16 Facts About Roger Griswold

Roger Griswold was a lawyer, politician and judge from Connecticut.

Roger Griswold served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court and the 22nd governor of Connecticut, serving as a Federalist.

Roger Griswold pursued classical studies, entered Yale College at the age of fourteen and graduated from Yale in 1780.

Roger Griswold received a Doctor of Law degree from Harvard University in 1811, and a Doctor of Law degree from Yale in 1812.

Roger Griswold studied law with his father and was admitted to the bar in 1783.

Roger Griswold began the practice of law in Norwich, Connecticut, and unsuccessfully ran for Congress in an 1793 special election.

Roger Griswold returned to Lyme in 1794 and was elected as a Federalist candidate to the Fourth United States Congress and to the five succeeding Congresses.

Roger Griswold served in Congress from March 4,1795, until his resignation in 1805 prior to the convening of the Ninth Congress.

Roger Griswold declined President John Adams' request for him to serve as the Secretary of War in 1801.

Roger Griswold served as judge of the Supreme Court of Connecticut from 1807 to 1809.

Roger Griswold was presidential elector on the Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Rufus King ticket.

Roger Griswold was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1809 to 1811, and was the Governor of Connecticut from 1811 until his unexpected death in Norwich on October 25,1812, at the age of 50.

Roger Griswold is interred in Griswold Cemetery at Black Hall, in the town of Lyme.

When Roger Griswold, Connecticut, was incorporated in 1815, it was named in his honor.

Two weeks later, after Lyon was not removed from office for the spitting, Roger Griswold attacked Lyon with his cane.

Griswold's maternal grandfather Roger Wolcott was the colonial governor of Connecticut from 1751 to 1754.