Mitchell, Stephen Mix, 1743-1835

Stephen Mix Mitchell (December 9, 1743 – September 30, 1835) was an American lawyer, jurist, and statesman from Wethersfield, Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Senate and was chief justice of the state's Supreme Court.

Born in Wethersfield in the Colony Connecticut, Mitchell pursued academic studies, ultimately graduating from Yale College in 1763. He went on to serve as a tutor at Yale from 1766 to 1769 while he studied law. Mitchell was admitted to the bar in 1770 and commenced practice in Newtown, Connecticut. Mitchell returned to Wethersfield in 1772, continuing the practice of law there. He was a member of Connecticut state house of representatives from 1778 to 1784, a delegate to the Continental Congress from Connecticut from 1783 to 1788, and a member of Connecticut council of assistants from 1784 to 1792 with the exception of 1786. Mitchell was also associate justice of the county court of Hartford County from 1779 to 1790, and presiding judge from 1790 to 1793. He was a member of the State convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States in 1788.

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