James L. Howard

James Leland Howard (January 18, 1818 – May 1, 1906) was an American businessman and politician who was the 63rd Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1887 to 1889.

Early life James L. Howard was born in Windsor, Vermont. He was the eldest of eight children born to Reverend Leland Howard, a prominent Baptist clergyman, and Lucy (née Mason) Howard. His younger brother Frank Leonard Howard named his son Major James Leland Howard, the secretary of the Travelers Insurance Company, after James.

His paternal ancestors came to this country from Swansea in Wales, England, and were among the original landowners of the town of Milford and Mendon. The James L. Howard & Company still exists under the name of 1846.

Political career Howard was originally a member of the Whig Party, and naturally became a member of the Republicans when that party was formed in 1856.

In the autumn of 1886, Howard was elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. He served for one two-year period alongside the governor Phineas C. Lounsbury from January 7, 1887, to January 10, 1889.

Personal life On June 1, 1842, Howard was married to Miss Anna Gilbert (1821–1909), daughter of Joseph B. Gilbert of Hartford who served as the Connecticut State Treasurer in the 1840s. Together, James and Anna were the parents of five children, of which three daughters survived to adulthood, Alice, Edith and Mary Howard.

Howard died on May 1, 1906, in Hartford, Connecticut, and was buried at the Spring Grove Cemetery in Hartford.