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Meskill, Thomas J., 1928-2007

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Personal name headingMeskill, Thomas J., 1928-2007
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See alsoChief executive of: Connecticut. Governor (1971-1975 : Meskill)
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LocatedConnecticut
Birth date1928-01-30
Death date2007-10-29
Place of birthNew Britain (Conn.)
Place of deathDelray Beach (Fla.)
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. House
United States. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
Republican Party (Conn.)
Profession or occupationMayors
Governors
Judges
Found inSupplemental executive order no. twenty-two, 1974: t.p. (Thomas J. Meskill, governor)
OCLC, May 15, 2002: (hdgs.: Meskill, Thomas J., Meskill, Thomas J., 1928- )
Conn. biog. dict., 2000: (Meskill, Thomas J.; gov. Conn., Jan. 6, 1971-Jan. 8, 1975)
New York times WWW site, Oct. 30, 2007 (Thomas J. Meskill; b. Thomas Joseph Meskill, Jr., Jan. 30, 1928, New Britain, Conn.; d. yesterday [Oct. 29, 2007], Delray Beach, Fla., aged 79; in his one term as governor of Connecticut in the early 1970s, steered the state away from the edge of bankruptcy, instituted a state lottery, and oversaw the creation of a department of environmental protection)
Wikipedia, May 28, 2021 (Thomas Joseph Meskill Jr. (January 30, 1928--October 29, 2007) was a longtime United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (in office April 23, 1975--June 30, 1993). He previously served as the 82nd Governor of Connecticut, as a United States Representative from Connecticut (in office January 3, 1967--January 3, 1971), and as the mayor of New Britain, Connecticut. Republican)