Hon. Alfred Daggett Rose is identified with agricultural interests in New Haven county and in large measure has left the impress of his individuality upon the legislative records of the state. He was reelected to the state legislature in 1916, so that he is now a mem-ber of the house, in which he is doing important committee work as well as active work in connection with much constructive legislation on the floor of the house. Mr. Rose has spent his entire life on the farm in North Branford on which he still makes his home and he was born in the house that he yet occupies on the 19th of November, 1855, his parents being Stephen J. and Rebecca (Buel) Rose. The father was a son of Alfred Rose, who in turn was a son of Nathan Rose, a Revolutionary war soldier. The father of Nathan Rose was Jonathan Rose and each in turn, through the successive generations, was born upon the farm now occupied by the Hon. Alfred D. Rose. The father of Jonathan Rose was born in England and was one of the original settlers of New Haven county. Stephen J. Rose devoted his entire life to the occupation of farming on the old homestead, where both he and his wife passed away.

Alfred D. Rose acquired a district school education and since that time has concen-trated his attention and energies upon the further development and improvement of his farm, his labors bringing about marked transformation in its appearance. He has a large dairy business, which he successfully carries on in addition to the cultivation of his fields. His place is equipped with substantial buildings, including large silos and all of the accessories and conveniences of a model farm of the twentieth century. He raises grain, stock, fruit and vegetables, and every branch of his business is carefully and systematically conducted, bringing him a substantial measure of success. He is now razing the old dwelling which his grandfather built on the farm more than a century ago and is erecting in its place a fine modern residence.

Mr. Rose was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Chipman at Fairbaven, Connecticut. She was born, reared and educated at Fairhaven and is a graduate of the Hillhouse high school. She taught school at North Haven and at Bethany and is a lady of broad and liberal education and culture. Her father was Joseph Chipman, a native of Fairhaven, and her mother, who bore the maiden name of Pierpont, was born at Mount Carmel. To Mr. and Mrs. Rose have been born two children: Olive E., who is the wife of Bert L. Barker, of Branford, and has one child, Harold; and Stephen Joseph, who is largely relieving his father of the care and cultivation of the old home farm.

In his political views Mr. Rose is a stalwart republican, long recognized as one of the leaders of the party in New Haven county. He is serving as chairman of the republican town committee of the town of North Branford, a position which he has occupied for the past eighteen years. He has filled the office of tax collector and in 1908 he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature, serving during the sessions of 1909 and 1910. He was a member of the finance committee, in which connection he did important work for the commonwealth. In 1916 he was elected again to the state legislature for a term extending to 1918. He is now serving on the excise committee. In 1917 he was largely instrumental in securing the passage of a bill to reimburse the farmers of the state whose lands were damaged by having ditches dug upon them in order to fight and exterminate mosquitoes. For more than a quarter of a century he has been a prominent figure in republican politics in North Branford and his opinions carry weight among party leaders. His religious faith is that of the Congregational church, of which his wife is a member, taking an active part in its work. Fraternally he is connected with Corinthian Lodge, No. 103, F. & A. M., and he belongs to the New England Order of Protection and to Totocket Grange. A big, broad-minded man, he is alive to all the topics of the day and keeps in touch with the trend of modern thought not only regarding political matters but upon all questions that affect the general welfare.