Background
Higgins, Richard Thomas was born on September 24, 1865 in Washington, Connecticut, United States. Son of Edward and Mary (Crowley) Higgins.
Higgins, Richard Thomas was born on September 24, 1865 in Washington, Connecticut, United States. Son of Edward and Mary (Crowley) Higgins.
Education high school, Woodbury, Connecticut, and St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York. Studied law in office Huntington & Warner, Woodbury. Doctor of Laws, Fordham University, 1921.
1 son, Bryan Edward; married second, Margaret B. Noonan, July 3, 1923. Admitted to Connecticut bar, 1890, and began practice at Woodbury. Moved to Winsted, 1891.
Director Winsted Savings Bank. Coroner, Litchfield Company, Connecticut, 1892-1910. Corporate Counsel, Town of Winchester, Connecticut, 1904-1912.
Member Connecticut House of Representatives (minority floor leader), 1909. Railroad commissioner, Connecticut, 1910-1911. Chairman Public Utilities Commission, Connecticut, since 1911.
Chairman Selective Draft Board, Litchfield, 1917.
Member Connecticut House of Representatives (minority floor leader), 1909.
Married Margaret R. Bryan, September 1, 1898.; married second, Margaret B. Noonan, July 3, 1923.