Jonathan Brace

Federalist Representative of Connecticut

Representative
Connecticut
October 22, 1798 - March 3, 1799
Representative
Connecticut
December 2, 1799 - January 1, 1800

Congresses Served

House Terms

November 12, 1754 (82 years old)

Birthday

August 26, 1837

Death

Eighteenth-century American lawyer, politician, and judge
Graduated from Yale College in 1779
Studied law under Oliver Ellsworth, a Founding Father and future Chief Justice of the United States
Admitted to the bar in Bennington, Vermont, in 1779 and began practicing law in Pawlet, Vermont
Moved to Manchester, Vermont, in 1782 and continued practicing law
Served as a member of the council of censors to revise the constitution and as a prosecuting attorney for Bennington County from 1784 to 1785
Moved to Glastonbury, Connecticut, in January 1786; admitted to the Connecticut bar in 1790
Served in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1788 and from 1791 to 1794
Chosen as an assistant in the council in May 1798
Moved to Hartford, Connecticut, in 1794
Served as a judge of the city court in Hartford from 1797 until 1815, excluding two years
Elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses, serving from December 3, 1798, until May 1800
Served as a judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors in 1798 and 1799
Assistant in the council of the State from 1802 to 1818
Appointed prosecuting attorney for Hartford County from December 1807 to May 1809
Appointed judge of the county court and of probate in May 1809, serving until 1821 and 1824, respectively
Mayor of Hartford from 1815 to 1824
Member of the state senate in 1819 and 1820
Died in Hartford and was buried in the Old North Cemetery
Married to Ann White Brace, with a son who was a principal founder and developer of the Aetna Insurance Company