| Morgan G. Bulkeley |
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Bulkeley was born in East Haddam, Connecticut . His father founded the Aetna Insurance Company ; Morgan later served on its board of directors and became its president. Bulkeley volunteered as a private for the Union Army in the Civil War . From 1880 - 1888 he was Mayor of Hartford , and in 1888 he became governor of Connecticut, a post he held until 1892 despite the fact that he was not re-elected in 1890 . He became known as the "Crow-Bar Governor", because when the 1890 election did not result in a clear winner, Bulkeley exploited a forgotten clause in the state constitution that permitted him to stay in office. Bulkeley later served one term in the U.S. Senate from 1905 to 1911 . He was also one of the seven members of the Mills Commission formed by Albert Spalding , the group that gave credence to the myth that Abner Doubleday invented Baseball . Bulkeley died in Hartford at age 84. He was elected to the Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1937 , 15 years after his death. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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