Titus Hosmer

Titus Hosmer (* 1736 in West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; † August 4, 1780 in Middletown, Connecticut ) was an American lawyer, judge and politician. He was one of the signers of the Articles of Confederation.

Career

Hosmer graduated in 1757 at Yale College. He then studied law, then got admitted to the bar in 1760 and began in Middletown, Connecticut to practice on. Finally, he decided to pursue a career in politics and held several local offices. He was from 1773 to 1778 a member of the House of Representatives from Connecticut, of which he was Speaker of the House in 1776 and 1778. He was also in 1776 and in 1777 a member of the Council of Safety. In May 1778, he was elected to the Senate from Connecticut. He held this office until his death. In addition, he was sent in 1778 in the Continental Congress where he signed the Articles of Confederation. Then he resumed his activities as a lawyer. In 1780 he became a judge at the U.S. Navy Court of Appeal (English United States Maritime Court of Appeals ). In the same year he died in Middletown and was then buried in the Cemetery Mortimer.

Family

He married on November 29, 1761 in Middletown Lydia Lord. The couple had two sons together, Stephen and Hezekiah Lord Hosmer. Stephen was also a lawyer and was later Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court Hezekiah Lord Hosmer I was a deputy in New York. His son, Hezekiah Lord Hosmer II, was the first Chief Justice of the Montana Territory and the author of the following books: The Octoroon and Bacon and Shakespeare in the Sonnets.

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