Julius Hotchkiss (July 11, 1810 – December 23, 1878) was a

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from

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. He was born in

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, the son of Woodward and Polly (Castle) Hotchkiss, Prospect farmers.John R. Guevin. '' View from the Top - the story of Prospect, Connecticut'', 1995, Biographical Publishing Company, , pages 265-266 At seventeen, he taught in Prospect schools. He later moved to Waterbury and ran a store and a factory that made cotton webbing and suspenders.

Personal life

In 1832, he married Melissa Perkins (of

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) with whom he had five children and were members of

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Public office

Hotchkiss was nominated by both parties to be the first Mayor of Waterbury in 1853 when it was incorporated, shifting to the

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when the Whigs had dissolved. In 1851 and 1858, he served as a member of the

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. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869). After leaving Congress, he was the 55th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1870. He died in Middletown in 1878 and was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery.

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