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Antoni Nicholas Sadlak (1908-1969) —
also known as Antoni N. Sadlak —
of Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn.
Born in Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn., June 13,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1947-59; probate judge
in Connecticut, 1966-69; died in office 1969.
Catholic.
Polish
ancestry. Member, Moose; Knights
of Columbus; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Elks; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Rockville, Tolland
County, Conn., October
18, 1969 (age 61 years, 127
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Rockville, Conn.
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William Leon St. Onge (1914-1970) —
also known as William St. Onge —
of Putnam, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Putnam, Windham
County, Conn., October
9, 1914.
Son of William A. St. Onge and Alma (Desautels) St. Onge.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1940-41; served in the U.S. Army
Air Force in World War II; lawyer; probate judge in
Connecticut, 1948-62; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Connecticut, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1963-70; defeated,
1960; died in office 1970.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Groton, New London
County, Conn., May 1,
1970 (age 55 years, 204
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Putnam, Conn.
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Ronald Arthur Sarasin (b. 1934) —
also known as Ronald A. Sarasin —
of Connecticut.
Born in Fall River, Bristol
County, Mass., December
31, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1969-73; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1973-79; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1976;
candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1978.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 2000.
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William Warren Scranton (b. 1917) —
also known as William W. Scranton —
of Dalton, Lackawanna
County, Pa.
Born in Madison, New Haven
County, Conn., July 19,
1917.
Son of Marion
Margery Scranton and Worthington Scranton.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1961-63; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1963-67; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964;
U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1976-77.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Townsend Scudder (1865-1960) —
of Glen Head, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Northport, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 26,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1899-1901, 1903-05; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1907-20, 1927-35; defeated,
1920; appointed 1927; candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1921; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court 2nd Department, 1933.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
22, 1960 (age 94 years, 211
days).
Interment at Putnam
Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.
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Vincent A. Scully (1896-1943) —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in 1896.
Son of Martin
A. Scully.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Waterbury, Conn., 1940-43; died in office 1943.
Member, Elks.
Died, five days after a heart
attack, in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
9, 1943 (age about 46
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Deeley. |
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Clarence W. Seymour (born c.1886) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., about 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1921-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Lowrey Seymour (1803-1867) —
also known as David L. Seymour —
of Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Born in Newington, Hartford
County, Conn., December
2, 1803.
Son of Ashbel Seymour (1777-1810) and Mary (Lowrey) Seymour
(1778-1847).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1836; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1843-45, 1851-53;
defeated, 1844, 1852, 1858; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1860;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1867.
Died in Lanesboro, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
11, 1867 (age 63 years, 313
days).
Interment at Mt.
Ida Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Second cousin twice removed of Moses
Seymour; son of Ashbel Seymour (1777-1810) and Mary (Lowrey)
Seymour (1778-1847); third cousin once removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; married, July 27,
1837, to Maria Lucy Curtiss (1813-1867); fourth cousin of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), Hezekiah
Cook Seymour, George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Silas
Seymour, Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Augustus
Sherill Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour, Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; first cousin once removed of Caleb
Seymour Pitkin. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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biography — Govtrack.us
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Edward Woodruff Seymour (1832-1892) —
also known as Edward W. Seymour —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
30, 1832.
Son of Origen
Storrs Seymour and Lucy Morris (Woodruff) Seymour (1807-1894).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Litchfield, 1859-60, 1870-71;
member of Connecticut
state senate 15th District, 1876; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1883-87; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1889.
Episcopalian.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., October
16, 1892 (age 60 years, 47
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 31,
1778.
Son of Moses
Seymour and Molly (Marsh) Seymour (1752-1826).
Whig. Lawyer; postmaster;
member of Vermont
Governor's Council, 1809-14; Addison
County State's Attorney, 1810-13, 1815-19; U.S.
Senator from Vermont, 1821-33; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1836; probate judge in Vermont, 1847-56.
Died in Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt., November
21, 1857 (age 79 years, 174
days).
Interment at West
Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.
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John Sammis Seymour (1848-1931) —
also known as John S. Seymour —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Whitney Point, Broome
County, N.Y., September
28, 1848.
Son of George Whitfield Seymour (1812-c.1888) and Mary (Freeman)
Seymour (1817-c.1894).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 13th District, 1891-92; Connecticut Commissioner of
Insurance, 1893; U.S. Commissioner of Patents, 1893-97.
Died June 16,
1931 (age 82 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Morris Woodruff Seymour (1842-1920) —
also known as Morris W. Seymour —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born October
6, 1842.
Son of Origen
Storrs Seymour.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1881-82 (10th District 1881, 14th District 1882).
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died October
27, 1920 (age 78 years, 21
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881) —
also known as Origen S. Seymour —
of Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
9, 1804.
Son of Ozias Seymour (1776-1851) and Selima (Storrs) Seymour
(1786-1814).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1842, 1849-50, 1880; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1851-55; superior
court judge in Connecticut, 1855-63; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1864, 1865; justice of
Connecticut state supreme court, 1870-74; chief
justice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1873-74.
Episcopalian.
Died in Litchfield, Litchfield
County, Conn., August
12, 1881 (age 77 years, 184
days).
Interment at East
Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.
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Thomas Seymour (1735-1829) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 17,
1735.
Lawyer; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1774-1812; resigned 1812; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1789-1812; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1793-1802; county judge in Connecticut,
1798-1803.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., July 30,
1829 (age 94 years, 135
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Henry Seymour (1807-1868) —
also known as Thomas H. Seymour; Thomas Hart
Seymour —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
29, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in Connecticut, 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1843-45; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of
Connecticut, 1850-53; defeated, 1863; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1853-58; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1864.
Died of typhoid
fever, in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
3, 1868 (age 60 years, 340
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Louis Shapiro —
of Unionville, Farmington, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Farmington, 1941-48.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Frank S. Shea —
of New London, New London
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New London, 1939-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William J. Shea —
of Manchester, Hartford
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1937; member of Connecticut
state senate 4th District, 1939-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herb J. Shepardson (born c.1957) —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born about 1957.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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John Edward Sheridan (1902-1987) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., September
15, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1939-47; defeated,
1946; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
12, 1987 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Burton F. Sherwood —
of Bethel, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bethel, 1937-40.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Sherwood (1813-1896) —
of Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa.
Born in Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn., October
9, 1813.
Democrat. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 18th District, 1871-73;
president, Wellsboro & Lawrenceville Railroad.
Died in Wellsboro, Tioga
County, Pa., November
10, 1896 (age 83 years, 32
days).
Interment at Wellsboro
Cemetery, Wellsboro, Pa.
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Samuel Burr Sherwood (1767-1833) —
also known as Samuel B. Sherwood —
of Fairfield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Weston, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
26, 1767.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1809; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1816; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1817-19.
Died in Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 27,
1833 (age 65 years, 152
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Westport, Conn.
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Milton A. Shumway (born c.1849) —
of Danielsonville (now Danielson), Killingly, Windham
County, Conn.
Born in Killingly, Windham
County, Conn., about 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1886-87; member of Connecticut
state senate 16th District, 1891-92.
Burial
location unknown.
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Abner Woodruff Sibal (1921-2000) —
also known as Abner W. Sibal —
of Norwalk, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Ridgewood, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., April 11,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1956-60; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1961-65; defeated,
1964; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1964.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Alexandria,
Va., January
27, 2000 (age 78 years, 291
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Norwalk, Conn.
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Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in North Stratford (now Trumbull), Fairfield
County, Conn., August 8,
1779.
Son of Gold Selleck Silliman (1732-1790) and Mary (Fish) Silliman.
Republican. Lawyer; chemist;
university
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1856.
The mineral sillimanite was named for
him in 1850.
Died November
24, 1864 (age 85 years, 108
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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William Edgar Simonds (1842-1903) —
also known as William E. Simonds —
of Canton, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Collinsville, Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., November
24, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1885; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1885; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1889-91.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1899 for actions at the Battle of Irish Bend,
Louisiana, April 14, 1863.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., March 14,
1903 (age 60 years, 110
days).
Interment at Canton
Center Cemetery, Canton, Conn.
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Samuel Sisisky (born c.1896) —
of Thompsonville, Enfield, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Maspeth, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., about 1896.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Enfield, 1921-22.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Joseph Smith (1904-1980) —
also known as J. Joseph Smith —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.; Prospect, New Haven
County, Conn.; West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., January
25, 1904.
Son of James Emile Smith and Margaret Loretta (Dunn) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1935-41; resigned
1941; U.S.
District Judge for Connecticut, 1941-60; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1960-71.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Elks; Eagles; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., February
16, 1980 (age 76 years, 22
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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Nathan Smith (1770-1835) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
8, 1770.
Whig. Lawyer; New
Haven County Prosecuting Attorney, 1817-35; delegate to
Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818; candidate for
Governor
of Connecticut, 1825; member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1827; U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1829; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1833-35; died in office 1835.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
6, 1835 (age 65 years, 332
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Nathaniel Smith (1762-1822) —
of Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
6, 1762.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1789; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1795-99; member of Connecticut
council of assistants, 1799-1804; superior court judge in
Connecticut, 1806-19.
Died in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., March 9,
1822 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Church Cemetery, Woodbury, Conn.
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Perry Smith (1783-1852) —
of New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Woodbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 12,
1783.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from New Milford, 1822-23,
1835-36; U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1837-43.
Died in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., June 8,
1852 (age 69 years, 27
days).
Interment at Center
Cemetery, New Milford, Conn.
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Winthrop Smith, Jr. —
also known as Win Smith, Jr. —
of Milford, New Haven
County, Conn.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 14th District, 1993-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2002.
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Thomas J. Spellacy (1880-1957) —
also known as "Long Tom" —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Connecticut
state senate, 1907-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Connecticut, 1912
(alternate; Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1920,
1924
(delegation chair), 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Attorney for Connecticut, 1915-18; candidate for Governor of
Connecticut, 1918; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1922; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1925-29; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1935-43; defeated, 1912; resigned 1943;
defeated, 1945; member of Connecticut
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940-41; Connecticut
Insurance Commissioner, 1955-57.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his room at the Commodore Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
5, 1957 (age about 77
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Gill. |
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Lewis Sperry (1848-1922) —
of South Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in East Windsor Hill, South Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., January
23, 1848.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1876; Hartford
County Coroner, 1883-91; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1891-95; delegate
to Gold Democrat National Convention from Connecticut, 1896; delegate to
Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1902.
Died in East Windsor Hill, South Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., June 22,
1922 (age 74 years, 150
days).
Interment at East
Windsor Hill Cemetery, East Windsor Hill, South Windsor, Conn.
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Henry Brewster Stanton (1805-1887) —
also known as Henry B. Stanton —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.
Born in Connecticut, June 27,
1805.
Son of Joseph Stanton and Susan M. (Brewster) Stanton.
Journalist;
orator;
lawyer; member of New York
state senate 25th District, 1850-51, 1851; resigned 1851.
Died, of pneumonia,
in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
14, 1887 (age 81 years, 201
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Benjamin Stark (1820-1898) —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; New London, New London
County, Conn.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 26,
1820.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; member of Oregon
territorial House of Representatives, 1852; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1861-62; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 1868;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1874.
On June 6, 1862, a resolution to
expel him from the U.S. Senate for alleged disloyalty
to the Union, requiring two-thirds to pass, failed on a vote of
21 in favor to 16 opposed.
Died in New London, New London
County, Conn., October
10, 1898 (age 78 years, 106
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.
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Ansel Sterling (1782-1853) —
of Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., February
3, 1782.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Sharon, 1820-21, 1825-26,
1829, 1835-37; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1821-25.
Died in Sharon, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
6, 1853 (age 71 years, 276
days).
Interment at Sharon
Burying Ground, Sharon, Conn.
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Micah Sterling (1784-1844) —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y.
Born in Lyme, New London
County, Conn., November
5, 1784.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 18th District, 1821-23; member of New York
state senate 5th District, 1836-39.
Died in Watertown, Jefferson
County, N.Y., April 11,
1844 (age 59 years, 158
days).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.
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James Stevens (1768-1835) —
of Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Stamford (part now in New Canaan), Fairfield
County, Conn., July 4,
1768.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1804-05, 1808-10, 1814-15,
1817-18; probate judge in Connecticut, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1819-21; postmaster.
Died in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., April 4,
1835 (age 66 years, 274
days).
Interment at St.
John's and St. Andrew's Episcopal Cemetery, Stamford, Conn.
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Henry Randolph Storrs (1787-1837) —
of Whitestown, Oneida
County, N.Y.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
3, 1787.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1817-21, 1823-31 (16th District
1817-21, 14th District 1823-31); state court judge in New York, 1825.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 28,
1837 (age 49 years, 328
days).
Interment at Grove
Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
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Julius Levi Strong (1828-1872) —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn., November
8, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1852, 1855; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1869-72; died in
office 1872.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
7, 1872 (age 43 years, 304
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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Albert Lewis Stuart (1819-1876) —
also known as Albert L. Stuart —
Born in Connecticut, June 25,
1819.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1850-51.
Methodist.
During an election dispute in Gainsville, Ark., in the early 1850s,
he shot
and killed Riley Vaughn; charged
with murder,
tried,
and acquitted.
Died in Powell Township, Craighead
County, Ark., March 16,
1876 (age 56 years, 265
days).
Interment at Woods
Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Paragould, Ark.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of Marlin Stuart (pro baseball
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Kevin B. Sullivan —
of West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state senate 5th District, 1987-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 2000,
2004.
Member, Rotary; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2004.
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George G. Sumner (1841-1906) —
of Bolton, Tolland
County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Hebron, Tolland
County, Conn., January
14, 1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1867; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1878-80; Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1883-85; member of Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1887-88.
Died, in a hospital
at Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., September
20, 1906 (age 65 years, 249
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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