Rocky Hill is a town in Hartford County,Connecticut,United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 20,845 at the 2020 census. It was originally land of the Wangunks. Europeans began to settle the area of Rocky Hill in 1650,as part of Wethersfield,the neighboring town to the north. In 1722,the area became known as Stepney Parish,until it was independently incorporated in 1843. Rocky Hill’s location on the Connecticut River made it a natural port for Wethersfield and an early center for shipbuilding,agriculture,and trade.
Wethersfield is a town located in Hartford County,Connecticut,United States. It is located immediately south of Hartford along the Connecticut River. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 27,298 at the time of the 2020 census.
The Connecticut General Assembly (CGA) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a bicameral body composed of the 151-member House of Representatives and the 36-member Senate. It meets in the state capital,Hartford. There are no term limits for members of either chamber.
The Connecticut Appellate Court is the court of first appeals for all cases arising from the Connecticut Superior Courts. Its creation in 1983 required Connecticut's voters and legislature to amend the state's constitution. The court heard its first cases on October 4,1983. The Appellate Court was also a partial successor to the former Appellate Session of the Superior Court,a court established to hear appeals in minor matters
Eric Dean Coleman is a Democratic politician in the United States. He served as state senator of Connecticut's 2nd District,representing Bloomfield,Hartford,and Windsor. He served as a state representative from 1983 to 1994,and held the position of Deputy President Pro Tempore in the Connecticut Senate.
Michael Jarjura is an American attorney and politician who served as the mayor of Waterbury,Connecticut from 2001-2011.
Route 99 is a state highway in Connecticut running for 10.64 miles (17.12 km) from Route 9 in Cromwell,through the town of Rocky Hill,ending in Wethersfield at the Hartford city line. The road continues into Hartford as a local road. It follows the former alignment of Route 9 from prior to that route's upgrade to a freeway.
Connecticut is known as "The Constitution State". The origin of this title is uncertain,but the nickname is assumed to be a reference to the Fundamental Orders of 1638–39 which represent the framework for the first formal government written by a representative body in Connecticut. Connecticut's government has operated under the direction of five separate documents in its history. The Connecticut Colony at Hartford was governed by the Fundamental Orders,and the Quinnipiac Colony at New Haven had its own Constitution in The Fundamental Agreement of the New Haven Colony which was signed on 4 June 1639.
Vanessa Lynne Bryant is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Robert Genuario is a Connecticut Superior Court judge appointed by Governor M. Jodi Rell in 2005. He had served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management since January 2005. He was a seven-term Republican member of the Connecticut Senate,representing Norwalk and part of Darien,Connecticut in Connecticut's 25th District from 1991 to 2001.
James Alan Soto is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and former Arizona state court judge.
William "Bill" Grady Hamrick III is the Georgia Statewide Business Court Judge. Judge Hamrick was appointed by Governor Brian Kemp on August 3,2022 and confirmed by the Georgia Legislature on September 14,2022 to be the Statewide Business Court Judge of Georgia and was sworn in on September 26,2022. Hamrick replaced Judge Walt Davis.
Elisha Carpenter was a Connecticut attorney and politician who served as a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1866 to 1894.
Tilman Eugene "Tripp" Self III is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia and a former Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Raheem L. Mullins is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2017.
Matthew Delis Ritter is an American attorney and politician. He currently serves as the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives for the Democratic Party and the 1st District.
Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He formerly served as a judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2006 to 2020.
Kerry Szeps Wood is an American politician who serves in the Connecticut House of Representatives representing the 29th district in Hartford County. She has held the position since 2018.
Connecticut's 9th State Senate district elects one member of the Connecticut State Senate. It consists of the towns of Cromwell,Newington,Rocky Hill,and parts of Middletown and Wethersfield. The district is currently represented by Democrat Matt Lesser,who has served since 2019.
Vernon Dion Oliver is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut since 2023. He previously served as a judge of the Connecticut Superior Court from 2009 to 2023.
