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HAWLEY, JOSEPH ROSWELL (1826-1905) , American political leader, was born on the 3ist of October at Stewartsville,. Richmond county, North Carolina, where his father, a native of Connecticut, was pastor of a Baptist church. The father returned to Connecticut in 1837 and the son graduated at Hamilton College (Clinton, N.Y.)in 1847. He was admitted to the bar in 185o, and practised at Hartford, Conn., for six years. An ardent opponent of slavery, he became a Free Soiler, was a delegate to the National Convention which nominated John P. Hale
control of the Charter Oak, the party organ. In 1856 he took a leading part in organizing the Republican party in Connecticut, and in 18J7 became editor of the Hartford Evening Press
Petersburg
governor of Connecticut, and in 1867 he bought the Hartford Courant, with which he combined the Press
House
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