Roraback became a successful lawyer based in North Canaan , Connecticut . He also was involved in Republican Party politics , serving as a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention and on the Republican State Committee . From 1889 to 1893 he served as Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Litchfield County . In 1895 and 1897 he was elected as a Republican to the Connecticut House of Representatives from North Canaan . In 1897 ( with the Republicans back in control of the legislature ) he was reappointed to the Court of Common Pleas , and then to a vacancy on the Superior Court . In 1907 he was reappointed to the Superior Court and also to the Connecticut Supreme Court ( then called the " Supreme Court of Errors " ) upon the mandatory retirement of Justice William Hamersley in 1908 . He retired in 1919 on reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 , although he continued to work as a State Referee until his death
1888 Republican National Convention
1888 Republican National Convention
Alberto T. Roraback