Samuel Huntington

Governor of Connecticut, 1786-1796 Born: July 5, 1731 (old calendar) or July 16, 1731 (new calendar), Scotland Parish, Windham, Connecticut College: None Political Party: No declared political party Offices: Justice of the Peace, Norwich, 1765-1774 Represented Norwich, Connecticut General Assembly, May session, 1765 King’s Attorney, 1765-1773 Assistant Judge, Connecticut Superi...
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Matthew Griswold

Governor of Connecticut, 1784-1786 Born: March 25, 1714, Lyme, Connecticut Political Party: Federalist Offices: Captain of the Train Band, South Society, 1739 King's Attorney, New London Co., 1743-1776 Deputy, Connecticut General Assembly, 1748, 1751-1759 Council of Assistants, 1759-1769 Judge, Superior Court, 1765-1769 Chief Justice, Connecticut Superior Court, 1769-1784 Deput...
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Jonathan Trumbull

Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1769-1776 Governor of Connecticut, 1776-1784 Born: October 12, 1710, Lebanon, Connecticut College: Harvard, 1727 and M.A., 1730 Political Party: None Offices: Connecticut General Assembly, various terms 1733-1754 Lieutenant of Troop of Horse, 1735 Lieutenant Colonel 12th Regiment, 1739 Clerk, House of Representatives, 1738 Speaker, House o...
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William Pitkin

Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1766-1769 Born: April 30, 1694, Hartford, Connecticut Political Party: None Offices: Captain of the Trainband, East Society, 1730-1738 Major, 1st Regiment, 1738-1739 Colonel, 1st Regiment, 1739-1754 Deputy, Connecticut General Assembly, 1728-1734 Speaker, House of Representatives, 1732-1734 Council of Assistants, 1734-1754 Judge, Hartford ...
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Thomas Fitch

Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1754-1766 Born: 1696, Norwalk, Connecticut College: Graduated from Yale in 1721 Political Party: No declared political party Offices: Norwalk Justice of Peace, 1727-1733, 1736-1737 <style="margin-left: 42pt"="">Deputy, Connecticut General Assembly, 1726-1728, 1729-1731, 1772-1773 <style="margin-left: 42pt"="">Assistant, Connect...
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Roger Wolcott

Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1750-1754 Born: January 1678/9, Windsor, Connecticut College: None Political party: None Offices: Selectman for Windsor, 1707 Deputy, Connecticut General Assembly, 1709-1711 Justice of the Peace, 1710-1721 Clerk, Lower House, General Assembly, 1710-1711 Commissary, CT Military Expedition to Canada, 1711< Assistant, General Assembly, 171...
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Jonathan Law

  Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1741-1750 Born: August 6, 1674, Milford, Connecticut College: Graduated from Harvard, 1695 Political Party: None Offices: Justice of the Peace and of the Quorum, 1709 Judge, New Haven County County Court, 1710-1725 Deputy, Connecticut General Assembly, 1706-1717 Assistant, 1717-1725 Deputy Governor, Colony of Connecticut, 1724-1741 ...
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Joseph Talcott

Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1724-1741 Born: November 16, 1669, Hartford, Connecticut College: None Political Party: None Offices: Various Offices, Town of Hartford, 1692-1705 Justice of the Peace, Hartford, 1705 Deputy, Connecticut General Assembly, 1708 Justice of the Quorum, 1706-1714 Major, First Regiment of the Colony of Connecticut, 1710 Speaker of the Lower Hou...
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Gurdon Saltonstall

Governor of the Colony of Connecticut 1708-1724 Born: March 27, 1666, Haverhill, Massachusetts College: Graduated Harvard, 1684 Political Party: None Offices: None Died: September 20, 1724, New London, Connecticut Named for a maternal grandmother's family, Gurdon Saltonstall was born at the family home in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Ward) Salt...
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John Winthrop (Fitz-John)

Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1698-1707 Born: March 14, 1637/8, Ipswich, Massachusetts College: None Political Party: None Offices: Magistrate, Colony of Connecticut, 1664 Lieutenant and Captain in Richard Cromwell's Army (England), 1658-1660 Deputy, General Court of the Colony of Connecticut, 1671, 1678 New London Representative to the General Court of the Colony of C...
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