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About Governor Henry Dutton
Governor & Justice Henry Dutton
38th Governor of Connecticut
Find A Grave Memorial ID # 19679204
Biography
Dutton was born in Plymouth, Connecticut on February 12, 1796. He studied at Yale University and graduated in 1818. While he tutored at Yale University from 1821-1823, he studied law with the Hon. Roger Minott Sherman (nephew of founding father Roger Sherman). He also was principal at the Fairfield Academy for two years. In 1823 he was admitted to the bar. He married Elizabeth Elliot Joy and they had three daughters and one son.
Career
Dutton moved to Newtown, Connecticut in 1823. He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1828, 1834, 1838, 1839, and 1850. He moved to Bridgeport in 1837, and then to New Haven, Connecticut in 1847 to accept the appointment to become Kent Professor of Law at Yale, a position he held until his death. He was also a member of the Connecticut Senate in 1849. He served as President pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate. He was the unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1853 of the Whig Party.
Dutton was elected Governor of Connecticut in 1854 becoming the last Whig to hold that office. Although he had finished second place to Democrat Samuel Ingham in the April popular vote, because no candidate received a majority, the state legislature decided the election. Dutton was elected by a vote of 140 to 93 in the state legislature (known as the Connecticut General Assembly). During his term, the Kansas-Nebraska Bill became law in May 1854, and a prohibition law was also enacted.
In 1855, Dutton ran unsuccessfully for re-election and finished in third place behind both Ingham and the victor William T. Minor. He left office on May 2, 1855. After completing his term, he served on the bench of the Superior Court and the Supreme Court of Errors from 1861-1866.
Death
Dutton died on April 26, 1869, and is interred at the Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.
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Governor Henry Dutton's Timeline
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February 12, 1796
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Plymouth, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States
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| 1824 |
October 15, 1824
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October 9, 1826
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October 12, 1834
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September 1838
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| 1869 |
April 26, 1869
Age 73
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New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
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Grove Street Cemetery, 227 Grove Street, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, 06511, United States
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