Representative | Federalist | SHERMAN, ROGER, (father-in-law of Samuel Hoar, father-in-law of Simeon Baldwin, grandfather of George Frisbie Hoar, grandfather of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, great-grandfather of Rockwood Hoar, great-grandfather of Sherman Hoar, great-great-grandfather of Henry Sherman Boutell), a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Newton, Mass., April 19, 1721; moved with… Continue reading Roger Sherman
Category: Connecticut
Joe Lieberman
Attorney General | Democrat | LIEBERMAN, JOSEPH I., a Senator from Connecticut; born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Ct., February 24, 1942; attended Stamford public schools; graduated from Yale University 1964; received law degree from Yale Law School 1967; member of Connecticut state senate 1970-1980, majority leader 1974-1980; attorney general of Connecticut 1983, 1986-1988; author; elected… Continue reading Joe Lieberman
Ella Grasso
Secretary of State | Democrat | GRASSO, ELLA TAMBUSSI, a Representative from Connecticut; born Ella Rose Tambussi in Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Conn., May 10, 1919; attended the St. Mary’s School in Windsor Locks, and the Chaffee School in Windsor; B.A., Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass., 1940; M.A. same college, 1942; during the Second… Continue reading Ella Grasso
E. Stevens Henry
Treasurer | Republican | HENRY, EDWARD STEVENS, a Representative from Connecticut; born in the town of Gill, Franklin County, Mass., February 10, 1836; moved to Rockville, Conn.; attended the public schools; engaged in the dry-goods business; treasurer of the People’s Saving Bank, Rockville, 1870-1921; member of the State house of representatives in 1883; served in… Continue reading E. Stevens Henry
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Auditor / Comptroller | Federalist | WOLCOTT, OLIVER, a Delegate from Connecticut; born in Windsor, Conn., November 20, 1726; was graduated from Yale College in 1747; commissioned a captain by the Governor of New York in 1747; raised a company of Volunteers and served on the northwestern frontier until the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle; returned to… Continue reading Oliver Wolcott, Jr.