Samuel Cook Silliman

Samuel Cook Silliman (also Samuel Cook Syllyman) (November 12, 1742 – February 14, 1795) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk. He served several non-consecutive terms starting in 1779 and ending in 1794.

Samuel Cook Silliman
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
Personal details
Born	(1742-11-12)November 12, 1742
Died	February 14, 1795(1795-02-14) (aged 53)[1] New Canaan, Connecticut
Resting place	Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Connecticut
Spouse	Elizabeth Stratton (m. Nov. 26, 1765) Dinah Comstock (m. June 28, 1792)
Military service
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War

He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in all of the following sessions:

• May 1779^[2]
• May 1780, October 1780^[2]
• October 1781, May 1782^[2]
• May 1783, October 1783^[2]
• October 1784, May 1785, October 1785^[2]
• October 1786, May 1787, October 1787^[2]
• October 1788, May 1789, October 1789^[2]
• May 1791^[2]
• May 1792, October 1792^[2]
• May 1794, October 1794^[2]

Constitutional delegate

On November 12, 1787, the inhabitants of the town of Norwalk had a town meeting with Colonel Thomas Fitch as moderator. Silliman and Hezekiah Rogers were chosen as delegates to meet in a convention at Hartford, following January to ratify the United States Constitution.^[3] Connecticut ratified the Constitution on January 8, 1788, making it the fifth state to do so.