U.S. Senator. During World War I, he served in the Student’s Army Training Corps at Yale College and in the US Army Officers’ Reserve Corps. After the war, he graduated from Yale College in 1920, studied law at Yale Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced to practice law in Hartford, Connecticut. He was assistant US attorney for the district of Connecticut, (1922-34), secretary of State of Connecticut, (1933-35) and a member of the Connecticut State Board of Finance and Control, (1933-35). In 1938, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving until 1945. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was appointed a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, by President Dwight Eisenhower. He assumed senior status in 1969 and served on a part-time basis in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, until his retirement in 1980.
U.S. Senator. During World War I, he served in the Student’s Army Training Corps at Yale College and in the US Army Officers’ Reserve Corps. After the war, he graduated from Yale College in 1920, studied law at Yale Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced to practice law in Hartford, Connecticut. He was assistant US attorney for the district of Connecticut, (1922-34), secretary of State of Connecticut, (1933-35) and a member of the Connecticut State Board of Finance and Control, (1933-35). In 1938, he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, serving until 1945. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he was appointed a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, by President Dwight Eisenhower. He assumed senior status in 1969 and served on a part-time basis in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, until his retirement in 1980.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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