Samuel Cook Silliman
Samuel Cook Silliman | |
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Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk | |
Personal details | |
Born | November 12, 1742 |
Died |
February 14, 1795 53)[1] New Canaan, Connecticut | (aged
Resting place |
Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Connecticut |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Stratton (m. Nov. 26, 1765) Dinah Comstock (m. June 28, 1792) |
Military service | |
Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War |
Samuel Cook Silliman (also Samuel Cook Syllyman) (November 12, 1742 – February 14, 1795) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk. He served several non-consecutive terms starting in 1779 and ending in 1794.
He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in all of the following sessions:
- May 1779[2]
- May 1780, October 1780[2]
- October 1781, May 1782[2]
- May 1783, October 1783[2]
- October 1784, May 1785, October 1785[2]
- October 1786, May 1787, October 1787[2]
- October 1788, May 1789, October 1789[2]
- May 1791[2]
- May 1792, October 1792[2]
- May 1794, October 1794[2]
Constitutional delegate
On November 12, 1787, the inhabitants of the town of Norwalk had a town meeting with Colonel Thomas Fitch as moderator. Silliman and Hezekiah Rogers were chosen as delegates to meet in a convention at Hartford, following January to ratify the United States Constitution.[3] Connecticut ratified the Constitution on January 8, 1788, making it the fifth state to do so.
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