Charles Hawley
portrait by his daughter, Elizabeth King Hawley
36th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
In office
May 2, 1838 – May 4, 1842
GovernorWilliam W. Ellsworth
Preceded byEbenezer Stoddard
Succeeded byWilliam S. Holabird
Member of the
Connecticut Senate
from the 12th District
In office
1830–1831
Preceded byAt large elections
Succeeded byThaddeus Betts
In office
1832–1836
Preceded byThaddeus Betts
Succeeded byBenjamin Isaacs
In office
1837–1838
Preceded byBenjamin Isaacs
Succeeded byThomas B. Butler
Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Stamford
In office
1821–1822
Serving with Joseph Wood
Preceded byThaddeus Bell,
John Augur
Succeeded byDaniel Lockwood,
Joseph Wood
In office
1823–1824
Serving with Daniel Lockwood
Preceded byDaniel Lockwood,
Joseph Wood
Succeeded byIsaac Lockwood,
Theodore Davenport
In office
1826–1829
Preceded byIsaac Lockwood,
Theodore Davenport
Succeeded bySimeon H. Minor,
William Waterbury, Jr.
Personal details
Born(1792-06-15)June 15, 1792
Huntington, Connecticut
DiedFebruary 27, 1866(1866-02-27) (aged 73)
Stamford, Connecticut
Political partyWhig
SpouseMary S. Holly (m. 1821)
ResidenceStamford
Alma materYale College (1813)

Charles Hawley (June 15, 1792 – February 27, 1866) was an American politician, judge, and the 36th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1838 to 1842.

Early life

Hawley was born in that part of Huntington, Connecticut, which now constitutes the town of Monroe. He graduated with honor at Yale College in 1813. He studied law, partly at Newtown with Hon. Asa Chapman, soon after a judge at the Supreme Court, and partly at Litchfield with Judge Gould. He was admitted to the bar in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in 1815 or early 1816, and opened an office in Stamford. After a brief time in East Haddam, he returned to Stamford and remained there for the rest of his life. In 1824, he was appointed Judge of Probate for the district of Stamford, a district which then embraced many towns, an office which he held until 1838.

In 1821, he married Mary Stiles Holly, with whom he had children, most of whom survived him. He was a firm believer in the Christian religion and a member of the Congregational Church in Stamford.

Political career

Hawley repeatedly represented the town of Stamford in the Connecticut House of Representatives and was also a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th District. As a Whig, he held the office of Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut for four periods, from May 2, 1838 until May 4, 1842, while William W. Ellsworth was Governor of the state.

He died in Stamford on February 27, 1866, aged 74.

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