Louis R. Cheney

Louis Richmond Cheney (1859–1944) was a businessman and political figure from Connecticut.

Early life Cheney was born in South Manchester, Connecticut, on April 27, 1859. He was the son of George Wells Cheney and Harriet K. (Richmond) Cheney and the great-grandson of Captain Timothy Cheney, who served in the Connecticut militia during the American Revolution. He graduated from Hartford Public High School in 1879.

Marriages On April 16, 1890, he married Mary Alice Robinson (1856–1926), daughter of the late Lucius F. Robinson and Eliza (Trumbull) Robinson.

Military Cheney served, with the rank of colonel, as quartermaster general of the Connecticut Militia from 1895 to 1897. In 1898 he was reduced in rank to major and commanded the socially elite 1st Company of the Governor's Foot Guard. He commanded this unit until 1903 and again from 1907 to 1909.