Julius Hotchkiss

Julius Hotchkiss
55th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
In office
May 4, 1870 – May 16, 1871
GovernorJames E. English
Preceded byFrancis Wayland III
Succeeded byMorris Tyler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
Preceded bySamuel L. Warner
Succeeded byStephen Wright Kellogg
Personal details
Born(1810-07-11)July 11, 1810
Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedDecember 23, 1878(1878-12-23) (aged 68)
Middletown, Connecticut, U.S
Political partyDemocratic

Julius Hotchkiss (July 11, 1810 – December 23, 1878) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Woodward and Polly (Castle) Hotchkiss, Prospect farmers.[1] At seventeen, he taught in Prospect schools. He later moved to Waterbury and ran a store and a factory that made cotton webbing and suspenders.[1]

  1. ^ a b John R. Guevin. View from the Top - the story of Prospect, Connecticut, 1995, Biographical Publishing Company, ISBN 0-9637240-3-7, pages 265-266