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Julius Hotchkiss
55th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
In office
May 4, 1870 – May 16, 1871
GovernorJames E. English
Preceded byFrancis Wayland III
Succeeded byMorris Tyler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
Preceded bySamuel L. Warner
Succeeded byStephen Wright Kellogg
Personal details
Born(1810-07-11)July 11, 1810
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedDecember 23, 1878(1878-12-23) (aged 68)
Middletown, Connecticut, U.S
Political partyDemocratic

Julius Hotchkiss (July 11, 1810 – December 23, 1878) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Woodward and Polly (Castle) Hotchkiss, Prospect farmers.[1] At seventeen, he taught in Prospect schools. He later moved to Waterbury and ran a store and a factory that made cotton webbing and suspenders.[1]

Personal life

In 1832[chronology citation needed], he married Melissa Perkins (of Oxford) with whom he had five children and were members of The New Church.[1]

Public office

Hotchkiss was nominated by both parties to be the first Mayor of Waterbury in 1853 when it was incorporated, shifting to the Democratic Party when the Whigs had dissolved.[1] In 1851 and 1858, he served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869). After leaving Congress, he was the 55th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1870. He died in Middletown in 1878 and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ a b c d John R. Guevin. View from the Top - the story of Prospect, Connecticut, 1995, Biographical Publishing Company, ISBN 0-9637240-3-7, pages 265-266
U.S. House of Representatives Preceded bySamuel L. Warner Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 2nd congressional district 1867–1869 Succeeded byStephen W. Kellogg Political offices Preceded byFrancis Wayland III Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut 1870–1871 Succeeded byMorris Tyler
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