William L. Storrs Explained

William Storrs
Office:Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
Term Start:1840
Term End:1861
Appointer:William W. Ellsworth
State1:Connecticut
Term Start1:March 4, 1839
Term End1:June 1840
Predecessor1:Samuel Ingham
Successor1:William W. Boardman
State2:Connecticut
Term Start2:March 4, 1829
Term End2:March 3, 1831
Predecessor2:Elisha Phelps
Successor2:Samuel Tweedy
Birth Date:25 March 1795
Birth Place:Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
Death Place:Hartford, Connecticut, U.S
Otherparty:Anti-Jacksonian (before 1839)
Education:Yale College

William Lucius Storrs (March 25, 1795 – June 25, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, brother of Henry Randolph Storrs.

Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Storrs was graduated from Yale College in 1814.He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Whitestown, New York, in 1817.He returned to Connecticut the same year and commenced practice in Middletown.He served as a member of the state house of representatives 1827-1829 and again in 1834.He served as speaker in 1834.

Storrs was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1832.

Storrs was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress and served from March 1839 until his resignation in June 1840.He was appointed associate judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court in 1840 and promoted to chief justice in 1856. He served as chief justice until his death.Professor of law in the Wesleyan University at Middletown 1841-1846.Professor of law at Yale College in 1846 and 1847.He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1848.[1]

He died in Hartford, Connecticut, June 25, 1861.He was interred in Old North Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: APS Member History. 2021-04-14. search.amphilsoc.org.