Second Company Governor’s Foot Guard
Statutory Authority :
CGS 27-6a.
1774, December 27, first meeting.
Published Histories/Articles :
Starr, Harris Elwood. Second Company, Governor’s Foot Guard : Souvenir History, 1775-1950. New Haven : M.H. Davidson Co., 1950. [CSL Call Number UA118.G6 S722 1950]
Connecticut. Governor’s Foot Guard, Company, Second. Second Company, Governor’s Foot Guards : Souvenir History, 150th Anniversary, 1775-1925.
New Haven : Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1925. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc G748fn h so 1925]
Digest of the History of the Second Company, Governor’s Foot Guard of Connecticut, 1774-1898. New Haven: Price, Lee & Adkins, 1898.
[CSL Call Number ConnDoc G748fn h tdi]
Two Hundred Years, the Second Company, Governor’s Foot Guard, 1775-1975. Deep River, Conn. : New Era Printing, [1975?] [CSL Call Number ConnDoc G748fn h two]
History at Governor’s Foot Guard, Second Company web page.
Agency Documents in the State Library Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library :
Connecticut. Governor’s Foot Guard.
Annual Reports are located in :
1876-1945, Biennial Report of the Adjutant General. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc Ad44 r]
1945-2001, Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor, under Military Dept. [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d], and 2002-, the online version
State Archives Record Group: RG 013 (Military Dept.)
| Name | Years of Service |
| Benedict Arnold | Mar. 16, 1775-May 8, 1777 |
| Hezekiah Sabin | May 8, 1777-May 3, 1778 |
| James Hillhouse | May 3, 1778-Oct. 3, 1783 |
| Daniel Bishop | Oct. 3, 1783-Oct. 30, 1786 |
| Nathaniel Fitch | Oct. 30, 1786-Sept. 28, 1788 |
| William Lyon | Sept. 28, 1788-May 15, 1795 |
| Dyer White | May 15, 1795-Oct. 24, 1796 |
| Hanover Barney | Oct. 24, 1796-May 5, 1800 |
| James Merriman | May 5, 1800-Oct. 31, 1805 |
| Jeremiah Atwater | Oct. 31, 1805-Oct. 24, 1810 |
| Luther Bradley | Oct. 24, 1810-May 22, 1815 |
| Timothy Bishop | May 22, 1815-Oct. 23, 1817 |
| Ezekiel Hotchkiss | Oct. 23, 1817-May 21, 1821 |
| Bela T. Peck | May 21, 1821-May 27, 1823 |
| Charles B. Granniss | May 27, 1823-May 18, 1826 |
| William W. Boardman | May 18, 1826-Sept. 11, 1828 |
| Leverett Candee | Sept. 11, 1828-May 17, 1830 |
| James E. Hotchkiss | May 17, 1830-May 7, 1832 |
| John Merriman | May 7, 1832-May 27, 1834 |
| Lucius K. Dow | May 27, 1834-May 19, 1836 |
| Allen N. Smith | May 19, 1836-May 22, 1839 |
| Gardner Morse | May 22, 1839-1841 |
| Joshua Miller | 1841-1843 |
| Elias Maine | 1843-1844 |
| Benjamin M. Prescott | 1844-1848 |
| Russell W. Norton | 1848-1850 |
| William D. Hendricks | 1850-Feb. 21, 1852 |
| John Arnold | Feb. 28, 1852-Spr. 15, 1853 |
| John Wilcox | Apr. 15, 1853-Feb. 20, 1854 |
| Radcliffe Lockwood | Feb. 20, 1854-Oct. 1, 1856 |
| John A. Munson | Oct. 1, 1856-Jan. 5, 1857 |
| Franklin W. Fish | Jan. 5, 1857-Feb. 27, 1858 |
| Russell W. Norton | June 22, 1858-Feb. 16, 1864 |
| Hiram Camp | Feb. 16, 1864- |
| Samuel H. Granniss | 1868-Apr. 12, 1869 |
| Jacob G. Phile | Apr. 12, 1869-Jan. 6, 1880 |
| Edward T. Morse | Feb. 3, 1880-Apr. 17, 1888 |
| Joseph J. Wooster | Apr. 30, 1888-Aug. 1, 1893 |
| Benjamin E. Brown | Aug. 15, 1893-June 5, 1899 |
| Edward M. Clark | June 19, 1899-June 2, 1902 |
| Albert M. Johnson | July 10, 1902-Dec. 7, 1904 |
| Smith G. Weed | Dec. 7, 1904-Dec. 2, 1907 |
| Frederick W. Brown | Dec. 10, 1907-July 13, 1909 |
| George T. Hewlett | July 26, 1909-Aug. 9, 1913 |
| Joseph J. Wooster | Aug. 18, 1913-Aug. 31, 1915 |
| John B. Kennedy | Sept. 20, 1915-Sept. 23, 1918 |
| John L. Gilson | Oct. 7, 1918-June 6, 1922 |
| Morelle F. Cross | June 12, 1922-July 20, 1923 |
| Edward A. Judge | Aug. 6, 1923-Sept. 2, 1926 |
| Pierrepont B. Foster | Sept. 2, 1926-Sept. 24, 1930 |
| Charles E. Lockhart | Oct. 20, 1930-Jan. 4, 1938 |
| Joseph A. Weibel | Jan. 10, 1938-Oct. 28, 1947 |
| Robert H. Gerrish | Oct. 29, 1947-1950 |
| Carl G. Swanson | 1951-1957 |
| James T. Fleming | 1958-1965 |
| Louis B. Hardy | 1966-1969 |
| Ephrom J. Davidson | 1970-1971 |
| Edward Schoeck | 1972-1976 |
| William B. Gargano | 1977-1979 |
| Salvatore J. Esposito | 1980-1983 |
| Raymond J. Guarino | 1984-1991 |
| Richard E. Erff | 1992-1999 |
| Peter A. Wasilewski | 2000-2003 |
| Peter C. Jenkin | 2004-2006 |
| Peter D. Laffin | 2007-Present |
Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 7/2008.