Governor of Connecticut Archives - Museum of Connecticut History

Lowell Weicker

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Governor of Connecticut, 1991-1995 Born: May 16, 1931, Paris, France College: Yale University, 1953, University of Virginia Law School, 1958 Political Party: A Connecticut Party. Republican prior to 1990 Offices: Connecticut General Assembly, House, 1963-1969 (R); First Selectman, Greenwich, 1964-1968 (R); U.S. Congress, 1969-1971 (R); U.S. Senate, 1971-1989 (R); Govern...

William Atchison O’Neill

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Governor of Connecticut, 1980-1991 Born: August 11, 1930, Hartford, Connecticut College: New Britain Teacher's College and the University of Hartford Honorary degree, University of Hartford Political Party: Democrat Offices: Connecticut General Assembly, House, 1967-1978 Lt. Governor of Connecticut, 1979-1980 Governor of Connecticut, 1980-1991 Died: November 24, 2007 W...

Ella Giovanna Oliva (Tambussi) Grasso

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Governor of Connecticut, 1975-1980 Born: May 10, 1919, Windsor Locks, Connecticut College: Mount Holyoke College, 1940; Master of Arts, 1942 Political Party: Democrat Offices: Connecticut House of Representatives, 1952-1957 Connecticut Secretary of the State, 1959-1971 U.S. Congress, 1971-1975 Governor of Connecticut, 1975-1980 Died: February 5, 1981, Hartford, Connecticut &nb...

Robert Augustine Hurley

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Governor of Connecticut, 1941-1943 Born: August 25, 1895, Bridgeport, Connecticut College: Lehigh University Political Party: Democrat Offices: Governor of Connecticut, 1941-1943 Died: May 3, 1968, West Hartford, Connecticut The election of Robert Hurley marked the first time that Connecticut placed a Catholic into the office of governor. It had taken just over 300 years for t...

Raymond Earl Baldwin

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Governor of Connecticut, 1939-1941, 1943-1946 Born: August 31, 1893, Rye, New York College: Wesleyan University, 1916; Yale Law School, 1921 Political Party: Republican Offices: Stratford Town Court, Prosecutor, 1927-1930 Stratford Town Court, Judge, 1931-1933 Connecticut General Assembly, House, 1930-1935 Governor of Connecticut, 1939-1941, 1943-1946 US Senate, 1946-1949 Assoc...

Wilbur Lucius Cross

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Governor of Connecticut, 1931-1939 Born: April 10, 1862, Mansfield, Connecticut College: Yale, 1885; Yale Ph.D., 1889 Political Party: Democrat Offices: Governor of Connecticut, 1931-1939 Died: October 5, 1948, New Haven, Connecticut The Republicans’ hold on the office of governor in Connecticut came to an end in 1931 when Wilbur Cross was inaugurated. Cross seemed t...

John Harper Trumbull

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Governor of Connecticut, 1925-1931 Born: March 4, 1873, Ashford, Connecticut College: None Political Party: Republican Offices: Senator, Connecticut General Assembly, 1921-1925 President Pro Tem, Senate, Connecticut General Assembly, 1923-1925 Lieutenant Governor, 1925 Governor, 1925-1931 Died: May 21, 1961, Hartford, Connecticut Despite his famous Connecticut name,...

Charles Augustus Templeton

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Governor of Connecticut, 1923-1925 Born: March 3, 1871, Sharon, Connecticut College: None Political Party: Republican Offices: Senator, Connecticut General Assembly, 1919-1920 Lieutenant Governor, 1921-1923 Governor, 1923-1925 Died: August 15, 1955, Waterbury, Connecticut A newspaper article compared the life of Charles Augustus Templeton to an Horatio Alger story.1 He was bor...

Marcus Hensey Holcomb

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Governor of Connecticut, 1915-1921 Born: November 28, 1844, New Hartford, CT College: None Political Party: Democrat; Republican Offices: Judge, Southington Probate District, 1873-1910 Treasurer of Hartford County, 1893-1910 Connecticut General Assembly, Senate, 1893 Speaker, CT House of Representatives, 1905-1906 First Judge, Borough Court of Southington, 1906-1909 Conne...

Simeon Eben Baldwin

Posted on August 14, 2015May 19, 2021 by Museum Support

Governor of Connecticut, 1911-1915 Born: February 5, 1840, New Haven, Connecticut College: Yale, 1861 Political Party: Republican, Democrat Offices: Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, 1893-1910 Chief Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, 1907-1910 Governor of Connecticut, 1911-1915 Died: January 30, 1927, New Haven, Connecticut In 1910, the Chief Justice of the Conn...