Draft:John A. Cornell

John A. Cornell (January 9, 1886 – January 6, 1956) was a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court for four months in 1953.

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"He served on the Superior Court until May 12, 1953, when he was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court on the nomination of Governor John Lodge. Two sessions convinced him that his health could not stand the exactions of appellate work, and to the genuine regret of bench and bar alike he resigned the following September."

"John finished high school in 1905, the obvious next step was to go to work. So he did, as a salesman for The Bridgeport Chain Company. Three years later, at nineteen, he was promoted to be assistant sales manager. He worked until 1912, when he had earned sufficient funds to enable him to study law at the New York University School of Law, from which he was graduated in 1914, having completed the three-year course in two years. He was admitted to the Connecticut bar the same year."