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HON. JOSEPH W. ALSOP
MIDDLETOWN: Physician and Farmer
Dr. Joseph W. Alsop was born in New York city August 20, 1838, and was educated in the Yale and Columbia Scientific Schools and in the medical school of the University of New York. He is a descendant of New England stock, being the third of the name belonging in Middletown. Dr. Alsop’s father was born and brought up in that city, and on his mother’s side he is a Bostonian by descent. Most of his active life has been in Middletown where he has held important and responsible public trusts. He has served in both branches of the court of common council and represented the city in the general assembly, serving on the democratic side of the house in 1873. During that year he was assigned to the chairmanship of the school fund committee and discharged the duties of the position with great credit and fidelity. He was elected to the senate from the Middletown district for three consecutive terms, during two of which terms he was chairman of the committee on agriculture, the six years of continuous services beginning in 1881. As a state senator Dr. Alsop won the approval of all parties, his course from first to last reflecting honor on his district and state. He has been a member of the State Board of Agriculture since 1881, and is now a member of the state commission on the diseases of domestic animals. He is a trustee of the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane at Middletown, having held the position since 1880, and being at present the secretary of the board, and has been a director of the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls at Middletown since 1881. He is also a director of the Russell Library Company, and of the St. Luke Home in Middletown for aged and indigent women. Dr. Alsop was nominated for lieutenant-governor by the democratic state convention, which was held in this city September 16, 1890, and received a majority exceeding 500 in number at the election November 4th. The personal popularity of the Doctor, who is known and honored throughout the state, added strength to the democratic ticket. In addition to his professional life he is a special partner in the firm of C. E. Jackson & Co.; he is also one of the most successful stock breeders in the state. The truth is the Doctor is a genuine farmer and values the avocation for its own sake. At the election last fall the farmers extended to him a most gratifying support. Dr. Alsop has five children living.
[Dr. Alsop died in Fenwick, June 24, 1891, after the above sketch had been prepared. - ED.]
Source: Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut - 1891, Compiled and Published by J. A. Spalding, Hartford Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1891
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