Roger Sherman was an American statesman, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to sign four of the great state papers of the United States related to the founding: the Continental Association, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and U.S. Constitution. He also signed the 1774 Petition to the King.
Grove Street Cemetery or Grove Street Burial Ground is a cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut, that is surrounded by the Yale University campus. It was organized in 1796 as the New Haven Burying Ground and incorporated in October 1797 to replace the crowded burial ground on the New Haven Green. The first private, nonprofit cemetery in the world, it was one of the earliest burial grounds to have a planned layout, with plots permanently owned by individual families, a structured arrangement of ornamental plantings, and paved and named streets and avenues. By introducing ideas like permanent memorials and the sanctity of the deceased body, the cemetery became "a real turning point... a whole redefinition of how people viewed death and dying", according to historian Peter Dobkin Hall. Many notable Yale and New Haven luminaries are buried in the Grove Street Cemetery, including 14 Yale presidents; nevertheless, it was not restricted to members of the upper class, and was open to all.
Simeon Eben Baldwin was an American jurist, law professor, and politician who served as the 65th governor of Connecticut.
David Daggett was a U.S. senator, mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, and a founder of the Yale Law School. He helped block plans for the first college for African Americans in the United States and presided over the conviction of a woman running a boarding school for African Americans in violation of Connecticut's recently passed Black Law. He judged African Americans not to be citizens and supported their colonization to Africa.
Henry Waggaman Edwards was an American lawyer, a Democrat, and the 27th and 29th governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut. He previously served in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.
James Hillhouse was an American lawyer, real estate developer, and politician from New Haven, Connecticut. He represented the state in both chambers of the US Congress. From February to March 1801, Hillhouse briefly served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
John Taylor Gilman was a farmer, shipbuilder and statesman from Exeter, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress in 1782–1783 and was the fifth governor of New Hampshire for 14 years, from 1794 to 1805, and from 1813 to 1816.
William Strong was an American businessman and politician. He served as a congressman and judge from Vermont.
Gideon Tomlinson was a United States senator, United States Representative, and the 25th Governor for the state of Connecticut.
Stephen Mix Mitchell was an American lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Wethersfield, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Senate and was chief justice of the state's Supreme Court.
The Litchfield Law School of Litchfield, Connecticut, was the first independent law school established in America for reading law. Founded and led by lawyer Tapping Reeve, the proprietary school was unaffiliated with any college or university. While Litchfield was independent, a long-term debate resulted in the 1966 recognition of William & Mary Law School as the first law school to have been affiliated with a university.
Jonathan Sturges was an American lawyer, jurist and politician from Fairfield, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut as a delegate to the Continental Congress and in the United States House of Representatives.
Richard Skinner was an American politician, attorney, and jurist who served as the ninth governor of Vermont.
Charles Goldsborough served as the 16th Governor of the state of Maryland in the United States in 1819.
James Fisk was an American politician from Vermont. He served in the House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
Calvin Goddard was a United States representative from Connecticut.
Asa Lyon was an American politician. He served as a United States representative from Vermont.
Lewis Burr Sturges was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut from 1805 to 1817. He was born in Fairfield, Conn., the son of Jonathan Sturges, who also served in the House.
Orsamus Cook Merrill was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.
Timothy Hopkins Porter was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
