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Henry Dutton (politician)

American politician (1796–1869)

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American politician (1796–1869)

Field	Value
name	Henry Dutton
image	Governor Henry Dutton (3x4b).jpg
order1	38th
office1	Governor of Connecticut
term_start1	May 3, 1854
term_end1	May 2, 1855
lieutenant1	Alexander H. Holley
predecessor1	Charles H. Pond
successor1	William T. Minor
office2	Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
office3	Member of the Connecticut Senate
term3	1849
term2	1850
1838-1839
1834
1828
birth_date	February 12, 1796
birth_place	Plymouth, Connecticut
death_date	April 26, 1869 (aged 73)
spouse	Elizabeth Elliot Joy Dutton
alma_mater	Yale University
profession	lawyer, politician
party	Whig
signature	Signature of Henry Dutton.png

1838-1839 1834 1828

Henry Dutton (February 12, 1796 – April 26, 1869) was an American politician and the 38th Governor of Connecticut.

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 to 1823, he studied law with the Hon. Roger Minot 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 to 1866.

Death

Dutton died on April 26, 1869, and is interred at the Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut.

References

(1900). "Henry Dutton". The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography.
"Henry Dutton". National Governors Association.
"Henry Dutton". National Governors Association.

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