Dennis Kimberly, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDennis Kimberly
American politician
Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1790
Date of Death: 15-Dec-1862
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Dennis Kimberly
- Dennis Kimberly (October 23, 1790 – December 15, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician. Kimberly was born October 23, 1790, in what was then a part of New Haven, Connecticut, and is now the town of Orange, Connecticut.
- He was the youngest of the twelve children of Capt.
- Silas and Sarah (Smith) Kimberly.
- He was educated in the school at Litchfield South Farms before attending college. He graduated from Yale College in 1812.
- He trained for the law in Springfield with Geo.
- Bliss, Esq, and in Fairfield, Connecticut with Hon.
- Roger M Sherman.
- In March, 1814, he was admitted to the bar in New Haven, where he soon acquired a solid reputation. In early life he bestowed much time on military affairs, holding finally the rank of Major General in the Connecticut State Militia.
- Other public offices were thrust upon him. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1826 through 1829, and 1832 through 1835.
- In 1831 he was Mayor of New Haven and was reelected in 1833 but declined the honor. In 1838 he was selected as a Senator of the United States by the Legislature of Connecticut, but declined.
- He also declined a nomination for Governor of Connecticut at a time when his election was regarded as certain.
- A few years later, from 1845 to 1848, he was States Attorney for New Haven County, Connecticut. On account of impaired health, Gen Kimberly, in July, 1852, began a tour in Europe, from which he returned in May, 1854, somewhat better, but he was far from being well during the closing years of his life.
- He continued to pay some attention to his professional business, and especially to the affairs of the New York and New Haven Railroad, when he was a Director, until a few months before his death in New Haven, December 15, 1862, aged 73 years. A discourse, commemorative of his life, was preached by Rev.
- E.
- L.
- Cleaveland, D D., and was printed.
- (New Haven.
- 22 pp.
- 8vo.)
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