John Hall Brockway (January 31, 1801 – July 29, 1870) was aU.S. Representative fromConnecticut.

Born the son of the Reverend Diodate and Miranda Hall Brockway inEllington, Connecticut, Brockway pursued preparatory studies and was graduated fromYale College,New Haven, Connecticut, in 1820, at the age of twenty. He taught school, and studied law in the office of Seth P. Staples, Esq. He wasadmitted to the bar in April 1823 and commenced practice in Ellington.^[1] On January 12, 1829, he married Flavia Feild Colton and they had three daughters.^[2]

From 1832 to 1838, Brockway served as member of the StateHouse of Representatives. He was also a state senator in theSenate in 1834.^[3]

Brockway was elected as aWhig to the26th and27th United States Congress. He served from March 4, 1839 to March 3, 1843.^[4] He subsequently served asprosecuting attorney forTolland County from August 1849 to April 1867, when he resigned for health reasons.

Shortly before the Civil War Brockway hosted a recent graduate of Yale College,Henry Billings Brown, tostudy law at his office. Brown later served on theSupreme Court of the United States from 1890 to 1906.^[5]

Brockway died in Ellington, Connecticut on July 29, 1870 (age 69 years, 179 days). He is interred at Ellington Center Cemetery.^[6]

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