William L. Hadden

William L. Hadden (born October 8, 1896 in Elmira , New York , †  July 11, 1983 ) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1945 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Connecticut .

Career

William Hadden came to New Haven , Connecticut with his family as a toddler in 1897 . In 1909 the family moved to West Haven . He attended the public schools in his respective homeland. After a subsequent law degree at Fordham University and his admission as a lawyer in 1917, he began to work in this profession. In the meantime he served in the US armed forces during World War I. Between 1919 and 1921 he was employed as an assistant clerk at the court in West Haven in addition to his work as a lawyer . Between 1923 and 1927 he was a public prosecutor and then a judge until 1937.

Politically, Hadden joined the Republican Party . Between 1939 and 1942 he was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives . There he was temporarily chairman of the judiciary committee and Republican parliamentary group leader. In 1942 Hadden was elected lieutenant governor of Connecticut alongside Raymond E. Baldwin . He held this office between 1943 and 1945. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . In 1944 he was not re-elected. Between 1945 and 1951 he held the office of Attorney General of Connecticut. In June 1948 he took part as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia . Hadden was also a member of the American Bar Association and the American Legion veterans organization . Since 1920 he was married to Mary McNamara, who died in 1981, with whom he had three children. He died on July 11, 1983.

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