Life span: 03/13/1812 to 03/02/1890TabsLife SummaryFull name: James Edward EnglishPlace of Birth: New Haven, CTBurial Place: New Haven, CTBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 4Family: James English (father), Nancy Griswold English (mother), Caroline A. Fowler (first wife - died 1874), Anna Robinson Morris(second wife) Occupation: PoliticianBusinessmanOtherOther Occupation: Carpenter, Building ContractorRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderChurch or Religious Denomination: EpiscopalianPolitical Parties: DemocraticGovernment: US SenateUS House of RepresentativesGovernorState legislature Events Date span begin Life span End Event 04/01/1867 04/01/1867 Democrat James English defeats the sitting Republican governor in the Connecticut elections. Major TopicsEmancipationThirty-Seventh Congress of the United StatesThirty-Eighth Congress of the United States Documents Subject Docs Date Title 01/06/1865 Theodore M. Pomeroy to Elizabeth L.W. Pomeroy, February 1, 1865 Images James Edward English, portrait size James Edward English James Edward English, detail Bibliography