John A. Rockwell
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John Arnold Rockwell (August 27, 1803 in Norwich, Connecticut – February 10, 1861 in Washington, D.C.) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Rockwell attended the common schools. He was graduated from Yale College in 1822, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and practiced in Norwich. Rockwell served as member of the State senate in 1839. He served as judge of the county court.
He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress defeating Rep. George S. Catlin and Thirtieth Congress defeating Lieutenant Governor Noyes Billings serving (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849). He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Thirtieth Congress), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1849 to the Thirty-first Congress, losing to Chauncey F. Cleveland. He engaged in the practice of law before the court of claims of the United States at Washington, D.C. and joined in the call for the Constitutional Union Party Convention in May 1860 where he was a delegate for Connecticut and appointed to the . He was interred in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut.
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- United States Congress. "John A. Rockwell (id: R000367)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1803 births
- 1861 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
- Yale College alumni
- Connecticut Whigs
- Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians