Hawley, Joseph

ROSWELL, soldier and state man, born at Stewartsville, N. C., Oct. 31, 1826; graduated at Hamilton College, New York, in 1847; studied law and began practice in Hartford, Conn. He was an active politician and opponent of slavery, and one of the founders of the Republican party in Connecticut. In 1857 he ceased the practice of law, and became editor of the Hartford Evening Pre . He was the first man in Connecticut to enroll his name for the volunteer service in the Civil War; was made captain, and succe ively colonel and brigadier-general; was brevetted major-general in 1865, mustered out of service in 1866, and the same year was elected governor of Connecticut, from which office he retired at the expiration of one year, and returned to journalism as editor of the Hartford Courant; was three times elected to Congre ; became U. S. Senator in 1881, to which position he was reëlected in 1887 and 1893. In 1876 he served as president of the U. S. Centennial Commi ion; has filled many other public posts with honor.