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Rh Elisha Carpenter, Dwight Loomis, Edward W. Seymour, and David Torrance.

Chief-Justice Andrews was born Nov. 4, 1834, in Sunderland, Mass., graduated at Amherst in 1858, and practised law very successfully in Litchfield. In 1868 and 1869 he was a member of the State Senate, and in 1878 of the State House of Representatives, acting as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House. In 1878, though but forty-three years of age, he was nominated for Governor by the Republicans and elected, his Democratic adversary being Gov. Richard D. Hubbard. He was appointed Judge of the Superior Court in 1882, and Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court in 1889.

Judge Carpenter was born in Ashford, Windham County, Jan. 14, 1824. His education was obtained in the common schools and by his own efforts. He taught for several years, but in 1846 was admitted to the bar, having prepared himself for practice. He practised in Windham County until 1861, being prosecuting attorney seven years of the time, but now resides in Hartford. He was a member of the State Senate in 1857 and again in 1858, and of the lower house 1861, where he acted as Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. In the same year, 1861, he was appointed to the Superior Court, and in 1865 to the Supreme Court. He has therefore been in high judicial office but little less than thirty years.

Judge Loomis was born July 27, 1821, at Columbia, in Tolland County, graduated at Amherst, and after a few years spent in teaching attended the Yale Law School, graduating in 1847. He settled at Rockville, which has ever since been his home. He was in 1851 elected on the Whig ticket to the State House of Representatives, and again in 1857 to the State Senate on the Republican ticket. In 1859 he was elected to Congress, and served there two terms. He was appointed to the Superior Court in 1864, and promoted to the Supreme Court in 1875. His present term will expire in 1891, when he will have also reached the constitutional limit of age.

Judge Seymour is a son of the late Chief Justice Origen S. Seymour, was born in Litchfield Aug. 30, 1832, graduated at Yale in 1853, and practised law in Litchfield for several years, a portion of the time in partnership with his father, afterwards removing his office to Bridgeport. In 1859, 1860, 1870, and 1871, he represented Litchfield in the State House of Representatives, and in 1876 in the State Senate. He was a member of Congress for two terms, from 1883 to 1887. He was appointed to the in Supreme Court in 1889.

Judge Torrance is a native of Scotland, born in Edinburgh March 30, 1840, but came to this country very early in life. He entered the army in 1862 as a member of the 18th Connecticut Regiment, but was promoted to act as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 29th Regiment (colored). After his return from