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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ConnecticutStephen Mix MITCHELL
(1743-1835)
Senate Years of Service:
1793-1795Party: Pro-AdministrationMITCHELL, Stephen Mix, a
Delegate and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Wethersfield,
Hartford County, Conn., December 9, 1743; pursued academic studies;
graduated from Yale College in 1763; served as tutor in Yale
College 1766-1769; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1770 and
commenced practice in Newton, Conn.; returned to Wethersfield in
1772 and continued the practice of law; member, Connecticut General
Assembly 1778-1784; member, State council 1784-1793, with the
exception of 1786; associate justice of the county court of
Hartford County 1779-1790, and presiding judge 1790-1793; Member of
the Continental Congress 1785-1788; member of the State convention
which ratified the Constitution of the United States in 1788;
elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Roger Sherman and served from December 2, 1793, to
March 3, 1795; was not a candidate for renomination in 1794; judge
of the State supreme court 1795-1807, and chief justice 1807-1814;
presidential elector on the Federalist ticket in 1800; member of
the State constitutional convention in 1818; retired to
Wethersfield, Conn., in 1814, where he died on September 30, 1835;
interment in Wethersfield Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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