for the Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, and Atlanta Braves from 1992 to 2001 Joe Cipriano, television announcer CBS, Fox, radio personality WWCO, WRQX, and KIIS FM Erastus L. De Forest (1834–1888), mathematician Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (1853–1937), 31st mayor of Chicago (1905–1907); governor of Illinois (1913–1917); born in Watertown Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826–1885), for whom the Hotchkiss School was named by his widow, was one of the leading American ordnance engineers of his day; born in Watertown but in early childhood moved to Sharon Leatherman (1839–1889), drifter within the Connecticut and Hudson River Valley areas, known for his leather clothing Meredith Mallory, former US congressman Chris McKenna, actor featured in State of Affairs, The Young and the Restless, and One Life to Live Terry Michaels, born in Waterbury and a long time Watertown resident; Radio Personality WWCO Waterbury, WNVR 14-NVR Waterbury/Naugatuck, KEIN Great Falls, MT, WTIC-FM Hartford, WDRC-FM Hartford, WWYZ Country 92.5 Hartford, (Clear Channel Communications) WICC Bridgeport, (Cumulus Broadcasting Corp) Kicks 105.5 /Danbury/Westchester County, New York Thomas Tessier, writer of horror novels and short stories John Trumbull (1750–1831), political satirist and poet; born in Watertown David Kenyon Webster (1922–1961), soldier, journalist and author Allen B. Wilson and Nathaniel Wheeler, founders of Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company in Watertown, one of the first manufacturers of sewing machines References External links Town of Watertown official website Towns in Litchfield County, Connecticut Towns in the New York metropolitan area Towns in Connecticut