David Daggett

David Daggett ( born December 31, 1764 in Attleboro, Bristol County, Massachusetts, † April 12, 1851 in New Haven, Connecticut) was an American lawyer and politician of the Federalist Party. From 1813 to 1819 he sat for the U.S. state of Connecticut in the U.S. Senate.

Life

Daggett was born on New Year's Eve 1764 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, the son of Thomas Daggett. Daggett ancestors came from England. At the age of 16, he went to Yale University. In 1783 he received his master's degree there then. 1786, he married Ann Munson. The marriage brought forth 19 children, of whom only 14 survived. After the Yale University first leave, he passed the bar exam and was admitted in 1786 as a lawyer. His own law firm he ran not long to go back to Yale as a tutor.

In 1826 he was then appointed by Yale on a chair at the new Yale Law School. In the autumn of the same year he was awarded the Law honorary title of Doctor. After the death of his wife in 1839 he married in 1840 again, this time Mary Lines.

1851 Daggett died in New Haven. He was buried in the Grove Street Cemetery.

Policy

After Daggett was admitted to the bar, he took part in the increasingly public and political life. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

In 1791 he was elected a member of the House of Connecticut. The area around New Haven, he represented until 1804. From 1794 he chaired the House of Representatives as Speaker before. He then retired from politics in 1809 to turn feed into the House of Representatives. He sat there until his election to the Federal Senate in 1813. Starting in June 1811, he held the post of additional district attorney in New Haven. Also, this office he gave up in 1813. His election to the Federal Senate was made possible by the resignation of Chauncey Goodrich, the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut was. Daggett finished the regular term of office of Goodrich, without to stand for re-election. In 1819 he retired from the Senate again.

1826 Daggett was appointed a judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Between 1828 and 1829 Daggett was also mayor of New Haven. As of May 1832, he sat in front of the Supreme Court as Chief Justice. In 1834 he retired due to age restrictions from the Judicial Service.