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Connecticut Secretary Of State
The secretary of the State of Connecticut is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Connecticut. (The definite article is part of the legal job title.) It is an elected position in the state government and has a term length of four years. The current secretary of the state is Mark Kohler, a Democrat who has held the office since 2022 after being appointed to complete the unexpired term of Denise Merrill. The Secretary of the State's Office is composed of two divisions: *ThLegislation and Elections Administration Division which administers elections and ensures compliance with state and federal election laws. This division is also responsible for maintaining governmental records, administering the Seal of Connecticut, and licensing notaries public. *ThCommercial Recording Division which charters corporations and other business entities, registers trademarks, service marks, and liens under the Uniform Commercial Code, and issues apostilles. List of secretaries of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Kohler
Mark F. Kohler (born July 30, 1960) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 74th Secretary of the State of Connecticut from July 1, 2022, when he was appointed by Governor Ned Lamont to fill the vacancy created by previous secretary Denise Merrill's resignation, until the end of the term in January 2023. He previously served as an associate attorney general in the Office of the Connecticut Attorney General and as a member of the Town of Woodbridge Zoning Board of Appeals. Education Kohler graduated from the University of St. Thomas (then known as the College of St. Thomas) with his Bachelor of Arts in 1982. He then earned his Master of Arts in Political Science from Indiana University Bloomington in 1984, followed by his Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1987. Career Early Career and Connecticut Attorney General's Office Kohler was an associate attorney with the law firm Shipman & Goodwin for two years, from 1990 until 1992. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Ralph Hinman
Royal Ralph Hinman (June 20, 1785 – October 16, 1868) was an American lawyer and antiquarian who held various public offices in Connecticut, and who wrote on antiquarian subjects. Biography Royal Ralph Hinman was born in 1785 in Southbury, Connecticut, the son of General Ephraim Hinman, a successful Connecticut merchant, and Sylvania (French) Hinman. He graduated Yale College in 1804, and Litchfield Law School in 1806, where he studied law with David Sherman Boardman and Noah B. Benedict. In 1808 he was admitted to the bar in Litchfield County Court, and began to practice law in Roxbury, Connecticut. In 1814, Hinman married Lydia Ashley Hinman. He was elected a Connecticut State Representative in 1814, 1825 and 1831. He was Postmaster of Roxbury from 1823 to 1833, and was Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1825 to 1842. Between 1835 and 1836 he was a member of the Committee to Revise Public Statutes of Connecticut. In September 1844, the Port of New Haven appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Phelps (politician)
Charles Phelps (1852–1940) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the first Connecticut attorney general from 1899 to 1903. He also served as Connecticut secretary of state (1897–99), a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the 23rd district (1893–97) and the Connecticut House of Representatives (1885–1893), and coroner (1883–99) and district attorney for Tolland County (1904–15). Early life and education Phelps was born in East Hartford, Connecticut, on August 10, 1852, to parents Benjamin C. Phelps, a Methodist minister who served as chaplain and librarian of the Connecticut State Prison in Wethersfield, and Sarah Parker Humphrey. He attended East Greenwich Academy, earned his bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in 1875, and was admitted to the Connecticut bar in 1877. Wesleyan later awarded him a Master of Arts degree. Career Phelps practiced law throughout his adult life. He served as counsel (1890–92) and prosecutor (189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John J
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Addison Russell
Charles Addison Russell (March 2, 1852 – October 23, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Biography Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Russell attended the public schools. He graduated from Yale College in 1873, and served as city editor of the Worcester Press from 1873 until 1879 and associate editor of the Worcester Spy in 1879 and 1880. He moved to Killingly, Connecticut, in 1879 and engaged in the manufacture of woolen products. He served as aide-de-camp on the staff of Gov. Hobart B. Bigelow in 1881. He served as member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1883, and as Secretary of the State of Connecticut in 1885 and 1886. He was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War ( Fifty-seventh Congress). He had been renominated as the Republican candidate for reelection in 1902. He d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Torrance (judge)
David Torrance (March 3, 1840 – September 5, 1906) was a soldier, lawyer, politician, and chief justice of the Supreme Court in Connecticut. Torrance was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 3, 1840. Torrance's widowed mother emigrated to the United States in 1849 with her five children, settling in Norwich, Connecticut. Torrance worked in cotton and paper mills to support his family, receiving little formal education. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union army as a private, but he rapidly rose in rank. He was captured at the Second Battle of Winchester and spent time in Libby Prison, but was soon paroled. In January 1864 he was commissioned a captain in the 29th Regiment U.S. Colored Troops, commanded by William B. Wooster, a lawyer in New Haven. By the end of the war Torrance was lieutenant colonel under Wooster. Torrance began to study law under Wooster during the war, and moved to Derby after the war to study law with him. In 1868 they formed the lawfirm of Wooster & Torrance and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas M
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hammond Trumbull
James Hammond Trumbull (December 20, 1821 – August 5, 1897) was an American historian, philologist, bibliographer, and politician. A scholar of American Indian languages, he served as the first Connecticut State Librarian in 1854 and as Secretary of State from 1861 to 1866. Early life and education Trumbull was born in Stonington, Connecticut, to parents Gurdon and Sarah Ann (Swan) Trumbull. His mother was descended from Stonington's first colonists; his father was a wealthy merchant and state legislator, distantly related to Governor Jonathan Trumbull. James Trumbull's siblings included clergyman and author Henry Clay Trumbull and entomologist and author Annie Trumbull Slosson. Trumbull studied at Tracy's Academy in Norwich and enrolled at Yale University in 1838. He never received his degree, withdrawing before the end of his junior year because of ill health. Trumbull received an honorary Master of Arts degree from Yale in 1850 and an honorary LLD in 1871. He subsequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boyd (Connecticut Politician)
John Boyd (March 17, 1799 – December 1, 1881) was an American politician who served as a Connecticut state legislator and the Secretary of State of Connecticut. Boyd, son of James and Mary (Munro) Boyd, of the borough of Winsted, in the town of Winchester, Conn., was born March 17, 1799. After graduating from Yale College in 1821, he studied law in New Haven, with Messrs. Staples and Hitchcock, and was admitted to the bar in 1825. He settled in his native town as an iron manufacturer, retiring from business in 1853, and was also largely occupied with public trusts. He was a representative in the Connecticut General Assembly of the State in 1830 and 1835, and a member of the Connecticut State Senate in 1854. For fifteen years he was Judge of Probate, and for twenty-six years Town Clerk of his native town. He was Secretary of State in 1859, 1860, and 1861. In 1873 he published the ''Annals and Family Records of Winchester'' (octavo Octavo, a Latin word meaning "in eighth" or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orville H
Orville may refer to: People * Orville (given name), a list of people with the male given name * Howard Thomas Orville (1901–1960), American naval officer and meteorologist * Max Orville (born 1962), French politician * Merlyn Orville Valan (1926-2010), American politician and farmer * Orville Redenbacher (1907-1995), American popcorn entrepreneur * Orville Wright (1871-1948), American aviation pioneer Places France * Orville, Côte-d'Or, a commune in the Côte-d'Or department * Orville, Indre, a commune in the Indre department * Orville, Loiret, a commune in the Loiret department * Orville, Orne, a former commune in the Orne department * Orville, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department United States * Mount Orville, Alaska, a high peak of the Fairweather Range * Orville, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Elsewhere * Orville Coast, a portion of the coast of Antarctica Other uses * Orville by Gibson, a brand of guitars * ''The Orville'', a scienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nehemiah D
Nehemiah is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period. He was governor of Yehud Medinata, Persian Judea under Artaxerxes I of Persia (465–424 BC). The name is pronounced or in English. It is in Hebrew , ''Nəḥemyāh'', "Yahweh, Yah comforts". Most scholars believe Nehemiah was a real historical figure and that the Nehemiah Memoir, a name given by scholars to certain portions of the book written in the first person, is historically reliable.For confirmation that many scholars share this view, see For confirmation that most scholars share this view, see For an author who disagrees with the scholarly majority position on the historicity of Nehemiah and Ezra, but acknowledges the existence of that majority, see Book of Nehemiah narrative In the 20th year of Artaxerxes I of Persia, Artaxerxes I (445 or 444 BC), Nehemiah was Cup-bearer, cup-bearer to the king. Learning that the remnant of Jew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Henry Perry
Oliver Henry Perry (February 21, 1815 – March 27, 1882) was an American politician from Connecticut. He served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut in 1854 and as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1847–1849, 1853, 1857, 1859–1860 and 1864. Early life Oliver Henry Perry was born on February 21, 1815, at Mill River (later Southport) in Fairfield, Connecticut, to Elizabeth Burr (née Sturges) and Walter Perry. His father was a merchant and ship owner at Mill River. Perry was the youngest of 10 children. He attended Fairfield Academy and entered Yale University at the age of fifteen, in 1830. He left Yale in his first year and did not return due to ill health. He studied law at Yale Law School from 1838 to 1841 and was admitted to the bar on December 8, 1841, in New Haven. Career Perry served on committees in Southport that helped design and erect the public school in 1851–1852, the Southport Savings Bank in 1864–1865 and the new Congregational Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
