Marcus H. Holcomb

Marcus Hensey Holcomb ( born November 28, 1844 in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, † March 5, 1932 in Southington, Connecticut ) was an American politician of the Republican Party and from 1915 to 1921 Governor of the State of Connecticut.

After schooling Holcomb began a law degree, which he completed successfully. In 1871 he was admitted to the Bar Association. His first public office he took over in 1873, when he became a judge in the juvenile court of Southington. This he did in the next 30 years.

In 1893 he was treasurer of the Hartford County; in the same year, his political career began with his election to the Senate from Connecticut, where he remained until 1894. From 1905 to 1906 he was Speaker of the House of Representatives from Connecticut; then he took over the office of the Attorney General in that State, which he held until 1910. In this year he joined as a judge to the Supreme Court of Connecticut; In 1914 he entered on his 70th birthday on grounds of age.

As Holcomb learned of the plans within his party, set it up in the following year for the election for governor, he handed a leading member of the Convention's choice a letter in which he denied the possible candidacy. The letter of the Convention, however, was never submitted, after Holcomb was nominated and eventually elected. He spent six years in office, which was a difficult task in view of the outbreak of the First World War. Under his rule, an authority for the food supply and a state Defense Council were launched; Nevertheless, he managed to reduce the debt of the State at that time. On January 5, 1921 his term of office ended finally.

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