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Politicians in Nautical and Maritime Trades in Connecticut
including Shipbuilding and Fishing

  William H. Allen (born c.1827) — of Groton, New London County, Conn. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., about 1827. Republican. Shipmaster; first selectman of Groton, Connecticut, 1897-98; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Groton, 1899-1902. Burial location unknown.
  Andrew Jackson Bentley (1827-1895) — also known as Andrew J. Bentley — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla.; New London, New London County, Conn. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., January 10, 1827. Sailor; shipbroker; lumber business; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1880; mayor of New London, Conn., 1894. Died, of pneumonia, March 18, 1895 (age 68 years, 67 days). Interment at City Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
  Presumably named for: Andrew Jackson
  Relatives: Son of Leticia (Gardiner) Bentley and Rev. David Niles Bentley; married to Abby Kinney.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
William D. Bishop William Darius Bishop (1827-1904) — also known as William D. Bishop — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bloomfield, Essex County, N.J., September 14, 1827. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858, 1902; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1859-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860; member of Connecticut state senate 10th District, 1866, 1877-78; president, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 1867-79; president, Naugatuck Railroad, 1855-67, 1885-1903; director, Bridgeport Steamboat Company; lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1871. Died, of chronic endocarditis, in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., February 4, 1904 (age 76 years, 143 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Bishop and Mary (Ferris) Bishop; married 1850 to Julia Ann Tomlinson (sister of Russell Tomlinson); married to Susan Adele Washburne; father of Henry Alfred Bishop and Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop.
  Political family: Bishop-Tomlinson family of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)
  Epaphroditus Champion (1756-1834) — of East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Westchester, Colchester, New London County, Conn., April 6, 1756. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; merchant; shipowner; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1791-1806; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1807-17 (at-large 1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-17). Died in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn., December 22, 1834 (age 78 years, 260 days). Interment at River View Cemetery, East Haddam, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Champion (1723-1797) and Deborah (Brainard) Champion; brother of Henry Champion (1751-1836); married, December 17, 1781, to Lucretia Hubbard; first cousin four times removed of Charlotte H. McMorran; second cousin once removed of Amaziah Brainard; second cousin twice removed of Leveret Brainard; second cousin four times removed of Asahel Rowland DeWolf, Winthrop Roger De Wolf and John Anderson De Wolf Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; third cousin of Daniel Upson; third cousin twice removed of Chester Ackley, Charles Upson, Gad Ely Upson, Christopher Columbus Upson, Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; third cousin thrice removed of Almar F. Dickson.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dawes-Upson family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Constant Webb Chatfield (1849-1921) — also known as Constant W. Chatfield — of Chester, Middlesex County, Conn.; Voluntown, New London County, Conn. Born in Killingworth, Middlesex County, Conn., January 4, 1849. Republican. Sea captain; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Voluntown; elected 1918. Died in Voluntown, New London County, Conn., December 11, 1921 (age 72 years, 341 days). Interment at Fountain Hill Cemetery, Deep River, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of William Chatfield and Temperance S. (Arnold) Chatfield; married to Emily Frances Briggs; third cousin of Chester Clark Chatfield; third cousin once removed of Arthur Eugene Parmelee; third cousin twice removed of Webster Davis Whedon and Lovel Davis Parmelee; fourth cousin once removed of Ashbel Griswold and Truman Hotchkiss.
  Political families: King-Hazard family of Connecticut and New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Robert Coit Robert Coit Jr. (1830-1904) — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born in New London, New London County, Conn., April 26, 1830. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Connecticut, 1860; president and treasurer, New London and Northern Railroad; mayor of New London, Conn., 1879; member of Connecticut state senate, 1880-83 (7th District 1880-81, 9th District 1882-83); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1880; president, Union Bank of New London, 1893-1904; vice-president, Savings Bank of New London; prsident, New London Gas & Electric Company; president, New London Steamboat Company; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New London, 1897-98. Died in New London, New London County, Conn., June 19, 1904 (age 74 years, 54 days). Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Coit and Charlotte Elizabeth (Coit) Coit; married, August 1, 1854, to Lucretia Brainard; father of William Brainard Coit; grandson of Joshua Coit; second cousin twice removed of David Hough; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Huntington, John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Samuel Townsend Douglass and Silas Hamilton Douglas; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, James Davenport, Samuel H. Huntington, Henry Huntington, Jeremiah Mason, Gurdon Huntington, Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Samuel Lathrop, Peter Buell Porter and James Gillespie Blaine III; third cousin thrice removed of George Champlin and Henry Scudder; fourth cousin of Jabez Williams Huntington, John Hall Brockway, Charles Wentworth Upham, Henry Titus Backus, David Edgerton and Henry Woolsey Douglas; fourth cousin once removed of John Taintor, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor, Zina Hyde Jr., Theodore Davenport, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Joseph Lyman Huntington, Peter Buell Porter Jr., Elisha Mills Huntington, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington and Peter Augustus Porter.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)
  George Comer (born c.1859) — of East Haddam, Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Quebec, about 1859. Republican. Mariner; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from East Haddam, 1921-22. Burial location unknown.
  Stephen A. Gardner (born c.1845) — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., about 1845. Democrat. Superintendent of marine construction; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1887-88; member of Connecticut state senate 9th District, 1889-94. Burial location unknown.
  David Hough (1753-1831) — of Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., March 13, 1753. Ship carpenter; delegate to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1783; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1788-89, 1794; justice of the peace; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, 1803-07 (at-large 1803-05, 3rd District 1805-07). Died in Lebanon, Grafton County, N.H., April 18, 1831 (age 78 years, 36 days). Interment at Cole Cemetery, Lebanon, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of David Hough (1723-1798) and Desire (Clark) Hough; married, July 2, 1775, to Abigail Huntington; second great-granduncle of Claudius Victor Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of David Edgerton; second cousin once removed of Samuel Townsend Douglass and Silas Hamilton Douglas; second cousin twice removed of Robert Coit Jr. and Henry Woolsey Douglas; second cousin thrice removed of William Brainard Coit; second cousin four times removed of Spencer Gale Frink; third cousin of Jeremiah Mason; third cousin once removed of George Champlin; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan R. Herrick and Alfred Avery Burnham; third cousin thrice removed of D-Cady Herrick and Walter Richmond Herrick; fourth cousin of Christopher Grant Champlin; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Brewster Stanton and Edwin Denison Morgan.
  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 — Find-A-Grave memorial
Henry Remer Parrott Henry Remer Parrott (1829-1919) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn., January 4, 1829. Republican. Express agent; secretary-treasurer, later president, Parrott Varnish Company; vice-president, People's Steamboat Company of Bridgeport; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1888 (delegation secretary); member of Connecticut Republican State Committee, 1889. Congregationalist. Died November 25, 1919 (age 90 years, 325 days). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Frederick Wells Parrott and Lucelia Ann (Remer) Parrott; married, October 17, 1854, to Annie Jane Garland; married, February 18, 1903, to Helen Reinders.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Men of Mark in Connecticut (1908)
  Nathan Pendleton (1754-1841) — of Westerly, Washington County, R.I.; Stonington (part now in North Stonington), New London County, Conn.; Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Westerly, Washington County, R.I., April 2, 1754. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; shipmaster; farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stonington, 1802-07. Died in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., January 26, 1841 (age 86 years, 299 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Pendleton and Mary (Stanton) Pendleton; married, January 22, 1775, to Amelia Babcock; married, October 20, 1816, to Rhoda (Babcock) Gavitt; father of Nathan Pendleton (1779-1827); grandfather of James Monroe Pendleton; granduncle of Charles Marsh Pendleton and Cyrus Henry Pendleton; great-granduncle of Calvin Crane Pendleton, Edward Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph Palmer Dyer, Charles Henry Pendleton, Harris Pendleton, Chauncey C. Pendleton, Nathan William Pendleton, James Pendleton and Eckford Gustavus Pendleton; second great-granduncle of Cornelius Welles Pendleton and Claudius Victor Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of Enoch C. Chapman.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  John Stewart (1795-1860) — of Chatham (now East Hampton), Middlesex County, Conn. Born in Chatham (now East Hampton), Middlesex County, Conn., February 19, 1795. Democrat. Shipbuilder; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1828, 1830, 1854; member of Connecticut state senate 18th District, 1832-36, 1846, 1857; county judge in Connecticut, 1830; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1843-45. Died in Chatham (now East Hampton), Middlesex County, Conn., September 16, 1860 (age 65 years, 210 days). Interment at Union Hill Cemetery, Middle Haddam, East Hampton, Conn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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