldwin, Sherman
Day, Ebenezer
Rockwood Hoar, William
Maxwell Evarts and George
Frisbie Hoar; second great-granduncle of Chauncey
Mitchell Depew and John
Frederick Addis; ancestor of George
Sherman Batcheller; great-grandfather of Roger
Sherman Greene, Simeon
Eben Baldwin, Rockwood
Hoar, Sherman
Hoar and Maxwell
Evarts; second great-grandfather of Henry
Sherman Boutell, Edward
Baldwin Whitney, Henry
de Forest Baldwin, Thomas
Day Thacher, Roger
Sherman Greene II, Roger
Sherman Hoar and Roger
Kent; third great-granduncle of John
Stanley Addis. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
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Otto Tremont Bannard (1854-1929) —
also known as Otto T. Bannard —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., April 28,
1854.
Son of John W. Bannard and Eliza Landon (Stone) Bannard.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
director, Niagara Fire
Insurance Co., Dolphin Jute
Mills, and Jersey United Gas and
Electric Co.; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
York, 1908,
1912,
1916;
candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1909.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, on the ocean
liner President Cleveland, en route from Seattle to
Manila, in the North
Pacific Ocean, January
15, 1929 (age 74 years, 262
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Oxford, England.
Born in Longmeadow, Hampden
County, Mass., June 17,
1919.
Son of Kingman Brewster and Florence Foster (Besse) Brewster.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; law
professor; President
of Yale University, 1963-77; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1977-81.
Member, Common
Cause.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in John Radcliffe Hospital,
Oxford, England,
November
8, 1988 (age 69 years, 144
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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David Humphreys (1752-1818) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., July 10,
1752.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Minister to Portugal, 1791-97; Spain, 1796-1801; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1812-14.
Imported the Merino sheep to the U.S.
Died in his hotel
room, in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
21, 1818 (age 65 years, 226
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Henry Waggaman Edwards (1779-1847) —
also known as Henry W. Edwards —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October, 1779.
Son of Pierpont
Edwards.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1819-23; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1823-27; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1828-29; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1830; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1830; Governor of
Connecticut, 1833-34, 1835-38.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 22,
1847 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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James Hillhouse (1754-1832) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Montville, New London
County, Conn., October
21, 1754.
Son of William
Hillhouse and Sarah (Griswold) Hillhouse.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1780; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1789-90; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1791-96; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1796-1810.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
29, 1832 (age 78 years, 69
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Roger Sherman Baldwin (1793-1863) —
also known as Roger S. Baldwin —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
4, 1793.
Son of Simeon
Baldwin and Rebecca (Sherman) Baldwin.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1837-38; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1840; Governor of
Connecticut, 1844-46; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1847-51.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
19, 1863 (age 70 years, 46
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Simeon Eben Baldwin (1840-1927) —
also known as Simeon E. Baldwin —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
5, 1840.
Son of Roger
Sherman Baldwin and Emily (Perkins) Baldwin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1867; law
professor; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1897-1907; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1907-10; Governor of
Connecticut, 1911-15; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1914.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association; American
Political Science Association; American
Philosophical Society.
Died January
30, 1927 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Nathan Smith (1770-1835) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
8, 1770.
Whig. Lawyer; New
Haven County Prosecuting Attorney, 1817-35; delegate to
Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818; candidate for
Governor
of Connecticut, 1825; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1827; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1829; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1833-35; died in office 1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
6, 1835 (age 65 years, 332
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Daggett (1764-1851) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass., December
31, 1764.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1791-96, 1805; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1794-96; member
of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1797-1804, 1809-13; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1813-19; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1826-34; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1828.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., April 12,
1851 (age 86 years, 102
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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William Kneeland Townsend (1849-1907) —
of Connecticut.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 12,
1849.
U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1892; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1902-07; died in
office 1907.
Died June 2,
1907 (age 57 years, 355
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Henry Baldwin Harrison (1821-1901) —
also known as Henry B. Harrison —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
11, 1821.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1854; Republican candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1857; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1865, 1873, 1883-84; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1884; Governor of
Connecticut, 1885-87; defeated (Republican), 1874.
Member, Skull and
Bones; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
29, 1901 (age 80 years, 48
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett (1833-1908) —
also known as Ebenezer D. Bassett —
of Pennsylvania; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1833.
U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1869-77; U.S. Consul General in Port-au-Prince, 1874.
African
and Pequot
Indian ancestry.
First
black American to be appointed a diplomat to a foreign country.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
14, 1908 (age 75 years, 29
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (1789-1872) —
also known as Ralph I. Ingersoll; "Young
Hotspur" —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
8, 1789.
Son of Jonathan
Ingersoll and Grace (Isaacs) Ingersoll.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1820-25; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1824; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1825-33; U.S. Minister
to Russia, 1846-48; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1851.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., August
26, 1872 (age 83 years, 200
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Charles Roberts Ingersoll (1821-1903) —
also known as Charles R. Ingersoll —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
16, 1821.
Son of Ralph
Isaacs Ingersoll and Margaret C. E. (Van den Huevel) Ingersoll
(1790-1878).
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1864;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1873-77.
Died January
25, 1903 (age 81 years, 131
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Pierpont Edwards (1750-1826) —
of Connecticut.
Born in Northampton, Hampshire
County, Mass., April 8,
1750.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1787-88; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1789-90; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1789; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1806; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Died in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 5,
1826 (age 75 years, 362
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Timothy Pitkin (1766-1847) —
of Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn., January
21, 1766.
Son of Timothy Pitkin (1727-1812) and Temperance (Clap) Pitkin
(1732-1772).
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1790, 1792, 1794-1805, 1819-30;
Speaker
of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1803-05; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1805-19 (3rd District 1805-07,
at-large 1807-09, 5th District 1809-11, at-large 1811-19); delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818; member of
Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1830.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
18, 1847 (age 81 years, 331
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Relatives: Third
great-grandson of George
Wyllys and John
Haynes; grandson of William
Pitkin; son of Timothy Pitkin (1727-1812) and Temperance (Clap)
Pitkin (1732-1772); third cousin once removed of Moses
Seymour, William
Woodbridge, Dudley
Woodbridge and John
Robert Graham Pitkin; second cousin once removed of Daniel
Pitkin; fourth cousin of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; uncle of Emily Pitkin Perkins (who married Roger
Sherman Baldwin); fourth cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, John
Appleton, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Chester
Dorman Hubbard, Delos
Fall and Benjamin
Lewis Fairchild; second cousin twice removed of Frederick
Walker Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of George
Douglas Perkins, Clarence
Horatio Pitkin, Carroll
Peabody Pitkin, Caleb
Seymour Pitkin and Eldred
C. Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of William
Pallister Hubbard; third cousin twice removed of Luther
S. Pitkin. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article |
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Henry Randolph Storrs (1787-1837) —
of Whitestown, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
3, 1787.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1817-21, 1823-31 (16th District
1817-21, 14th District 1823-31); state court judge in New York, 1825.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 28,
1837 (age 49 years, 328
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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William Bristol (1779-1836) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Hamden, New Haven
County, Conn., June 2,
1779.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1817; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1818; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1819; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1819-26; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1826-36; died in office 1836; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1827.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 7,
1836 (age 56 years, 279
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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William Whiting Boardman (1794-1871) —
also known as William W. Boardman —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
10, 1794.
Son of Elijah
Boardman.
Whig. Member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1830-32; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1836-39, 1845,
1849-51; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1845;
delegate to Whig National Convention from Connecticut, 1839 (member,
Balloting Committee; speaker); U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1840-43.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., August
27, 1871 (age 76 years, 321
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Charles Anthony Ingersoll (1798-1860) —
also known as Charles A. Ingersoll —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., October
19, 1798.
Son of Jonathan
Ingersoll and Grace (Isaacs) Ingersoll.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Haven, 1827; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1853-60; died in office 1860.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., February
7, 1860 (age 61 years, 111
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Elizur Goodrich (1761-1849) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Durham, Middlesex
County, Conn., March 24,
1761.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1795-1802; Presidential Elector
for Connecticut, 1796;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1799-1801; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1803-17; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1803-22; county judge in Connecticut,
1805-18.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
2, 1849 (age 88 years, 223
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Colin Macrae Ingersoll (1819-1903) —
also known as Colin M. Ingersoll —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., March 11,
1819.
Son of Ralph
Isaacs Ingersoll and Margaret C. E. (Van den Huevel) Ingersoll
(1790-1878).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1851-55; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860,
1876;
Adjutant
General of Connecticut, 1867-71.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
13, 1903 (age 84 years, 186
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., December
14, 1761.
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1803-05; superior court
judge in Connecticut, 1806-18; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1826.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., May 26,
1851 (age 89 years, 163
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Charles Montague Bakewell (1867-1957) —
also known as Charles M. Bakewell —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., April 24,
1867.
Son of Thomas Bakewell and Josephine Alden (Maitland) Bakewell.
Republican. University
professor; member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 1921-24; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1932
(alternate), 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1933-35.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Elks; American
Philosophical Society.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
19, 1957 (age 90 years, 148
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (1791-1858) —
also known as Henry L. Ellsworth; "Father of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture" —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., November
10, 1791.
Son of Oliver
Ellsworth and Abigail (Wolcott) Ellsworth.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1830; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1835; resigned 1835; commissioner of the U.S.
Patent Office, 1835-45.
Died in Fair Haven, New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., December
28, 1858 (age 67 years, 48
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Stratford (now Trumbull), Fairfield
County, Conn., August 8,
1779.
Son of Gold Selleck Silliman (1732-1790) and Mary (Fish) Silliman.
Republican. Lawyer; chemist;
university
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1856.
The mineral sillimanite was named for
him in 1850.
Died November
24, 1864 (age 85 years, 108
days).
Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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George Leavens Lilley (1859-1909) —
also known as George L. Lilley —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Oxford, Worcester
County, Mass., August 3,
1859.
Son of John Leavens Lilley and Caroline W. (Adams) Lilley.
Republican. Real estate
dealer; member of Connecticut
Republican State Committee, 1901-09; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1903-09; Governor of
Connecticut, 1909; died in office 1909.
Member, Union
League.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., April 21,
1909 (age 49 years, 261
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Charles Augustus Templeton (1871-1955) —
also known as Charles A. Templeton —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 3,
1871.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1919-20; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1920;
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1921-23; Governor of
Connecticut, 1923-25.
Died August
15, 1955 (age 84 years, 165
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Stephen Wright Kellogg (1822-1904) —
also known as Stephen W. Kellogg —
of Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn.; Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Shelburne, Franklin
County, Mass., April 5,
1822.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1853; probate judge in Connecticut,
1854-60; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1856; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1860,
1868,
1876;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1869-75.
Member, Skull and
Bones.
Died in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
27, 1904 (age 81 years, 297
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Edward Wheeler Goss (1893-1972) —
also known as Edward W. Goss —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., April 27,
1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; manufacturer;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1926-28; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1928,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1930-35; defeated,
1934.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., December
27, 1972 (age 79 years, 244
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside Cemetery.
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William Brown (1804-1881) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born June 16,
1804.
Member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1870, 1880-81; died in office 1881.
Died in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., March 3,
1881 (age 76 years, 260
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Aaron Benedict (1785-1873) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., August 9,
1785.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1826; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1858.
Congregationalist.
Founder and president of Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing
Co., predecessor of Timex.
Died February
9, 1873 (age 87 years, 184
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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