two terms, and used largely his legislative and official powers to build up the system of Connecticut common schools. In 1840, he had become a Unitarian, and for the next fourteen years he gave sympathy and much practical aid to the liberal religious movement that was then agitating New England. References 1798 births 1872 deaths American educators American geographers People from Union, Connecticut American Unitarians People from Whitesboro, New York American male writers Members of the Connecticut General Assembly Connecticut Comptrollers 19th-century American politicians People from Southington, Connecticut People from Stratford, Connecticut