OVERVIEW:

BORN:
July 1, 1802
Glastonbury, Connecticut

DIED:
February 11, 1878 (age 75)
Hartford, Connecticut

EDUCATION:
Norwich University (BA)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat
Republican 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1819-1821:
Attended Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Conn,

1823-1825:
Attended the American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy (Norwich University), Norwich, Vt.
1826-1836:
Part-Owner/ Editor of the Hartford Times  (Jacksonian newspaper)
1834:
Unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate for Congress
1827-1835:
Member of the Connecticut General Assembly 
1835:
Elected Comptroller of Connecticut 
1836-1841:
Postmaster of Hartford, Connecticut 
1842-1843:
Comptroller of Connecticut
1846-1849:
Chief, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, U.S. Navy
1850:
Unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate for U.S. Senate
1854:
Resigned from the Democratic Party
1856:
Unsuccessful Republican Party Candidate for Governor of Connecticut
1856:
Founder, Hartford Evening Press (Republican Party Newspaper)
1856-1864:
Member of  the Republican National Committee/  National Executive Committee
1860:
Leader of the Connecticut delegation to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois
1861-1869:
U.S.  Secretary of the Navy
1868:
Rejoined the Democratic Party
1869-1877:
Published historical articles in Galaxy 
1872:
Resigned from the Democratic Party to become a Liberal Republican
1874:
Published Lincoln and Seward

BIOGRAPHIES:
Library of Congress
CT History
CT Historical Society
Lehrman Institute
Harper’s Weekly
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Library of Congress (Digitized) 
Diary of Gideon Welles 
CT Historical Society

PORTRAIT: