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  Mitchell, Stephen Mix
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NameStephen Mix Mitchell
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Wethersfield, Connecticut , United States
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Born December 09, 1743
DiedSeptember 30, 1835 (91 years)
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InfoMITCHELL, 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.

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  12/01/1793 CT US Senate - Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/17/1792 CT At Large Won 7.80% (-5.24%)
  12/16/1790 CT At-Large Lost 4.10% (-44.49%)
  09/20/1790 CT At-Large Lost 7.21% (-7.71%)
  12/22/1788 CT At-Large Lost 0.00% (-20.00%)
  12/31/1786 CT Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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