David Daggett
David Daggett | |
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| United States Senator from Connecticut | |
| In office May 13, 1813 – March 3, 1819 | |
| Preceded by | Chauncey Goodrich |
| Succeeded by | James Lanman |
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives | |
| In office 1791–1797 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 31, 1764 |
| Died | April 12, 1851 (aged 86) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Party | Federalist |
David Daggett (December 31, 1764 – April 12, 1851) was a U.S. senator, mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, and a founder of the Yale Law School. He helped block plans for the first college for African Americans in the United States and presided over the conviction of a woman running a boarding school for African Americans in violation of Connecticut's recently passed Black Law. He judged African Americans not to be citizens and supported their colonization to Africa.