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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