Harold M. Mulvey
Harold M. Mulvey (December 5, 1914 – February 27, 2000) was the 18th Attorney General of Connecticut, serving from 1963 to 1968.
Harold M. Mulvey | |
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| 18th Attorney General of Connecticut | |
| In office January 1963 – January 1968 | |
| Governor | John N. Dempsey |
| Preceded by | Albert L. Coles |
| Succeeded by | Robert K. Killian |
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| Born | December 5, 1914 New Haven, Connecticut |
| Died | February 27, 2000 (aged 85) Hamden, Connecticut |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Fordham University |
Early life and career
Mulvey was born on December 5, 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut, and had four siblings.[1] He attended local public schools in New Haven, and then went off to college, receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University in 1938, and receiving his law degree from there in 1941.[1][2]
After serving in World War II in the Coast Guard for four years, he commenced private law practice for a brief period in New York, opened a law office in New Haven and then became the Corporation Counsel of New Haven under Mayor Richard C. Lee, from 1961 to 1963.[1][2] He had previously been a member of the Connecticut Marketing Authority from 1955 until 1961.[2]
Political and judicial career
In 1963, Mulvey, a Democrat, was appointed by Connecticut Governor John Dempsey to be the state Attorney General, to fill the unexpired term of Albert L. Coles.[1] He served for four years until 1967, when he won election to the office outright but resigned a year later to accept an appointment to the Connecticut Superior Court.[1]
During his time as a Superior Court judge, he presided over the emotionally-charged murder trials of several Black Panthers in the 1970s.[1]
References
- MacFarquhar, Neil (March 1, 2000). "Harold M. Mulvey, 86, Judge At Tense Black Panther Trials". New York Times. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
- "Attorney General: Biographies of the Attorneys General". ct.gov. Retrieved June 11, 2015.