Gloria Schaffer | |
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65th Secretary of State of Connecticut | |
In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1978 | |
Governor | Thomas Meskill Ella Grasso |
Preceded by | Ella Grasso |
Succeeded by | Henry Cohn |
Personal details | |
Born | New London, Connecticut, U.S. | October 3, 1930
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Sarah Lawrence College (BA) |
Gloria Wilinski Schaffer (born October 3, 1930) is an American politician who served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1971 to 1978. A Democrat from New London, she served in the Connecticut State Senate from 1959 to 1971.[1] She attended The Williams School and Sarah Lawrence College and ran for the United States Senate in 1976.[2]