Noyes Billings

Noyes Billings (March 31, 1800 – April 26, 1865) was an American politician who was the 39th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1846 to 1847.{{cite web|url=http://www.cslib.org/agencies/lieutenantgovernor.htm|title=Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies, Lieutenant Governor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026194408/http://www.cslib.org/agencies/lieutenantgovernor.htm |archive-date=2007-10-26|url-status=dead}}

Early life

Noyes Billings was born in Stonington, Connecticut{{Cite web |url=http://library.mysticseaport.org/Manuscripts/coll/coll233.cfm |title=Mystic Seaport, Records of N. & W.W. Billings (Coll. 233) |access-date=2009-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608163114/http://library.mysticseaport.org/Manuscripts/coll/coll233.cfm |archive-date=2012-06-08 |url-status=dead }} on March 31, 1800, to Coddington Billings and Eunice Williams.{{cite web |url=http://www.zodiacal.com/barbarowa/trees/getperson.php?personID=I60605&tree=Brainard |website=Barbarowa Genealogy |title=Noyes Billings, Hon. |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524231020/http://www.zodiacal.com/barbarowa/trees/getperson.php?personID=I60605&tree=Brainard |archive-date=24 May 2012 |url-status=dead}} Noyes and his younger brother William W. Billings graduated from Yale and moved to New London, Connecticut, to establish themselves in business. Their whaling and shipping company N. & W. W. Billings was established in 1823 and was one of the most successful whaling agencies in New London; it would cease operations in 1851. In October 1826, Noyes married Isabelle Stuart.

Political career

Billings was the mayor of New London from 1835 to 1837.{{Cite book|last=Marshall|first=Benjamin Tinkham|title=A Modern History of New London County, Connecticut, Volume 1|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|year=1922|location=New London, Connecticut|pages=238}} He was a member of the Connecticut State Senate for the 7th District in 1844.{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/billings.html|title=The Political Graveyard, Billings}} He was elected lieutenant governor of Connecticut and served for one term, from May 6, 1846, to May 5, 1847, alongside governor Isaac Toucey.