The Political Graveyard: New London County, Conn.

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New London County
Connecticut

Politicians who were born in New London County

Bozrah: Samuel Gager, 1775 — Samuel A. Gager, 1803 — Albert G. Avery, 1804

Colchester: John Taintor, 1760 — Roger Taintor, 1767 — Solomon Taintor, 1769 — John A. Taintor, 1800 — Samuel Augustus Bridges, 1802 — Denison Worthington, 1806 — Ralph S. Taintor, 1811 — Lyman Trumbull, 1813 — Henry C. Deming, 1815 — Matthew Turner Newton, 1829 — Erastus S. Day, 1836 — William R. Green, 1856 — Eugene L. Sullivan, c.1862 — Edward Marvin Day, 1872 — David S. Day, 1880

Fort Hill, Groton: Daniel Burrows, 1766

Franklin: Lafayette S. Foster, 1806 — Ezra B. Bailey, 1841

Greeneville, Norwich: Alexander C. Robertson, c.1850

Griswold: Nathan Belcher, 1813 — Lucius Brown, 1846 — William B. Wilcox, c.1859

Groton: Silas Deane, 1737 — Waightstill Avery, 1741 — Asa Fitch, 1765 — Daniel Avery, 1766 — Elisha Haley, 1776 — Noyes Barber, 1781 — Lodowick Bill, 1784 — Roswell Allyn, 1789 — Lorenzo Burrows, 1805 — James Y. Smith, 1809 — James A. Bill, 1817

Hanover, Sprague: Charles S. Whitman, 1868

Lebanon: Jonathan Trumbull, 1710 — Joseph Marsh, 1727 — William Williams, 1731 — Joseph Trumbull, 1737 — Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., 1740 — David Trumbull, 1751 — William Strong, 1763 — Elisha Waterman, 1777 — Joseph Trumbull, 1782 — Clark Bissell, 1782 — John Ward Gurley, c.1787 — Jonathan G. W. Trumbull, 1787 — Henry H. Gurley, 1788 — Andrew Beaumont, 1790 — Orin Fowler, 1791 — Stephen Strong, 1791 — Andrew Williams Loomis, 1797 — William A. Buckingham, 1804 — Nelson Dewey, 1813 — Elisha Waterman, c.1875 — Fred H. Holbrook, 1883

Ledyard: William Larrabee, 1832 — S. Ashbel Crandall, c.1852 — William I. Allyn, 1875

Lyme: Matthew Griswold, 1714 — Samuel Holden Parsons, 1737 — Roger Griswold, 1762 — Ansel Sterling, 1782 — Micah Sterling, 1784 — Frederick William Lord, 1800 — Alfred Ely, 1815 — Morrison R. Waite, 1816 — Walter C. Noyes, 1865 — J. Laurence Raymond, 1874

Montville: William Hillhouse, 1728 — James Hillhouse, 1754 — Oliver H. Prince, 1782 — Raymond N. Parish, c.1835 — William H. Palmer, Jr., c.1845 — Frederick Palmer Latimer, 1875

Mystic, Stonington: Asa Packer, 1805 — W. Ellery Allyn, 1885

New London: Joshua Coit, 1758 — Lyman Law, 1770 — Edward Hempstead, 1780 — Nicoll Fosdick, 1785 — John Law, 1796 — William W. Woodworth, 1807 — John T. Wait, 1811 — Stephen P. Hempstead, 1812 — William Law Learned, 1821 — Richard Chappel Parsons, 1826 — Augustus Brandegee, 1828 — Richard C. Shannon, 1839 — Thomas N. Browne, 1840 — Benjamin H. Lee, c.1854 — Bryan F. Mahan, 1856 — Frank B. Brandegee, 1864 — Richard P. Freeman, 1869 — William C. Fox, c.1883 — Flora M. Vare, c.1885 — Richard F. Corkey, 1904 — Gloria Schaffer, 1930 — Frank J. McCourt, 1935

Newent Society (now Lisbon): John Lovett, 1761 — Elias Perkins, 1767

Noank, Groton: Robert Palmer Anderson, 1906

North Stonington: Denison H. Hilliard, 1798 — John D. Baldwin, 1809 — James M. Pendleton, 1822 — J. Bard Bill, 1888 — Ernest O. Maine, 1913

Norwich:

	Norwich, year not specified: John M. Douglas
	Norwich, 1700-1799: Benjamin Huntington, 1736 — David Waterman, 1749 — Jonas Galusha, 1753 — Luther Waterman, 1753 — Ebenezer Huntington, 1754 — Simeon Baldwin, 1761 — Uri Tracy, 1764 — James Lanman, 1767 — Dudley Farlin, 1777 — William Woodbridge, 1780 — John Tracy, 1783 — Phineas L. Tracy, 1786 — Jabez W. Huntington, 1788 — Albert H. Tracy, 1793 — Erastus Corning, 1794
	Norwich, 1800-1899: Henry S. Walbridge, 1801 — George Fuller, 1802 — John A. Rockwell, 1803 — Henry T. Backus, 1809 — Thomas L. Harris, 1816 — Andrew J. Bentley, 1827 — John M. Douglas — Thomas J. Dodd, 1870 — Allyn L. Brown, c.1884 — William J. Fitzgerald, 1887 — John D. McWilliams, 1891 — Nicholas J. Spellman, 1893
	Norwich, 1900-1999: Joseph B. Downes, 1906 — Thomas J. Dodd, 1907

Norwich (part now in Lisbon): Joseph Kirkland, 1770

Poquonock Bridge, Groton: Warren B. Burrows, 1877

Preston: David A. Starkweather, 1802 — Isaac E. Crary, 1804 — Henry H. Starkweather, 1826 — Austin A. Chapman, 1828 — Nathan H. Ayer, c.1834 — Luther K. Zabriskie, 1879

Salem: Samuel M. Hopkins, 1772

Sprague: Thomas H. Allen, 1862

Stonington: John Hart, 1713 — Thomas W. Williams, 1789 — Nathan B. Palmer, 1790 — J. Hammond Trumbull, 1821 — Erskine Mason Phelps, 1839 — James N. States, c.1840 — Gilbert Collins, 1846 — James Pendleton, 1854 — Wallace B. Crumb, c.1859 — Fred R. Zeller, 1899

Taftville, Norwich: William J. Reeves, c.1880

Uncasville, Montville: James A. Gary, 1833

Voluntown: Thomas Vincent Stillman, 1828 — Elisha R. Bitgood, 1879

Waterford: Asa Wightman, 1821 — Cyrus G. Beckwith, c.1843 — George P. Darrow, 1859 — Morris B. Payne, 1885

Westchester, Colchester: Henry Champion, 1751 — Epaphroditus Champion, 1756 — Jonathan Usher, 1770

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