# Gloria Schaffer

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**Gloria Wilinski Schaffer** (born October 3, 1930) is an American politician who served as [Secretary of the State of Connecticut](/source/Secretary_of_the_State_of_Connecticut) from 1971 to 1978. A [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) from [New London](/source/New_London,_Connecticut), she served in the [Connecticut State Senate](/source/Connecticut_State_Senate) from 1959 to 1971.[1] She attended [The Williams School](/source/The_Williams_School) and [Sarah Lawrence College](/source/Sarah_Lawrence_College) and ran for the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) in 1976.[2]

## Life and career

Schaffer won election to the [Connecticut State Senate](/source/Connecticut_State_Senate) from the 14th Senate District in 1958, serving six terms (1959–1971). She chaired the state senate's education committee. She won election as Secretary of the State of Connecticut in 1970 and served two terms from 1971 to 1978. In 1976 she ran for U.S. Senator in Connecticut but lost by a wide margin to Republican incumbent [Lowell Weicker](/source/Lowell_Weicker). She was the only woman to win a major party nomination for the US Senate in 1976.[1][3]

In 1978, Schaffer was appointed a member of the [US Civil Aeronautics Board](/source/Civil_Aeronautics_Board) by President Jimmy Carter.[3] In 1985, she was appointed a member of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission by Governor [William A. O'Neill](/source/William_O'Neill_(Connecticut_politician)), and then was appointed commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Consumer Affairs by Governor [Lowell Weicker](/source/Lowell_Weicker) in 1991.[2]

As of 2018, Schaffer was serving as a Fellow of [Branford College](/source/Branford_College) of [Yale University](/source/Yale_University).[2]

## References

1. [*Register and Manual - State of Connecticut*](http://archive.org/details/registerm77conn). Hartford: Secretary of the State of Connecticut. 1977. p. 103.

1. ["Gloria Schaffer | Branford College"](https://branford.yalecollege.yale.edu/gloria-schaffer). *branford.yalecollege.yale.edu*. Retrieved 2022-02-21.

1. Stone, Greg (13 July 1978). ["Gloria Schaffer slides into political oblivion"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19780713&id=WAsiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DHMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3144,2398333). *The Day*. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

## External links

- ["Connecticut Political Collection"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121105033332/http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/findaids/ctpol/MSS19800006.html). University of Connecticut Libraries. September 2012. Archived from [the original](http://doddcenter.uconn.edu/asc/findaids/ctpol/MSS19800006.html) on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

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