01 Jan 2018 John Samuel Peters JOHN SAMUEL PETERS was born in Hebron, Connecticut, on September 21, 1772. He attended Hebron's public schools, and in 1792, became interested in the study of medicine. Peters accomplished his medical studies four… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Samuel Augustus Foot(e) SAMUEL AUGUSTUS FOOT, also known as Samuel Augustus Foote, Connecticut's 11th governor was born on November 8, 1780, in Cheshire, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in 1797, and attended… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Henry Waggaman Edwards HENRY WAGGAMAN EDWARDS, son of Pierpont Edwards, who had been influential in forming the Democratic Party in Connecticut, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in October 1779. He graduated from… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 William Wolcott Ellsworth WILLIAM WOLCOTT ELLSWORTH, son of Oliver Ellsworth, a Congressman and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on November 10, 1791. He graduated from Yale University in 1810,… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Roger Sherman Baldwin ROGER SHERMAN BALDWIN, grandson of Roger Sherman, the only man to sign all of America's founding papers, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on January 4, 1793. He graduated from… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Isaac Toucey ISAAC TOUCEY, Connecticut's 16th governor was born on November 5, 1796, in Newtown, Connecticut. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1818, and practiced in Hartford, Connecticut. Toucey… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Clark Bissell CLARK BISSELL, Connecticut's 17th governor, was born on September 7, 1782, in Lebanon, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in 1806, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Joseph Trumbull JOSEPH TRUMBULL, grandson of Colonial Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull Sr. (1769-1784) and nephew of Connecticut Governor Joseph Trumbull Jr. (1797-1809) was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on December 7, 1782. He graduated… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Thomas H. Seymour THOMAS H. SEYMOUR was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on September 29, 1807. He graduated from Captain Alden Partridge's Military Institute in Middletown, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Charles Hobby Pond CHARLES HOBBY POND, Connecticut's 20th governor was born in Milford, Connecticut, on April 26, 1781. He graduated from Yale University in 1802, studied law, and was admitted to the bar;… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Henry Dutton HENRY DUTTON, the last Whig to hold the governor's office, was born in Plymouth, Connecticut, on February 12, 1796. He graduated from Yale University in 1818, studied law, and was… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 William Thomas Minor WILLIAM THOMAS MINOR, Connecticut's 22nd governor was born in Stamford, Connecticut, on October 3, 1815. He graduated from Yale University in 1834, studied law, and was admitted to the bar… National Governors Association