Jonathan Brace

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Jonathan Brace (November 12, 1754 - August 26, 1837) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Harwinton, Connecticut. He was graduated from Yale College in 1779. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in Bennington, Vermont in 1779 and commenced practice in Pawlet, Vermont. He moved to Manchester, Vermont in 1782 and continued the practice of law. He was a member of the council of censors to revise the constitution as well as a prosecuting attorney for Bennington County 1784-1785. He then moved to Glastonbury, Connecticut in January 1786 but was not admitted to the Connecticut bar until 1790.

Brace was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly from 1788 and 1791-1794 and was chosen assistant in the council in May 1798. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut in 1794 and was a judge of the city court from 1797 until 1815, with the exception of two years. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joshua Coit and was reelected to the Sixth Congress and served from December 3, 1798, until his resignation in 1800. He served as an assistant in the council of the State 1802-1818 and was appointed prosecuting attorney for Hartford County in December 1807 and served until May 1809, when he resigned. He was appointed judge of the county court and of probate in May 1809 and continued as judge of the county court until 1821 and as judge of probate until 1824. He was the mayor of Hartford 1815-1824 and also a member of the state senate in 1819 and 1820. He died in Hartford on August 26, 1837 and was buried in the Old North Cemetery.