Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in New Haven County

• Cheshire Hillside Cemetery
• Derby Mount St. Peter's Cemetery
• Derby Oak Cliff Cemetery
• Madison West Cemetery
• Meriden Chevra Bnai Abraham
• Meriden East Cemetery
• Meriden Sacred Heart Cemetery
• Meriden Walnut Grove Cemetery
• Milford Milford Cemetery
• Naugatuck Guntown Cemetery
• Naugatuck St. James' Cemetery
• New Haven Unknown location
• New Haven Evergreen Cemetery
• New Haven Grove Street Cemetery
• New Haven St. Bernard's Cemetery
• New Haven St. Lawrence Cemetery
• North Branford Bare Plain Cemetery
• Oxford Southford Cemetery
• Seymour Union Cemetery
• Wallingford St. John's Cemetery
• Waterbury Unknown location
• Waterbury Calvary Cemetery
• Waterbury Riverside Cemetery
• Waterbury St. Joseph's Cemetery
• West Haven St. Lawrence Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Samuel Augustus Foot (1780-1846) — also known as Samuel A. Foot; Samuel Augustus Foote — of Cheshire, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Cheshire, New Haven County, Conn., November 8, 1780. Married 1803 to Eudocia Hull. Shipping business; farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1817-18, 1822-23, 1825-26; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1825-26; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1819-21, 1823-25, 1833-34; resigned 1834; member of Connecticut state senate at-large, 1821; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1827-33; Governor of Connecticut, 1834-35; Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1844. Congregationalist. Died in Cheshire, New Haven County, Conn., September 15, 1846. Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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• Vincent R. Impellitteri (1900-1987) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Isnello, Italy, February 4, 1900. Democrat. Mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1950-53; defeated in primary, 1953; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1952. Catholic. Italian ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, of Parkinson's disease, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., January 29, 1987. Interment at Mount St. Peter's Cemetery.
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• Edward N. Shelton — of Derby, New Haven County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state senate 5th District, 1869. Interment at Oak Cliff Cemetery.
  
  

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• C. H. Ranulf Compton (1878-1974) — also known as Ranulf Compton — of Madison, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Poe, Allen County, Ind., September 16, 1878. Republican. U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1943-45; defeated, 1940, 1944. Died in Madison, New Haven County, Conn., January 26, 1974. Interment at West Cemetery.
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• Frederick Huntington Holbrook (1883-1967) — also known as Fred H. Holbrook — of Madison, New Haven County, Conn. Born October 15, 1883. Republican. Merchant; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Madison, 1935-40; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1948. Died in Essex, Middlesex County, Conn., June 4, 1967. Interment at West Cemetery.
  
  

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• Benjamin Tonkonow (c.1893-1940) — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Meriden, 1933-40. Died in 1940. Interment at Chevra Bnai Abraham.
  
  

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• Walter Booth (1791-1870) — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Woodbridge, New Haven County, Conn., December 8, 1791. County judge in Connecticut, 1834; member of Connecticut state senate 6th District, 1834; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1838; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1849-51; defeated, 1850. Died in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., April 30, 1870. Interment at East Cemetery.
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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; Knights of Columbus; Moose. Died in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., January 16, 1945. 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. Brother of Francis R. 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 Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Grange; American Legion; Knights of Columbus. Died September 22, 1990. 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. Catholic. Member, Elks; Knights of Columbus; Royal Arcanum. Died in 1924. Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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• Charles H. Ledwith (d. 1954) — of South Meriden, Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Married to Eva Deming. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state senate 13th District, 1939-40. Member, Elks. Died in 1954. Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
  
  
• Francis R. Danaher — also known as Fran Danaher — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Brother of John Anthony Danaher. Mayor of Meriden, Conn., 1940-41. Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
  
  

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• Abiram Chamberlain (1837-1911) — of Meriden, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Colebrook, Litchfield County, Conn., December 7, 1837. Son of Abiram Chamberlain and Sophronia Ruth (Burt) Chamberlain; married, November 21, 1872, to Charlotte E. Roberts. Republican. Banker; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1877; Connecticut state comptroller, 1901-03; Governor of Connecticut, 1903-05. Died May 15, 1911. Interment at Walnut Grove Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

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• Robert Treat (1622-1710) — of Milford, New Haven County, Conn.; Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Pitminster, Somerset, England, 0. Great-grandfather of Robert Treat Paine. Colonial Governor of Connecticut, 1683-98. Founder of Milford, Connecticut and Newark, New Jersey. Died in Milford, New Haven County, Conn., July 12, 1710. Interment at Milford Cemetery.
  
  
• Jonathan Law (1672-1750) — of Milford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Milford, New Haven County, Conn., 0. Colonial Governor of Connecticut, 1741-50; died in office 1750. Died in Milford, New Haven County, Conn., November 6, 1750. Interment at Milford Cemetery.
  
  
• Edwin Forward Stanton (1901-1968) — also known as Edwin F. Stanton — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Bouckville, Madison County, N.Y., February 22, 1901. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Kalgan, 1924-26; U.S. Consul in Tsinan, 1927-29; Shanghai, 1938; Vancouver, 1945; U.S. Consul General in Vancouver, 1945; U.S. Minister to Thailand, 1946; U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1947. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in 1968. Interment at Milford Cemetery.
  
  
• Charles Hobby Pond (1781-1861) — of Milford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Milford, New Haven County, Conn., April 26, 1781. Lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1850-51, 1852-54; Governor of Connecticut, 1853-54. Died April 28, 1861. Interment at Milford Cemetery.
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• James D. Wooster (c.1780-1856) — of Middlebury, New Haven County, Conn. Member of Connecticut state senate 5th District, 1837. Died December 22, 1856. Interment at Guntown Cemetery.
  
  

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• Joseph Edward Talbot (1901-1966) — also known as Joseph E. Talbot — of Naugatuck, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Naugatuck, New Haven County, Conn., March 18, 1901. Married, August 11, 1930, to Grace Cleary. Republican. Lawyer; county judge in Connecticut, 1935-37; Connecticut state treasurer, 1939-41; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1942-47; candidate for Governor of Connecticut, 1946; candidate for U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1950. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Eagles; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Rotary. Died in Washington, D.C., April 30, 1966. Interment at St. James' Cemetery.
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• William Kennedy (1854-1918) — of Naugatuck, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Naugatuck, New Haven County, Conn., December 19, 1854. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1896, 1900, 1908, 1912, 1916; member of Connecticut state senate, 1899-1901; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914. Died in Naugatuck, New Haven County, Conn., June 19, 1918. Interment at St. James' Cemetery.
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• Raymond J. Devlin (1898-1986) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Derby, New Haven County, Conn., November 23, 1898. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 11th District, 1929-31; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1964. Died in Glastonbury, Hartford County, Conn., 1986. Interment somewhere.
  
  

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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 March 2, 1890. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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. 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. Father of Helen Harrison Morris (who married of Arthur Twining Hadley (1856-1930; president of Yale University, 1899-1921)). 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. 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; married, July 17, 1889, to Helen B. Avery. 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 Colonial Wars; Society of the Cincinnati; Phi Beta Kappa. Died October 5, 1948. 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; married, January 14, 1880, to Kaomeo E. Perkins. Republican. President, C. S. Mersick & Co., wholesale iron dealers; director, Connecticut Savings Bank and Mechanics Bank; president, Grace Hospital of New Haven; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07; Governor of Connecticut, 1907-09; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1912 (alternate), 1916, 1920 (alternate), 1924. Died June 30, 1925. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1895-1911. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., November 13, 1911. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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• John Woodruff (1826-1868) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Connecticut, 1826. Member of Connecticut state legislature; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1855-57, 1859-61. Died in 1868. 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. Whig. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 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. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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• Charles Le Moyne Mitchell (1844-1890) — of Connecticut. Born in Connecticut, 1844. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state legislature; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1883-87. Died in 1890. 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. 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; great-grandfather of Roger Sherman Greene, Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar and Maxwell Evarts; great-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. Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1766-89; Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-81, 1783-84; 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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • See also Hoar-Baldwin-Foster-Sherman family of Massachusetts
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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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  
  
• Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) — Born June 17, 1919. President of Yale University; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1977-81. Died November 11, 1988. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  
  
• 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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  
  
• 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., 1779. Son of Pierpont Edwards; first cousin of Aaron Burr and Theodore Dwight. 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; 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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • See also Edwards-Burr family
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1780; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1791-96; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1796-1810. Died December 29, 1832. 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. Grandson of Roger Sherman; son of Simeon Baldwin and Rebecca (Sherman) Baldwin; married, October 25, 1820, to Emily Pitkin Perkins (niece of Timothy Pitkin); first cousin of Sherman Day, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar and William Maxwell Evarts; father of Henrietta Perkins Baldwin (who married Dwight Foster) and Simeon Eben Baldwin; grandfather of Edward Baldwin Whitney; granduncle of Henry de Forest 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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • See also Hoar-Baldwin-Foster-Sherman family of Massachusetts
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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. Great-grandson of Roger Sherman; grandson of Simeon Baldwin; son of Roger Sherman Baldwin and Emily (Perkins) Baldwin; married, October 19, 1865, to Susan Mears Winchester; brother of Henrietta Perkins (who married Dwight Foster); second cousin of Roger Sherman Greene, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar, Maxwell Evarts, Thomas Day Thacher and Roger Kent; uncle of Edward Baldwin Whitney. 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, American Bar Association; American Historical Association; American Philosophical Society; American Political Science Association; Phi Beta Kappa. Died January 30, 1927. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • Cross-reference: Edwin S. Thomas
  • See also Hoar-Baldwin-Foster-Sherman family of Massachusetts
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Nathan Smith (1770-1835) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Connecticut, 1770. Brother of Nathaniel Smith; uncle of Truman Smith. 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 1835. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Smith family of Connecticut
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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 State Council, 1797, 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. 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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  
  
• 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; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1883; Governor of Connecticut, 1885-87; defeated (Republican), 1874. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., October 29, 1901. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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. Black. 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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  
  
• 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; first cousin once removed of Jared Ingersoll; second cousin of Charles Jared Ingersoll and Joseph Reed Ingersoll; married to Margaret C. E. Van den Huevel (1790-1878); brother of Charles Anthony Ingersoll; third cousin once removed of Laman Ingersoll; father of Colin Macrae Ingersoll and Charles Roberts Ingersoll; second cousin twice removed of Charles Edward Ingersoll; grandfather of George Pratt Ingersoll. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • See also Ingersoll family of Connecticut
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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. Grandson of Jonathan Ingersoll; first cousin twice removed of Jared Ingersoll; second cousin once removed of Charles Jared Ingersoll and Joseph Reed Ingersoll; son of Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll and Margaret C. E. (Van den Huevel) Ingersoll (1790-1878); nephew of Charles Anthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin of Laman Ingersoll; brother of Colin Macrae Ingersoll; married 1847 to Virginia Gregory (died 1898); third cousin once removed of Charles Edward Ingersoll; uncle of George Pratt Ingersoll. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1864; Governor of Connecticut, 1873-77. Died January 25, 1903. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • See also Ingersoll family of Connecticut
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Pierpont Edwards (1750-1826) — of Connecticut. Born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass., April 8, 1750. Uncle of Aaron Burr and Theodore Dwight; father of Henry Waggaman Edwards. 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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • See also Edwards-Burr family
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Timothy Pitkin (1766-1847) — of Farmington, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., January 21, 1766. Uncle of Emily Pitkin Perkins (who married Roger Sherman Baldwin). Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1790, 1792, 1794-1805, 1819-29; 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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • See also Hoar-Baldwin-Foster-Sherman family of Massachusetts
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• Henry Randolph Storrs (1787-1837) — of New York. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., September 3, 1787. Brother of William Lucius Storrs. 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 July 28, 1837. 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 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. 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. Member of Connecticut state senate 4th District, 1830-32; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1836-39, 1845, 1849-51; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1836, 1839, 1845; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1840-43. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., August 27, 1871. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Elizur Goodrich (1761-1849) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Durham, Middlesex County, Conn., March 24, 1761. Brother of Chauncey Goodrich. 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 State Council, 1803-18; mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1803-22; county judge in Connecticut, 1805-18. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., November 2, 1849. 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. Grandson of Jonathan Ingersoll; first cousin twice removed of Jared Ingersoll; second cousin once removed of Charles Jared Ingersoll and Joseph Reed Ingersoll; son of Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll and Margaret C. E. (Van den Huevel) Ingersoll (1790-1878); nephew of Charles Anthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin of Laman Ingersoll; married, October 26, 1858, to Julia Harriet Pratt (died 1898); brother of Charles Roberts Ingersoll; third cousin once removed of Charles Edward Ingersoll; father of George Pratt Ingersoll. 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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • See also Ingersoll family of Connecticut
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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. Married to Rebecca Sherman (daughter of Roger Sherman (1721-1793)) and Elizabeth (Sherman) Burr (daughter of Roger Sherman (1721-1793)); father of Roger Sherman Baldwin; grandfather of Simeon Eben Baldwin; great-grandfather of Edward Baldwin Whitney and Henry de Forest Baldwin. 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. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
  • See also Hoar-Baldwin-Foster-Sherman family of Massachusetts
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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; married, December 21, 1899, to Madeline Palmer (died 1947). Republican. University professor; member of Connecticut state senate, 1920-24; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1932 (alternate), 1936; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1933-35. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Beta Theta Pi. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., September 19, 1957. Interment at Grove Street Cemetery.
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• Jerome Francis Donovan (1872-1949) — of New York. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., February 1, 1872. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 21st District, 1918-21; defeated, 1920. Died in Stony Creek, Branford, New Haven County, Conn., November 2, 1949. Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery.
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• Albert William Cretella (1897-1979) — also known as Albert W. Cretella — of North Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 22, 1897. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1947-51; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1953-59. Member, American Legion; Eagles. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., May 24, 1979. Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
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• James Protus Pigott (1852-1919) — of Connecticut. Born in Connecticut, 1852. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state legislature; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1893-95. Died in 1919. Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
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• Francisco Amato (1893-1986) — also known as Frank Amato — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born October 1, 1893. Democrat. Member of Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, 1940. Died August 26, 1986. Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
  
  

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• Ellsworth Bishop Foote (1898-1977) — also known as Ellsworth B. Foote — of North Branford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in North Branford, New Haven County, Conn., January 12, 1898. Republican. Probate judge in Connecticut, 1938-46; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1947-49; defeated, 1948, 1950. Congregationalist. Member, American Bar Association; Grange. Died in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., January 18, 1977. Interment at Bare Plain Cemetery.
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• Elisha Wheeler (c.1815-1877) — of Southbury, New Haven County, Conn. Married to Eliza A. Leavenworth. Member of Connecticut state senate 5th District, 1863. Died January 1, 1877. Interment at Southford Cemetery.
  
  

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• Carlos French (1835-1903) — of Seymour, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Connecticut, 1835. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state legislature; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1887-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1892. Died in 1903. Interment at Union Cemetery.
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• John Andrew McGuire (1906-1976) — also known as John A. McGuire — of Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., February 28, 1906. Democrat. Connecticut Democratic state chair, 1946; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1949-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952; member of Connecticut state legislature, 1961-62. Died in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., May 28, 1976. Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
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• John Joseph Smith (1904-1980) — also known as J. Joseph Smith — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn.; Prospect, New Haven County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., January 25, 1904. Son of James Emile Smith and Margaret Loretta (Dunn) Smith; married, August 16, 1939, to Eleanor M. Murnane. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1935-41; resigned 1941; U.S. District Judge for Connecticut, 1941-60; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1960-71. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Eagles; Elks; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., February 16, 1980. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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• Edward Mascolo — of Connecticut. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1928. Interment at Calvary 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; married, June 17, 1884, to Anna E. H. Steele. Republican. Real estate dealer; member of Connecticut Republican State Committee, 1901-09; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1901; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1903-09; Governor of Connecticut, 1909; died in office 1909. Member, Union League. Died April 21, 1909. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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• Charles Augustus Templeton (1871-1955) — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born March 3, 1871. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1920; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1921-23; Governor of Connecticut, 1923-25. Died August 15, 1955. 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. Member of Connecticut state senate 5th District, 1853; state court judge in Connecticut, 1854; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1860, 1868; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1869-75. Died January 27, 1904. 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. Cremated; ashes interred 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; member of Connecticut state senate 5th District, 1858. Congregationalist. Businessman; founder and president of Benedict & Burnham Manufacturing Co., predecessor of Timex. Died February 9, 1873. Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
  
  

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• Edward Daniel Bergin, Sr. (d. 1971) — also known as Edward D. Bergin, Sr. — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Father of Edward Daniel Bergin, Jr.. Mayor of Waterbury, Conn., 1955-57, 1959-63, 1969-71; died in office 1971. Died in 1971. Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
  
  

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• Patrick Brett O'Sullivan (1887-1978) — also known as Patrick B. O'Sullivan — of Connecticut. Born in Derby, New Haven County, Conn., August 11, 1887. Democrat. Member of Connecticut state senate, 1917; served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1923-25; defeated, 1924; state court judge in Connecticut, 1931-50; justice of Connecticut state supreme court, 1950-57; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1965. Died in Orange, New Haven County, Conn., November 10, 1978. Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
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• James Andrew Shanley (1896-1965) — also known as James A. Shanley — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 1, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school teacher; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1935-43; defeated, 1942; probate judge in Connecticut, 1950-65; died in office 1965. Catholic. Member, Eagles; Elks; Knights of Columbus. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 4, 1965. Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
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• James Patrick Geelan (1901-1982) — also known as James P. Geelan — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., August 11, 1901. Son of Thomas Edward Geelan and Mary Agnes (McDonnell) Geelan; married, October 9, 1933, to Elizabeth Marie Doll. Democrat. Vice-president, New Haven Central Labor Council; insurance broker; member of Connecticut state senate 8th District, 1939-44; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1945-47; defeated, 1946; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948, 1956. Member, American Arbitration Association; Eagles; Knights of Columbus. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., August 10, 1982. Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
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• Harold M. Mulvey (1914-2000) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., December 5, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; Connecticut state attorney general, 1963-67; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1968-84. Member, American Bar Association. Presided over the trial of Black Panther leader Bobby Seale. Died, of cancer, at Whitney Center Convalescent Home, Hamden, New Haven County, Conn., February 27, 2000. Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
  
  
• Biagio DiLieto (1922-1999) — also known as Ben DiLieto — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in 1922. Mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1980-89. Died of lung and bladder cancer, at Connecticut Hospice, Branford, New Haven County, Conn., November 8, 1999. Interment at St. Lawrence Cemetery.
  
  

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