William W. Ellsworth
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William Wolcott Ellsworth was a Yale-educated attorney who served as the 30th governor of Connecticut, a three-term United States Congressman, a justice of the State Supreme Court.
William Wolcott Ellsworth
Emily Webster
Old State House, Hartford, where William Wolcott Ellsworth served as governor
Oliver Ellsworth
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Oliver Ellsworth was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, jurist, politician, and diplomat. Ellsworth was a framer of the United States Constitution, United States senator from Connecticu
William W. Ellsworth
…three-term United States Congressman, a justice of the State Supreme Court. Born in Windsor on November 10, 1791, Ellsworth was the son of Founding Father Oliver Ellsworth, and son-in-law of Noah Webster, who named Ellsworth executor of his will. His twin brother was Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, first Commissioner of the…
Portrait by Ralph Earl, 1785
Oliver and Abigail Ellsworth by Ralph Earl
Letter from Ellsworth to George Washington wishing former president "a most respectful and most cordial farewell," March 1797
Ellsworth's gravesite