Background
Alcorn, Hugh Meade was born on October 20, 1907 in Suffield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Hugh M. and Cora Terry (Wells) Alcorn.
Alcorn, Hugh Meade was born on October 20, 1907 in Suffield, Connecticut, United States. Son of Hugh M. and Cora Terry (Wells) Alcorn.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1930; Bachelor of Laws, Yale, 1933; Doctor of Laws, University Hartford, 1974.
Partner, Alcorn, Bakewell & Smith (now Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn), Hartford, from 1933; assistant state's attorney, Hartford County, 1935-1942; state's attorney, 1942-1948; director, United Bank & Trust Company, Hartford. Member, Connecticut House of Representatives, 1937, 39; Republican floor leader, Connecticut House of Representatives, 1939; speaker, Connecticut House of Representatives, 1941; chairman, Suffield Republican Town Committee, 1938-1953; member, Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1948-1957; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1940, 48, 52, 56, 60; alternate, Republican National Convention, 1944; vice chairman arrangements committee, Republican National Convention, 1956; member, Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1953-1961; vice chairman, Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1956-1957; chairman, Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1957-1959; general counsel, Republican National Committee from Connecticut, 1960-1961; Republican floor leader constitutional convention, 1965.
Member American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association (president 1950-1951), Hartford County Bar Association, Sons Union Veterans, Connecticut Society S.A.R., Suffield Grange, Apollo Lodge, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Janet Hoffer, October 21, 1933 (deceased). Children: Thomas Glenn (deceased), Janet Eileen. Married Marcia Powell, April 14, 1955.