Background
He was born on July 18, 1904 in Lime Rock, Litchfield County, Connecticut, the son of George Henry Mitchell and Harriet (MacNeil) Mitchell.
politician member of the New York State Senate
He was born on July 18, 1904 in Lime Rock, Litchfield County, Connecticut, the son of George Henry Mitchell and Harriet (MacNeil) Mitchell.
He graduated from Yale College in 1926. Attended Columbia Law School, and graduated from University of California Berkeley School of Law in 1929.
He practiced law in New York City. He was a delegate to the 1960 and 1964 Republican National Conventions. He died on December 17, 1996, in Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, of pneumonia.
And was buried at the Salisbury Cemetery in Salisbury, Connecticut.
Mitchell was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1938 to 1946, sitting in the 161st, 162nd, 163rd, 164th and 165th New York State Legislatures. He was a member of the New York State Senate (20th Doctorate) from 1947 to 1964, sitting in the 166th, 167th, 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd and 174th New York State Legislatures. And was Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary in 1963 and 1964.