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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ConnecticutGeorge Leavens LILLEY
(1859-1909)
LILLEY, George Leavens, 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, Conn., April 21, 1909;
interment in Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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