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Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760-1833) —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
11, 1760.
Connecticut
state comptroller, 1788-90; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1795-1800; banker; Governor of
Connecticut, 1817-27; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818.
Congregationalist.
Accused,
by political adversaries in 1800, of setting
fire to the State Department, and resigned
from the Cabinet in protest against the investigation.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1833 (age 73 years, 141
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Oliver
Wolcott Sr. and Laura (Collins) Wolcott; brother of Mary Ann
Wolcott (who married Chauncey
Goodrich) and Frederick
Wolcott; nephew of Erastus
Wolcott and Ursula Wolcott (who married Matthew
Griswold (1714-1799)); grandson of Roger
Wolcott (1679-1767); granduncle of Roger
Wolcott (1847-1900); third great-grandson of William
Leete; first cousin of Roger
Griswold; first cousin twice removed of John
William Allen, James
Samuel Wadsworth, Henry
Titus Backus, Christopher
Parsons Wolcott and Matthew
Griswold (1833-1919); first cousin thrice removed of Charles
Frederick Wadsworth, James
Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward
Oliver Wolcott and Alfred
Wolcott; first cousin four times removed of James
Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden
Chapin; first cousin five times removed of James
Jermiah Wadsworth and Frederic
Lincoln Chapin; first cousin six times removed of James
Wadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed of William
Pitkin, Gaylord
Griswold, Samuel
Clesson Allen, William
Wolcott Ellsworth and Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth; second cousin twice removed of Joseph
Lyman Huntington, Elisha
Hunt Allen and George
Washington Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund
Holcomb, Albert
Asahel Bliss, Philemon
Bliss, Collins
Dwight Huntington, William
Fessenden Allen, George
Milo Huntington and Frederick
Hobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed of Judson
H. Warner, Nelson
Platt Wheeler, William
Egbert Wheeler and Henry
Augustus Wolcott; second cousin five times removed of Alexander
Royal Wheeler; third cousin of Daniel
Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Chittenden, Enoch
Woodbridge, James
Hillhouse, Joseph
Silliman (1756-1829) and Timothy
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy, Henry
Ward Beecher, Leveret
Brainard, Edwin
Carpenter Pinney, Roger
Calvin Leete and John
Robert Graham Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph
Pomeroy Root, George
Griswold Sill, Frederick
Walker Pitkin, George
Buckingham Beecher, Luther
S. Pitkin and Claude
Carpenter Pinney; fourth cousin of Benjamin
Tallmadge, Elizur
Goodrich, Martin
Chittenden, William
Woodbridge and Joseph
Silliman (c.1786-1850); fourth cousin once removed of Chittenden
Lyon, Frederick
Augustus Tallmadge, Josiah
C. Chittenden, Clark
S. Chittenden, Abel
Madison Scranton, Frederick
Enoch Woodbridge and Joseph
Fitch Silliman. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The town
of Wolcott,
Vermont, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: One Hundredth Anniversary
(1919) |
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Lucien Wells Sperry (1820-1890) —
also known as Lucien W. Sperry —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbridge, New Haven
County, Conn., March 8,
1820.
Coal
dealer; insurance
agent; mayor
of New Haven, Conn., 1866-69; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1869-70.
Unable to account for money entrusted to him, and likely to be arrested
as an embezzler,
he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., June 26,
1890 (age 70 years, 110
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Constantine Fernow Brunn (1858-1909) —
also known as Constantine F. Brunn —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; South Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
24, 1858.
Vice-Consul
for Portugal in New
York, N.Y., 1893-96.
German
and Irish
ancestry.
According to published
reports, in a sudden fit of rage, perhaps angered because he
wasn't able to reach his wife by telephone, he shot
and killed his sister, Freda Brunn, and his brother, Dr. Armin
Brunn, and then shot himself,
in South Woodstock, Woodstock, Windham
County, Conn., September
29, 1909 (age 50 years, 340
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Windham County, Conn.
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Rose Pastor Stokes —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Communist. Indicted
in 1918 for sedition
over a speech she made in Kansas City, and released on bail; arrested
in Stamford, Conn., in September, 1921, to prevent her from giving a
speech there; candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1921.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Hiram Bingham (1875-1956) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Salem, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, November
19, 1875.
Republican. Explorer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1916
(alternate), 1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932,
1936
(vice-chair, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Connecticut;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1923-25; Governor of
Connecticut, 1925; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1924-33; defeated, 1932; censured
by the U.S. Senate on November 4, 1929, for employing a paid
lobbyist as his chief clerk.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 6,
1956 (age 80 years, 200
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Hiram Bingham and Clara Minerva (Brewster) Bingham; married,
November
20, 1900, to Alfreda Mitchell; married, June 28,
1937, to Suzanne Carroll Hill; father of Hiram
Bingham Jr., Alfred
Mitchell Bingham and Jonathan
Brewster Bingham; second cousin five times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; third cousin once removed of Bela
Edgerton and Heman
Ticknor; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold, Jonathan
Brace, Joshua
Coit, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Samuel
Lathrop and Peter
Buell Porter; fourth cousin of Alfred
Peck Edgerton and Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah
Abel, Calvin
Fillmore, William
Woodbridge, Henry
Meigs, Isaac
Backus, Samuel
George Andrews, Martin
Olds, Harrison
Blodget and Henry
Titus Backus. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham
family; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut; Hosmer-Griswold-Parsons
family of Middletown, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Nathan Spiro (born c.1867) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Poland,
about 1867.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Danbury; defeated, 1930;
elected 1932; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1935.
Pleaded
guilty in June 1938 to accepting
a bribe while State Senator, and fined
$1,500.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph H. Lawlor (born c.1878) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., about 1878.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1925-31; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1928-30.
Charged
in 1938 with accepting
a bribe in 1935.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry E. Mackenzie —
of Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1928,
1932,
1936.
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
admitted that he received large fees for lobbying,
and paid half back as a kickback
to the other conspirators; pleaded
guilty in November 1938, and testified against the other
defendants; sentenced
to nine months in jail.
Burial location unknown.
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John H. Crary —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1922-30; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1928,
1932;
Waterbury city assessor.
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to two months in jail and
fined
$500.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel J. Leary —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Democrat. Brewer;
carbonated
beverage business; Waterbury city controller, 1930-37; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932.
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to 10-to-15 years in prison;
his plea for a reduced sentence was rejected by the State Board of
Pardons in 1949.
Burial location unknown.
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T. Frank Hayes (c.1884-1965) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born about 1884.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1927-30; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1930-39; resigned 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1932,
1936;
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1935-39.
Charged
in May, 1938, along with 26 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to 10-to-15 years in prison;
released in 1949.
Suffered a heart
attack at home, and died soon after, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., March
26, 1965 (age about 81
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles E. Williamson (born c.1880) —
of Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn., about 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Darien, 1909-12, 1915-16,
1921-22; member of Connecticut
state senate 26th District, 1917-20; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1922; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1924,
1932
(alternate).
Charged
in May, 1938, along with Mayor T.
Frank Hayes and 25 others, with conspiracy to cheat
and defraud the city of Waterbury of more than a million dollars;
tried
in 1938-39 and convicted;
sentenced
to one year in jail and
fined
$500.
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Stark Thomas (1872-1952) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodstock, McHenry
County, Ill., November
11, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Orange, 1899-1900; defeated,
1900; secretary of
Connecticut Democratic Party, 1902-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1908
(alternate), 1912;
executive secretary to Gov. Simeon
Baldwin, 1911-13; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1913-39; resigned 1939.
During an investigation
of his financial affairs and actions in certain cases by a federal
grand jury, prompted by connections to the bribery
case of another federal judge, Martin
T. Manton, he resigned,
citing illness.
Died in Columbia, Tolland
County, Conn., January
21, 1952 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Eastford, Conn.
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Arthur Asher Miller (1915-2005) —
also known as Arthur Miller —
of Roxbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
17, 1915.
Democrat. Playwright;
author of such plays as "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible";
received the Pulitzer
Prize for Drama in 1949; because he was suspected
of ties to Communist
organizations, his passport was
denied in 1954; compelled to testify before the House Un-American
Activities Committee in 1956; he refused to name his political
colleagues, and was found
guilty of contempt
of Congress in 1957; the conviction was overturned on appeal;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1968.
Agnostic.
Jewish
ancestry.
Died in Roxbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
10, 2005 (age 89 years, 116
days).
Interment at Great Oak Cemetery, Roxbury, Conn.
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Thomas Joseph Dodd (1907-1971) —
also known as Thomas J. Dodd —
of Lebanon, New London
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; North Stonington, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., May 15,
1907.
Democrat. FBI
special agent; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1953-57; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1959-71; defeated, 1956, 1970 (Dodd
Independent).
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Censured
by the Senate on June 23, 1967 for financial improprieties, having diverted
some $116,000 in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use.
Died of a heart
attack, in Old Lyme, New London
County, Conn., May 24,
1971 (age 64 years, 9
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's New Cemetery, Pawcatuck, Stonington, Conn.
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Bobby Seale (b. 1936) —
also known as Robert George Seale —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., October
22, 1936.
Joined U.S. Air Force in 1955; charged
with insubordination
and being AWOL,
and dishonorably
discharged; sheet metal
worker; co-founder, with Huey Newton, of the Black Panther Party,
1966; one of eight defendants charged
in 1969 with crossing state lines to incite a
riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; the
judge ordered him bound and
gagged during the trial, and sentenced
him to four years in prison
for contempt
of court; Peace and Freedom candidate for California
state assembly 17th District, 1968; in 1970, he was charged
in New Haven, Conn., with ordering
the murder of Alex Rackley, a Black Panther who had confessed to
being a police informant; the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and
the charges were eventually dropped; candidate for mayor
of Oakland, Calif., 1973.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Paul J. Silvester (born c.1963) —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born about 1963.
Republican. Connecticut
state treasurer, 1997-99; appointed 1997.
In September 1999, pleaded
guilty to federal charges
of racketeering, money
laundering and bribery.
His bail
was revoked in January 2002 for improper
contacts with a defendant in another corruption trial.
Still living as of 2002.
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Kevin Ryan (born c.1952) —
of Montville, New London
County, Conn.
Born about 1952.
Democrat. Optician;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 139th District, 1993-.
Arrested
for drunk
driving
on July 12, 2001; pleaded
guilty in September and sentenced
to 120 days in prison;
released January 1, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Philip A. Giordano (born c.1963) —
also known as Phil Giordano —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born about 1963.
Republican. Mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1995-2001; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 2000.
In 2001, he was arrested
and charged
with sexual
assault on two preteen girls; convicted
in federal court, in March 2003, of violating their civil rights, and
sentenced,
in June 2003, to 37 years in prison.
Still living as of 2001.
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John Grosvenor Rowland (b. 1957) —
also known as John G. Rowland —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., May 24,
1957.
Republican. Insurance
agent; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1981-84; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1985-91; Governor of
Connecticut, 1995-2004; defeated, 1990; resigned 2004; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 2000;
Pleaded
guilty to federal corruption charges in 2004; served ten months
in prison.
Catholic.
Member, Tau
Kappa Epsilon.
Still living as of 2014.
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John M. Fabrizi (born c.1957) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born about 1957.
Democrat. School
teacher; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 2000;
mayor
of Bridgeport, Conn., 2003-07; admitted
in June 2006 that he had used
cocaine, and did not seek
re-election.
Still living as of 2007.
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Eddie Alberto Perez (born c.1957) —
also known as Eddie A. Perez —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Corozal, Corozal
Municipio, Puerto Rico, about 1957.
Democrat. Mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 2001-08; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 2004;
investigated
in 2007 over possible conflict
of interest in hiring a city contractor for renovations at his
home.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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