01 Jan 2018 John Harper Trumbull JOHN HARPER TRUMBULL, the fourth Trumbull to serve as governor of Connecticut [Jonathan Trumbull Sr. (1769-1784); Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (1797-1809); Joseph Trumbull (1849-1850)], was born in Ashford, Connecticut, on March… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Wilbur Lucius Cross WILBUR LUCIUS CROSS, a four-term Connecticut governor, was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, on April 10, 1862. He graduated from Yale University in 1885, and then earned a doctoral degree in… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Robert Augustine Hurley ROBERT AUGUSTINE HURLEY, Connecticut's first Roman Catholic governor, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on August 25, 1895. He was educated in Connecticut's public school system and Lehigh University. From 1917… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Raymond Early Baldwin RAYMOND EARLY BALDWIN, U.S. Senator, governor, and chief justice, was born in Rye, New York, on August 31, 1893. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1916 and earned a law… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Charles Wilbert Snow CHARLES WILBERT SNOW, Connecticut's 58th governor, was born on White Head Island, St. George, Maine, on April 6, 1884. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1907, and earned a master's… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 James Lukens McConaughy JAMES LUKENS MCCONAUGHY was born in New York, on October 21, 1887. He graduated from Yale University in 1909, and earned two master's degrees, one from Bowdoin College in 1911,… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 James Coughlin Shannon JAMES COUGHLIN SHANNON was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on July 21, 1896. He graduated from Georgetown University in 1918, and earned a LL.B. degree from Yale Law School in 1921.… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Chester Bliss Bowles CHESTER BLISS BOWLES, author, diplomat, and noted liberal politician, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on April 5, 1901. He attended Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, and graduated from the Sheffield… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 John Davis Lodge JOHN DAVIS LODGE, grandson of Henry Cabot Lodge, was born in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 1903. He had a worldly education, attending school at the Evans School in Mesa,… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Abraham Alexander Ribicoff ABRAHAM ALEXANDER RIBICOFF, son of Jewish immigrant parents, was born in New Britain, Connecticut, on April 9, 1910. He attended New York University from 1928 to 1929, and in 1933… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 John Dempsey JOHN NOEL DEMPSEY was born January 3, 1915, in Cahir, County Tipperary, Ireland. He attended Providence College. He was a member of the city council, Putnam, Connecticut, 1938-1949; executive secretary… National Governors Association
01 Jan 2018 Thomas J. Meskill THOMAS J. MESKILL was born January 30, 1929, in New Britain, Connecticut. He received a B.S. degree from Trinity College in 1950. After graduating from Trinity, Meskill served in the… National Governors Association
