Editing Meade Alcorn

{{Short description|American politician (1907–1992)}}

{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr.
|image       = Hugh Meade Alcorn.png
|office      = Chair of the [[Republican National Committee]]
|term_start  = February 1, 1957
|term_end    = July 1, 1959
|predecessor = [[Leonard W. Hall]]
|successor   = [[Thruston Ballard Morton|Thruston Morton]]

|office2 = Speaker of the [[Connecticut House of Representatives]]
|term_start2 = 1941
|term_end2 = 1943
|predecessor2 = [[Walter Howe]]
|successor2 = [[Harold E. Mitchell]]
|birth_name  = Hugh Meade Alcorn 
Jr.
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1907|10|20}}
|birth_place = [[Suffield, Connecticut]], U.S.
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1992|1|13|1907|10|20}}
|death_place = Suffield, Connecticut, U.S.
|party       = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|education   = [[Dartmouth College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
}}
'''Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr.''' (October 20, 1907 – January 13, 1992) was a [[United States|U.S.]] lawyer and [[political figure]]. He was a native of [[Suffield, Connecticut]].

==Biography==
He was born on October 20, 1907, to Cora Terry (Wells) and [[Hugh M. Alcorn|Hugh Mead Alcorn]] Sr.

He attended [[Dartmouth College]] and [[Yale Law School]]. An attorney, he was a partner in the once-prominent Connecticut law firm Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn.<ref>It was founded by his father in 1897. The firm closed in 2008, and its practice was taken over by the Providence firm [[Hinckley, Allen & Snyder]].</ref>

Alcorn was a key figure in Connecticut politics following [[World War II]]. He served as State Representative, [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] floor leader, and then Speaker of the [[Connecticut House of Representatives]]. He also served as Hartford State's Attorney. As the Republican leader in the [[Connecticut General Assembly]], he was often paired against [[John Moran Bailey|John Bailey]], his legendary [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] counterpart. He was the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in 1948, losing narrowly to Democrat [[William T. Carroll]].

Alcorn joined the Republican National Committee in 1953, and was the [[chairman of the Republican National Committee]] between 1957 and 1959, during the presidency of [[Dwight Eisenhower]]. He was also the great-great nephew of [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] and [[Governor of Mississippi]] [[James Lusk Alcorn]].

He died of a stroke on January 13, 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/14/nyregion/meade-alcorn-jr-84-gop-national-chief.html |title= Meade Alcorn Jr., 84, G.O.P. National Chief |date= January 14, 1992 |work= [[The New York Times]] |access-date= January 24, 2009|quote=Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr., the Republican national chairman from 1957 to 1959 during the Eisenhower Administration, died yesterday at his home in Suffield, Conn. He was 84 years old. The cause of his death was a stroke, his daughter said. ...}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Alcorn was married to Marcia Powell Alcorn after the death of his first wife, Janet. He had only one daughter, named Eileen. His brother [[Howard W. Alcorn]] was chief justice of the [[Connecticut Supreme Court]].

Meade was known publicly as "Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr." for much of his career. He adopted the name "Meade Alcorn" for his campaign for lieutenant governor in 1948. His middle name was "Meade" rather than "Mead" to distinguish him from his well-known father.<ref>"Information", ''Daily Oklahoman'' (Oklahoma City, OK), November 3, 1957, p. A15</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/albritton-aldous.html#667.10.48 Hugh Mead (sic) Alcorn entry] at [[The Political Graveyard]]
* [https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/repositories/2/resources/940 The Papers of Hugh Meade Alcorn] at Dartmouth College Library

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[[Category:Yale Law School alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century American lawyers]]
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