Joseph M. Suggs Jr.
Joseph M. Suggs Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Connecticut State Treasurer | |
| In office March 3, 1993 – 1995 | |
| Governor | Lowell Weicker |
| Preceded by | Francisco L. Borges |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Burnham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1, 1940 Hartford, Connecticut, US |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Residence | Bloomfield, Connecticut |
| Alma mater | University of Hartford (BS) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Joseph M. Suggs Jr. (born 1940)[1] is an American politician who served as Connecticut State Treasurer from 1993 to 1995.[2]
Suggs was appointed to the office of state treasurer by the Connecticut General Assembly to complete the term of Francisco L. Borges, who had resigned to accept a finance job in the private sector. Suggs lost the 1994 general election for treasurer to Republican state representative Christopher Burnham. A Democrat, Suggs had served as mayor of Bloomfield, Connecticut, from 1989 to 1993.[3] He was the town's first African American mayor and the only Black mayor of a suburban Connecticut town at the time.[4] In 1998, Suggs sought the Democratic nomination for Connecticut's 1st congressional district, losing the primary to John B. Larson.[5] In 2018, he narrowly lost a special election for the Connecticut House of Representatives.[6]
Suggs worked 27 years as a laboratory supervisor for Monsanto, retiring in 1993. He supported the development of PET plastic bottles now widely used in the beverage industry.[3] Born in Hartford and raised in Coventry, he served in the US Air Force and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Hartford in 1978.[1] He has served on the boards of the University of Hartford and Saint Francis Hospital and as co-chair of the Council of Institutional Investors. He has been twice honored by the NAACP as one of the 100 Most Influential Blacks of Connecticut. He is currently an independent business consultant.[7][3]
Suggs is a widower (his wife Mary died in 1989) with three children: Ronald, Rosemary, and Felicia.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Four for the 1st: The Democratic Primary Candidates in the 1st Congressional District". Hartford Courant. September 6, 1998. p. C1.
- ^ "Connecticut State Treasurers". CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Joseph M. Suggs, Jr, Biographical Sketch" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. n.d. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Green, Rick (March 24, 1991). "Mayor about Town - Everywhere Bloomfield looks, Joseph M. Suggs Jr. is there, listening to his town's concerns". Hartford Courant. p. 153. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ Pazniokas, Mark (September 16, 1998). "Larson win primary: Former senator stages comeback in 1st District". Hartford Courant. p. 32. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ Pazniokas, Mark (January 10, 2018). "Gibson defeats Suggs in special House election". The CT Mirror. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Pazniokas, Mark (September 12, 1998). "Fund-raising brings just a trickle". Hartford Courant. p. 19. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- Living people
- People from Bloomfield, Connecticut
- University of Hartford alumni
- Connecticut Democrats
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- Mayors of places in Connecticut
- State treasurers of Connecticut
- Monsanto employees
- African-American people in Connecticut politics
- 20th-century African-American people
- 21st-century African-American people