- Born
- Died
- Birth nameElla Rosa Giovanna Oliva Tambussi
- Ella Grasso was born on May 10, 1919 in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA. She was married to Thomas A. Grasso. She died on February 5, 1981 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
- SpouseThomas A. Grasso(1942 - February 5, 1981) (her death, 2 children)
- Democrat US Congressional representative from Connecticut, 3 January 1971 - 3 January 1975. Was not a candidate for reelection in 1974; ran for governor of Conecticut.
- Connecticut's secretary of the state from, 1959-1970.
- Interred in St. Mary's Cemetery, Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
- First female US state governor elected in her own right (i.e., did not succeed her husband).
- Elected to the Connecticut General Assembly in 1952 and 1954.
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