Eric D. Coleman

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Eric D. Coleman
Connecticut Senator from the 2nd District
In office
1995 – 2017 (resigned)
Preceded byThirman L. Milner
Succeeded byDouglas McCrory
Constituencyrepresents Bloomfield, Hartford, and Windsor
Personal details
Born
Eric Dean Coleman[1]

(1951-05-26) May 26, 1951 (age 70)[1]
New Haven, Connecticut[1]
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Pamela Coleman
ResidenceBloomfield, Connecticut

Eric Dean Coleman (born May 26, 1951) is a Democratic politician in the United States. He served as state senator of Connecticut's 2nd District, representing Bloomfield, Hartford, and Windsor. He served as a state representative from 1983 to 1994, and held the position of Deputy President Pro Tempore in the Connecticut Senate.

Coleman is a graduate of Pomfret School, Columbia University, and the University of Connecticut School of Law.

In 2001, he became the first African-American to chair the Judiciary Committee, and now held the chairmanship of the Planning and Development Committee.

Coleman resigned from the Senate in 2017, and was subsequently nominated and then confirmed as a Superior Court judge in 2018.[2]

See also[]

  • Connecticut Senate

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Who's Who Among Black Americans, 1985. Adam and Charles Black Ltd. December 1985. ISBN 9780915130962.
  2. ^ "Former Sen. Eric Coleman Barely Approved by House as Judge".

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Connecticut House of Representatives
Preceded by Connecticut State Representative for the First District
1983–1995 		Succeeded by
Connecticut State Senate
Preceded by Connecticut Senator from the Second District
1995–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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