David Daggett

David Daggett

David Daggett (born December 31, 1764 in Attleboro , Bristol County , Massachusetts Bay Colony , † April 12, 1851 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American lawyer and politician of the Federalist Party . From 1813 to 1819 he sat for the US state Connecticut in the US Senate .

Life

Daggett was born on New Year's Eve 1764 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, to Thomas Daggett. Daggett's ancestors came from England . At the age of 16 he went to Yale University . In 1783 he received his master's degree there . In 1786 he married Ann Munson. The marriage produced 19 children, of whom only 14 survived. After initially leaving Yale University, he passed the bar exam and was admitted to the bar in 1786. He didn't run his own law firm long before returning to Yale as a tutor.

In 1826 he was appointed by Yale to a chair at the new Yale Law School. In the autumn of the same year he was awarded an honorary doctorate in law . After his wife's death in 1839, he remarried in 1840, this time to Mary Lines.

Daggett died in New Haven in 1851. He was buried in Grove Street Cemetery .

politics

After Daggett was admitted to the bar, he became increasingly involved in public and political life. He became a member of the Federalist Party.

In 1791 he was elected a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He represented the area around New Haven until 1804. From 1794 he sat as speaker of the House of Representatives . He then withdrew from politics, before he moved back into the House of Representatives in 1809. There he sat until his election to the Federal Senate in 1813. From June 1811, he also held the office of District Attorney in New Haven. He also gave up this office in 1813. His election to the federal senate was made possible by the resignation of Chauncey Goodrich , who became lieutenant governor of Connecticut. Daggett ended Goodrich's regular term without running for re-election. In 1819 he left the Senate.

In 1826 Daggett was appointed judge on the Connecticut Supreme Court . Between 1828 and 1829 Daggett was also mayor of New Haven; in this office he succeeded William Bristol . From May 1832 he sat before the Supreme Court as Chief Justice. In 1834 he resigned from judicial service due to an age restriction.

Web links

• David Daggett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David Daggett in the database of Find a Grave (English)