George G. Sill

George Griswold Sill (born October 26, 1829 in Windsor , Connecticut , †  May 19, 1907 in Hartford , Connecticut) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1873 and 1877 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Connecticut.

Career

George Sill attended Ellington Academy . He then graduated from Yale University between 1848 and 1852 . After completing a law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1856. At the beginning of the Civil War he set up a company from Connecticut, with which he then served in the Union Army . In his private life he became a successful businessman who ran various companies. Among other things, he was President of the Hartford Governor Company and Director of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company . Politically, he was originally a member of the Republican Party . In 1872 he joined the Democrats .

In 1873, Sill was elected lieutenant governor of Connecticut alongside Charles Roberts Ingersoll . He held this office after annual re-elections between 1873 and 1877. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . He was the last Connecticut lieutenant governor, whose term was limited to one year. From 1877 the governors and lieutenants of this state were elected for two years.

Between 1888 and 1892, George Sill was the successor to Lewis E. Stanton as a federal attorney for the district of Connecticut. He died on May 19, 1907 at his Hartford home.

Web links

• George G. Sill at The Political Graveyard