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Connecticut Lawmakers Gather Wednesday as New Attorney General Is Sworn In
New Britain’s three legislators expect familiar committee seats, and a former House leader from the city takes the state’s top legal post.
The Connecticut General Assembly convenes on Wednesday, and New Britain’s delegation is already thinking about committee seats, the New Britain Herald reported on Monday. The city sends State Senator Edward F. Hall and Representatives Fred O. Rackliffe and William H. Judd.
Hall, who has served three terms at the Capitol, is expected to return to the appropriations committee, which he chaired in the Senate in 1921. Rackliffe, now in his second term, is expected to return to finance. Judd, who has not held state office before, is mentioned for the banks committee. The Herald said no committee lists had been settled.
Judge Benjamin W. Alling of New Britain, who was House majority leader at the last session, is to be sworn in as Connecticut’s attorney general at Wednesday’s inaugural exercises. A modern biography says he won the office in the November election and served in the House from 1922 to 1926.
Sources
- New Britain Herald, Jan. 3, 1927: the delegation, expected committee assignments and Alling’s swearing-in <https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014519/1927-01-03/ed-1/?sp=1>
- Wikipedia, Oct. 30, 2026 (later source): Alling’s 1926 election and 1922 to 1926 House service <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_W._Alling>
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