# Edwin H. May Jr.

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American politician (1924–2002)

Edwin H. May Jr. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st district In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 Preceded by Thomas J. Dodd Succeeded by Emilio Q. Daddario Personal details Born (1924-05-28)May 28, 1924 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. Died February 20, 2002(2002-02-20) (aged 77) Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S. Party Republican

**Edwin Hyland May Jr.** (May 28, 1924 – February 20, 2002) was an American businessman and politician who served as a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut).

Born in [Hartford, Connecticut](/source/Hartford%2C_Connecticut), May graduated from Wethersfield High School, [Wethersfield, Connecticut](/source/Wethersfield%2C_Connecticut), 1942. He graduated from [Wesleyan University](/source/Wesleyan_University), [Middletown, Connecticut](/source/Middletown%2C_Connecticut), 1948. He was in the [United States Army Air Corps](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Corps) from 1942 to 1945. Thereafter, he was both a business and an insurance and executive. May was the co-chairman of the inaugural Insurance City Open (now the [Travelers Championship](/source/Travelers_Championship)) at the Wethersfield Country Club.

May was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Eighty-fifth](/source/85th_United_States_Congress) Congress in 1956. May voted in favor of the [Civil Rights Act of 1957](/source/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1957).[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the [Eighty-sixth](/source/86th_United_States_Congress) Congress in 1958. May was Connecticut state Republican chairman from 1958 to 1962, an unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for governor of Connecticut in 1962, and a delegate to the Connecticut constitutional convention in 1965. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) in 1968.

He died on February 20, 2002, in [Fort Pierce, Florida](/source/Fort_Pierce%2C_Florida). May was posthumously inducted into the Connecticut State Golf Association the same year.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957"](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42). *GovTrack.us*.

- United States Congress. ["Edwin H. May Jr. (id: M000274)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000274). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

This article incorporates [public domain material](/source/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States) from [*Biographical Directory of the United States Congress*](http://bioguide.congress.gov). [Federal government of the United States](/source/Federal_government_of_the_United_States).

Party political offices Preceded by Horace Seely-Brown Jr. Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Connecticut (Class 3) 1968 Succeeded by James H. Brannen III U.S. House of Representatives Preceded by Thomas J. Dodd Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 1st congressional district 1957–1959 Succeeded by Emilio Q. Daddario

v t e United States representatives from Connecticut 1st district Toucey Jos. Trumbull T. Seymour Dixon Waldo Chapman Pratt Clark Loomis Deming R. Hubbard Strong Hawley Landers Hawley Buck Eaton Buck Vance Simonds Sperry Henry Lonergan Oakey Lonergan Fenn Lonergan Kopplemann W. Miller Kopplemann W. Miller Kopplemann W. Miller Ribicoff T. Dodd May Daddario Cotter Kennelly Larson 2nd district Ingham Storrs Boardman Stewart S. Hubbard Booth C. Ingersoll J. Woodruff Arnold J. Woodruff English Warner Hotchkiss Kellogg J. Phelps Mitchell French Willcox Pigott Sperry Reilly Mahan Freeman W. Higgins Fitzgerald Ball Fitzgerald McWilliams Woodhouse Seely-Brown Woodhouse Seely-Brown Bowles Seely-Brown Onge Steele C. Dodd Gejdenson Simmons Courtney 3rd district Haley T. W. Williams Catlin Rockwell Cleveland Belcher Dean Burnham A. Brandegee Starkweather Wait Russell F. Brandegee E. Higgins Reilly Tilson Maloney Shanley Compton Geelan Foote McGuire Cretella Giaimo DeNardis Morrison DeLauro 4th district Whittlesey Osborne Simons T. Smith Butler O. Seymour Welch Bishop Ferry G. Woodruff J. Hubbard Barnum Warner Miles E. Seymour Granger Miles De Forest Hill Donovan Hill Merritt Tierney Merritt Phillips Austin Downs Luce Lodge Morano Irwin Sibal Irwin Weicker McKinney Shays Himes 5th district L. Phelps T. Smith Kennedy Glynn O'Sullivan Glynn Goss J. Smith Talbot Patterson Monagan Sarasin Ratchford Rowland Franks Maloney N. Johnson Murphy Esty Hayes 6th district Holt Brockway Grabowski Meskill Grasson Moffett N. Johnson At-large 1789–1837 Seat A B. Huntington Hillhouse Davenport Edmond Tallmadge T. S. Williams Tomlinson Plant Ellsworth Jos. Trumbull Toucey Seat B Sherman Learned Goodrich Perkins Baldwin Moseley Sterling Baldwin J. Huntington Miner Ingham Seat C Sturges Coit Brace J. Smith Dwight Champion Holmes Gilbert Foot Burrows Foot R. Ingersoll Foot Jackson Haley Seat D Jon. Trumbull Griswold Pitkin Russ Whitman Merwin Young Wildman Whittlesey 1903–1913 Lilley Tilson 1933–1965 Bakewell Citron Monkiewicz Maciora Monkiewicz Ryter Sadlak Kowalski Grabowski

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