The

FIFTIETH GOVERNOR

of

CONNECTICUT

was

PHINEAS C. LOUNSBURY

The son of a Ridgefield farmer who during his youth tilled the soil with his father, and then became a clerk in a shoe store, later confidential clerk, then traveling salesman, and finally a prosperous manufacturer of boots and shoes - Elected to the General Assembly, he became one of the leading members of that body, a presidential elector and governor-After retiring from politics he devoted his closing years to the development of his financial interests