Background
Wilson, Clifford Brittin was born on December 2, 1879 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of James Albert and Mary Eliza (Wordin) Wilson.
Wilson, Clifford Brittin was born on December 2, 1879 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of James Albert and Mary Eliza (Wordin) Wilson.
Graduate Bridgeport High School, 1898. Studied law in Probate Court while acting as assistant clerk, 1899-1903.
He was a lawyer
Wilson was a Republican. He was elected mayor of Bridgeport in 1911 and continued until 1921, after losing an election. He was also elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in November 1914.
He served as lieutenant governor for three consecutive two-year terms, from January 6, 1915 to January 5, 1921, for the whole time that Marcus H. Holcomb was the governor of the state.
He tried to become mayor of Bridgeport again in 1935, but lost. Wilson died from a heart attack, in Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut, January 1, 1943.
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Member Coast Artillery Company, 1904-1908, retiring as captain 4th Company. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 32°, Shriner), Odd.
Married Anastasia C. Dorsey, November 10, 1914.