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to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1903, to January 5, 1909. He did not seek renomination in 1908, having become a candidate for Governor. By resolution of the House of January 20, 1909, the seat was declared to have been vacated on January 6,
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Lilley won the 1908 Republican gubernatorial nomination, and was elected Governor of Connecticut. During his short tenure, he increased funding for the public school system and appropriations were budgeted for a statewide movement against tuberculosis. He also endorsed governing monopolies and
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1909, for the reason that incumbent had entered upon the duties of the office of Governor of Connecticut the preceding day, however this only occurred because Lilley submitted his letter of resignation to the Governor of Connecticut instead of the Speaker of the House.
1112: 1087: 282:, Lilley was the son of John Leavens Lilley and Caroline W. (Adams) Lilley. He attended the common schools of Oxford, the Worcester High School, and Worcester Technical Institute. He moved to 286:, in 1881 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and the real estate business. He married Anna E. H. Steele on June 17, 1884. The couple had three sons, Frederick, John, and Theodore. 1077: 457: 573: 489: 1082: 652: 1097: 579: 107: 1092: 1117: 1102: 682: 543: 645: 556: 97: 1107: 295: 151: 61: 638: 661: 538: 534: 302: 267: 207: 263: 409: 677: 767: 30: 827: 782: 897: 747: 506: 484: 435: 343: 612: 319: 43: 511: 387: 294:
A member of Connecticut Republican State Committee from 1901 to 1909, Lilley also served in the
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establishing a public service commission, but both issues were defeated by the legislature.
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from January 6, 1909, until his death on April 21, 1909, in
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Burials at Riverside Cemetery (Waterbury, Connecticut)
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Governor of Connecticut
Lieutenant
Frank B. Weeks
Rollin S. Woodruff
U.S. House of Representatives
Connecticut
at-large
John Q. Tilson
Connecticut House of Representatives
Oxford, Massachusetts
Hartford, Connecticut
Republican
Alma mater
realtor
politician
United States representative
63rd governor of Connecticut
Oxford, Massachusetts
Waterbury, Connecticut
Connecticut House of Representatives
Republican
Governor of Connecticut
Hartford
"George L. Lilley"
"George L. Lilley"
"George L. Lilley"
"S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903"
"George L. Lilley"
"George L. Lilley"

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