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STANTON, Stiles Trumbull, journalist, born in Stonington, Connecticut, 10 December, 1849; died in New York city, 2 February, 1888. Ha was educated at General William H. Russell's collegiate and commercial institute, New Haven, Connecticut In 1875-'8 he was appointed aide on the brigade staff of the National guard. During the canvass of 1880 he served as secretary of the Republican state central committee, and was an alternate delegate to the Republican national convention at Chicago in that year. He was executive secretary of state in Connecticut in 1879-'80, and was a member of the house of representatives in 1881-'2, and served in the state senate in 1884-'6, being president pro tempore in 1885-'6. He was defeated for secretary of state on the Republican ticket in 1882, and in that year declined the post of secretary of legation in Paris. Early in life he devoted himself to journalism, and became connected with tile Norwich, Connecticut, "Bulletin " and the Worcester, Massachusetts, "Press," achieving a reputation as a humorist.
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