Frances Burke Redick | |
---|---|
Secretary of the State of Connecticut | |
In office 1947–1949 | |
Preceded by | Charles J. Prestia |
Succeeded by | Winifred McDonald |
In office 1943–1945 | |
Preceded by | Chase G. Woodhouse |
Succeeded by | Charles J. Prestia |
Personal details | |
Born | Frances Burke Shekomeko,New York,US |
Died | Hartford,Connecticut,US | May 14,1974
Political party | Republican |
Occupation | Politician |
Frances Burke Redick was an American politician who served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut and as a state representative in the 1940s.
Redick was born in Shekomeko,New York,and attended school in Middletown,Connecticut. She then taught in Middletown for four years before working for Travelers Insurance Companies. [1]
In 1940,Redick was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives from Newington. [1] She served as Connecticut's secretary of state from 1943 to 1945 and from 1947 until 1949. [2] She was also a delegate to the state's constitutional conventions in 1948 and 1965. [1] [3]
Redick was a delegate to the 1948 Republican National Convention. In nominating Raymond Baldwin,she became the first woman to make a nominating speech for a presidential candidate. [1]
Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd Governor of Connecticut from January 8,1975,to December 31,1980,after rejecting past offers of candidacies for Senate and Governor. She was the first woman elected to this office and the first woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state without having been the spouse or widow of a former governor. She resigned as governor due to her battle with ovarian cancer.
Mary Carolyn "Jodi" Rell is an American former Republican politician and the 87th governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut from 2004 until 2011. Rell also served as the state's 105th lieutenant governor.
Susan Bysiewicz is an American politician and attorney who is the 109th lieutenant governor of Connecticut,serving since January 9,2019. She previously served as the 72nd secretary of the state of Connecticut from 1999 to 2011. She was briefly a candidate for governor of Connecticut in 2010,before dropping out to run for Connecticut Attorney General. She was disqualified from running for the office by the Connecticut Supreme Court and announced in 2011 that she was running for the United States Senate in the 2012 election to replace the retiring Joe Lieberman. She lost the Democratic primary to U.S. Representative Chris Murphy,who went on to win the general election.
Nancy S. Wyman is an American Democratic Party politician who was the 108th lieutenant governor of Connecticut,from 2011 to 2019. She was state comptroller of Connecticut from 1995 to 2011,and was the first woman elected to that office since it was created in 1786. She served as the Chairwoman of the Connecticut Democratic Party from 2019 to 2020.
Everett J. Lake was an American politician,businessman and the 67th governor of Connecticut.
Thomas Joseph Spellacy was an American political leader and lawyer. He was the 47th Mayor of Hartford,Connecticut,Connecticut,held several other offices,and was one of Connecticut's most prominent Democrats over a period of more than 50 years.
Matthew L. Lesser is an American politician who represents the 9th district in the Connecticut State Senate. First elected to the State House in 2008,Lesser was re-elected in 2010,2012,2014,and 2016. In 2018 he was elected as state senator for the 9th district,winning 57% of the vote.
Denise W. Merrill is a Democratic politician and the current Connecticut Secretary of the State. Merrill was previously a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Benjamin Douglas was an American politician,inventor,and abolitionist who was the 50th lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1861 to 1862.
The 2010 Connecticut attorney general election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2010,to elect the 24th attorney general of the state of Connecticut. Five-term incumbent Attorney General Richard Blumenthal declined to seek re-election in 2010,instead opting to run for Connecticut's open U.S. Senate seat held by the retiring Christopher Dodd. Blumenthal's decision not to seek a sixth term set-up the first open race for attorney general in the state since Blumenthal's election in 1990.
Betty L. Tianti was an American trade union leader,the first woman in the United States to head a state labor federation,and the first state labor commissioner in Connecticut.
The 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut,concurrently with the election of Connecticut's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. This race's Democratic margin of victory was the closest to the national average of 3.1 points.
The Connecticut Juvenile Training School (CJTS) was a juvenile prison in Middletown,Connecticut that operated under the Connecticut Department of Children and Families from 2001 to 2018. Established in proximity to the Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH),CJTS held male inmates from age 12-17 with capacity for 240 inmates. In 2021,Connecticut governor Ned Lamont announced that he was considering reopening the prison to hold immigrant children.
Miriam Butterworth was an American educator,activist,and politician.
Claudia Powers is an American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 151st district between 1993 and 2009.
Robert M. Ward was an American politician who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1984 to 2007,and as the minority leader from 1995 to 2007,as a member of the Republican Party. He was the longest-serving caucus leader in the state legislature in Connecticut's history.
Addo E. Bonetti was an American politician and Marine who served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 175th and 65th districts from 1967 to 1979,as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his political career he had served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II.
Florence Donady Finney was an American politician and civic leader who served as the first woman president pro tempore of the Connecticut State Senate from 1973 through 1974. A Republican representing Greenwich,she served in the Connecticut House of Representatives (1949–1955) and the Senate (1955–1976).
Pauline Ryder Kezer is an American politician who served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1991 to 1995. She previously served in the Connecticut General Assembly. Since August 2014 she has served as president of the Alden Kindred of America,which owns and operates the John and Priscilla Alden Family Sites.
Winifred Genevieve McDonald was an American politician and teacher who served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1949 to 1951. A Democrat from Waterbury,she ousted Republican incumbent Frances B. Redick in 1948. McDonald narrowly lost her reelection bid to Republican nominee Alice K. Leopold in 1950.