The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-02
PSYCHOLOGICAL.
Ex-State Officers and Legislators-- Many Who Were Prominent in State 

1 The necrology of eX-State officers and members of the general assembly dur | ing the year 1901 shows the deaths of l two ex-state officers, Governor Henry l B. Harrison of New Haven. whose term 1 was in 1SS5-6 and ex- Comptroller Le- 1 man w. Cutler, who served during the | civil war period 1861 to 1866. ten ex- l state senators. and 139 who had served only in the lower house. Comptroller Cutler was the senior in | date of service, he having represented Watertown in the lower house in 1S36- sixty-five years ago. He was also the oldest eX-senator, he having represent ed the old Sixteenth district in 1S45, and represented his town in the house six terms, 1886, 1s40, 1866 (to fill vacan- cy), 1876, 1877 and 1878.
 The ex-senators who passed away during the year were; John Allen of Saybrook, 1863, 1864, 1884 and 1885. Lucius Briggs of Thompson, 1875. Lewis Catlin of Harwinton, 1871 Thomas G. Clark of Canterbury, 1884 and 1885. Charles l.. Grswold of Chester. 1870 and 1871.
 Edwin McNeill of Litchfield, 1889.
 Andrew B. Mygatt of New Milford, 1860 and 1861. and for many years state and United States bank examiner.
 Chauncey Rowe of Pennington, 1854.
 James M. Townsend of New Haven, 1864 Gather of Judge Townsend of the United States courD.
 Daniel Wadsworth of Manchester, 1872.
 Ex-speakers passed away during the year;
 Governor Harrison, speaker of the house of 1884.
 William c. Case of Granby. speaker of the house of 1881.
 Of the ex-representatives five rep resented their towns in the first half of the last century.
 Samuel S. Osborn of Bedding served in 1S47.
 Edward Palmer of Preston served in 1S47.
 William c. Shepherd of Danbury in 1s44.
 Russell Wheeler of ,Newtown in 1S4S.
 Chauncey Rowe represented Farm ington in 1S47, 1S4s, 1853, 1860 and 1879.
 The Hon. John Hooker, for many years reporter of the supreme court of errors, represented Pennington in 1850.
 Several were honored by their fellow townsmen by repeated elections to the house:
 George D. Colburn of Union. five terms, 1857 1858, 1862, 1869 and 1870
 Lucian Carpenter of Putnam, three terms, 1863, 1864 and 1865.
 John M Ford of Washington, three terms, 1873, 1877 and 1878.
 Titus B. Ives of Cheshire, three terms, 1870. 1876 and 1878
 Erastus w. Warner of Wolcott, four terms 1S56 1860, 1862 and 1875.
 It is notable that these repeated elections were quarter of century ago or more; in later years, re-elections for so many terms have been rare The Hon. William c. Case however. was an exception, he having represented Gran by for two terms, 1881 and 1884, and Simsbury five terms, in 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873 and 1874.
 Among the ex-representatives dying during the year who were prominent in the house and otherwise in state af- fairs were:
 Egbert r. Butler of Norfolk, 1856, 1866
 Lucian Carpenter of Putnam, 1863, 1864, 1865.
 Jared Cholar of Pomfret 1868, for six years a commissioner of Windham county.
 Sidney Dean of Thompson, 1854, and member of congress for the Third dis trict 1855 to 1859.
 Thomas Duncan, manufacturer of Windsor, 1875. 1876
 Paul B. Greene of Norwich. 1867, 1S75 and county commissioner of New Lon don county for several years,
 Morton Judd of New Britain, 1853.
 Rockwell Keeney of Somers, 1886.
 John H. Leeds, importer and manu- facturer of New Haven, 1872
 Edward c. Lewis, manufacturers and capitalist, of Waterbury, 1884.
 Carlos Mckinney of Vernon, 1874.
 Daniel o. Reed of Simsbury, 1882.
 General William E. Rudd of Sails bury, 1899, who was quart elmaster gen eral 1889 to 1893.
 Thomas w. Russell of Stonington, 1856. for many years president of the Connecticut General Life Insurance company of Hartford.
 Patrick D. Ryan of Hartford, 1893.
 Judge Lucius M. Slade of Bridgeport, 1885.
 Samuel Stanley of New Britain, 1859, 1880
 Philip Wadsworth of Sultield 1895.
 Charles B. Wheeler of Monroe, 1878, 1879, and later for eight years a county commissioner of Fairfield county
 Two members of the general assem- bly of 1901 died during the year. Oliver $. Chapel of Scotland. and Henry r. Standish of Andover, the latter dying the legislative session.
 Among others dying during the year who had held state offices were;
 John w. Brooks of Torrington, insur- ance commissioners. 1881
 Di. William NJ. Hudson of Hartford, for many years q member of the state fish commission.
 General l.. A. Dickinson of Hartford, quartermaste general 1870, 1872, 1873.
 Frederick A. Spencer of Waterbury, state prison director 1S9395. Joseph Tominson of Huntington, state board of agrictuleure 1SS5-S6. George w. Bentley of New London, general, 1S77-7S. Also well known in political circles