William Alfred Buckingham

Governor of Connecticut, 1858-1866 Born: May 28, 1804, Lebanon, Connecticut College: None Political Party: Whig; Republican Offices: Mayor, Norwich, Connecticut, 1849, 1850, 1856, 1857 Governor of Connecticut, 1858-1866 U.S. Senate, 1869-1875 Died: February 5, 1875, Norwich, Connecticut The Buckingham family had been in Connecticut several generations by the tim...
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Isaac Toucey

Governor of Connecticut, 1846-1847 Born: 1796, probably at Newtown, Connecticut College: None Political Party: Democrat Offices: State's Attorney for Hartford County, 1822-1835 U.S. House of Representatives, 1835-1839 State's Attorney for Hartford County, 1842-1844 Governor of Connecticut, 1846-1847 U.S. Attorney General, 1848-1849 Acting U.S. Secretary of State 1848 (temporary...
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Roger Sherman Baldwin

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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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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Lorrin Alanson Cooke

Governor of Connecticut, 1897-1899 Born: April 6, 1831, New Marlboro, MA College: None Political Party: Republican Offices: Representative, Connecticut General Assembly, 1856-1857 First Selectman of Colebrook, Connecticut, 1865-1869 Postmaster for Riverton, Connecticut, 1877-1881 Senator, Connecticut General Assembly, 1882-1885 President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate, 1...
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Morgan Gardner Bulkeley

Governor of Connecticut, 1889-1893 Born: December 26, 1837, East Haddam, Connecticut College: None Political Party: Republican Offices: Hartford Common Council, 1875 Hartford Board of Alderman, 1876 Mayor, Hartford Connecticut, 1880-1888 Governor of Connecticut, 1889-1893 U.S. Senate, 1905-1911 Died: November 6, 1922, Hartford, Connecticut Morgan Gardner Bulkeley was born on D...
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