Name Samuel Silliman | ||
Born November 12, 1742 ( 1742-11-12 ) Resting place Lakeview Cemetery,
New Canaan, Connecticut Spouse(s) Elizabeth Stratton (m. Nov. 26, 1765) Dinah Comstock (m. June 28, 1792) Battles/wars American Revolutionary War Died February 14, 1795, New Canaan, Connecticut, United States Battles and wars American Revolutionary War | ||
Samuel Cook Silliman (also Samuel Cook Syllyman) (November 12, 1742 – February 14, 1795) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk. He served several non-consecutive terms starting in 1779 and ending in 1794.
He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in all of the following sessions:
Constitutional delegate
On November 12, 1787, the inhabitants of the town of Norwalk had a town meeting with Colonel Thomas Fitch as moderator. Silliman and Hezekiah Rogers were chosen as delegates to meet in a convention at Hartford, following January to ratify the United States Constitution. Connecticut ratified the Constitution on January 8, 1788, making it the fifth state to do so.
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