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unusual facts about Governor of Connecticut



Howard Wolfson

He was a Fox News contributor, and advised Ned Lamont's campaign for governor of Connecticut.

Morgan G. Bulkeley Stadium

Originally named Clarkin Field from 1921–1927, the stadium was renamed for former Connecticut governor, Morgan Bulkeley in 1927.

Nathaniel Saltonstall

Two of their children were Col. Richard Saltonstall (1672 – 1714), and Gurdon Saltonstall (1666 – 1724), later the governor of Connecticut.

Simeon Eben Baldwin

Simeon Eben Baldwin (February 5, 1840 – January 30, 1927), jurist, law professor and the 65th Governor of Connecticut, was the son of jurist, Connecticut governor and U.S. Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin and Emily Pitkin Perkins.


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Beekman Winthrop

A descendant of both John Winthrop, first Governor of Massachusetts, and John Winthrop, the Younger, first Governor of Connecticut, within four years after graduating he became first a personal secretary to (future President) William Howard Taft while he was Governor-General of the Philippines, and later was appointed as a judge in the Court of First Instance in the Philippines.

Charles Ingersoll

Charles Roberts Ingersoll (1821–1903), American state legislator and executive; son and law partner of Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll; Democrat from Connecticut; served in state legislature and, from May 1873 to January 1877, as governor of Connecticut

George Lilley

George L. Lilley (1859–1909), United States Representative and Governor of Connecticut

Hadley, Massachusetts

In 1683, eleven years before the Salem Witch Trials, Mary Webster, wife to William Webster son of the former governor of Connecticut and a founder of the very town of Hadley John Webster, was accused and acquitted of witchcraft.

Henry Edwards

Henry W. Edwards (1779–1847), U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Connecticut

John Dempsey

John N. Dempsey (1915–1989), American politician, governor of Connecticut

John DeStefano, Jr.

He was the Democratic candidate in 2006 for Governor of Connecticut, unsuccessfully challenging incumbent Republican Governor M. Jodi Rell.

Joseph Hawley

Joseph Roswell Hawley (1826-1905), Governor of Connecticut, U.S. Senator and Congressman

McConaughy

James L. McConaughy (1887–1948), American politician and a former Governor of Connecticut, USA

Rell

Jodi Rell (born 1946) American politician, 87th Governor of Connecticut

Richard Hubbard

Richard D. Hubbard (1818–1884), United States Representative and Governor of Connecticut

Robert Hurley

Robert A. Hurley (1895–1968), American politician and governor of Connecticut

Samuel Spencer

Samuel R. Spencer (1871–1961), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut

Thomas Waller

Thomas M. Waller, (1839 – 1924), American politician and Governor of Connecticut

Webster Bank Arena

On October 30, 2010, the President of the United States Barack Obama joined Democratic Party candidates, including former Stamford Mayor (Now Governor of Connecticut) Dan Malloy, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Congressman Jim Himes at a "Moving America Forward Rally" at the Arena at Harbor Yard.