Samuel R. Spencer

Samuel R. Spencer (* November 4, 1871; † September 29, 1961 ) was an American politician. Between 1931 and 1933 he was Deputy Governor of the State of Connecticut.

Career

About the youth and education of Samuel Spencer is not known. He lived in Suffield and was a member of the Republican Party. In 1900 he founded the company Spencer Brothers Hardware, Lumber and Coal. Later he went blind. During his time as Lieutenant Governor, he was already blind. In 1915 and 1917 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Connecticut; In 1927 he sat in the state Senate. In the years 1928 and 1932, he participated as a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions, to which Herbert Hoover was nominated as a presidential candidate. From 1929 to 1931 he was State Treasurer of Connecticut. In this capacity, he led the relief efforts for tobacco producers, after the harvest had been destroyed by storms.

1930 Spencer was elected to the side of Wilbur Lucius Cross for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. This post he held 1931-1933. Yet he was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. In 1933 he was a member of the delegation from his state, which ratified the 21th Amendment to the Constitution of Connecticut. It was about the repeal of the Prohibition Act of 1919.

Between 1933 and 1949, was Samuel Spencer curator and since 1943 Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Connecticut. He was also interested in preserving the environment. In this context, he planted 1,000 trees along the streets of Suffield. He died on 29 September 1961. His place of death is, as its place of birth, not known.