Samuel Cook Silliman

Samuel Cook Silliman (also Samuel Cook Syllyman) (November 12, 1742 – February 14, 1795) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk. He served several non-consecutive terms starting in 1779 and ending in 1794.

Samuel Cook Silliman
Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk
Personal details
Born(1742-11-12)November 12, 1742
DiedFebruary 14, 1795(1795-02-14) (aged 53)[1]
New Canaan, Connecticut
Resting placeLakeview Cemetery,
New Canaan, Connecticut
SpouseElizabeth Stratton (m. Nov. 26, 1765) Dinah Comstock (m. June 28, 1792)
Military service
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War

He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in all of the following sessions:

  • May 1779[2]
  • May 1780, October 1780[2]
  • October 1781, May 1782[2]
  • May 1783, October 1783[2]
  • October 1784, May 1785, October 1785[2]
  • October 1786, May 1787, October 1787[2]
  • October 1788, May 1789, October 1789[2]
  • May 1791[2]
  • May 1792, October 1792[2]
  • May 1794, October 1794[2]

Constitutional delegate

On November 12, 1787, the inhabitants of the town of Norwalk had a town meeting with Colonel Thomas Fitch as moderator. Silliman and Hezekiah Rogers were chosen as delegates to meet in a convention at Hartford, following January to ratify the United States Constitution.[3] Connecticut ratified the Constitution on January 8, 1788, making it the fifth state to do so.

References
  1. Find A Grave
  2. Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881
  3. "Connecticut Elects 168 delegates for State Conventioin". teachingamericanhistory.org. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12.
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