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Politics and Government - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

Connecticut State Seal and Arms

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    Michael Kemezis

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Edward Hopkins: Connecticut’s 2nd Governor

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    Michael Kemezis

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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Jonathan Trumbull’s Lebanon War Office: The “Pentagon of the Revolution”

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    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    Lebanon

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Hebron’s Josephine Sophia (White) Griffing and a Vision for Post-Emancipation America

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Thomas Short – Connecticut’s First Official Printer

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Clare Boothe Luce Changed Perceptions about Women in Business and Politics

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America’s First Woman Governor: Ella Grasso, 1919-1981

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Alexander Calder and Making Art Political

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Bradley Airport’s Military Origins

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From the State Historian: Discovering the Explorer Hiram Bingham III

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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Connecticut Ratifies US Constitution – Today in History: January 9

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Samuel Huntington, the first President of the United States, dies – Today in History: January 5

Creative License, or Fundamental Fact?

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William Pinney Does It All for Ellington

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The Hartford Convention – Today in History: December 15

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From the State Historian: The Map That Wasn’t a Map

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Governor Griswold’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

The Connecticut Poll Tax

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When Elections in Hartford Were a Piece of Cake

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Gerald MacGuire and the Plot to Overthrow Franklin Roosevelt

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Mohegan Federal Recognition

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Henry Deming: Mayor of Hartford and New Orleans

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Eighteen Years in the Making: Connecticut’s 1991 Gay Rights Law

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Map – Connecticut Landmarks of the Constitution

Literacy Tests and the Right To Vote

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Connecticut’s Official State Flag – Who Knew?

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The Bull Moose Party in Connecticut

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Fame and Infamy for the Hulls of Derby

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Roger Sherman Dies – Today in History: July 23

Emmeline Pankhurst’s “Freedom or Death” Speech Energizes Connecticut Women in 1913

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The Charter of 1662

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Wallingford Native Son Signed the Declaration of Independence

Maria Colón Sánchez, State Representative and Community Advocate

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Joseph Alsop: Cunning Political Columnist of Mid-Century America

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Andover to Woodstock: How Connecticut Ended Up with 169 Towns

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    Diana Ross McCain

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A Remarkable Signature – Who Knew?

Prospect’s David Miles Hotchkiss and the Free Soil Party

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Plainville Has Been Flying High for Over 100 Years

Yung Wing, the Chinese Educational Mission, and Transnational Connecticut

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Soldier, Patriot, and Politician: The Life of Oliver Wolcott

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Abraham Ribicoff: Kennedy Confidant and Connecticut’s First Jewish Governor

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The Unsteady Meaning of “The Land of Steady Habits”

Mary Townsend Seymour: Hartford’s Organizer, Activist, and Suffragist

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    Emma Wiley

  • Town(s):
    Hartford

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Connecticut’s Only US President – Who Knew?

Marietta Canty House

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Richard Reihl: The Hate Crime That Became a Turning Point for LGBTQ+ Civil Rights

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Roger Griswold Starts a Brawl in Congress – Today in History: February 15

LGBTQ+ Mental Health Treatment in the 20th Century

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Ebenezer Bassett’s Historic Journey

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Uriah Tracy Authors the Rules for Impeachment

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Henry Barnard Advances State and National Education Initiatives

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Elizabeth Bentley Born – Today in History: January 1

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Chief G’tinemong/Ralph W. Sturges

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Thomas J. Dodd and the Gun Control Act of 1968

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The Revolution of 1817

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Seymour was Chusetown – Who Knew?

Samuel Foot: A Trader Turned Governor

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The Articles of Confederation: America’s First Constitution

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Notorious New-Gate Prison

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Byram River Flood – Today in History: October 15

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Site Lines: Monuments to Connecticut’s Lost County Government

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William Eaton, a Peace Democrat and Civil War Opponent

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Governor Jonathan Trumbull Dies – Today in History: August 17

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Senator Brandegee Stonewalls Women’s Suffrage

An Old Saybrook Borough has a Stately History

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Hartford Wide-Awakes – Today in History: July 26

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Herbert Abrams Immortalizes the Nation’s Leaders

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Orville Platt Helps Define International Relations after the Spanish-American War

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Did You Know a Connecticut Governor Was a US Spy?

Connecticut Attorney General John H. Light and His Fight for Woman’s Suffrage

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The Platt Amendment – Today in History: June 12

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Hooker’s Journey to Hartford

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First Woman Elected as US State Governor Born – Today in History: May 10

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Gifford Pinchot: Bridging Two Eras of National Conservation

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Connecticut and the Comstock Law

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Anna Elizabeth Dickinson at Touro Hall – Today in History: March 24

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The Smith Sisters, Their Cows, and Women’s Rights in Glastonbury

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    Molly May

  • Town(s):
    Glastonbury

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Gideon Welles, US Secretary of the Navy and Lincoln’s “Neptune”

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    Michael Marinaro

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    Glastonbury

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Abraham Lincoln’s Republican Rally – Today in History: March 5

Site Lines: The Mysterious Blue Lights

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The Fundamental Orders: Connecticut’s Role in Early Constitutional Government

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Connecticut and the Embargo Act of 1807

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The Education of Ella Grasso

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Lounsbury Elected Governor – Today in History: January 4

The Hartford Convention or Leap no Leap

Oliver Wolcott Dies – Today in History: December 1

The Connecticut Valley Authority That Never Was

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Hiram Bingham III: Machu Picchu Explorer and Politician

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A Separate Place: The New Haven Colony, 1638-1665

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Hiding the Charter: Images of Joseph Wadsworth’s Legendary Action

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Roger Griswold: A Governor Not Afraid To Challenge Authority

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Hartford and New Haven: A Tale of Two Capitals

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The US Constitutional Convention: America Forms a Bicameral Legislature

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    John Morrison

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Roger Sherman, Revolutionary and Dedicated Public Servant

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    Gregg Mangan

  • Town(s):
    New Haven, New Milford

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Capital Punishment in Connecticut: Changing Views

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The Rise and Fall of Silas Deane, American Patriot

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The 42-Day Income Tax

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The Connecticut Compromise – Today in History: July 16

Votes for A Woman: Sara Buek Crawford

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The Free Consent of the People: Thomas Hooker and the Fundamental Orders

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Josephine Bennett: Hartford’s City Mother

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Exploring Early Connecticut Mapmaking

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Elizabeth W. Coe Demands the Right of Jury Service

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    Patricia Smedley Buxton

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    Waterbury

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An Orderly and Decent Government

Where It All Happened: Connecticut’s Old State House

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John H. Trumbull: Connecticut’s “Flying Governor”

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Bridgeport: The First Borough

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Abraham Ribicoff dies – Today in History: February 22

A Successful Lawyer and Politician Who Never Went to College

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Charles McLean Andrews and Evangeline Walker Andrews

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The Connecticut Ratification Convention

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Senator Oliver Ellsworth’s Judiciary Act

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Hard Times: Governor Wilbur Cross and the Great Depression in Connecticut

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Governor Chester Bowles Dies – Today in History: May 25

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An Orderly & Decent Government: A New State, A New Constitution, 1776-1818

An Orderly & Decent Government: Business and Government, 1905-1929

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1776-1818

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1888-1905

An Orderly & Decent Government: Establishing Self Government, 1634-1776

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1634-1776

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1888-1905

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1888-1905

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1905-1929

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1905-1929

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1905-1929

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1866-1887

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1965-Now

An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1776-1818

An Orderly & Decent Government: A Co-Equal Branch of Government, 1965-Now

An Orderly & Decent Government: Making Self-Government Work, 1965-Now

An Orderly & Decent Government: Crisis and Recovery, 1929-1964

An Orderly & Decent Government: Searching for the Common Good, 1965-Now

Richard Lee’s Urban Renewal in New Haven

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From the State Historian: The Final Journey of Nathaniel Lyon

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P. T. Barnum: An Entertaining Life

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The War Connecticut Hated

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Early Anti-slavery Advocates in 18th-century Connecticut

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The Peace Movement in Litchfield

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Five Minutes that Changed Connecticut: Simon Bernstein and the 1965 Connecticut Education Amendment

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    Elaina Rollins

  • Town(s):
    Bloomfield, Hartford

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William O’Neill: Climbing Up the Political Ladder

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A Public Responsibility: Conservation and Development in the 20th Century

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Dynamic Tensions: Conservation and Development up to the 1920s

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    Leah S. Glaser

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Southbury Takes On the Nazis

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William Edgar Simonds: A Schoolteacher Turned Civil War Hero

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Elias Perkins: One of Lisbon’s Most Accomplished Public Servants

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Gideon Welles’s Role in Lincoln’s Cabinet

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The Legend of the Charter Oak

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Connecticut State Capitol

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The Constitution Oak

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Site Lines: Silas Deane

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