Green Kendrick (April 1, 1798 – August 26, 1873) was an American politician who was elected as a Whig as the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1851 to 1852. As his party's nominee for governor in the 1852 election, he was defeated by the incumbent Democrat

Thomas H. Seymour Thomas Hart Seymour (September 29, 1807September 3, 1868) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who served as the 36th governor of Connecticut from 1850 to 1853 and as minister to Russia from 1853 to 1858. He was the leader of ...

, gaining 45 percent of the vote. He later served as

Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerf ...

in the 1854 and 1856 sessions of the state legislature. He was the father of politician John Kendrick. He died on August 26, 1873, and was interred at Riverside Cemetery in

Waterbury, Connecticut Waterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut on the Naugatuck River, southwest of Hartford and northeast of New York City. Waterbury is the second-largest city in New Haven County, Connecticut. According to the 2020 US Census, in 20 ...

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* Lieutenant Governors of Connecticut Burials at Riverside Cemetery (Waterbury, Connecticut) Connecticut Whigs 19th-century American politicians 1873 deaths 1789 births Speakers of the Connecticut House of Representatives {{Connecticut-politician-stub