Goddard, Calvin
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born July 17, 1768, in Shrewsbury, Mass. In 1790 he settled in Plainfield, from which place he was elected a representative in the legislature for nine sessions, during three of which he was speaker of the house. He removed to Norwich in 1807; and from 1801 to 1805 was a representative in congress.
From 1815 to 1818 he was judge of the superior court; and was state's attorney for the county of New London for five years, and mayor of Norwich for seventeen years. He died May 2, 1842, in Norwich, Conn.