Thomas Clap Perkins
Thomas C. Perkins | |
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| United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut | |
| In office 1849–1853 | |
| President | Zachary Taylor Millard Fillmore |
| Preceded by | Jonathan Stoddard |
| Succeeded by | Elisha S. Abernathy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Clap Perkins July 29, 1798 Yale (1818) |
| Profession | Lawyer Politician |
Thomas Clap Perkins (July 29, 1798 – October 11, 1870) was an American lawyer and politician.
Perkins was born in
Connecticut State Senate and Connecticut House of Representatives, and was once elected a Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court, but declined the position. He also served as the United States attorney for the district of Connecticut.[2]
He died in Hartford, Oct. 11, 1870, at the age of 72.
Perkins married in 1827 Mary, daughter of the Rev Lyman Beecher, D.D. and sister of author Harriet Beecher Stowe. She survived him, with two sons and two daughters. His eldest son was Frederic Beecher Perkins, father of author Charlotte Perkins Gilman.[3] His other son Charles E. Perkins joined his father's law firm and became friend and lawyer to author Mark Twain.[4]
He's is the brother of
Simeon E. Baldwin, the grandmother of New York Supreme Court Justice Edward Baldwin Whitney and aunt of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.
References
- ^ "Firm History | Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald, LLP". www.hksflaw.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
- ^ The Judicial and Civil History of Connecticut. Boston History Company. 1895.
- ^ "Yale Obituary Record" (PDF).
- ISBN 978-0-8160-5398-8.