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Literary critic, editor, author, politician. Wilbur Lucius Cross (April 10, 1862 – October 5, 1948) was an American literary critic who served as the 71st governor of Connecticut from 1931 to 1939.
- Helen Baldwin Avery Cross
- Democratic
- Wilbur Lucius Cross, Jr., Avery Cross, Elizabeth Cross, Arthur Cross, Wilbur Cross III (grandson)
- Raymond E. Baldwin
Wilbur Cross was an educator and politician who served as governor of Connecticut during one of the most turbulent and challenging times in America’s history. Growing up in Mansfield , he earned his doctorate from Yale in 1889 and spent several years as a schoolteacher and principal in Westport before accepting a position as an English ...
Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862 - 1948) Governor Wilbur Lucius Cross. Born 10 Apr 1862 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, USA. Ancestors. Son of Samuel Cross and Harriet Maria Gurley. Brother of Adelaide A Cross and Agnes M (Cross) Dimock. Husband of Helen Baldwin (Avery) Cross — married 17 Jul 1889 in Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut, USA.
- Male
- April 10, 1862
- Helen Baldwin (Avery) Cross
- October 5, 1948
Governor of Connecticut, 1931-1939. Born: April 10, 1862, Mansfield, Connecticut College: Yale, 1885; Yale Ph.D., 1889 Political Party: Democrat Offices: Governor of Connecticut, 1931-1939 Died: October 5, 1948, New Haven, Connecticut. The Republicans’ hold on the office of governor in Connecticut came to an end in 1931 when Wilbur Cross was ...
Born Mansfield, Cross graduated from Yale University (B.A. 1885) and earned a PhD in English literature in 1889. Cross spent several years as a high school principal and schoolteacher at Staples High School in Westport before being offered a job as a professor of English at Yale in 1894.
10 de abr. de 2019 · April 10, 2019 • Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Wilbur Cross, Disaster, Mansfield, Politics and Government. Governor Wilbur Cross and others with cow, Danbury Fair, 1946 - Connecticut Historical Society. By Nancy Finlay.
Students. Scholars. (1862–1948). After earning a reputation as an important scholar of English literature as well as an editor and respected university administrator, Wilbur Lucius Cross went on to a second career as the governor of Connecticut. Cross was born on April 10, 1862, in Gurleyville, Conn. As a boy he attended a one-room schoolhouse.
