Jonathan Stoddard (October 9, 1807 – August 8, 1855) was an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut under two presidents[1]
Jonathan Stoddard | |
|---|---|
| United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut | |
| In office 1844–1849 | |
| President | John Tyler James K. Polk |
| Preceded by | Charles Chapman |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Clap Perkins |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 8, 1807 Derby, Connecticut, US |
| Died | August 27, 1855 (aged 47) New Haven, Connecticut, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Yale (1831) Yale Law School (1833) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Biography
editJonathan Stoddard was born in Derby, Connecticut on October 9, 1807. After graduating his father's alma mater, Yale, in 1831,[2] he began Yale Law School. Upon his graduation in 1833 he was admitted to the New Haven Bar. He was a Democrat and spent five years serving as the United States Attorney for the district of Connecticut. He died unmarried of an unknown illness in 1845.[3]
References
edit- ^ "About the Office". www.justice.gov. 2015-03-18. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
- ^ The Judicial and Civil History of Connecticut. Boston History Company. 1895.
- ^ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch (1913). Biographical Notices of Graduates of Yale College: Including Those Graduated in Classes Later Than 1815, who are Not Commemorated in the Annual Obituary Records. Yale College. p. 227.
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