Marcus H. Holcomb

Marcus Hensey Holcomb (* 28. November 1844 in New Hartford , Litchfield County , Connecticut , † 5. March 1932 in Southington , Connecticut) was an American politician of the Republican Party and from 1915 to 1921 Governor of the State of Connecticut.

After attending school, Holcomb began studying law , which he successfully completed. In 1871 he was admitted to the bar. He took his first public office in 1873 when he was judge at the Southington Juvenile Court . He stayed that way for the next 30 years.

In 1893 he became chamberlain of Hartford County ; in the same year his political career began with the election to the Connecticut Senate , of which he was a member until 1894. From 1905 to 1906 he was Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives ; then he took over the office of Attorney General in this state, which he held until 1910. That year he moved to the Connecticut Supreme Court as a judge; In 1914 he resigned on his 70th birthday for reasons of age.

When Holcomb found out about plans within his party to run him for governor the following year, he handed a senior member of the electoral convention a letter in which he refused to run. The letter was never presented to the convention, whereupon Holcomb was nominated and eventually elected. He remained in office for six years, which was a difficult task given the outbreak of the First World War . Under his administration a food supply agency and a state defense council were established; nevertheless he managed to reduce the state's debts during this period. His term of office finally ended on January 5, 1921.

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SURNAME	Holcomb, Marcus H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Holcomb, Marcus Hensey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 28, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Hartford , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	March 5, 1932
Place of death	Southington , Connecticut