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American politician

Joseph M. Suggs Jr.
Connecticut State Treasurer
In office
March 3, 1993 – 1995
GovernorLowell Weicker
Preceded byFrancisco L. Borges
Succeeded byChristopher Burnham
Mayor of Bloomfield, Connecticut
In office
1989–1993
Personal details
Born (1940-08-01) August 1, 1940 (age 84)
Hartford, Connecticut, US
Political partyDemocratic Party
ResidenceBloomfield, Connecticut
Alma materUniversity of Hartford (BS)
OccupationPolitician

Joseph M. Suggs Jr. (born August 1, 1940) is an American politician who served as Connecticut State Treasurer from 1993 to 1995.

Biography

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. He was the town's first African American mayor and the only Black mayor of a suburban Connecticut town at the time. In 1998, Suggs sought the Democratic nomination for Connecticut's 1st congressional district, losing the primary to John B. Larson. In 2018, he narrowly lost a special election for the Connecticut House of Representatives.

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. 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. 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 was recognized twice by the NAACP as one of the 100 Most Influential Blacks of Connecticut. He is currently a business consultant.

Personal life

Suggs is a widower (his wife Mary died in 1989) with three children: Ronald, Rosemary, and Felicia.

References

  1. ^ "Four for the 1st: The Democratic Primary Candidates in the 1st Congressional District". Hartford Courant. September 6, 1998. p. C1.
  2. "Connecticut State Treasurers". CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "Joseph M. Suggs, Jr, Biographical Sketch" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. n.d. Retrieved December 27, 2021.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. Pazniokas, Mark (September 16, 1998). "Larson win primary: Former senator stages comeback in 1st District". Hartford Courant. p. 32. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  6. Pazniokas, Mark (January 10, 2018). "Gibson defeats Suggs in special House election". The CT Mirror. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  7. Pazniokas, Mark (September 12, 1998). "Fund-raising brings just a trickle". Hartford Courant. p. 19. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
Party political offices
Preceded byFrancisco L. Borges Democratic nominee for Connecticut State Treasurer
1994 		Succeeded byDenise Nappier
Political offices
Preceded byFrancisco L. Borges Treasurer of Connecticut
1993–1995 		Succeeded byChristopher Burnham
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