New-York tribune., 1922-11-07
M. G. Bulkeley,
Tx us. Senator.
Dies i'm Hartford
Former Governor of Con-
necticut, B5, Descendant
of Long Line of Prom
inent New Englanders
Held Post With Crowbar
Leaving School, He Became
an Errand Boy i'm Brook
lyn; Rose to Partnership
HARTFORD, Conn, Nov. 6.-Former
United States Senator Morgan Gardner
Bulkeley died here tonight. He was
eighty-five years old.

NAAsA1 cAS0t SoHht NoV. O.-FoTIueF
United States Senator Morgan Gardner
Bulkeley died here tonight. He was
eighty-fve years old.
A direct descendant Of the Rev. Peter
Bulkeley, who came to New England in
1884, the late former Governor Of Con-
nectieut has long line Of ancestors
prominent in business and politics of
New England. He was born in East
Haddam, Conn.,, December 2e, 1887, and
came to Hartford in 1a4s Shortly
after leaving school he became a
bundle boy in Brooklyn and rapidly
rose to be partner. At the outbreak
of the Civil War he enlisted as a
private in tho Thirteenth New York
and served under Mcclellan in the
Peninsula campaign in Virginia.
ford Mr.. Bulkeley organized and be-
came president. of the United States
Bank.
President of Aetna life
The presidency OF the Aetna Life In
surance Company being vacant by the
retirement Of Thomas o. Enders, Mr
Bulkeley was persuaded 60 become the
president in 1879 and continued in that
capacity until his death.
He early evinced keen interest in
politics and affiliated himself with the
Republican party. He became Alder
man in 1875, and without break held
public office Of some sort until Janu-
ary, 1911, when he was defeated for
reelection as United States Senator
by George P. Mclean.
He was in turn Councilman, and for
eight years Mayor Of. Hartford, when
Hartford had the lowest tax record
in the state. He donated his salary to
the poor fund. In 1888 he became Gov
ernor, during which time came the
famous legislative deadlock with which
his name Is assosiated.
His term of office expired in 1891.
Under the state constitution as it stood
at that time majoritv of all the votes
cast was necessary to elect Governor,
and where there was no such majority
the election fell to the General Assem-
bly,. Due to the throwing out of some
1900 votes neither the Republican nor
the Democratic candidate could be de-
clared elected. Under these circum-
stances Governor Bulkeley held over.
This was denied him and he burst his
way lnLo Ine executive cnamber with
a cr0wbar and "held the fort" for, two
years.
Declared De Facto Governor
He was later declared the de facto
Governor by the Supreme Court. But
no appropriations were allowed, his au-
thority was denied even by Governor
Hill of New York, who refused to honor
his request for the extradition of Grim
inals. The Comptroller refused to pay
bills. 81. -,
In 1905 he was elected unanimously
to the United States Senate, where he
remained until 1911. - a2ii
He was a member Of the Society Of the
Cincinnati, Sons of the American Rev
olution, Society of Foreign Wars, So
ciety Of Mayflower Descendants, Society
Of Colonial Wars, Society of the War
Of 1912, Of the G. A. r. and Loyal
Legion.
He was married in 1885 to Miss Fan
ME Briggs Boughton, of San Francisco.
They had three children, Morgan G.
Bulkeley jr., Houghton Bulkeley and
Mrs. John Avery Ingersoll.