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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Governor of Connecticut
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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