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|successor1 = [[Morgan G. Bulkeley]]
|office2 = Member of the [[Connecticut House of Representatives]]
|term2 = 1874-1876
|birth_date = January 10, 1841
|birth_place = [[Ridgefield, Connecticut]]
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'''Phineas Chapman Lounsbury''' (January 10, 1841 - June 22, 1925) was an [[United States|American]] politician and the [[List of Governors of Connecticut|53rd Governor of Connecticut]].
 
==Biography==
Lounsbury was born in [[Ridgefield, Connecticut]] on January 10, 1841, the son of Nathan Lounsbury (1807 - 1894), and Delia A Scofield Lounsbury (1809 - 1895).<ref name="fag">{{cite web|title=Phineas C. Lounsbury|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7372824|publisher=Find A Grave|accessdate=7 December 2012}}</ref> He worked on his father's farm and attended the local schools. He married Jennie Wright.<ref name="nga">{{cite web|title=Phineas C. Lounsbury|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_connecticut/col2-content/main-content-list/title_lounsbury_phineas.html|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate=7 December 2012}}</ref>
 
==Career==
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==Death==
Lounsbury died in [[Ridgefield, Connecticut]] on June 22, 1925. He is interred at Lounsbury Cemetery, Ridgefield, [[Fairfield County, Connecticut]].<ref name="fag"/>
 
His home, the [[Phineas Chapman Lounsbury House]], was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1975.