John Rowland

A Representative from Connecticut; born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., May 24, 1957; graduated from Holy Cross High School, Waterbury, Conn., 1975; B.S., Villanova University, Villanova, Pa.,1979; insurance agent; member of the Connecticut general assembly, 1981-1984; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1991); was not a candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990, but was an unsuccessful nominee for governor of Connecticut; Governor of Connecticut, 1994-2004. Facing impeachment, Mr. Rowland resigned the governorship in 2004 amid a federal investigation for accepting gifts from friends and business executives. He was later convicted and sent to prison.