Jonathan Stoddard | |
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United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut | |
In office 1844–1849 | |
President | John Tyler James K. Polk |
Preceded by | Charles Chapman |
Succeeded by | Thomas Clap Perkins |
Personal details | |
Born | Derby, Connecticut, US | October 8, 1807
Died | August 27, 1855 New Haven, Connecticut, US | (aged 47)
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | Yale (1831) Yale Law School (1833) |
Profession | Lawyer |
Jonathan Stoddard (October 9, 1807 – August 8, 1855) was an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut under two presidents[1]
Jonathan Stoddard was born in Derby, Connecticut on October 9, 1807. After graduating his father's alma mater, Yale, in 1831,[2] he began Yale Law School. Upon his graduation in 1833 he was admitted to the New Haven Bar. He was a Democrat and spent five years serving as the United States Attorney for the district of Connecticut. He died unmarried of an unknown illness in 1845.[3]