Governor of Connecticut, 1844-1846
Born: January 4, 1793, New Haven, Connecticut
College: Yale, 1811
Political Party: Federalist; Whig; Republican
Offices: New Haven Common Council, 1826
New Haven Board of Alderman, 1827
Senator, Connecticut General Assembly, 1837-1838
Representative, Connecticut General Assembly, 1840-1841
U.S. Senate, 1847-1851
Died: February 19, 1863, New Ha...
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Connecticut Governors
<p>Connecticut governors</p>
Gideon Tomlinson
Governor of Connecticut, 1827-1831
Born: December 31, 1780, Stratford, Connecticut
College: Yale, 1802; Yale, Master of Arts, 1808
Politics: Toleration Party, Jeffersonian-Republican, National Republican, Whig
Offices: Representative, Connecticut General Assembly, 1817-1818
Clerk, Connecticut House of Representatives, 1817
Speaker, Connecticut House ...
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John Treadwell
Governor of Connecticut, 1809-1811
Born: November 23, 1745 at Farmington, Connecticut
College: Yale, 1767
Political Party: Federalist
Offices: Deputy, Connecticut General Assembly, 1776-1785, 1814-1815
Council of Assistants, 1785-1798
Justice of the Peace, Hartford County, 1777-1782, 1784-1795
Judge, Farmington Probate Court, 1784-1809
Judge, Hartford County County Court, 1795-...
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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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