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For TOWN OFFICERS, annually, on the 1st Monday in October, excepting Hartford, Bridgeport and New Haven.
Connecticut State Officers, 1897.
OFFICERS IN CAPITOL. SALARY.
LORRIN A. COOKE, Winsted, Governor, $4,000
JAMES D. DEWELL, New Haven, Lieut. Gov. 500 GEORGE HAVEN, Adjutant General, 1,200 WM. E. F. LANDERS, Assistant Adjutant General, 1,800 WALTER PEARCE, Hartford, Clerk.
THERON C. SWAN, Hartford, Clerk. LORENZO D. CONVERSE, New London, Clerk.
LOUIS N. VANKUREN, Quartermaster General, 1,200 HENRY C. MORGAN, Assistant Q. M. General. MICHAEL J. WISE, Clerk.
GEORGE E. KENEY, Somers, Paymaster General, 600 ALBERT P. DAY, Hartford, Commissary General. ALBERT W. PHILLIPS, Surgeon General.
JOHN F. CARPENTER, Putnam, Judge Advocate Gen'l. JAMES B. HOUSTON, Enfield,
CLAYTON H. CASE, Hartford,
CHAS. W. PICKETT, New Haven, CHAS. E. TURNER, Waterbury, JOHN H. BUCK, Executive Secretary,
1,200
FRANK D. ROOD, Hartford, Executive Clerk,
1,800
1,500
CHARLES PHELPS, Rockville, Secretary, ROBINSON S. HINMAN, Chief Clerk. RICHARD J. DWYER, Hartford, Clerk. WILLIAM CARUTHERS, Norwich, Clerk.
CHAS. W. GROSVENOR, Pomfret, Treasurer, 1,500 B. FRANK MARSH, Chief Clerk. ROBERT J. MATHEWSON, Pomfret, Clerk. CHARLES F. SUMNER, Jr., Clerk.
BEN.J. P. MEAD, New Canaan, Comptroller, 1,500 EMERSON W. MOORE, Talcottville, Chief Clerk. JOHN H. WADHAMS, Clerk.
HERBERT E. BENTON, School Fund Commis' er, 2,000 CARNOT O. SPENCER, Hartford, Chief Clerk. WILLIAM H. POND, Hartford, Clerk.
FREDERICK A. BETTS, Insurance Commissioner, 8,500 ARTHUR A. WILSON, Hartford, Actuary. THERON UPSON, Hartford, Chief Clerk. GEORGE I. ROGERS, Milford, Clerk. FREDERICK W. SKIFF, New Haven, Clerk.
SAMUEL B. HORNE, Winsted, Labor Commis'er, 8,000 WILLIAM W. IVES, Norwich, Clerk.
CHARLES J. HOADLY, Hartford, Librarian, 1,800 For State Institutions, Officers, etc., see page 682.
ROLL OF THE SENATE. All Republicans. Lieut. Gov. JAMES D. DEWELL, New Haven, President Hon. W. H. MARIGOLD, Bridgeport, Pres't protem. SAMUEL A. EDDY, North Canaan, Clerk. Dist. 1, Hon. Lorus B. PLIMPTON, Hartford. "
2. ELIZUR S. GOODRICH, Wethersfield.
¥ GEORGE F. KENDALL, Suffield.
4. ERASTUS GAY, Farmington.
EDWARD D. STELLE, Waterbury.
6, JOHN W. MIX, Wallingford.
7. DWIGHT W. TUTTLE, East Haven.
8, WILLIAM S. BEECHER, New Haven.
4 9. BENJAMIN H. LEE, New London.
" LUCIUS BROWN, Norwich.
11, JOHN N. LEWIS, Voluntown.
" 12, GEORGE E. LOUNSBURY, Ridgefield,
18, EDWIN O. KEELER, Norwalk.
14, WILLIAM H. MARIGOLD, Bridgeport.
" 15, JOHN N. WOODRUFF, Sherman.
16, MONROE F. LATHAM, Eastford. 17,
u GEORGE M. HARRINGTON,-Windham.
18, SAMUAL A. HERMAN, Winsted.
19, DONALD T. WARNER, Salisbury.
20, BURTON H. MATTOON, Watertown.
" 21, ALFRED M. WRIGHT, Essex.
4 CHARLES G. R. VIMAL, Middletown. " 28, THOMAS A. LAKE, Rockville.
24, J. CARL CONVERSE, Stafford.
ROLL OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Republican, except * Democrats; t Nat'l Democrats. JOSEPH L. BARBOUR, Hartford, Speaker.
HARTFORD COUNTY.
Avon
. Robert J. Holmes.
Berlin
.Daniel E. Bradley.
Bloomfield
. George F. Humphrey.
Bristol
George H. Hall, Adrian J. Muzzy.
Burlington
. Samuel G. Winchester.
Canton .
Walter L. Wilder.
East Granby .. George L. Viets.
East Hartford.
.. Norman S. Brewer, A. W. Wickham.
East Windsor.
. Louis F. Helm, Sylves'r D. Rock well.
Enfield . Hugh Young, Jr., Thompson S. Grant.
Farmington. A. N. Wadsworth, Samuel Frisbie.
Glastonbury
. P. Henry Goodrich, Chas. O. Tryon.
Granby.
Hector Case, Marcus A. Griffin.
Hartford
.Joseph L. Barbour, Rob't A. Griffing.
Hartland
. Bryant J. Marks, Edgar B. Case.
Manchester.
.Francis H. Whiton, W. R. Tinker.
Marlborough.
. Charles E. Carter.
New Britain ..
. Chas. J. Parker, Morris C. Webster.
Newington
. +John H. Fish.
Plainville
Burwell Carter.
Rocky Hill
Luther B. Williams.
Simsbury
. Alex. T. Pattison, Chauncey H. Eno.
Southington .. .
. Sherman F. Guernsey, Wm. L. Ames.
South Windsor .. Norman F. Stoughton.
Suffield ..
Horace K. Ford, Edwin J. Sheldon.
West Hartford. . William H. Mansfield.
Wethersfield ... Robert S. Griswold, Frank J. Welles. Windsor ........ James J. Merwin, Eli S. Hongh. Windsor Locks. Alfred W. Converse.
NEW HAVEN COUNTY.
Ansonia. Reuben H. Tucker, Franklin Burton.
Beacon Falls ... "Daniel J. Carrington.
Bethany ..
Dwight L. Humiston.
Branford.
*Charles S. Bradley.
Cheshire.
Fred'k Doolittle, Herbert J. Morse.
Derby. . Edwin Hallock, "Albert K. Kennedy.
East Haven .. . Francis F. Andrews.
Guilford .. . Herbert E. Parmelee, + Wm. P. Hill.
Hamden .. . John O. Shares.
Madison .. Edwin W. Munger
Meriden . Wm. G. Gallager, George W. Couch.
Aids-de-Camp to
Governor.
10,
GEER'S HARTFORD CITY DIRECTORY.
Middlebury .... G. Fred. Abbott.
Milford ........ . Dumond P. Merwin, Theo. Thompson. Naugatuck. .... James Hughes, "William J. Neary.
New Haven .... T. Atwater Barnes, Fred'k L. Averill. North Branford. Ralph Beers.
North Haven. .. Anson B. Clinton.
Orange .. . Charles E. Graham.
Oxford ..
.Samuel W. Buckingham.
Prospect .. . Stephen A. Talmadge.
Seymour .. . Theodore B. Beach.
Southbury .. ... Curtiss H. Smith.
Wallingford .. W. J. Leavenworth, Sam. Hodgkinson.
Waterbury. .. George H. Cowell, Warren L. Hall
Wolcott. Albert N. Lane.
Woodbridge ... Henry E. Baldwin.
NEW LONDON COUNTY.
Bozrah. F. Judson Miner.
Colchester
. Edward M. Day, William Dandey.
East Lyme.
Griswold. .James H. Hyde.
Groton.
. Robert P. Wilder, Donald Gunn.
Lebanon.
George A. Mills, George A. Fuller.
Ledyard. . Nathan S. Gallup.
Lisbon .Charles B. Bromley.
Lyme. .James L. Lord, E. Hart Geer.
Montville .. George N. Wood.
New London .... Robert Coit, "Cyrus G. Beckwith.
No. Stonington .. Amasa M. Main, Samuel Thompson. Norwich. .John H. Barnes, Currie Gilmour.
Old Lyme. .John H. Noble.
Preston . Chas. F. Boswell, Chas. B. Chapman.
Salem .. Albert Morgan.
Sprague Ebenezer Allen.
Stonington. ... James Pendleton, Elias Williams.
Voluntown ."Charles E. Main.
Waterford *John L. Payne.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
Bethel . William S. Wortman.
Bridgeport
Matthew H. Rogers, Geo. E. Somers.
Brook field
"James Lee.
Danbury . Charles S. Peck, Frank L. Butler.
Darien.
"George Gregory.
Easton. Ellis F. Wheeler.
Fairfield. .H. N. Wakeman, Sherwood Banks. Greenwich .Seaman Mead, John F. Close. Huntington .Sturges Whitlock.
Monroe . David A. Nichols.
New Canaan ... Russell L. Hall.
New Fairfield .. . "Daniel A. Murphy.
Newtown "Martin F. Houlihan, *Aaron Sanford. .J. Belden Hurlbutt, Russell Frost.
Redding .Henry S. Osborn, Nathan Perry.
Ridgefield. .Louis L. Valden, Hiram J. Kellogg.
Sherman .George A. Barnes.
Stamford. Michael Kenealy, Charles E. Rowley.
Stratford. .J. Henry Blakeman.
Trumbull .Arthur E. Plumb.
Weston .Iverson C. Fanton.
Westport. .Joseph G. Hyatt.
Wilton Frederick D. Benedict.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
Ashford. .E. Lincoln White, H. R. Woodward.
Brooklyn John G. Potter. Canterbury *Charles S. Hyde, "Oliver S. Francis.
Chaplin. Theron L. Neff.
Fastford Leander H. Snow.
Hampton Addison J. Greenslit.
Killingly .James M. Paine, John A. Paine.
Plainñeld Charles F. Barber, Walter Kingsley.
Pomfret .I. W. Trowbridge, Reuben G. Weeks.
Putnam. Wm. R. Barber, Charles H. Brown.
Scotland . William M. Burnham.
Sterling. "Orren W. Bates.
'Thompson Geo. T. Bixby, Cornelius V. Chapin.
Windham Huber Clark, John Brown.
Woodstock . Geo. M. Sampson, Francis B. Chaffee.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
Barkhamsted. .. Hubert B. Case, Baker Cleveland. Bethlehem ..... "William Griswold.
Bridgewater ... .. ]Reuben M. Warner.
Canaan .
. Edwin W. Spurr.
Colebrook
Samuel A. Cooper, Wm. H. Raidart.
Cornwall.
. Chas. W. Everett, "Rob't N. Cochrane.
Goshen ..
Frank W. Griswold, Lorrain Apley.
Harwinton Patrick Hogan, Jr., D. B. Mansfield.
Kent ... . Thomas D. Barclay.
Litchfield. . Geo. W. Mason, "Edw'd E. Champlin.
Morris .. "Samuel J. Bissell.
New Hartford ... Henry C. Messenger, C. F. Loomis.
New Milford. .. Turney Soule, George H. Jackson.
Norfolk .. ... Leopold J. Curtiss, fFred M. Darrow.
North Canaan. . Alberto T. Roraback.
Plymouth. . Richard Baldwin.
Roxbury
Edward W. Seeley.
Salisbury
.James M. Selleck, Hubert Williams.
Sharon Simeon B. Jewett, "M. F. Whitney.
Thomaston . Byron W. Pease.
Torrington . Ed. H. Hotchkiss, Willard V. Barber.
Warren
Robert H. Perkins.
Washington.
. Henry Upson, "Charles P. Lyman.
Watertown.
. Edson B. Lock wood.
Winchester. ... Lester C. Strong, S. Landon Alvord.
Woodbury. ... Asahel W. Mitchell, G. H. Drakeley.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Chatham Henry T. Sellew, C. F. Shepard, Jr.
Chester.
James Smith Deuse.
Clinton.
. Henry C. Hull.
Cromwell
. Charles B. Frisbie.
Durham
John H. Ball, "Henry I. Page.
East Haddam .. . Frank C. Fowler, Charles H. Rich. Essex .... .John I. Hutchinson.
Haddam
Roland R. Tyler, Henry E. May.
Killingworth .. . Edward P. Nichols, Nathan H. Evarts. Middlefield .... . Otis A. Smith.
Middletown .... D. Luther Briggs, Dale D. Butler.
Old Saybrook . . Joseph L. Hayden.
Portland.
. George G. McLean.
Saybrook.
Milon Pratt, Louis D. Pratt.
Westbrook ... William I. Lewis.
TOLLAND COUNTY.
Andover. Albert H. Lyman.
Bolton.
. tCharles G. Tryon.
Columbia.
.* Warren A. Collins.
Coventry
. Charles E. Hunt, George Keeney.
Ellington . Charles A. Thompson.
Hebron
Horace F. Porter, Charles D. Way.
Mansfield
Charles T. Crane, Martin W. Atwood.
Somers
Amos Pease, Charles H. Ricketts.
Stafford.
. John M. Leach, Adorno S. Eaton.
Tolland.
Edwin S. Agard, "John S. Usher.
Union
Harry E. Back, Henry F. Corbin.
Vernon Edwin L. Heath, George Arnold, Jr.
Willington. . William H. Hall, Frederick C. Juul.
POLITICAL RECAPITULATION; 1897.
Senate: Republicans, 24. House: Republicans, 218, Democrats, 29, National Democrats, 5. Total, 252.
Republican majority in Senate, 24; Republican in House, 184; on joint ballot, 208.
There are 101 Farmers, 84 Merchants, 19 Manufac- turers, 15 Attorneys, the balance are from one to six each in other vocations.
Of the 24 Senators, 19 were born in Connecticut; of the Representatives, 214 were born in this state.
AUDITORS PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
F. B. Noyes, Stonington, July 1, 1899; D. Ward Northrop, Middletown, July 1, 1899.
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629
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Norwalk.
.Ira F. Lewis.
Franklin ."Arthur B. Calkins.
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GEER'S HARTFORD CITY DIRECTORY.
1890, 1880, 1870, 1850 and 1830 Census of Connecticut Towns; Compiled from U. S. Census Returns FOR GEER'S HARTFORD CITY DIRECTORY. For Census of 1810, see page 500 of 1890 Directory. HARTFORD COUNTY. Organized in 1666. 738 square miles. 4 Senators and 45 Representatives.
Towns.
1890.
1880.
1870.
1850.
1880.
Avon,.
1,182
1,057
987
995
1,025
Berlin, ....
2,600
2,885
2,486
1,869
8,037
Bloomfield,
1,808
1,846
1,478
1,412
Bristol,
7,882
5,847
8,788
2,884
1,707
Burlington, ....
1,802
1,824
1,819
1,161
1,801
Canton, .
2,500
2,801
2,689 :
1,986
1,487
East Granby, ..
661
754
858
...
2,287
East Windsor,.
2,890
8,019
2,882 '
2,688
8,586
Enfield,.
7,199
6,755
6,822
4,460
2,129
Farmington, ...
3,457
8,580
8,560
8,890
2,980
Granby,.
1,351
1,840
1,517 | 2,498
2,788
Hartford,
58,280
42,551
87,748 18,555
9,789
Hartland,. ..
565
648
789
848
1.221
Manchester, ...
8,222
6,462
4,228
2,546
1,576
Marlborough, ..
582
891
476
882
704
New Britain, ..
19,007
18,979
9,480
8,029
Newington," ..
958
984
778
1,488
1,042
..
Simsbury, .....
1,874
1,880
2,051
2,787
2,221
Southington, ..
5,501
5,411
4,814
2,185
1,844
South Windsor,
1,786
1,902
1,688
1,688
Suffield, ..
8,169
8,225
8,277
2,962'
2,690
West Hartford,
1,980
1,828
1,588
4,411
Wethersfield, ..
2,271
2,178
1,915
2,528
8,858
Windsor, ..
2,954
8,058
2,788
8,294
2,220
Total,
147,180 |125,882 109,007 69,967 51,141
*Set off from Wethersfield in 1870.
NEW HAVEN COUNTY. Organized in 1666. 619 square miles. 4 Senators and 36 Representatives.
Towns.
1890.
1880.
1870.
1850.
1880.
Ansonia,
10,842
.....
.....
....
....
Beacon Falls,#.
505
879
....
....
....
Bethany, ..
550
687
1,185
914
....
Branford,
4,460
8,047
8,488
1,428
8,882
Cheshire, .
1,929
2.284
8,844
1,626
1,780
Derby,.
5,969
11,650
8,020
8,824
2,258
East Haven, ...
955
8,057
2,714
1,670
1,229
Guilford, ..
2,780
2,788
2.576
3,658
2,844
Hamden, ..
...
8,888
8,408
8,028
2,164
1,666
Madison,.
1,429
1,672
1,814
1,887
1,809
Meriden, ..
25,428
18,840
10,495
8,559
1,708
Middlebury, ...
566
687
696
768
816
Milford,
8,811.
8,847
8,405
2,465
3,256
Naugatuck, ...
6,218
4,274
2,880
1,720
10,678
North Branford
825
1,025
1,085
998
...
North Haven,.
1,862
1,768
1,771
1,825
1,284
Orange, ...
..
902
1,120
1,888
1,564
1,768
Prospect, .. ..
445
498
551
666
651
Seymour, ....
8,800
8,818
2,123
1,677
..
Southbury, ....
1,089
1,740
1,818
1,484
1,557
Wallingford, ..
6,584
4,686
8,676
2,595
2,418
Waterbury, ...
88,202
20,270
18,106
5,187
8,070
Woloott, ..
...
498
491
608
848
Woodbridge, ..
986
829
830
912
2,052
Total,
*Set off from Bethany, Naugatuck, Oxford and Seymour in 1871.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY. . Organised in 1751. 948 square miles. S Benstars and 41 Representatives.
Towns.
1890.
1880.
1870.
1860.
1880.
Barkhamsted,.
1,180
1,297
1,489
1,524
1,716
Bethlehem, ...
548
655
760
. 815
Bridgewater, ..
617
708
877
Cansan, ....
970
1,157
1,257
2.627
2.801
Colebrook, ....
1,098
1,148
1,141
1.817
1.332
Cornwall, .
1,288
1,588
1,772
2,041
1,714
Goshen,
972
1,093
1,223
1,044
1,175
1,616
Kent, ......
1,888
1,622
1,744
1,848
2,001
Litchfield,.
8,804
8,410
8,118
8,963
4,466
Morris, ...
584
627
701
....
....
New Hartford,
8,160
8,802
8,078
2.643
1.766
New Milford, ..
8,917
8,907
8,586
4.058
8,979
Norfolk,.
1,546
1,418
1,641
1,648
1,485
North Canaan,
1,688
1,587
1,695
....
...
Plymouth, .....
3,147
2,850
4,149
2.668
2,064
Roxbury,
986
960
919
1,114:
1,123
Sharon, ...
2,149
2,580
2,441
2,607
2,615
Torrington, ....
6,048
8,827
2,898
1,91€
1,651
Warren, ..
477
639
678
830
1,802|
1,621
Watertown, ...
2,828
1,897
1,698
1,533
1,500
Winchester,. ..
6,188
5,142
4,096
2,179 1,766
Woodbury, ....
1,815
2,149
1,981
2,150
2,045
Total, ..
58,542
52,044
48,727 45,258 42,858
*Bet off from Plymouth in 1875.
WINDHAM COUNTY. Organized in 1726. 520 square miles 24 Representatives.
Towns.
1890.
1880.
1870.
[ 1850. 1880.
Ashford,
778
1,041
1,241
1,295 !
2.661
Brooklyn,.
2,628
2,808
2,864
1,514 |
1,415
Canterbury,.
947
1,272
1,548
1,669
1.880
Chaplin,
548
627
704
796!
807
Eastford,
561
855
984 1,127
....
Hampton,.
688
827
891
946
1,101
Killingly
7,027
6,921
5,712
4.543
8.357
Plainfield,
4,582
4,021
4,531
2,782
2,2.89
Pomfret,.
1,471
1,470
1,488 . 1,848
1,978
Putnam,
6,512
5,827
4,192
....
....
Scotland,
508
590
648
...
....
Sterling,
1,051
957
1,022 , 1,025
1,340
Thompson,
5,580
5,061
8,804 , 4,638 ,
Voluntown,"
1,186
1,062 ; 1,064 | 1,304
Windham,
10,032
8.264
5,412 4,503 : 2,813
Woodstock,
2,809
2,689
2,955
8,881 2,917
Total,. .
45,158
48,856
88,518 81,081 |27,077
"Transferred to New London County in 1881.
TOLLAND COUNTY. Organized in 1786. 403 square miles. 2 Beasters and 22 Representatives.
Towns.
1890.
1880.
1870.
1850. 1830.
Andover,-
401
428
461
500
....
Bolton, ...
452
612
576
000
TH
Columbia,*
740
757
891
876
Coventry, ....
1,875
2,043
2,057
1,984 2,119
Ellington,.
1,589
1,669
1,462
1,899 1,465
Hebron,
1,089
1,248
1,279
1,845 1,987
Mansfield,#
1,911
2,164
2,401
2.517 3,661
Somers,.
1,407
1,242
1,247
1,608 1,429
Stafford, .
4,585
4,455
3,405
2,940 2616
Tolland, ..
1,087
1,169
1,216
1,406' 1,600
Union,.
481
689
627
728 TL
Vernon,.
8,608
6,915
5,446
2.900 1,164
Willington,.
906
1,086
942
1,888 1,006
Totalr.
25,081
24,112
22,000 : 20,091 18,700
"Transferred from Windham County.
·
East Hartford,.
4,455
8,500
8,007 |
2,497
..
..
8,420
8,715
8,808
8,103
2,580
3,179
8,017
2,616 : 2,680
1,901
Thomaston,
8,278
8,225
...
....
Washington, ...
1,688
1,590
1,568
Plainville, ...
1,998
1,980
Rocky Hill, ...
1,069
1,108
971
...
..
Windsor Locks,
2,758
2,832
2,154
....
..
Harwinton, ....
948
1,016
. ..
...
Oxford,. ..
4,687
8,841
2,684
1,476
1,841
86,045
62,882
50,840
20,845
New Haven, ..
..
309,058 156,523 |121,257 65,588 43,848
....
Salisbury,.
Glastonbury, ..
..
2 Benators and
....
1.457 1.784
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GEER'S HARTFORD CITY DIRECTORY.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY. Org. 1666. 540 sq. m. 4 Senators, 32 Representatives.
Towns.
1890.
1880.
1870.
1850.
1830.
Bethel,.
3,401
2,727
2,311
Bridgeport,t.
48,866
29,148
19,835
7,560
2,800
Brookfield,
989
1,152
1,193
1,359
1,255
Danbury,
19,473
11,666
8.753
5,964
4,311
Darien,
2,276
1,949
1,808
1,454
1,212
Easton,
1,001
1,145
1,288
1,432
Fairfield,#
3,868
3,748
5,645
3,614
4,226
Greenwich,
10,131
7,892
7,644
5,036
3,801
Huntington, ..
4,006
2,499
1,527
1,301
1,871
Monroe,.
994
1,157
1,226
1,442
1,522
New Canaan,.
2,701
2.673
2,497
2,600
1,880
New Fairfield,.
670
791
870
927
939
Newton,
8,589
4,018
3,681
3,338
3,096
Norwalk,.
17,747
13,956
12,119
4,651
3,792
Redding,.
1,546
1,540
1,624
1,754
1,686
Ridgefield,
2,235
2,028
1,919
2,237
2,305
Sherman,
668
828
846
984
947
Stamford.
15,700
11,297
9,714
5,000
3,707
Stratford,
2,608
4,251
3,082
2,040
1,814
Trumbull,
1,453
1,323
1,335
1,309
1,242
Weston,. .
772
918
1,054
1,056
2,997
Westport.
3,715
3,447
3,361
2,651
Wilton,
1,722
1,864
1,994
2,066
2,097
Total,
150,081
112,042
95,276
59,775
46,950
*In July, 1870, part annexed to Bridgeport.
tWest Stratford annexed in 1890 Census.
NEW LONDON COUNTY. Org. 1666. 687 sq. m. 3 Senators, 30 Representatives.
Towns.
1890.
1880.
1870.
1850.
1880.
Bozrah,
1,005
1,155
984
867
1,079
Colchester,
2,988
2,974
3,383
2,468
2,073
East Lyme, ..
2,048
1,781
1,506
1,382
Franklin,.
585
686
731
895
1,194
Griswold,
3,113
2,745
2,575
2,065
2,212
Groton, ..
5,539
5,128
5,124
3.743
4,805
Lebanon,*
1,670
1,845
2,211
1,901
2,555
Lisbon,
548
630
502
938
1,166
Lyme,
977
1,025
1,181
2,668
4,092
Montville,
2,344
2.664
2,495
1,848
1,972
New London, ..
13,757
10,537
9.576
8,991
4,356
No.Stonington,.
1,463
1,769
1,759
1,936
2,840
Norwich, ..
23,048
21,148
16,653
10,265
5,179
Preston,.
2,555
2,523
2,161
1,842
1,935
Salem, ..
481
574
717
764
959
Sprague,.
1.106
3,207
3,463
Stonington,
7,184
7,355
6,313
5,481
3,401
Voluntown,t
1,060
Waterford, ..
2,661
2,701
2.482
2,259
2,477
Total,.
76,634
73,152
66,570
51,821 42,295
*Transferred from Windham County. IDo. in 1881.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY. Org. 1785. 390 sq. m. 2 Senators, 22 Representatives.
Towns.
1890.
1880.
1870.
1850.
1830.
Chatham,
1,949
1,967
2,771
1,525
3,646
Chester,.
1,801
1,177
1,094
992
Clinton,.
1,884
1,402
1,404
1,344
..
Cromwell,.
1,987
1,640
1,856
1,026
1,116
East Haddam,.
2,599
3,032
2,951
2,610
2,664
Essex, ..
2,035
1,855
1,669
950
Haddam,
2,095
2,419
2,071
2,279
3.025
Killingworth, ..
582
748
856
1,107
2,484
Middlefield, ..
1,002
928
1,058
Middletown, ...
15,205
11,732
11,126
8,441
6,892
Old Saybrook,
1,484
1,302
1,215
..
Portland,.
4,687
4,157
4,693
2,836
Saybrook,.
1,484
1,362
1,267
2,904
5,018
Westbrook,.
874
878
987
1,202
....
Total, ....
39,524
35,589
36,099
27,216 24,845
RECAPITULATION.
Counties.
1890.
1880.
1870.
1850.
1830.
Hartford, ...
147,180
125,882
109,007
69,967
51,141
New Haven,.
209,058
156,528 121,257
88,556
43,848
Litchfield,.
58,542
52,044
48,727
55,285
42,855
Windham, ...
45,158
48,856
88,518
81,081
27,077
Tolland, ...
25,081
24,113
22,000
20,091
18,700
Fairfield, ...
150,081
112,042
95,276
59,775
46,950
New London,
76,684
78,152
66,570
51,821
42,295
Middlesex, ..
89,524
85,589
86,099
27,216
24,845
Total, ..
746,258 622,700 587,454 870,792
297,711
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS.
District in bold type ; P. population, 1890; v. votes, 1896. No. of Towns in, at the end of each District.
HARTFORD COUNTY .- 1st Dist .- Hartford; 1. P. 58,280. v. 14,160. &d Dist .- Berlin, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Manchester, Marlborough, Newington, Rocky Hill, Southington, South Windsor, Wethersfield, 10. P. 80,846. v. 6,954. 8d Dist .- Bloomfield, Can- ton, East Windsor, East Granby, Enfield, Granby,Hart- land, Simsbury, Suffield, Windsor, Windsor Locks ; 11. P. 27,129. v. 6,105. 4th Dist .- Avon, Bristol, Bur- lington, Farmington, New Britain, Plainville, West Hartford ; 7. P. 86,975. v. 8,918.
NEW HAVEN COUNTY .- 5th Dist .- Beacon Falls, Bethany, Middlebury, Naugatuck, Oxford, Prospect, Southbury, Waterbury, Wolcott; 9. P. 48,999. V. 11,120. 6th Dist .- Cheshire, Guilford, Madison, Meriden, North Branford, Wallingford ; 6. P. 88,970. v. 9,151. 7th Dist .- Ansonia, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Hamden, Milford, North Haven, Orange, Seymour, Woodbridge ; 10. P. 29,702. v. 9,410. 8th Dist .- New Haven ; 1. P. 86,045. v. 22,355.
NEW LONDON COUNTY .- 9th Dist .- Groton, New London, North Stonington, Stonington ; 4. P. 27,948. v. 6,088. 10th Dist .- Ledyard, Norwich, Preston ; 3. P. 26,786. v. 5,787. 11th Dist .- Bozrah, Col- chester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Lebanon, Lis- bon, Lyme, Montville, Old Lyme, Salem, Sprague, Voluntown, Waterford; 14. P. 21,906. v. 4,248.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY .- 18th Dist .- Darien, Green- wich, New Canaan, Ridgefield, Stamford, Wilton ; 6. P. 84,765. v. 7,806. 18th Dist .- Fairfield, Nor- walk, Stratford, Trumbull, Westport, Weston, 6. P. 80,168. v. 6,895. 14th Dist .- Bridgeport ; 1. P. 48,866. v. 12,248. 15th Dist .- Bethel, Brookfield, Danbury, Easton, Huntington, Monroe, New Fairfield, Newton, Redding, Sherman ; 10. P. 86,287. v. 8,699.
WINDHAM COUNTY .- 16th Dist .- Ashford, East- ford, Killingly, Putnam, Thompson, Woodstock ; 6. P. 22,767. v. 8,575. 17th Dist .- Brooklyn, Canter- bury, Chaplin, Hampton, Plainfield, Pomfret, Scotland, Sterling, Windham ; 9. P. 22,891. v. 4,085.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY .- 18th Dist .- Barkham- sted, Colebrook, Goshen, Harwinton, New Hartford, Norfolk, Torrington, Winchester ; 8. P. 21,080. v. 5,070. 19th Dist .- Bridgewater, Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, New Milford, North Canaan, Roxbury, Salis- bury, Sharon ; 9. P. 16,858. v. 8,886. 20th Dist .- Bethlehem, Litchfield, Morris, Plymouth, Thomaston, Warren, Washington, Watertown, Woodbury ; 9. P. 16,180. v. 8,585.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY. - 21st Dist. - Chatham, Chester, Clinton, Durham, East Haddam, Essex, Had- dam, Killingworth, Old Saybrook, Saybrook, West- brook ; 11. P. 16,648. v. 8,868. 88d Dist .- Crom- well, Middlefield, Middletown, Portland ; 4. P. 22,881. v. 4,118.
TOLLAND COUNTY .- 88d Dist .- Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Hebron, Vernon ; 6. P. 18,115, v. 2,556. 84th Dist .- Ellington, Mansfield, Somers, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Willington ; 7. r. 11,966. v. 2,877.
Ledyard,.
1,183
1,373
1,892
1,558
Old Lyme,.
1,319
1,887
1,362
Durham, ..
856
990
1,086
632
GEER'S HARTFORD CITY DIRECTORY.
State Institutions, etc.
LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS. Commencement and ending of the sessions of the Gen- eral Assembly of the State of Connecticut, from 1850.
YMAR. OOK.
IND.
COM. END.
1850. .. May 1, ... June 22.
1872 ... May 1, ... Aug. 2.
1851. .. May 7, ... July 2.
1878. .. May 7, ... July 12.
1852. . . May 5,. . . June 29.
1874. .. May 6, .. . July 25.
1875 ... May 5,. .. July 22. 1876. .. May 8, ... June 28. 1877 ... Jan. 8,. .. Mar. 28.
1858. .. May 4, ... July 1. 1854. .. May 3, ... July 1. 1855. . . May 2, ... June 30. 1856. . . May 1,. .. June 29. 1857. .. May 6, .. . June 27. 1858. .. May 5, ... June 17. 1859. .. May 4, ... June 24. 1860. .. May 2, ... June 28. 1861. .. May 1,. .. July 8. 1862. .. May 7,. .. July 8. 1863. .. May 6, ... July 11. 1864. .. May 4, . .. July 9. 1865 ... May 3, ... July 29. 1866 .. May 2, ... June 80. 1867 ... May 1, ... July 27.
1878 ... Jan. 9, ... Mar. 28. 1879 ... Jan. 8,. .. Mar. 28. 1880 ... Jan. 7 .. .. Mar. 25.
1881. .. Jan. 5,. . . April 14. 1882. .. Jan. 4,. .. April 26. 1888. . . Jan. 8,. . . May 8. 1884 ... Jan 9, ... April 4. 1885. .. Jan. 7,. . . April 28.
1886. .. Jan. 6,. .. April 14.
1887 ... Jan. 5,. .. May 19. 1889. .. Jan. 8,. .. June 22. 1891. .. Jan. 7, Jan. 8, '98.
1898. .. Jan. 4, June 80,'94.
1870. .. May 4, ... July 22.
1897 ... Jan.6, June 12,'97.
BANK COMMISSIONERS. Sidney W. Crofut, Killingly, July, 1899; Charles H. Noble, New Milford.
BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE BLIND.
Gov. Lorrin A. Cooke, ex officio; Charles B. An- drews, Litchfield; Frank E. Cleaveland, Sec'y, room 47 State Capitol, Hartford; Emily W. Foster, Aus't Sec'y, Hartford.
BOARD OF PARDONS.
Gov. Lorrin A. Cooke, Winsted; Charles B. An- drews, Litchfield; Ernest Cady, Hartford, June, 1901; Francis Bacon, M. D., New Haven, June, 1901; Morris W. Seymour, Bridgeport, June, 1899; Edward Har- land, Norwich, June, 1899. Salary $5 per day each, and expenses, while actually thus employed. George P. MoLean, Simsbury, Clerk, salary $200 per annum. Created April, 1888. Organized Nov. 20, 1888. This board has jurisdiction for "granting commutation of punishment, conditional or absolute, from the State Prison." Board meets at Capitol in June and Decem- ber. A unanimous vote, by this board, for liberating from State Prison, is required.
BAPTIST SOCIAL UNION OF CONN.
Geo. W. Hodge, Rainbow, Pres't; Edward Miller, Meriden; C. O. Spencer, Hartford, Vice Presidents; Frederick W. Payne, Hartford, Sec'y & Treas .; Or- ganized 1871. Annual election in October.
BRIDGE COMMISSIONERS. Enfield .- C. W. Clark, Enfield; Oscar Phillips, Suf- field.
Hartford-Morgan G. Bulkeley, Meigs H. Whaples, John G. Root, John H. Hall, Hartford; Charles W. Roberts, East Hartford; James W. Cheney, Man- chester; Alembert O. Crosby, Glastonbury; Lewis Sperry, South Windsor.
Rope Ferry .- J. L. Payne, Waterford; Frederick A. Beckwith, East Lyme.
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