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Michael J. Quinn (born c.1884) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Heckscherville, Schuylkill
County, Pa., about 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 10th District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest T. Racicot —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1937-38, 1941-42.
Burial location unknown.
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James Lee Rankin (1907-1996) —
also known as J. Lee Rankin —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Los Gatos, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Hartington, Cedar
County, Neb., July 6,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Solicitor General, 1956-61; general
counsel for the Warren Commission; New York City Corporation Counsel,
1966-72; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, following a series of strokes,
in Batterson's Convalescent
Home at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
County, Calif., June 26,
1996 (age 88 years, 356
days).
Interment at Santa Cruz Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Calif.
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William Richard Ratchford (1934-2011) —
also known as William R. Ratchford —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 24,
1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1962-74; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1969-73; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1972,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1979-85; defeated,
1974, 1984.
Member, Chi Phi.
Died, from Parkinson's
disease, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
2, 2011 (age 76 years, 223
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Heman J. Redfield (1788-1877) —
of Le Roy, Genesee
County, N.Y.; Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Suffield, Hartford
County, Conn., December
27, 1788.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; Genesee
County District Attorney, 1821; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1823-25; postmaster at Le Roy,
N.Y., 1836; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1853-57.
Died in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., July 22,
1877 (age 88 years, 207
days).
Interment at Batavia
Cemetery, Batavia, N.Y.
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Tapping Reeve (1744-1823) —
Born in Brookhaven, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., October
1, 1744.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1792; superior court judge in Connecticut,
1798-1815.
Founder
of the Litchfield Law School, the first law school in the U.S.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., December
13, 1823 (age 79 years, 73
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Joseph H. Reid —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1906.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Bernard F. Reid. |
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Harry W. Reynolds (born c.1882) —
of East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., about 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Haddam, 1911-12; member
of Connecticut
state senate 34th District, 1913-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (1910-1998) —
also known as Abraham A. Ribicoff —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., April 9,
1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Hartford, 1939-42; state
court judge in Connecticut, 1941-43, 1945-47; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1949-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Connecticut, 1955-61; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1961-62; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1963-81; defeated, 1952.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died February
22, 1998 (age 87 years, 319
days).
Interment at Cornwall
Cemetery, Cornwall, Conn.
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Anthony Joseph Rich (born c.1904) —
also known as Anthony J. Rich —
of Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bristol, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bristol, 1929-34; defeated,
1934; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1937-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1940
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Burial location unknown.
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Leon RisCassi (b. 1908) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Olivebridge, Ulster
County, N.Y., April
29, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1941-46.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis RisCassi and Adeline RisCassi. |
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Samuel H. Ritt —
of Moodus, East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from East Haddam, 1937-40.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Asher Robbins (1761-1845) —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Wethersfield, Hartford
County, Conn., October
26, 1761.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Rhode Island, 1812-20; member of Rhode
Island state house of representatives, 1818-25; U.S.
Senator from Rhode Island, 1825-39; postmaster at Newport,
R.I., 1841-45.
Died February
25, 1845 (age 83 years, 122
days).
Interment at Common
Burying Ground, Newport, R.I.
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J. Howard Roberts (born c.1892) —
of Thomaston, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Watertown, Litchfield
County, Conn., about 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Thomaston, 1925-28; member of
Connecticut
state senate 32nd District, 1939-40.
Burial location unknown.
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John Arnold Rockwell (1803-1861) —
also known as John A. Rockwell —
of Norwich, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., August
27, 1803.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 8th District, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1845-49.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
10, 1861 (age 57 years, 167
days).
Interment at Yantic
Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Rockwell and Sally (Arnold) Rockwell; married to Mary
Watkinson Perkins; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Abel, Joseph
Churchill Strong, Ebenezer
Strong and Bela
Edgerton; third cousin twice removed of Josiah
Cowles; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew
Griswold, Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; fourth cousin of Alfred
Peck Edgerton and Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton; fourth cousin once removed of John
Davenport, James
Davenport, John
Taintor, Daniel
Chapin, Henry
Huntington, Roger
Taintor, Gurdon
Huntington, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Solomon
Taintor, Peter
Buell Porter, Calvin
Fillmore, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Abel
Huntington, Timothy
Merrill, Daniel
Upson, Phineas
Lyman Tracy, Albert
Haller Tracy, Asa H.
Otis, Theodore
Sill, Oliver
Morgan Hungerford, Julius
Levi Strong and Luther
S. Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott
family of Ohio and New York; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee
family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles G. Root (b. 1855) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Naugatuck, New Haven
County, Conn., August
13, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1891-92; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1893-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Reuben H. Root and Laura E. Root; married 1881 to Carrie
M. Chapin. |
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Erastus Root (1773-1846) —
of Delhi, Delaware
County, N.Y.
Born in Hebron, Windham County (now Tolland
County), Conn., March
16, 1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Delaware County, 1798-99, 1800-02, 1817-21,
1826-28, 1830; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1827-28, 1830; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1803-05, 1809-11, 1815-17, 1831-33
(14th District 1803-05, 12th District 1809-11, 8th District 1815-17,
11th District 1831-33); defeated, 1838; member of New York
state senate, 1811-15, 1840-43 (Middle District 1811-15, 3rd
District 1840-43); delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1823-24; defeated, 1824.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
24, 1846 (age 73 years, 283
days).
Original interment at Old
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.; reinterment at Woodland
Cemetery, Delhi, N.Y.
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Andrew W. Roraback (b. 1960) —
of Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., March
29, 1960.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 64th District, 1995-2000; member
of Connecticut
state senate 30th District, 2001-12; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 2012; superior
court judge in Connecticut, 2013-.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Henry Roraback (1870-1937) —
also known as J. Henry Roraback —
of North Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 5,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924
(speaker),
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Arrangements
Committee); Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1912-37; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1920-32; president,
Connecticut Light and
Power Co., 1925-37; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1932-36.
With his health compromised and activities limited by a severe streptococcus
infection, he killed
himself by gunshot,
while sitting in his
car near his hunting lodge, in Harwinton, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 19,
1937 (age 67 years, 44
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, North Canaan, Conn.
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Willard Andrew Roraback (1860-1928) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., March
12, 1860.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Torrington; elected 1894.
Died in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
26, 1928 (age 67 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Louis B. Rosenfeld (born c.1897) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1897.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1921-22; defeated, 1922.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Ruggles (1783-1857) —
also known as "Wheel-Horse of the
Senate" —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Abington, Pomfret, Windham
County, Conn., February
21, 1783.
School
teacher; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1815-33; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Ohio.
Died September
2, 1857 (age 74 years, 193
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, St. Clairsville, Ohio.
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Joseph Francis Ryter (1914-1978) —
also known as Joseph F. Ryter —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
4, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1945-47; defeated, 1946.
Died in West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
5, 1978 (age 64 years, 1
days).
Interment at Mt.
St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield, Conn.
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