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The Political Graveyard: Litchfield County, Conn.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Litchfield County, Conn.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Kilbourn</a>, 1884</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Barkhamsted:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/case.html#002.57.43">Abiel Case</a>, 1792 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/donovon-dorilus.html#317.51.94">Emery W. Doolittle</a>, c.1848 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tiernon-tilgham.html#101.51.23">Dwight B. Tiffany</a>, c.1862 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hortsman-hostler.html#479.41.13">Burton E. Hoskins</a>, 1867 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/church.html#087.54.38">Frank J. Church</a>, c.1872 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frazier-frechette.html#857.85.77">Walter L. Frazier</a>, c.1873 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright5.html#535.89.77">John W. Wright</a>, c.1881</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Bethlehem:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hitchcock.html#045.53.53">Samuel Johnson Hitchcock</a>, 1786 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayes.html#256.88.28">Samuel P. Hayes</a>, c.1850 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson1.html#579.76.65">Albert E. Johnson</a>, c.1883 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilsons-winford.html#906.22.50">John H. Wiltshire</a>, c.1883 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blodget-blouin.html#981.11.81">Arthur E. Bloss</a>, c.1894</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Bridgewater:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thone-thornley.html#593.13.84">John S. Thornhill</a>, 1864 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/isaac-iverson.html#365.19.46">Ernest L. Isbell</a>, c.1867</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Canaan:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#491.07.00">Samuel F. Adam</a>, 1783 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jennison-jewell.html#011.52.53">Chauncey Jerome</a>, 1793 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#439.54.57">Norman Root</a>, 1798 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/engmark-erick.html#400.55.39">Sidney P. Ensign</a>, c.1835</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Colebrook:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwell.html#509.48.99">Julius Rockwell</a>, 1805 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#677.23.35">James Phelps</a>, 1822 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#373.99.84">Abiram Chamberlain</a>, 1837 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#116.94.55">Clayton H. Deming</a>, 1866</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Cornwall:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen4.html#900.66.38">Ira Allen</a>, 1751 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/golan-goldis.html#115.91.33">Thomas R. Gold</a>, 1764 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/birdsall-biship.html#132.02.73">Victory Birdseye</a>, 1782 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#595.32.76">John C. Lewis</a>, 1800 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#778.52.27">Henry G. Lewis</a>, 1820 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#258.39.52">John Q. Adams</a>, 1837 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nick-nikka.html#260.05.68">Leonard J. Nickerson</a>, c.1858 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogers6.html#081.61.00">Matthew H. Rogers</a>, 1861 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miner.html#848.45.81">Frederick W. Miner</a>, c.1862 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#856.42.15">Harry B. Chamberlain</a>, 1868 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rodgers.html#341.30.09">Miner P. Rodgers</a>, 1874</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Cornwall Bridge, Cornwall:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#427.35.69">Ralph C. Harrison</a>, 1831</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Falls Village, Canaan:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#449.20.96">Lee H. Kellogg</a>, 1890</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Goshen:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lutfy-lynam.html#951.97.93">Samuel Lyman</a>, 1749 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/willison-wilshire.html#290.07.60">Westel Willoughby, Jr.</a>, 1769 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norton.html#100.80.17">Ebenezer F. Norton</a>, 1774 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/williams4.html#417.27.30">Isaac Williams, Jr.</a>, 1777 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones5.html#025.41.73">John P. Jones</a>, 1779 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#125.18.82">Israel Coe</a>, 1794 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/newton.html#652.66.55">Eben Newton</a>, 1795 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dickinson.html#854.51.19">Daniel S. Dickinson</a>, 1800 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphrey.html#499.72.87">Van R. Humphrey</a>, 1800 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marianetti-markowitz.html#351.54.25">William Markham</a>, 1811 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miles.html#619.12.75">Frederick Miles</a>, 1815 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthews.html#207.88.29">Henry A. Matthews</a>, c.1827 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#397.75.75">Isaac W. Brooks</a>, 1838 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis2.html#074.30.95">Charles H. S. Davis</a>, 1840 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lucas.html#040.54.30">Frederick A. Lucas</a>, c.1842 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#097.93.61">Edward S. Roberts</a>, 1842 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/austin.html#088.72.29">Wilbert N. Austin</a>, 1859 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#494.53.22">William A. Wadhams</a>, 1862 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright3.html#149.29.90">Edwin O. Wright</a>, c.1867 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ives.html#739.43.79">Fessenden L. Ives</a>, c.1869 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#466.69.21">John M. Wadhams</a>, 1870 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#405.94.43">John N. Brooks</a>, c.1871 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richards.html#285.82.48">Eugene L. Richards</a>, 1879 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ives.html#073.62.22">Sherman K. Ives</a>, 1902</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Harwinton:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#152.06.17">Jonathan Brace</a>, 1754 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#043.83.53">Abijah Catlin</a>, 1805 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#082.28.77">George S. Catlin</a>, 1808 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castleberry-catone.html#735.33.17">Lyman S. Catlin</a>, c.1841 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#661.14.37">Morris C. Webster</a>, 1848 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hogan.html#355.73.80">Morris B. Hogan</a>, 1902</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Kent:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html#858.90.62">Philemon Beecher</a>, 1775 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#234.73.98">Frank H. Peet</a>, 1892</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lakeville, Salisbury:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hollander-holley.html#672.68.17">Alexander H. Holley</a>, 1804 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradley6.html#143.65.32">Marshall J. Bradley</a>, c.1874 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruble-ruggero.html#969.22.73">Malcolm D. Rudd</a>, c.1878</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Lime Rock, Salisbury:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnhardt-barratt.html#208.69.98">Charles W. Barnum</a>, 1852</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Litchfield:</b></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td align="top"><table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Litchfield, 1700-1799: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#126.47.54">Jedediah Strong</a>, 1738 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen3.html#775.43.14">Ethan Allen</a>, 1738 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#426.84.67">Oliver Wolcott, Jr.</a>, 1760 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#947.99.18">Lemuel Harrison</a>, 1765 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#251.24.21">Frederick Wolcott</a>, 1767 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bird.html#445.10.96">John Bird</a>, 1768 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garnet-garretson.html#864.50.29">Peter B. Garnsey</a>, 1770 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/skinner.html#935.65.74">Roger Skinner</a>, 1773 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/easton-easum.html#074.94.25">Rufus Easton</a>, 1774 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#186.26.10">Nathaniel Pitcher</a>, 1777 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#737.15.66">Horatio Seymour</a>, 1778 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/skinner.html#260.19.75">Richard Skinner</a>, 1778 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#388.11.15">Henry Seymour</a>, 1780 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#935.57.32">John A. Collier</a>, 1787 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/piercecchi-pierse.html#337.01.36">Robert Pierpoint</a>, 1791 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#594.74.07">Frederick A. Tallmadge</a>, 1792 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phelps.html#505.99.29">Samuel S. Phelps</a>, 1793</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Litchfield, 1800-1899: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#161.25.92">John W. Allen</a>, 1802 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntington.html#138.27.81">Charles Phelps Huntington</a>, 1802 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#149.90.39">Origen S. Seymour</a>, 1804 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#019.97.99">George C. Woodruff</a>, 1805 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#192.77.56">William H. Welch</a>, 1805 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fuller.html#625.44.95">Jerome Fuller</a>, 1808 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#902.99.23">Lewis B. Woodruff</a>, 1809 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html#826.34.49">Henry Ward Beecher</a>, 1813 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perkins.html#990.97.99">J. Deming Perkins</a>, c.1831 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seymour.html#481.80.02">Edward W. Seymour</a>, 1832 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#022.19.62">Ebenezer D. Bassett</a>, 1833 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daily-dalbey.html#899.11.44">George W. Dains</a>, c.1845 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#709.68.72">Charles F. Brooker</a>, 1847 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webster.html#369.09.74">Daniel F. Webster</a>, 1853 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rowe.html#314.75.16">George C. Rowe</a>, 1853 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tracy.html#588.95.30">Cornelius Tracy</a>, c.1854 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbard.html#602.73.21">John T. Hubbard</a>, 1856</td></tr> </table></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Morris:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodnutt-woodrum.html#484.35.05">Morris Woodruff</a>, 1777 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#957.90.90">Harvey P. Bissell</a>, 1866 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson4.html#457.54.14">George H. Johnson</a>, c.1870 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#889.74.68">James M. Whittlesey</a>, c.1878</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>New Hartford:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#868.32.79">Aaron Kellogg</a>, 1742 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kellian-kellum.html#526.52.89">John R. Kellogg</a>, 1793 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/starr.html#369.98.86">James Harper Starr</a>, 1809 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#061.33.60">Edward M. Chapin</a>, 1833 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holcomb-holdaway.html#592.31.91">Marcus H. Holcomb</a>, 1844 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#543.90.56">Charles A. Hackney</a>, c.1861 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spencer.html#474.38.50">Correll A. Spencer</a>, c.1872 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allensworth-allis.html#391.17.38">Ward Tiffany Alling</a>, 1887</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>New Milford:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boardman.html#177.66.79">Elijah Boardman</a>, 1760 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/merriwether-mesta.html#838.51.58">Orange Merwin</a>, 1777 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruggles.html#596.20.14">Charles H. Ruggles</a>, 1789 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boardman.html#893.69.66">William W. Boardman</a>, 1794 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whatley-wheelan.html#090.88.38">Horace Wheaton</a>, 1803 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lancaster.html#545.58.54">Columbia Lancaster</a>, 1803 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#199.28.19">Noah P. Loveridge</a>, 1826 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckalew-buckles.html#191.01.63">Earle Buckingham</a>, 1829 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sherwood.html#293.37.61">Charles D. Sherwood</a>, 1833 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dayan-deamer.html#785.55.90">Johnson D. Dayton</a>, c.1846 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#407.93.56">Eli S. Roberts</a>, c.1855 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#673.98.13">John F. Addis</a>, 1860 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/diperna-dix.html#687.57.16">Myron B. Disbrow</a>, 1868 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green7.html#522.26.36">Robert W. Green</a>, 1869 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morehouse-morford.html#219.63.06">Garwood S. Morehouse</a>, 1883 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#118.72.56">John S. Addis</a>, 1889 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#978.31.23">A. Searle Pinney</a>, c.1921</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>New Preston, Washington:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#671.39.92">Frederick Whittlesey</a>, 1799</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Norfolk:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#896.34.14">Augustus Pettibone</a>, 1766 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/petitpren-pettis.html#162.55.81">Amos Pettibone</a>, 1786 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/riggs.html#788.02.00">Lewis Riggs</a>, 1789 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holt.html#638.15.62">George B. Holt</a>, 1790 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/welch.html#361.48.30">William W. Welch</a>, 1818 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#012.05.51">Joseph N. Cowles</a>, c.1839 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#031.42.60">Charles E. Hotchkiss</a>, 1859 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alexandre-allee.html#146.88.17">Mary E. Alger</a>, 1876</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Pine Meadow, New Hartford:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#961.95.35">George W. Smith</a>, c.1850 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#423.66.25">Hermon M. Chapin</a>, c.1867</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Plymouth:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#223.93.48">Judson Allen</a>, 1797 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/atlee-atwell.html#517.14.19">Francis Atwater</a>, 1858 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#211.40.23">Alexander M. Bassett</a>, c.1877 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#315.10.38">Amos H. Lister</a>, 1881 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey2.html#922.80.53">Daniel J. Bailey</a>, c.1889</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Riverton, Barkhamsted:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ransom.html#442.41.66">Dwight F. Ransom</a>, 1848</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Roxbury:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith8.html#500.57.36">Truman Smith</a>, 1791 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanford.html#992.79.32">John Sanford</a>, 1803 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnes.html#825.51.43">William A. Barnes</a>, c.1851 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/castle.html#668.26.41">Burr L. Castle</a>, 1876</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Salisbury:</b></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td align="top"><table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Salisbury, 1700-1799: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#154.07.62">John Strong</a>, 1738 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipman.html#096.90.85">Nathaniel Chipman</a>, 1752 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipman.html#210.99.70">Lemuel Chipman</a>, 1754 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#222.26.90">Daniel Chapin</a>, 1761 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#353.85.15">Samuel Strong</a>, 1762 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#503.51.36">Martin Chittenden</a>, 1763 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipman.html#379.46.11">Daniel Chipman</a>, 1765 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spencer.html#123.92.96">Ambrose Spencer</a>, 1765 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter1.html#961.34.21">Augustus Porter</a>, 1769 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#448.03.00">Peter B. Porter</a>, 1773 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spencer.html#837.99.24">James B. Spencer</a>, 1781 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#833.00.32">Josiah S. Johnston</a>, 1784 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/church.html#099.76.60">Samuel Church</a>, 1785 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bates.html#171.38.14">Martin Waltham Bates</a>, 1786 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thye-tiernan.html#341.80.46">Heman Ticknor</a>, 1792 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#826.63.43">Charles Johnston</a>, 1793 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chandless-chapline.html#667.79.10">Graham H. Chapin</a>, 1799</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=8 height=8> <b>Salisbury, 1800-1899: </b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hollander-holley.html#910.03.05">John M. Holley</a>, 1802 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strong.html#426.77.65">Theron R. Strong</a>, 1802 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbard.html#654.32.30">John H. Hubbard</a>, 1804 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landon.html#408.37.33">Rufus W. Landon</a>, 1815 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chapman.html#368.52.70">Bird B. Chapman</a>, 1821 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scotten-scruton.html#561.12.59">Jonathan Scoville</a>, 1830 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landon.html#398.06.12">Judson S. Landon</a>, 1832 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warner-warnock.html#449.97.03">Donald T. Warner</a>, c.1852 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/landon.html#491.32.49">Albert B. Landon</a>, 1863</td></tr> </table></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Sharon:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tallmadge-tannehill.html#617.20.02">James Tallmadge</a>, 1743 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#580.37.33">William Hunter</a>, 1754 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#328.12.77">John Cotton Smith</a>, 1765 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barsham-bartless.html#640.48.37">Gamaliel H. Barstow</a>, 1784 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rugh-rusch.html#288.41.54">Henry Rumsey</a>, 1784 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/everett.html#769.80.57">Roswell Everett</a>, 1790 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett6.html#331.98.68">Milo Lyman Bennett</a>, c.1790 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jewett.html#836.74.30">Freeborn G. Jewett</a>, 1791 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gould.html#296.30.37">Herman D. Gould</a>, 1799 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#126.06.30">Asahel A. Hotchkiss</a>, 1799 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker1.html#990.38.90">Amasa J. Parker</a>, 1807 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintgeorge-salliotte.html#283.37.26">Daniel B. St. John</a>, 1808 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkins.html#819.05.66">James R. Jenkins</a>, c.1837 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stubblefield-styles.html#226.71.64">John P. Studley</a>, c.1846 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/templeton-terrill.html#221.70.54">Charles A. Templeton</a>, 1871</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Terryville, Plymouth:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#438.93.67">Robert N. Blakeslee</a>, c.1857</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Thomaston:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradney-bradstreet.html#508.13.76">Thomas D. Bradstreet</a>, 1841</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Torrington:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griswold.html#262.19.59">Stanley Griswold</a>, 1763 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ives.html#580.21.80">Jotham Ives</a>, 1777 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#883.87.52">Lyman W. Coe</a>, 1820 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark4.html#456.83.11">George B. Clark</a>, c.1865 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wadhams-waggy.html#638.21.16">Erland Wadhams</a>, 1890 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conrey-coogan.html#617.02.74">Alexander G. Constable</a>, 1893 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#869.24.72">William T. Carroll</a>, 1902 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walcott-waldren.html#246.26.68">Patricia McGowan Wald</a>, 1928 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rootes-rosco.html#628.28.02">Andrew W. Roraback</a>, 1960</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Washington:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#400.70.36">Matthew Beale Whittlesey</a>, 1766 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#524.50.03">Elisha Whittlesey</a>, 1783 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#373.14.08">Chester Ackley</a>, 1794 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holliman-hollon.html#253.34.41">Gideon H. Hollister</a>, 1817 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/holliman-hollon.html#534.93.83">David F. Hollister</a>, 1826 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pittsford-platzek.html#174.26.56">Orville H. Platt</a>, 1827 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/auth-avern.html#819.36.13">Heman O. Averill</a>, 1856 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lutfy-lynam.html#690.98.26">Charles P. Lyman</a>, c.1859 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flynn.html#375.00.47">James W. Flynn</a>, 1860</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Watertown:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mallory.html#115.83.27">Meredith Mallory</a>, 1781 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#912.41.63">John Pitcher</a>, 1795 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elmquist-elwyn.html#026.27.07">John P. Elton</a>, 1809 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fendall-fent.html#814.37.28">Stephen Southmyd Fenn</a>, 1820 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/curtis.html#486.81.66">William E. Curtis</a>, 1823 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/humphries-hunsinger.html#946.03.55">William C. Hungerford</a>, 1867 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html#704.05.28">J. Howard Roberts</a>, c.1892</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Westbury, New Haven County (now Watertown, Litchfield County):</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#483.96.10">John Trumbull</a>, 1750</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Winchester:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/miner.html#425.56.96">Phineas Miner</a>, 1777 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nash.html#879.06.51">Alvah Nash</a>, 1793 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#248.38.64">Clark Cleveland</a>, c.1878</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Winsted:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/loomis.html#426.78.22">Arphaxed Loomis</a>, 1798 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wait-walberg.html#159.36.72">James B. Wakefield</a>, 1825 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pease.html#714.28.66">Henry Roberts Pease</a>, 1835 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/malster-manly.html#766.46.64">Wilbur G. Manchester</a>, 1860 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/glovinsky-gochenour.html#384.61.91">James P. Glynn</a>, 1867 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/naar-nary.html#405.51.89">Ralph Nader</a>, 1934</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Winsted, Winchester:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#731.62.11">Arthur B. Woodford</a>, 1861</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Woodbury:</b> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brownlee-brubeck.html#578.20.68">Nathan Brownson</a>, 1742 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edman-edward.html#640.12.95">William Edmond</a>, 1755 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith6.html#568.92.10">Nathaniel Smith</a>, 1762 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith6.html#819.71.53">Nathan Smith</a>, 1770 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith7.html#767.72.32">Perry Smith</a>, 1783 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanford.html#300.96.44">Henry Shelton Sanford</a>, 1823 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborn.html#782.64.78">Sidney V. Osborn</a>, c.1857 — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell1.html#098.69.10">Asahel W. 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