Government and politics List of people from Stamford, Connecticut

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french premier georges clemenceau nadar



homer cummings



j. cofer black (born 1950), former united states department of state coordinator counterterrorism rank of ambassador @ large (2002-2004); born in stamford
georges clemenceau (1841–1929), french premier during world war i; 1 of major voices behind treaty of versailles; taught in girls school in stamford; married 1 of pupils, mary plummer, in 1869
homer stille cummings (1870-1956), united states attorney general, 1933-1939; in 1900, 1901, , 1904, elected mayor of stamford; helped found cummings & lockwood law firm in 1909
charles a. duelfer, chief u.s. weapons inspector in iraq; raised in stamford
joe lieberman (born 1942), u.s. senator , 2000 democratic nominee vice president; born in stamford
dan malloy (born 1955), governor of connecticut
john j. mccloy (1895–1989), prominent adviser president franklin d. roosevelt , president ronald reagan; died in stamford
william t. minor (1815-1889), 39th governor of connecticut, consul-general havana, cuba , judge on connecticut superior court; born in stamford
chris shays (born 1945), fourth district u.s. representative; former resident of stamford




^ homer stille cummings . find grave. retrieved december 3, 2012. 
^ lieberman, joseph i. (born 1942) . biographical directory of united states congress. retrieved december 3, 2012. 
^ john jay mccloy . find grave. retrieved december 3, 2012. 
^ connecticut governor william thomas minor . national governors association. retrieved december 3, 2012. 
^ shays, christopher h. (born 1945) . biographical directory of united states congress. retrieved december 3, 2012. 






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