Thomas Kimberly Brace (October 16, 1779 – June 14, 1860) was an American insurance executive and politician.
He was son of Jonathan Brace, and was born in
Glastenbury, Connecticut
Glastonbury ( ) is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, formally founded in 1693 and first settled in 1636. It was named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England. Glastonbury is on the banks of the Connecticut River, southeast o ...
, October 16, 1779. He graduated from
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
in 1801. He was through life a prominent citizen of
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...
. For many years he was a merchant there, and for a long period he was the President of the
Aetna
Aetna Inc. () is an American managed health care company that sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans, ...
Insurance Company. He was a Representative of the town of Hartford in the
Legislature of Connecticut, and was
mayor of Hartford from 1840 to 1843.
He died in Hartford, June 14, 1860, aged 80.
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1779 births
1860 deaths
Yale University alumni
Aetna employees
Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Mayors of Hartford, Connecticut
People from Glastonbury, Connecticut
Businesspeople from Connecticut