DAVID DAGGETT  DAGGETT

DAVID DAGGETT

DAGGETT, David (1764-1851), a Senator from Connecticut; born in Attleboro, Mass., December 31, 1764; pursued preparatory studies and graduated from Yale College in 1783; taught in a private school and also in the Hopkins Grammar School; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1786 and commenced practice in New Haven, Conn.; member, State house of representatives 1791-1796, and served as speaker 1794-1796; member, State council or upper house 1797; member, State house of representatives 1805; again served in the State council 1809-1813; State’s attorney for New Haven County 1811-1813; elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Chauncey Goodrich and served from May 13, 1813, to March 3, 1819; was not a candidate for reelection; resumed the practice of law; associate instructor in the New Haven Law School in 1824; appointed in 1826 to the Kent professorship of law in Yale College, in which capacity he served until 1848; judge of the State supreme court 1826-1832, and then served as chief judge until 1834; mayor of New Haven in 1828; retired from public life; died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., on April 12, 1851; interment in Grove Street Cemetery.
Father: Thomas Daggett
Born: 25 Sep 1731 Providence, Rhode Island
Died: 19 Aug 1807 Providence, Rhode Island
Mother: Sibulah Stanley
Born: 16 Oct 1730 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts
Died: 7 Jan 1810 in Rhode Island
Spouse 1:
Wealthy Ann Munson
Born: 3 Mar 1767 in New Haven, Connecticut
Died: 9 Jul 1839 in New Haven, Connecticut
Marriage: 10 Sep 1786 in New Haven, Connecticut
Children Sex Birth
Maria Daggett F 13 Jun 1787 in New Haven, Connecticut
Susan Edwards Daggett F 10 Jun 1788 in New Haven, Connecticut
Leonard Augustus Daggett M 30 Apr 1790 in New Haven, Connecticut
David Lewis Daggett M 8 Feb 1792 in New Haven, Connecticut
Eneas Munson Daggett M 10 Feb 1795 in New Haven, Connecticut
Wealthy Ann Daggett F 29 Nov 1796 in New Haven, Connecticut
George Washington Daggett M 11 Feb 1800 in New Haven, Connecticut
Frances Daggett M 5 Nov 1801 in New Haven, Connecticut
Jane Clarinda Daggett F 3 Nov 1803 in New Haven, Connecticut
Edward Daggett M 19 May 1806 in New Haven, Connecticut
Oliver Ellsworth Daggett M 14 Jan 1810 in New Haven, Connecticut
Mary Wooster Daggett F 4 Nov 1811 in New Haven, Connecticut
Spouse 2:
Mary Lines
Born: 31 Mar 1788 in New Haven, Connecticut
Died: 26 Dec 1854 in New Haven, Connecticut
Marriage: 4 May 1840 in New Haven, Connecticut

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard

Submitted by Deborah Crowell