Joseph Talcott was a governor of the Connecticut Colony

Connecticut Colony

The Connecticut Colony or Colony of Connecticut was an English colony located in British America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. Originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3, 1636 as a haven for Puritan noblemen. After early struggles with the Dutch, the English...

 from 1724 until his death in 1741. He was the first Connecticut-born governor of the colony. Descended from one Connecticut's founding settlers, Talcott was appointed an assistant (member of the governor's council) in 1711. In 1724 he was elected governor following the death of Gurdon Saltonstall

Gurdon Saltonstall

Gurdon Saltonstall was governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1708 to 1724...

. He was reelected annually until his death.