GOVERNORS OF CONNECTICUT
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The Colony of Connecticut
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John Haynes
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1639-1640
Edward Hopkins 164o-1641
John Haynes
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. 1641-1642
George Wyllys 1642-1643
ohn Haynes 1643-1644
Edward Hopkins 1644-1645
John Haynes
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1645-1646
Edward Hopkins
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1646-1647
John Haynes • 1647-1648Rollin S
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Woodruff
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George L
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Lilley Frank W
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Weeks Simeon E
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Baldwin
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1 Term of service, one year until 1876; thereafter, two years
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Jonathan Trumbull Matthew Griswold Samuel Huntington Oliver Wolcott
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Jonathan Trumbull John Treadwell
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Roger Griswold
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John Cotton See also: - SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Oliver Wolcott Gideon Tomlinson
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John S
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Peters See also: - HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
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See also: - EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
- EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
- EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
- EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
- EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
- EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
- EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
- EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
- EDWARDS, T
- EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)
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Samuel A
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Foote Henry W
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Edwards
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See also: - WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
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Ellsworth Chauncey F
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Cleveland
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Roger S
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Baldwin Isaac Toucey
Clark Bissell
Joseph Trumbull See also: - THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
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Seymour
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Charles H
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Pond (Acting) Henry Dutton
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William T
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Minor Alexander H
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Holley William A
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See also: - BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Joseph R
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Hawley
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See also: - JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
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English Marshall Jewell
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James E
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English Marshall Jewell
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Charles R
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Ingersoll
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Richard D
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Hubbard Charles B
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Andrews Hobart B
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Bigelow
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Thomas M
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Waller
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Henry B
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Harrison Phineas C
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Lounsbury Morgan G
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Bulkeley Luzon B
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Morris 0
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Vincent Coffin Lorrin A
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Cooke George E
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Lounsbury George P
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McLean
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Abiram See also: - CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
Henry Roberts
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1776-1784 Federalist
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1786-1796
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1796-1797
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1797-1809
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1809-1811
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1811-1812
1812-1817
1817-1827 Democrat
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1827-1831 Federalist
1831-1833 Whig
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1833-1834 Democrat
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1834-1835 Whig
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1835-1838 Democrat
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1838-1842 Whig
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1842-1844 Democrat
1844-1846 Whig
1846-1847 Democrat
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1847-1849 Whig
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1849-1850
1850-1853 Democrat
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1853-1854
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1854-1855 Whig
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1855-1857 Know-Nothing
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1857-1858 Republican
1858-1866
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1866-1867
1867-1869 Democrat
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1869-187o Republican
1870-1871 Democrat
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1871-1873 Republican
1873-1877 Democrat
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1877-1879 Democrat
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1879-1881 Republican
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1881-1883 Republican
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1883-1885 Democrat
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1885-1887 Republican
1887-1889 „
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1889-x893
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1893-1895 Democrat
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1895-1897 Republican
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1897-1899
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1899-1901
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1901-1903 11
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1903-1905
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1905-1907 „
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1907-1909 11
1909
1909-1911
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1911 Democrat
" The Constitution and Laws of Connecticut " in New England States (vol. i., Boston, 1897) ; " Town Rule in Connecticut " in Political Science Quarterly, vol. iv.; Bernard Steiner's History of Education in Connecticut ( Washington, 1893), and the reports of the administrative boards and officials, especially those, of `he Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Board of Education, the Board of Charities and the Treasurer
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There is no completely satisfactory history of the state
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Johnston's Connecticut is well written, but his theories regarding the relationship between the townships and the state are not generally accepted. by historical scholars
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There is' a good chapter in Herbert L
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Osgood's History of the American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century (New York, 1904)
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Connecticut as a Colony and as a State ( Hartford, 1904; 4 vols.) is written from secondary sources, as also is G
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Hollister's History of Connecticut (to 1818) (2 vols
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Hartford, 1857)
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Perhaps the most satisfactory historical work is that of Benjamin Trumbull, A Complete History of Connecticut from 1630 to 1764 (New Haven, 1804-1818)
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Atwater's History of the Colony of New Haven (New Haven, 1881) is also valuable, and the monograph of C
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Levermore, " The Republic of New Haven," and that of C
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Andrews " The River Towns of Connecticut " in The Johns Hopkins University
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Studies ( Baltimore, 1886 and 1889) should be consulted for the institutions of the colonial period
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For the sources, see Colonial Records of Connecticut (15 vols., Hartford, 1850-189o); The Records of the Colony and the Plantation of New Haven (2 vols., Hartford, 1857-1858) and Records of the State of Connecticut (2 vols., Hartford, 1894-1895)
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The Collections (Hartford 186o et seq.) of the Connecticut Historical Society contain valuable material, especially the papers of Governor Joseph Talcott.; and the Papers (New Haven, 1865 et seq.) of the New Haven Colony Historical Society are extremely valuable for local history; but a vast number of documents relating to the colonial and state periods, now in the state library at Hartford, have never been published
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