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Politicians in Law Enforcement in Connecticut
Police Officers, Sheriff's Deputies, State Troopers, FBI

	Edward Normand Allen (1891-1972) — also known as Edward N. Allen; Ned Allen — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., April 18, 1891. Son of Normand F. Allen and Carrie (Olmsted) Allen. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Hartford Police Commissioner, 1920-24; president, Sage-Allen department store; member of Connecticut state senate 1st District, 1927-29; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1928; mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1947-48; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died November 14, 1972 (age 81 years, 210 days). Interment at Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Normand F. Allen and Carrie (Olmsted) Allen; brother of Julia Allen; married, December 13, 1916, to Ruby Tuttle; married, November 7, 1935, to Mildred Pomeranz. See Keeney family of Connecticut.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Edward H. Bailey (born c.1871) — of Danbury, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Bethel, Fairfield County, Conn., about 1871. Republican. Probation officer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Danbury, 1919-20; member of Connecticut state senate 24th District, 1921-22. Burial location unknown.
	Oscar Asahel Halevy Dannenberg (b. 1892) — also known as Oscar A. H. Dannenberg — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., April 22, 1892. Son of Adolph Dannenberg and Deborah (Spaine) Dannenberg. Democrat. Sheriff; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1929-33; defeated, 1926. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
	John Phillip Gribbin — also known as John P. Gribbin — of Fitchville, Bozrah, New London County, Conn. Democrat. Fire fighter; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Bozrah, 1939-42. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
	William Stephen Wilson (1827-1898) — of Athens, Athens County, Ohio. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 13, 1827. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; probate judge in Ohio; sheriff; mayor of Athens, Ohio, 1894-96. Died March 5, 1898 (age 70 years, 326 days). Burial location unknown.

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