- George L. Lilley
George Leavens Lilley (
August 3 1859 -April 21 1909 ) was aUnited States Representative andGovernor of Connecticut .Born in
Oxford, Massachusetts , he attended the common schools of Oxford, the Worcester High School, andWorcester Technical Institute . He moved toWaterbury, Connecticut in 1881 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and the real estate business.He served in the
Connecticut House of Representatives from 1901 to 1903, and was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses, holding office fromMarch 4 ,1903 toJanuary 5 ,1909 . He did not seek renomination in 1908, having become a candidate for Governor.By resolution of the House of
January 20 1909 , the seat was declared to have been vacated onJanuary 6 1909 for the reason that incumbent had entered upon the duties of the office of Governor of Connecticut the preceding day.Lilley was
Governor of Connecticut fromJanuary 5 1909 until his death in Hartford in 1909, aged 49, from causes that are unknown; he was interred in Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury.References
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