Samuel Cook Silliman

Samuel Cook Silliman (also Samuel Cook Syllyman) (November 12, 1742 – February 14, 1795) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk. He served several non-consecutive terms starting in 1779 and ending in 1794.

He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in all of the following sessions:
 * May 1779
 * May 1780, October 1780
 * October 1781, May 1782
 * May 1783, October 1783
 * October 1784, May 1785, October 1785
 * October 1786, May 1787, October 1787
 * October 1788, May 1789, October 1789
 * May 1791
 * May 1792, October 1792
 * May 1794, October 1794

Constitutional delegate
On November 12, 1787, the inhabitants of the town of Norwalk had a town meeting with Colonel Thomas Fitch as moderator. Silliman and Hezekiah Rogers were chosen as delegates to meet in a convention at Hartford, following January to ratify the United States Constitution. Connecticut ratified the Constitution on January 8, 1788, making it the fifth state to do so.