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All in the Family
1 Jonathan Law, 1741-1750, He was married five times
2 Phineas Lounsbury, 1887-1889; George Lounsbury, 1899-1901
3 Thomas H. Seymour, 1850-1853; John S. Peters, 1831-1833; Simeon E. Baldwin, 1911-1915
4 Joseph Talcott, 1724-1741. He was born in Hartford in 1669
5 Roger Wolcott, 1750-1754. He had 16 children!
6 Fitz-John Winthrop, 1698-1707, son of John Winthrop, 1657, 1659-1676
Oliver Wolcott, Jr., 1817-1827, son of Oliver Wolcott, 1796-1797, who was also the son of a Connecticut governor, Roger Wolcott, 1750-1754!
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., 1797-1809, son of Jonathan Trumbull, 1769-1784
Roger Griswold, 1811-1812, son of Matthew Griswold, 1784-1786
Simeon E. Baldwin, 1911-1915, son of Roger Sherman Baldwin, 1844-1846
7 Chester Bowles, 1949-1951. He was born April 5, 1901
8 John Webster, 1656
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Historical Facts
9 Samuel Huntington, 1786-1796. He was President of the Continental Congress at the time the Articles of Confederation were ratified, so some can say he was our first President!
10 Jonathan Trumbull, 1769-1787
11 Roger Sherman Baldwin, 1844-1846
13 Abraham Ribicoff, 1955-1961
14 Robert Treat, 1683-1698
15 Raymond E. Baldwin, 1939-1941
16 John Haynes, 1639, 1641, 1643, 1645, 1647, 1649, 1653. He was Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635
17 Robert Treat, 1683-1698. He founded Newark
18 Robert A. Hurley, 1941-1942
19 Isaac Toucey, 1846-1847, and Thomas H. Seymour, 1850-1853. Their portraits were removed during the Civil War because the public erroneously interpreted their states’ rights stance as Pro-Southern!
20 Robert Treat, 1683-1698. He presided over a witchcraft trial in 1692
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Military
21 Jonathan Trumbull, 1769-1787; William A. Buckingham, 1858-1866; Marcus H. Holcomb, 1915-1921
22 Joseph R. Hawley, 1866-1867
23 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., 1797-1809
25 Isaac Toucey, 1846-1847. He served as US Secretary of the Navy from 1857-1860
26 Thomas H. Seymour, 1850-1853. During the war with Mexico, Seymour won distinction for his role in the battle of Chapultepec and was later promoted to brevet colonel
28 William A. O’Neill, 1980-1991
29 Thomas M. Waller, 1883-1885
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While in Office
30 Hiram Bingham, January 7, 1925. He served one day
31 Wilbur Cross, 1931-1939. He served during both the 1936 Flood and the 1938 Hurricane
33 Raymond E. Baldwin, 1939-1941
34 Henry B. Harrison, 1885-1887
35 Charles B. Andrews, 1879-188.
36 Charles R. Ingersoll, 1873-1877
37 Marshall Jewell, 1869-1870, 1871-1873
38 William A. Buckingham, 1858-1866
39 John Winthrop, Jr., 1657, 1659-1676. He was governor for a total of 18 years!
40 Fitz-John Winthrop, 1698-1707
41 James E. English, 1867-1869, 1870-1871
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Miscellaneous
43 Jonathan Trumbull, 1769-1787
44 Morgan G. Bulkeley, 1889-1893
46 Gurdon Saltonstall, 1708-1724. Lake Saltonstall on the East Haven and Branford border
47 Griswold, named after Roger Griswold, 1811-1812
Seymour, named after Thomas H. Seymour, 1850-1853
Trumbull, named after Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., 1787-1809
Wolcott, named after Oliver Wolcott, 1796-1797
Huntington, named after Samuel Huntington, 1786-1796. However, the name of the town was changed in 1919 to Shelton!
49 Richard D. Hubbard, 1877-1879. Other governors are represented inside the Capitol and a statue of Ella T. Grasso is located in a niche on the Capitol building
51 George A. McLean, 1901-1903. McLean Nature Preserve in Granby
52 Wilbur A. Cross, 1931-1939. Thanksgiving Proclamation
53 Phineas C. Lounsbury, 1887-1889. He built Echo Camp as a summer retreat for his family in 1883
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