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Politician members in Connecticut

Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (1837-1922) — also known as Morgan G. Bulkeley — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., December 26, 1837. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president, Aetna Life Insurance Company, 1870-1922; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1880-88; defeated, 1878; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1884 (alternate), 1896; Governor of Connecticut, 1889-93; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1896; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1905-11. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Loyal Legion; Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; Society of the War of 1812. First president of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs in 1876. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., November 6, 1922 (age 84 years, 315 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley and Lydia Smith (Morgan) Bulkeley; brother of William Henry Bulkeley and Mary Jerusha Bulkeley (who married Leveret Brainard); married, February 11, 1885, to Fannie Briggs Houghton; first cousin once removed of Edwin Denison Morgan; second cousin of William Frederick Morgan Rowland; second cousin once removed of Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan; second cousin twice removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor and Solomon Taintor; second cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery; third cousin once removed of John Adams Taintor, Henry G. Taintor and Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin twice removed of Timothy Pitkin; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Meigs, William Whiting Boardman, Lorenzo Burrows and William Waigstill Avery.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Morgan G. Bulkeley: Kevin Murphy, Crowbar Governor: The Life and Times of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley   Matthew Turner Newton (b. 1829) — of Suffield, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., June 4, 1829. Physician; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1853, 1893; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president, Suffield Savings Bank. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Loyal Legion. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Israel Newton and Harriet (Turner) Newton. Stewart Lyndon Woodford (1835-1913) — also known as Stewart L. Woodford — of Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 3, 1835. Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1867-68; candidate for Governor of New York, 1870; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1872, 1880 (alternate), 1908; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1873-74; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1877-83; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1897-98. Member, Delta Psi; Loyal Legion. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 14, 1913 (age 77 years, 164 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Josiah Curtis Woodford and Susan (Terry) Woodford; married, October 15, 1857, to Julia Evelyn Capen; married, September 26, 1900, to Isabel Hansen; cousin *** of Frederick Chauncey Tanner.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: William C. Roberts, Leading Orators (1884)

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