John deKoven Alsop

John deKoven Alsop (July 4, 1915 – April 6, 2000) was an American soldier, insurance executive, and politician who served in the Connecticut State House of Representatives and was an unsuccessful candidate for the governor of Connecticut in 1958 and 1962, and was known as "one of Connecticut's most influential and colorful Republicans." Early life Alsop was born and raised in Avon, Connecticut, from an old Yankee family. He was the youngest of four children born to Joseph Wright Alsop IV (1876–1953) and Corinne Douglas Robinson (1886–1971), both of whom also served in the Connecticut General Assembly. His brothers were journalists Joseph Alsop and Stewart Alsop. Alsop's family included politicians such as Continental Congressman John Alsop, Richard Alsop, John Alsop King, and James Monroe. His paternal grandfather, Dr. Joseph Wright Alsop III, was the Democratic nominee for Lt. Governor of Connecticut in 1891. Through his mother, he was descended from the Oyster Bay branch of the Roosevelt family, his maternal grandmother was Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, his grand-uncle was President Theodore Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt was his first cousin once-removed. He graduated from Kingswood School in West Hartford, and like his older brother Stewart, Alsop attended Groton School, graduating in 1933, and Yale University, graduating in 1937, where he was a member of Scroll and Key.