Q:Facts: - profession: college professor - death place: hartford , connecticut - order: 76th 64th - successor: james c. shannon odell shepard - party: republican - death date: 7 march 1948 - predecessor: wilbert snow t. frank hayes - office: governor of connecticut lieutenant governor of connecticut - lieutenant: james c. shannon - spouse: elizabeth townshend mcconaughy - term end: march 7 , 1948 1941 - term start: january 8 , 1947 1939 - birth date: 21 october 1887 - name: james l. mcconaughy - birth place: new york city - governor: raymond e. baldwin - alma mater: yale university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james l. mcconaughy .
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james lukens mcconaughy -lrb- october 21 , 1887 - march 7 , 1948 -rrb- was an american politician and the 76th governor of connecticut .