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| | Connecticut |
 | | Windham County, Connecticut Windham County is a 2000, the population is 109,091. | | | Portland, Connecticut Portland is a town in Middletown. | | | Georgetown, Connecticut Georgetown is a town located in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and town residents vote for selectmen a... |
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| | Connecticut's Heritage Gateway |
| | Platt was also active in Connecticut politics during his Meriden years, serving as clerk of the Connecticut State Senate (1855-1856); secretary of state (1857); member of the General Assembly (1864); and speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1869). | | | Platt represented Connecticut in the United States Senate from 1879 until his death. | | | Platt was a descendant of an old Connecticut familythe first Platt came to New Haven in 1638and was educated by his friend Frederick W. Gunn (1816-1881), founder of the Gunnery School for boys in Washington. |
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http://www.ctheritage.org/encyclopedia/ct1865_1929/platt.htm
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| | Encyclopedia: Joe Lieberman |
| | Joseph Isadore Lieberman, (born February 24, 1942) is a Democratic U.S. senator from Connecticut. | | | Lieberman was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1970 and served there for 10 years, including the last 6 as Majority Leader. | | | Lieberman was first elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat in 1988, scoring the nation's biggest political upset that year by a margin of just 10,000 votes after being backed by a coalition of conservative Democrats, allied with conservative Republicans who were upset with Republican incumbent Lowell Weicker's liberal voting record. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Joe-Lieberman
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| | Connecticut: Map, History and Much More From Answers.com |
| | Connecticut's state senate has 36 members and its house of representatives has 151; members of both houses are elected for two-year terms. | | | Connecticut was one of the first states to approve the U.S. Constitution (see Constitutional Convention). | | | Connecticut is represented in the U.S. Congress by six representatives and two senators and has eight electoral votes. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/connecticut
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| | Connecticut State Senator Donald Williams |
| | In July 2004, Senator Williams was elected by the members of the state Senate to serve as President Pro Tempore, the highest-ranking legislator in the Connecticut General Assembly. | | | As Senate President, he has fought especially hard on behalf of Connecticut farmers in an effort to preserve the character and heritage of the state and to keep agriculture economically viable. | | | Prior to his election to the state Senate, Senator Williams served two terms as First Selectman of the Town of Thompson. |
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http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/Williams.html
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| | Senator Chris Dodd: Biography |
| | Connecticuts Chris Dodd is a senior Democratic leader in the United States Senate. | | | He is also the first Connecticut Senator popularly elected to five terms. | | | Dodd was born May 27, 1944, in Willimantic, Connecticut, the fifth of six children. |
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http://dodd.senate.gov/bio/biography.html
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| | Senator Bill Nickerson |
| | Senator William Nickerson, R-Greenwich, is serving his eighth term in the Connecticut State Senate representing the 36th District which includes Greenwich and parts of Stamford and New Canaan. | | | Prior to his election to the Senate in 1990 Senator Nickerson served two terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1987 to 1991 from the 149th District. | | | He previously practiced law and is a member of the bar in Connecticut and New York. |
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http://www.senaterepublicans.ct.gov/senainfo/Nickerson.htm
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| | Mechanicsville |
| | Mechanicsville, Connecticut Mechanicsville is the name of some places in the United States of America: Mechanicsville, H... | | | Mechanicsville Mechanicsville is the name of some places in the United States of America: Mechanicsville, Alabama Mechan... | | | Mechanicsville, Virginia Mechanicsville is the name of four places in the United States of America: Mechanicsville, Hano... |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/mechanicsville.html
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| | Connecticut State Senator Donald DeFronzo |
| | In 2005 Senator DeFronzo was named "Legislator of the year" by the Town Clerks Association of Connecticut and a "Special Friend" of the Hospital for Special Care for his successful effort to secure additional funding for hospitals. | | | In addition, in 2004, Senator DeFronzo was also named a Library Champion by the Connecticut Library Association for his efforts in supporting library construction and literacy. | | | Senator Donald J. DeFronzo was first elected in November 2002 to represent the residents of Connecticut's 6th Senatorial District, comprised of New Britain, Berlin, and the easternmost portion of Farmington. |
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http://www.senatedems.ct.gov/DeFronzo.html
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| | Civil unions in Connecticut |
| | Quinnipiac University conducted a poll of 1,541 registered voters in Connecticut. | | | Connecticut, we're the ones that are doing something far, far different than the rest of the United States. | | | The state Senate, which is controlled by Democrats, approved on a civil union bill on 2005-APR-7 by an overwhelming vote of 27 to 9. |
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| | The Boston University Washington Journalism Center |
| | Dodd also said two or three senators have approached him about the issue and he believes that having a vice president from the state is better for Connecticut than gaining a democratic majority in the Senate. | | | WASHINGTON- Most democrats in the Connecticut delegation in Congress will tell you Sen. Joseph Lieberman running for both vice president and reelection to the Senate is best for the state. | | | If Lieberman holds onto-and wins-both his seat and the vice presidency, he will resign from the Senate, leaving control of his seat to the governor, according to Connecticut law. |
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| | Lorrin Alanson Cooke, Governor of Connecticut |
| | He was elected President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate in 1884 and was said to preside with "fairness and dignity." His increased responsibilities included the chairmanship of the committee on engrossed bills, which made sure that bills originating from the Senate had fulfilled all legal and technical requirements. | | | Cooke's election to the Connecticut General Assembly as the representative from the Town of Colebrook took place in 1856, when he was only 25 years old. | | | He ran for the Connecticut Senate in 1882 in the 18 |
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| | Connecticut in 1839, John Hayward's NE gazetteer |
| | D., an assistant in the Council, and a judge of the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut. | | | The territory of Connecticut was formerly two colonies Connecticut and New Haven. | | | This, governor Wolcott says, was the first house erected in Connecticut. |
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| | Honoring legislative achievement |
| | Sullivan was elected to the Connecticut Senate in 1986, chaired the General Assembly's Education Committee for eight years and was chosen in 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2003 as the Senate president pro tempore--the third highest office in state government. | | | But Connecticut psychologists' vision of full mental health parity never may have been realized without the influential efforts of Sen. Kevin Sullivan, JD, president pro tempore of the state's Senate, according to the Connecticut Psychological Association (CPA), which nominated him for the second annual APA Practice Organization State Legislator of the Year Award. | | | In 1999, Connecticut became the first state to expand its partial mental health parity law--which provided insurance coverage for some mental health services at the same level as physical health coverage--to a comprehensive plan. |
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| | Connecticut election results 2004 - washingtonpost.com |
| | He quickly became the boy wonder of Connecticut politics, using his charm to get elected to Congress at 27 and become governor at 37. | | | Rell was the first Republican woman to serve as Connecticut's lieutenant governor, and she established a reputation as one of the more active holders of the office. | | | Senate President Pro Tem Kevin Sullivan, a Democrat, became lieutenant governor. |
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| | Boston.com / News / Local / Conn. / Briefs from the state Capitol |
| | The Connecticut Senate passed the bill unanimously on Wednesday. | | | The owners' concerns stem from a Connecticut Supreme Court decision last July. | | | The Senate voted 34-0 in favor of the bill, which also creates a health registry for Connecticut veterans and military personnel returning from Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. |
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2005/05/18/briefs_from_the_state_capitol?mode=PF
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| | Georgia (U.S. state) - Open Encyclopedia |
| | Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Court of Appeals are elected statewide by the citizens in non-partisan elections to six-year terms. | | | State Judicial authority rests with the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, which have statewide authority. | | | It was the thirteenth colony and became the fourth state, ratifying the United States Constitution on January 2, 1788. |
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| | NCSLnet: State Legislatures Internet Sites Database Search |
| | News & Opinion from the Senate Republican Caucus | | | Browse the lastest headlines from the Kansas Senate Democratic Party. | | | This is the complete chronological listing of all available press releases issued by the New Jersey Senate Republicans. |
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| | Connecticut senate expected to pass civil unions legislation News Advocate.com |
| | Senate minority leader Louis DeLuca said there are no plans to push for an amendment to Connecticut's constitution because the process could take several years. | | | "Our responsibility as a state is to have laws that ensure the well-being of each of our citizens," said the Reverend Davida Foy Crabtree, conference minister for Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ. | | | The Democrat-controlled senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bill that would make Connecticut the first state to recognize civil unions between same-sex couples without being ordered by the courts to do so. |
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| | History |
| | One son enlisted in the Iowa Volunteer Infantry from Mechanicsville during the Civil War and died of disease contracted in the army. | | | Politically he was a Republican; he held various township and school offices; was a member of the Cedar County Board of Supervisors; and was a member of the States’ 16th General Assembly. | | | Thomas was born in 1827 in the state of |
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| | Family Research Council: Monday, November 14, 2005 "PR05D05" |
| | "The Senate has launched a loud warning heard across the state that should serve as a wake up call for all Connecticut citizens. | | | Connecticut Senators out of touch with Connecticut Citizens | | | Washington, D.C. -- This week, the Connecticut Senate undermined the natural institutions of marriage and the family by voting to grant legal affirmation to same-sex "civil unions." |
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| | WOLCOTT - LoveToKnow Article on WOLCOTT |
| | His son, ERASTUS WOLCOTT (1722-1793) was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly and its speaker; he was a brigadier-general of Connecticut militia in the War of Independence, and afterwards a judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut. | | | In 1786-1796 he was lieutenant-governor of Connecticut, and in November 1787 was a member of the Connecticut Convention which ratified the Federal Constitution; he became governor in 1796 upon the death (i5th Jan.) of Samuel Huntington, and served until his death on the ist of December 1797. | | | In 1788 he was made comptroller of public accounts of Connecticut;" in the next year was appointed auditor of the Federal Treasury; in June 1791 became comptroller of the Treasury, and in February 1795 succeeded Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury. |
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| | State Resource Center: Connecticut |
| | Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Court Upcoming Cases and Summaries | | | Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions | | | Connecticut State and County QuickFacts (U.S. Census Bureau) |
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| | Connecticut Wrestling Online |
| | It will be in Connecticut for the second time in three years and for the fourth time in its 42-year history. | | | DANBURY, May 25 – Danbury High’s Matt Tricarico has been chosen as the Connecticut recipient for the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award. | | | He is the 27th serviceman or civilian with Connecticut ties to die in Iraq or Afghanistan since March 2002. |
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| | Adopt A CARA Kid! |
| | She is a member of the Connecticut Council on Adoption and attends all trainings held by the Council. | | | CARA is a member of the North American Council on Adoptable Children and the Child Welfare League and the Connecticut Council on Adoption.. | | | CARA is a non-sectarian, non-profit, voluntarily supported private agency serving children and families of Connecticut. |
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| | Connecticut |
| | Brooklyn, New York - Catholic Cathedral and Bishop House; the Ritch Quarry (granite), Greenwich Township, Connecticut - the Catholic cathedral and bishop house at the intersection of Vanderbilt, Lafayette, Clermont, and Green Avenues in Brooklyn, New York. | | | New York - Sheridan Monument – the pedestals; the Norcross Quarry (granite), Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut (From The Commercial Granites of New England, 1923) | | | New London, Connecticut - the New London Cemetery - Connecticut Sandstone Gravestones - Antientest Burial Ground 1652 New London, Connecticut, The oldest graveyard in New London County and one of the oldest in New England, from the New London Gazette, published by The New London Gazette is published by The Oldham Publishing Service. |
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| | Mechanicsville |
| | Mechanicsville, Maryland, United States [Place] is in St. | | | Mechanicsville, Alabama, United States [Place] is in Lee County; location is 32°40'0"N 85°8'49"W; elevation is 642 feet [SourceGSP] | | | Mechanicsville, New Jersey, United States [Place] is in Monmouth County; location is 40°25'22"N 74°11'33"W; elevation is 30 feet [SourceGSP] |
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| | State - encyclopedia article about State. |
| | upon which the head of state head of state or chief of state is an individual who serves as the chief public representative of a nation-state, federation or commonwealth. | | | His or her role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions and duties granted to the head of state in the country's constitution. | | | The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature. |
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| | ane850t.txt |
| | 1850 1 17 FORT CONSTITUTION NEW HAMPSHIRE Aurora Borealis at 8-1/2 p.m. | | | [SI] [LOV] 1850 4 16 FORT CONSTITUTION NEW HAMPSHIRE Aurora Borealis at 8-1/2 p.m. | | | [SI] [LOV] 1850 4 7 FORT CONSTITUTION NEW HAMPSHIRE Aurora Borealis at 9 p.m. |
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