GEORGE LEAVENS LILLEY

Lilley, George Leavens (1859-1909), a Representative from Connecticut; born in Oxford, Worcester County, Mass., August 3, 1859; attended the common schools of Oxford, the Worcester High School, and Worcester Technical Institute, Worcester, Mass.; moved to Waterbury, Conn., in 1881 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and the real estate business; served in the State house of representatives 1901-1903; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses and served from March 4, 1903, to January 5, 1909; did not seek renomination in 1908, having become a candidate for Governor; by resolution of the House of January 20, 1909, the seat was declared to have been vacated on January 6, 1909, for the reason that incumbent had entered upon the duties of the office of Governor of Connecticut the preceding day; Governor of Connecticut from January 5, 1909, until his death in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., April 21, 1909; interment in Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
Parents: Jonathan Leavens Lilly, Caroline Ward Adams
Spouse: Annie H [Lilley] b. abt 1862 Connecticut
Marriage: abt 1884
Children:
John L Lilley b. abt 1886 Connecticut
Fredrick P Lilley b. abt 1887 Connecticut
Theodore Lilley b. abt 1889 Connecticut

Sources:
Vital Records
U.S. Federal Census
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell