David Daggett

David Daggett
United States Senator from Connecticut
In office May 13, 1813 – March 3, 1819
Preceded by	Chauncey Goodrich
Succeeded by	James Lanman
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office 1791-1797
Personal details
Born	(1764-12-31)December 31, 1764 Attleboro, Massachusetts
Died	April 12, 1851(1851-04-12) (aged 86) New Haven, Connecticut
Political party	Federalist

David Daggett (December 31, 1764 – April 12, 1851) was a U.S. senator, mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, Judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, and a founder of the Yale Law School.^[1] He helped block plans for the first college for African Americans in the United States and presided over the conviction of a woman running a boarding school for African Americans in violation of Connecticut's recently passed Black Law. He judged African Americans not to be citizens and supported their colonization to Africa.