Dennis Albert Blakeslee (March 11, 1856 – April 5, 1933) was an American
politician
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who was the
74th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1911 to 1913.
Biography
Blakeslee was born in
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134 ...
son of Charles Wells and Martha Jane Blakeslee. He worked on the farm and attended public schools. At the age of sixteen he began working for his father, a contractor, as a time keeper. He continued on with the company in Bridgeport and was in partnership with his father and his brother, Clarence, becoming a very successful contractor with particular emphasis on railroad construction. He married Lizzie Finette Law on December 4, 1878, and they had six children, Hattie F. Blakeslee, Martha Blakeslee, Albert D. Blakeslee, Harold L. Blakeslee, Miles Blakeslee, Grant Blakeslee, and Dorothy Blakeslee.
Career
In 1880 and 1881, Blakeslee was a member of the New Haven common council. From 1884 to 1890, he was fire commissioner of New Haven. He was elected as a member of the
Connecticut State Senate
The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 99,280 inhabitants. Sen ...
in 1906 for a two-year term. He was reelected to another term in 1908.
Blakeslee was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut in 1908. He served eight years in the Second Company of the Governor's Horse Guard, part of the time as Major in command of the organization.
Blakeslee became the 74th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, and served from 1911 to 1913. His service was under Democratic Governor,
Simeon E. Baldwin, during whose tenure, a public utilities commission was founded, and a workmen's compensation bill was enacted, the Corrupt Practices Act, and a civil service law was passed.
Death
Blakeslee died April 5, 1933 (age 77 years, 25 days).
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Lieutenant Governors of Connecticut
1856 births
1933 deaths