William W. Ellsworth
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William W. Ellsworth (1791-1868) was an United States politician from Connecticut. He was the son of Oliver Ellsworth and was born in Windsor on November 10, 1791. He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from Yale College in 1810. He studied law in Litchfield, was admitted to the bar and practiced. Ellsworth was appointed professor of law at Trinity College in 1827, which position he held until his death. William Wolcott Ellsworth was married to Emily S. Webster, eldest daughter of Rebecca Greenleaf and Noah Webster Jr., a farmer's son who began publishing dictionaries.
He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, and Twenty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1829, to July 8, 1834 when he resigned. He was elected Governor of Connecticut 1838-1842. He then became judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1847 to 1861, when, by the constitutional provision relative to age, he retired. He twice declined to accept the nomination to the United States Senate, and retired from public life. Ellsworth died in Hartford on January 15, 1868. His interment was in the Old North Cemetery.
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| Preceded by Henry W. Edwards |
Governor of Connecticut 1838—1842 |
Succeeded by Chauncey Fitch Cleveland |
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