Political party strength in Connecticut
Encyclopedia
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

:
  • Governor
  • Lieutenant Governor
  • Secretary of the State
    Secretary of the State of Connecticut
    The Secretary of the State of Connecticut is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is an elected position in the state government and has a term length of four years....

  • Attorney General
    Connecticut Attorney General
    The Connecticut Attorney General is the state attorney general of Connecticut.The Attorney General is elected to a four-year term. The current Attorney General is George Jepsen, a Democrat serving since January 5, 2011.-List of Attorneys General:...

  • State Treasurer
    Connecticut State Treasurer
    The Connecticut State Treasurer serves the office of treasurer for the state of Connecticut.-List of State Treasurers:-External links:***...

  • State Comptroller


The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
  • State Senate
    Connecticut Senate
    The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 94,600 inhabitants. Senators are elected to two-year terms without term limits...

  • State House of Representatives
    Connecticut House of Representatives
    The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents...

  • State delegation to the U.S. Senate
  • State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives


For years in which a presidential election
United States presidential election
Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

 was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (A), (AR), (C), (D), (DR), (F), (FS), (ID), (N), (NR), (NU), (R), (TR), (W), and .
Year|Executive offices|General Assembly
Connecticut General Assembly
The Connecticut General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a bicameral body composed of the 151-member House of Representatives and the 36-member Senate. It meets in the state capital, Hartford. There are no term limits for either chamber.During...

|United States Congress
United States Congressional Delegations from Connecticut
These are tables of congressional delegations from Connecticut to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-Passages:- House of Representatives :...

|Electoral College votes
United States presidential election
Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

GovernorLieutenant GovernorSecretary of the State
Secretary of the State of Connecticut
The Secretary of the State of Connecticut is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is an elected position in the state government and has a term length of four years....

Attorney General
Connecticut Attorney General
The Connecticut Attorney General is the state attorney general of Connecticut.The Attorney General is elected to a four-year term. The current Attorney General is George Jepsen, a Democrat serving since January 5, 2011.-List of Attorneys General:...

Treasurer
Connecticut State Treasurer
The Connecticut State Treasurer serves the office of treasurer for the state of Connecticut.-List of State Treasurers:-External links:***...

ComptrollerState Senate
Connecticut Senate
The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 94,600 inhabitants. Senators are elected to two-year terms without term limits...

State House
Connecticut House of Representatives
The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents...

U.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. House
1639 John Haynes
John Haynes
John Haynes , also sometimes spelled Haines, was a colonial magistrate and one of the founders of the Connecticut Colony...

Theophilus Eaton
Theophilus Eaton
Theophilus Eaton was a merchant, farmer, and Puritan colonial leader who was the co-founder and first governor of New Haven Colony, Connecticut.-Early life and first marriage:...

Roger Ludlow
Roger Ludlow
Roger Ludlow was one of the founders of the Colony of Connecticut. He was born in March 1590 in Dinton, Wiltshire, England. Roger was the second son of Sir Thomas Ludlow of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire and Jane Pyle, sister of Sir Gabriel Pyle...

Edward Hopkins
Edward Hopkins
Edward Hopkins was an English colonist and politician and Governor of the Connecticut Colony. Active on both sides of the Atlantic, he was a founder of the New Haven and Connecticut colonies, serving seven one-year terms as governor of Connecticut. He returned to England in the 1650s, where he...

no such office Thomas Welles
Thomas Welles
Thomas Welles is the only man in Connecticut's history to hold all four top offices: governor, deputy governor, treasurer, and secretary. In 1639, he was elected as the first treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut, and from 1640–1649 served as the colony's secretary...

1640 Edward Hopkins John Haynes
1641 John Haynes George Wyllys
George Wyllys
George Wyllys or Wyllis served for a year as one of the early governors of the Connecticut Colony.Born at the manor of Fenny Compton in Warwickshire, England, to Richard and Hester Willis, part of an old, wealthy family. His first cousins Thomas and Richard, were baronets of Fen Ditton,...

Thomas Welles William Whiting
William Whiting
William Whiting was an English writer and hymnist, best known for his 1860 hymn Eternal Father, Strong to Save ....

1642 George Wyllys Roger Ludlow
1643 John Haynes Edward Hopkins
1644 Edward Hopkins John Haynes
1645 John Haynes Edward Hopkins
1646 Edward Hopkins John Haynes
1647 John Haynes Edward Hopkins
1648 Edward Hopkins Roger Ludlow John Cullick Thomas Welles
1649 John Haynes Edward Hopkins
1650 Edward Hopkins John Haynes
1651 John Haynes Edward Hopkins
1652 Edward Hopkins John Haynes John Talcott, Sr.
1653 John Haynes Edward Hopkins
1654 Edward Hopkins Thomas Welles
1655 Thomas Welles John Webster
John Webster (Governor of the Colony of Connecticut)
John Webster was an early colonial settler of New England, serving one term as governor of the Colony of Connecticut in 1656.-Life:...

1656 John Webster Thomas Welles
1657 John Winthrop, Jr.
John Winthrop, the Younger
John Winthrop , generally known as John Winthrop the Younger, was governor of Connecticut.He was born in Groton, England, the son of John Winthrop, founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony...

1658 Thomas Welles Francis Newman
Francis Newman
Francis Newman was an English colonist in America and Governor of the New Haven Colony in 1658-59. He was born in England and emigrated to New Hampshire in 1634, but shortly thereafter removed to the Connecticut valley and became prominent in the affairs of the colony at New Haven.In 1653, he was...

John Winthrop, Jr. Daniel Clark
Daniel Clark
Daniel Clark may refer to:* Daniel Clark , American actor* Daniel Clark , basketball player* Daniel Clark * Daniel Clark , U.S. senator...

1659 John Winthrop, Jr.
1660 John Mason John Talcott, Jr.
1661 William Leete
William Leete
Governor William Leete was Governor of the Colony of New Haven from 1661 to 1665 and Governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1676 to 1683....

1662
1663
1664 John Allyn
John Allyn
John Allyn was the co-owner of the Chicago White Sox of the American League with his brother Arthur Allyn, Jr. from through , and sole principal owner from through . In 1975, Allyn sold the club back to the person he and his brother had purchased it from in 1961, Bill Veeck.-References:*...

1665 Daniel Clark
1666 John Winthrop, Jr.
1667 John Allyn
1668
1669 William Leete
1670
1671
1672
1673
1674
1675
1676 William Leete Robert Treat
Robert Treat
Robert Treat was an American colonial leader, militia officer and governor of Connecticut between 1683 and 1698....

William Pitkin
William Pitkin
William Pitkin was a colonial governor of the Connecticut Colony. Born to a politically prominent family in Hartford, he was first elected to the colonial assembly in 1728, where he served through 1734, the last two years as speaker of the house...

1677
1678
1679 Joseph Whiting
1680
1681
1682
1683 Robert Treat James Bishop
1684
1685
1686
1687 Robert Treat Edmund Andros
Edmund Andros
Sir Edmund Andros was an English colonial administrator in North America. Andros was known most notably for his governorship of the Dominion of New England during most of its three-year existence. He also governed at various times the provinces of New York, East and West Jersey, Virginia, and...

1688
1689 Robert Treat
1690
1691
1692 William Jones
1693
1694
1695
1696 Eleazer Kimberly
Eleazer Kimberly
Eleazer Kimberly was the sixth Secretary of the State of Connecticut.Born in New Haven, Connecticut, to Thomas Kimberly and Alice Atwood of England, Kimberly was reportedly the first male child born in New Haven. He was a schoolmaster in Wethersfield from 1661 to 1689...

1697
1698 Fitz-John Winthrop
Fitz-John Winthrop
Fitz-John Winthrop was the governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1698 to 1707....

Robert Treat
1699
1700
1701
1702
1703
1704
1705
1706
1707
1708 Gurdon Saltonstall
Gurdon Saltonstall
Gurdon Saltonstall was governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1708 to 1724...

Nathan Gold
Nathan Gold
Nathan Gold , was an American colonial leader and deputy governor of the Colony of Connecticut from 1708 until his death in 1723....

1709 William Whiting
William Whiting
William Whiting was an English writer and hymnist, best known for his 1860 hymn Eternal Father, Strong to Save ....

Caleb Stanly
1710
1711
1712 Richard Lord
Hezekiah Wyllys
1713
1714
1715
1716
1717
1718 John Whiting
John Whiting
John Robert Whiting was an English dramatist and critic.Born in Salisbury, England, he was educated at Taunton School. His works include:* A Penny for a Song. A play * Marching Song. A play...

1719
1720
1721
1722
1723
1724 Joseph Talcott
Joseph Talcott
Joseph Talcott was a governor of the Connecticut Colony 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 in 1711...

Joseph Talcott
Joseph Talcott
Joseph Talcott was a governor of the Connecticut Colony 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 in 1711...

1725 Jonathan Law
Jonathan Law
Jonathan Law was the 27th Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, serving in that office from 1741 until 1750. His term followed that of Joseph Talcott, governor from 1724 until 1741, and preceded that of Roger Wolcott, governor from 1750 until 1754.Law was born in Milford in what was then...

1726
1727
1728
1729
1730
1731
1732
1733
1734
1735 George Wyllys
George Wyllys
George Wyllys or Wyllis served for a year as one of the early governors of the Connecticut Colony.Born at the manor of Fenny Compton in Warwickshire, England, to Richard and Hester Willis, part of an old, wealthy family. His first cousins Thomas and Richard, were baronets of Fen Ditton,...

1736
1737
1738
1739
1740
1741 Jonathan Law Roger Wolcott
Roger Wolcott (Connecticut)
Roger Wolcott was an American weaver and statesman from Windsor, Connecticut. He served as colonial governor of Connecticut from 1751 to 1754.Roger was born to Simon and Martha Wolcott in Windsor, Connecticut...

1742
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747
1748
1749
1750 Roger Wolcott Thomas Fitch Nathaniel Stanly
1751
1752
1753
1754 Thomas Fitch William Pitkin
William Pitkin
William Pitkin was a colonial governor of the Connecticut Colony. Born to a politically prominent family in Hartford, he was first elected to the colonial assembly in 1728, where he served through 1734, the last two years as speaker of the house...

1755
1756 Joseph Talcott
Joseph Talcott
Joseph Talcott was a governor of the Connecticut Colony 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 in 1711...

1757
1758
1759
1760
1761
1762
1763
1764
1765
1766 William Pitkin Jonathan Trumbull
Jonathan Trumbull
Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. was one of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state...

1767
1768
1769 Jonathan Trumbull Matthew Griswold
Matthew Griswold (governor)
Matthew Griswold was the 2nd Governor of Connecticut from 1784 to 1786. He also served as Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice of the Superior Court, during the American Revolution .-Early life:...

John Lawrence
John Lawrence
John Lawrence may refer to:* John Lawrence , English illustrator and wood engraver* John Lawrence * John Lawrence , Irish landowner, owner of Ballymore Castle* John Lawrence a.k.a...

1770
1771
1772
1773
1774
1775
1776 Jonathan Trumbull (N) Matthew Griswold (F)
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784 Matthew Griswold (F) Samuel Huntington
Samuel Huntington (statesman)
Samuel Huntington was a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation...

 (F)
1785
1786 Samuel Huntington (F) Oliver Wolcott (F)
1787
1788
1789 Jedediah Huntington
Jedediah Huntington
Jedediah Huntington , also known as Jedidiah Huntington, was an American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, the son of Jabez Huntington . The Gen. Jedidiah Huntington House in Norwichtown, Connecticut, survives and was listed...

1790 Peter Colt
1791
1792
1793
1794 Andrew Kingsbury
1795
1796 Oliver Wolcott (F) Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. was an American politician who served as the second Speaker of the United States House of Representatives....

 (F)
Samuel Wyllys
1797
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (F) John Treadwell
John Treadwell
John Treadwell was an American politician and the 6th Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Treadwell was born in Farmington, Connecticut on November 23, 1745. He studied law at Yale University. He then practiced law in Farmington.- Politics :Treadwell served as a member of the General Assembly...

 (F)
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
John Treadwell (F) Roger Griswold
Roger Griswold
Roger Griswold was the 22nd Governor of Connecticut and a member of the US House of Representatives, serving as a Federalist....

 (F)
1810 Thomas Day
Thomas Day
Thomas Day was a British author and abolitionist. He was well-known for the children's book The History of Sandford and Merton which emphasized Rousseauvian educational ideals.-Life and works:...

1811 Roger Griswold (F) John Cotton Smith
John Cotton Smith
John Cotton Smith was the 23rd Governor of Connecticut. He was a Federalist, serving as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives , as a Congressman for Connecticut from 1800–1806, Lt...

 (F)
1812
John Cotton Smith (F) vacant
1813 Chauncey Goodrich
Chauncey Goodrich
Chauncey Goodrich was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator and a representative.-Biography:...

 (F)
1814
1815
1816 Jonathan Ingersoll
Jonathan Ingersoll
Jonathan Ingersoll was a Connecticut politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.He was graduated from Yale College in 1766...

 (DR)
1817 Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Oliver Wolcott, Jr. was United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1795 to 1800 and the 24th Governor of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827.-Youth and education:...

 (TR)
1818 Isaac Spencer
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823 vacant
1824
1825
1826
1827 Gideon Tomlinson
Gideon Tomlinson
Gideon Tomlinson was a United States Senator, United States Representative, and the 25th Governor for the state of Connecticut....

 (DR)
John Samuel Peters
John Samuel Peters
John Samuel Peters was an American politician and the 26th Governor of Connecticut.Peters was born in Hebron, Connecticut on September 21, 1772. He studied medicine and practiced in Heborn. In 1810 he was elected to in the Connecticut House of Representatives and was re-elected in 1816 and 1817...

 (DR)
1828
1829
1830
1831
John Samuel Peters (NR) vacant
1832
1833 Henry W. Edwards
Henry W. Edwards
Henry Waggaman Edwards was the 27th and 29th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut.He was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Pierpont Edwards...

 (D)
Ebenezer Stoddard
Ebenezer Stoddard
Ebenezer Stoddard was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Union. He attended Woodstock Academy in 1802 and in 1803, and was graduated from Brown University in 1807...

 (D)
1834 Samuel A. Foot
Samuel A. Foot
Samuel Augustus Foot was the 28th Governor of Connecticut as well as a United States Representative and Senator. Born in Cheshire, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1797, and attended the Litchfield Law School...

 (W)
Thaddeus Betts
Thaddeus Betts
Thaddeus Betts was a United States Senator from Connecticut.He completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1807...

 (W)
1835 Henry W. Edwards (D) Ebenezer Stoddard (D) Royal R. Hinman Jeremiah Brown
Jeremiah Brown
Jeremiah Brown was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Jeremiah Brown was born in Little Britain Township, Pennsylvania. He engaged in milling and agricultural pursuits. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1826...

1836
1837
1838 William W. Ellsworth
William W. Ellsworth
William Wolcott Ellsworth was a Yale-educated attorney who served as the 30th Governor of Connecticut, a three-term United States Congressman, a Justice on the State Supreme Court, and who twice turned down nomination to the state's United States Senate seat...

 (W)
Charles Hawley
Charles Hawley
Charles Hawley was an American politician, judge, and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1838 to 1842.-Early life:...

 (W)
Hiram Ryder
1839
1840
1841
1842 Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland was a United States Representative and the 31st Governor of Connecticut. Born in Canterbury, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and taught school from the age of fifteen to twenty. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Hampton...

 (D)
William S. Holabird
William S. Holabird
William S. Holabird was an American lawyer, politician and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.-Early life:William S. Holabird was born circa 1794 reportedly at Canaan, Connecticut, the son of William D. Holabird and his wife, the former Dorcas Bird...

 (D)
Noah A. Phelps Jabez L. White, Jr.
1843
1844 Roger Sherman Baldwin
Roger Sherman Baldwin
Roger Sherman Baldwin was an American lawyer involved in the Amistad case, who later became the 17th Governor of Connecticut and a United States Senator.-Early life:...

 (W)
Reuben Booth
Reuben Booth
Reuben Booth was an American politician and lawyer and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1844 to 1846.-Early life:...

 (W)
Daniel P. Tyler Joseph B. Gilbert
1845
1846 Isaac Toucey
Isaac Toucey
Isaac Toucey was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, Attorney General of the United States and the 18th Governor of Connecticut....

 (D)
Noyes Billings
Noyes Billings
Noyes Billings was an American politician who was Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1846 to 1847.-Early life:...

 (D)
Charles W. Bradley Alonzo W. Birge
1847 Clark Bissell
Clark Bissell
Clark Bissell was an American politician and the 19th Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Bissell was born in Lebanon, Connecticut on September 7, 1782. He studied at Yale College and graduated in 1806...

 (W)
Charles J. McCurdy
Charles J. McCurdy
Charles Johnson McCurdy was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1847 to 1849.-Early life:...

 (W)
John B. Robertson Joseph B. Gilbert
1848
1849 Joseph Trumbull
Joseph Trumbull (governor)
Joseph Trumbull was a U.S. lawyer, banker, and politician from Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the U.S. Congress and served as the 20th Governor of Connecticut.-Family:...

 (W)
Thomas Backus
Thomas Backus
Thomas Backus was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1849 to 1850. Governor at that time was Joseph Trumbull....

 (W)
Roger H. Mills Henry D. Smith
1850 Thomas H. Seymour (D) Charles H. Pond
Charles H. Pond
Charles Hobby Pond was an American politician who was Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and who served as the 37th Governor for seven months after the resignation of Governor Thomas Hart Seymour.Pond graduated from Yale University in 1802...

 (D)
Hiram Weed (D)
John P. C. Mather (D)
1851 Green Kendrick
Green Kendrick
Green Kendrick was an American politician who was elected as a Whig as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1851 to 1852. As his party's nominee for Governor in the 1852 election, he was defeated by the incumbent Democrat Thomas H. Seymour gaining 45 percent of the vote...

 (W)
Thomas Clark
Thomas Clark
Thomas Clark may refer to:*T. H. Clark , American/Canadian geologist*Thomas Clark , Canadian businessman and political figure*Thomas Clark , composer of West Gallery music...

1852 Charles H. Pond (D) Edwin Stearns
1853
Charles H. Pond (D) vacant
1854 Henry Dutton
Henry Dutton
Henry Dutton was an American politician and the 38th Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Dutton was born in Plymouth, Connecticut on February 12, 1796. He studied at Yale University and graduated in 1818. He then studied law. In 1823 he was admitted to the bar. He tutored at Yale University from...

 (W)
Alexander H. Holley
Alexander H. Holley
Alexander Hamilton Holley was an American politician and the 40th Governor of Connecticut. His son was Alexander Lyman Holley, a pioneer of American steelmaking.- Early life :...

 (W)
Oliver H. Perry (W) Daniel Camp
1855 William T. Minor
William T. Minor
William Thomas Minor was an American politician and the 39th Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Minor was born in Stamford, Connecticut on October 3, 1815. He studied at Yale University and graduated in 1834. He then studied law...

 (A)
William Field
William Field (American politician)
William Field was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1855 to 1856....

 (FS)
Nehemiah D. Sperry
Nehemiah D. Sperry
Nehemiah Day Sperry was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Sperry attended the common schools and a private school in New Haven....

 (A)
Arthur B. Calef
1856 Albert Day
Albert Day (politician)
Albert Day was an American politician who was a Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.He was the lieutenant governor from 1856 to 1857, during the last of two consecutive one-year terms when William T. Minor was the governor of the state....

 (AR)
Frederick P. Coe
1857 Alexander H. Holley
Alexander H. Holley
Alexander Hamilton Holley was an American politician and the 40th Governor of Connecticut. His son was Alexander Lyman Holley, a pioneer of American steelmaking.- Early life :...

 (R)
Alfred A. Burnham
Alfred A. Burnham
Alfred Avery Burnham was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Windham, Connecticut, Burnham completed a preparatory course and attended college for one year before studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Windham...

 (R)
Orville H. Platt
Orville H. Platt
Orville Hitchcock Platt was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Washington, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and graduated from The Gunnery in Washington. He studied law in Litchfield, and was admitted to the bar in 1850, commencing practice in Towanda, Pennsylvania...

 (AR)
Frederick S. Wildman
1858 William A. Buckingham (R) Julius Catlin
Julius Catlin
Julius Catlin was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1858 to 1861.Julius Catlin had a sister, Flora Catlin, who lived with him after the death of their father. She was an artist and a teacher of the arts at the Hartford Female Seminary.New York D.A. Benjamin...

 (R)
John Boyd
John Boyd
John Boyd may refer to:*John Boyd , American actor*Sir John Boyd , British ambassador and former master of Churchill College, Cambridge*John Boyd , science fiction author...

(R)
Lucius J. Hendee
1859
1860
1861 Benjamin Douglas
Benjamin Douglas
Benjamin Douglas was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1861 to 1862.-Family:...

 (R)
James Hammond Trumbull
James Hammond Trumbull
James Hammond Trumbull was an American scholar and philologist.He was born in Stonington, Connecticut. He studied at Tracy's Academy in Norwich and at Yale University from 1838, but ill-health prevented his graduation, he was enrolled in 1850 and received an honorary LLD in 1871...

 (R)
Ezra Dean
Ezra Dean
Ezra Dean was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Hillsdale, New York, Dean attended the common schools.In the War of 1812 was appointed ensign in the Eleventh Regiment of United States Infantry April 17, 1814....

1862 Roger Averill
Roger Averill
Roger Averill was an American politician who was Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.-Early life:Roger Averill was born in Salisbury, Connecticut. Some of his ancestors were among the earliest European settlers of Connecticut. His grandfathers, Samuel Averill and John Whittlesey, were natives of...

 (NU)
Gabriel W. Coite
1863
1864
1865
1866 Joseph R. Hawley (R) Oliver F. Winchester (R) Leverett E. Pease (NU) Henry G. Taintor
1867 James E. English
James E. English
James Edward English was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut. He was born in New Haven and attended the common schools; later, he engaged in the lumber business, banking, and manufacturing. He was a member of the New Haven board of selectmen from 1847 to 1861, and a member...

 (D)
Ephraim H. Hyde
Ephraim H. Hyde
Ephraim H. Hyde was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1867 to 1869....

 (D)
Edward S. Moseley
1868
1869 Marshall Jewell
Marshall Jewell
Marshall Jewell was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 44th and 46th Governor of Connecticut between 1869 and 1870, and again from 1871 until 1873. Born in 1825 in Winchester, New Hampshire, he was first appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as Minister to Russia from 1873 to 1874, but...

 (R)
Francis Wayland
Francis Wayland
Francis Wayland , American Baptist educator and economist, was born in New York City, New York. He was president of Brown University and pastor of the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. In Washington, D.C., Wayland Seminary was established in 1867, primarily to educate...

 (R)
Hiram Appleman (R) David P. Nichols (R)
1870 James E. English (D) Julius Hotchkiss
Julius Hotchkiss
Julius Hotchkiss was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Woodward and Polly Hotchkiss, Prospect farmers. At seventeen, he taught in Prospect schools...

 (D)
Thomas M. Waller
Thomas M. Waller
Thomas MacDonald Waller was an American politician and the 51st Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Waller was born in New York City on January 1, 1840 to Irish immigrant parents. His parents died before he turned eight. He was later adopted by a Connecticut merchant called Robert Waller...

 (D)
Charles M. Pond
1871 Marshall Jewell (R) Morris Tyler
Morris Tyler
Morris Franklin Tyler was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1871 to 1873....

 (R)
Hiram Appleman (R) David P. Nichols (R)
1872
1873 Charles R. Ingersoll (D) George G. Sill
George G. Sill
George Griswold Sill was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1873 to 1877.-Early life:...

 (D)
D. W. Edgecomb (R) William E. Raymond
Marvin H. Sanger (D)
1874
1875
1876
1877 Richard D. Hubbard
Richard D. Hubbard
Richard Dudley Hubbard was a United States Representative and the 48th Governor of Connecticut. Born in Berlin, Connecticut, he was orphaned while young, he pursued preparatory studies at East Hartford and graduated from Yale College in 1839, where he was a member of Skull and Bones...

 (D)
Francis Loomis
Francis Loomis (lieutenant governor)
Francis B. Loomis from New London, Connecticut, was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1877 to 1879.-References:...

 (D)
Dwight Morris (D) Edwin A. Buck
1878
1879 Charles B. Andrews
Charles B. Andrews
Charles Bartlett Andrews was an American politician and the 49th Governor of Connecticut.He was born in Sunderland, Massachusetts on November 4, 1834. He graduated from Amherst College in 1858. He then moved to the state of Connecticut and studied law...

 (R)
David Gallup
David Gallup
David Gallup was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1879 to 1881....

 (R)
David Torrance
David Torrance (judge)
David Torrance was a soldier, lawyer, politician, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Connecticut....

 (R)
Talmadge Baker
1880
1881 Hobart B. Bigelow
Hobart B. Bigelow
Hobart Baldwin Bigelow was an American politician and the 50th Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Bigelow was born in North Haven, Connecticut on May 16, 1834. He was educated in the South Egremont Academy in Massachusetts. In 1851 he left there and afterward learned the machinist's trade at...

 (R)
William H. Bulkeley
William H. Bulkeley
William Henry Bulkeley was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1881 to 1883.-Early life:...

 (R)
Charles E. Searls (R) David P. Nichols (R)
1882 James D. Smith (R)
1883 Thomas M. Waller
Thomas M. Waller
Thomas MacDonald Waller was an American politician and the 51st Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Waller was born in New York City on January 1, 1840 to Irish immigrant parents. His parents died before he turned eight. He was later adopted by a Connecticut merchant called Robert Waller...

 (D)
George G. Summer (D) D. Ward Northrop (D) Alfred R. Goodrich (D)
1884
1885 Henry B. Harrison (R) Lorrin A. Cooke
Lorrin A. Cooke
Lorrin Alanson Cooke was an American politician and the 57th Governor of Connecticut from 1897 to 1899.- Early life :Cooke was born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts. He was educated at Norfolk Academy in Connecticut...

 (R)
Charles A. Russell (R) V. B. Chamberlain (R)
1886
1887 Phineas C. Lounsbury
Phineas C. Lounsbury
Phineas Chapman Lounsbury was an American politician and the 53rd Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Lounsbury was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut on January 10, 1841. He got only minimal education. However, he prospered in the business world. He partnered with his brothers, George E...

 (R)
James L. Howard
James L. Howard
James Leland Howard was an American businessman and politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1887 to 1889.-Early life:...

 (R)
Leverett M. Hubbard (R) Alexander Warner (R)
1888
1889 Morgan G. Bulkeley
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley was an American politician as well as business and sports executive. Bulkeley, a Republican, served in the American Civil War, was a Hartford city councilman and bank president, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as the first president of the National...

Samuel E. Merwin
Samuel E. Merwin
Samuel Edwin Merwin, Jr. , was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1889 to 1893.-Biography:...

 (R)
R. Jay Walsh (R) E. Stevens Henry
E. Stevens Henry
Edward Stevens Henry was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in the town of Gill, Massachusetts, Henry moved to Rockville, Connecticut.He attended the public schools.He engaged in the dry-goods business....

 (R)
1890
1891
1892
1893 Luzon B. Morris
Luzon B. Morris
Luzon Buritt Morris was an American Democratic politician and Governor of Connecticut.-Biography:Morris was born in Newtown, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in 1854, where he was a member of Skull and Bones...

 (D)
Ernest Cady
Ernest Cady
Ernest Cady was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1893 to 1895....

 (D)
John J. Phelan
John J. Phelan
John J. Phelan was the second Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from 1886 to 1897. He was also the Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1893 to 1895.Phelan was not a founding member of the Knights. He joined the group in 1885...

 (D)
Marvin H. Sanger (D)
1894
1895 Owen Vincent Coffin
Owen Vincent Coffin
Owen Vincent Coffin was an American politician and the 56th Governor of Connecticut from 1894 to 1897.- Early life :...

 (R)
Lorrin A. Cooke
Lorrin A. Cooke
Lorrin Alanson Cooke was an American politician and the 57th Governor of Connecticut from 1897 to 1899.- Early life :Cooke was born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts. He was educated at Norfolk Academy in Connecticut...

 (R)
William C. Mowry (R) George W. Hodge (R)
1896
1897 Lorrin A. Cooke (R) James D. Dewell
James D. Dewell
James Dudley Dewell was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1897 to 1899....

 (R)
Charles Phelps
Charles Phelps
Charles Phelps may refer to:*Charles E. Phelps , American Civil War general and Congressman*Charles D. Phelps , American physician*Chuck Phelps, drummer...

(R)
Charles W. Grosvenor (R)
1898
1899 George E. Lounsbury
George E. Lounsbury
George E. Lounsbury was an American politician and the 58th Governor of Connecticut from 1899 to 1901.- Early life :...

 (R)
Lyman A. Mills
Lyman A. Mills
Lyman Allen Mills was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1899 to 1901.-References:...

 (R)
Huber Clark (R) Charles Phelps (R) Charles S. Mersick (R)
1900
1901 George P. McLean
George P. McLean
George Payne McLean was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Simsbury, he attended the common schools and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Hartford. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1883 and 1884, and a member of...

 (R)
Edwin O. Keeler
Edwin O. Keeler
Edwin Olmstead Keeler was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1901 to 1903....

 (R)
Charles G. R. Vinal (R) Henry H. Gallup (R)
1902
1903 Abiram Chamberlain
Abiram Chamberlain
Abiram Chamberlain was an American politician, and the 60th Governor of Connecticut from 1903 to 1905.- Early life :...

 (R)
Henry Roberts
Henry Roberts (governor)
Henry Roberts was an American politician and the 46th Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Roberts was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 22, 1853. He studied at Yale University and graduated in 1878. He then studied one year at Columbia University and in 1879, he was awarded a law degree from...

 (R)
William A. King (R)
1904
1905 Henry Roberts (R) Rollin S. Woodruff
Rollin S. Woodruff
Rollin S. Woodruff was an American politician and the 47th Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Woodruff was born in Rochester, New York on July 14, 1854. He got only basic education from Rochester's public school system. However, he had a successful business career. He became director of many...

 (R)
Theodore Bodenwein (R) James F. Walsh (R) R majority
1906
1907 Rollin S. Woodruff (R) Everett J. Lake
Everett J. Lake
Everett J. Lake was an American politician and the 52nd Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Lake was born in Woodstock, Connecticut on February 8, 1871. He studied at Worcester Polytechnic and graduated in 1890. He then went to Harvard University and graduated in 1892. During these years, he...

 (R)
Marcus H. Holcomb
Marcus H. Holcomb
Marcus H. Holcomb was an American politician and the 51st Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Holcomb was born in New Hartford, Connecticut on November 28, 1844. He studied at public school system New Hartford. He then studied at Wesleyan Seminary in Massachusetts. Later he also studied law.-...

 (R)
Freeman F. Patten (R)
1908
1909 George L. Lilley
George L. Lilley
George Leavens Lilley was a United States Representative and the 48th Governor of Connecticut.Born in Oxford, Massachusetts, he attended the common schools of Oxford, the Worcester High School, and Worcester Technical Institute...

 (R)
Frank B. Weeks
Frank B. Weeks
Frank B. Weeks was an American politician and the 49th Governor of Connecticut.-Early life:Weeks was born in Brooklyn, New York on January 20, 1854. He studied at the Eastman Business College and graduated in 1872. Later in 1872, he became an assistant to the superintendent of the Connecticut...

 (R)
Matthew H. Rogers (R)
Frank B. Weeks (R) vacant
1910 John H. Light
John H. Light
John Henry Light was an American lawyer and politician from the state of Connecticut. He was a Republican.Light was born in Carmel, New York in 1855, to Belden Light and Ann Light. He moved with his parents to New Canaan, Connecticut at a young age, and his first job was at a tannery, where he...

 (R)
1911 Simeon E. Baldwin (D) Dennis A. Blakeslee
Dennis A. Blakeslee
Dennis Albert Blakeslee was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1911 to 1913....

 (R)
Costello Lippitt (R)
1912
1913 Lyman T. Tingier
Lyman T. Tingier
Lyman Twining Tingier was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1913 to 1915. He was born June 9, 1862 in Webster, Massachusetts, the son of Seymour Allen Tingier and Sarah Jane Twining....

 (D)
Albert Phillips (D) Edward S. Roberts (D)
1914
1915 Marcus H. Holcomb (R) Clifford B. Wilson
Clifford B. Wilson
Clifford Brittin Wilson was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1915 to 1921 and a mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut.-Early life:...

 (R)
Charles D. Burnes (R) George E. Hinnman (R) F. S. Chamberlain (R)
1916
1917 Frederick L. Perry (R)
1918
1919 Frank E. Healy (R) G. Harold Gilpatric (R)
1920
1921 Everett J. Lake
Everett J. Lake
Everett J. Lake was an American politician and the 52nd Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Lake was born in Woodstock, Connecticut on February 8, 1871. He studied at Worcester Polytechnic and graduated in 1890. He then went to Harvard University and graduated in 1892. During these years, he...

 (R)
Charles A. Templeton
Charles A. Templeton
Charles A. Templeton was an American politician and the 68th Governor of the state of Connecticut.- Early years :...

 (R)
Donald J. Warner (R)
1922
1923 Charles A. Templeton (R) Hiram Bingham III
Hiram Bingham III
Hiram Bingham, formally Hiram Bingham III, was an academic, explorer, treasure hunter and politician from the United States. He made public the existence of the Quechua citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911 with the guidance of local indigenous farmers...

 (R)
Francis A. Pallotti (R)
1924 Anson T. McCook (R)
1925 Hiram Bingham III (R) John H. Trumbull
John H. Trumbull
John Harper Trumbull was an American politician and the 70th Governor of Connecticut.-Early life:John H. Trumbull was born in Ashford, Connecticut. Despite his name, he was not related to the previous governors of Connecticut of the same name, but was the son of Irish immigrants who moved to...

 (R)
Ernest E. Rogers
Ernest E. Rogers
Ernest Elias Rogers was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1929 to 1931....

 (R)
John H. Trumbull (R) J. Edwin Brainard
J. Edwin Brainard
J. Edwin Brainard was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1925 to 1929.-References:**...

 (R)
1926
1927 Benjamin W. Alling (R)
1928
1929 Ernest E. Rogers (R) William L. Higgins
William L. Higgins
William Lincoln Higgins, March 8, 1867–, was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, Higgins attended the public schools of Chesterfield and Northampton, Massachusetts, and Deerfield Academy....

 (R)
Samuel R. Spencer
Samuel R. Spencer
Samuel R. Spencer was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1931 to 1933....

 (R)
1930
1931 Wilbur Lucius Cross
Wilbur Lucius Cross
Wilbur Lucius Cross, Ph. D. was an American educator and political figure who was the 71st Governor of Connecticut for eight years.-Biography:Born in 1862 in Mansfield, Connecticut, Cross graduated from Yale University Wilbur Lucius Cross, Ph. D. (April 10, 1862 – October 5, 1948) was an American...

 (D)
Samuel R. Spencer (R) Warren B. Burrows (R) Roy C. Wilcox
Roy C. Wilcox
Roy C. Wilcox was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1933 to 1935....

 (R)
1932
1933 Roy C. Wilcox (R) John A. Danaher
John A. Danaher
John Anthony Danaher was a United States Senator from Connecticut.Born in Meriden, Connecticut, he attended the local schools and during the First World War served in the Student's Army Training Corps at Yale University and in the Officers' Reserve Corps...

 (R)
J. William Hope (R)
1934
1935 T. Frank Hayes
T. Frank Hayes
T. Frank Hayes was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1935 to 1939....

 (D)
C. John Satti (D) Edward J. Daly (D) John S. Addis (D)
1936
1937 Charles J. McLaughlin (D) Thomas Hewes (D)
1938 Dennis P. O'Connor (D) Guy B. Holt (D)
1939 Raymond E. Baldwin
Raymond E. Baldwin
Raymond Earl Baldwin was a United States Senator, the 72nd and 74th Governor of Connecticut.-Biography:Born in Rye, New York, he moved to Middletown, Connecticut in 1903 and attended the public schools. He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown in 1916, and entered Yale University...

 (R)
James L. McConaughy
James L. McConaughy
James Lukens McConaughy was an American politician and the 76th Governor of Connecticut.- Birth and education :...

 (R)
Sara B. Crawford (R) Francis A. Pallotti (R) Joseph E. Talbot
Joseph E. Talbot
Joseph Edward Talbot was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Talbot attended the public schools. He was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1922 and from Yale Law School in 1925. He was admitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced practice...

 (R)
1940
1941 Robert A. Hurley
Robert A. Hurley
Robert Augustine Hurley was an American politician and the 73rd Governor of Connecticut.- Early life :Hurley, a second generation Irish-American, was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on August 25, 1895 to Robert Emmet and Sabina O'Hara Hurley. He attended local public schools and Cheshire Academy...

 (D)
Odell Shepard
Odell Shepard
Odell Shepard was an American professor, poet, and politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1941 to 1943.-Life:...

 (D)
Chase G. Woodhouse
Chase G. Woodhouse
Chase Going Woodhouse was an educator and Congresswoman from the Second Congressional District in Connecticut. She was the second woman elected to Congress from Connecticut, and the first elected as a Democrat.Woodhouse graduated from Science Hill School, Shelbyville, Kentucky, 1908...

 (D)
Frank M. Anastasio (D)
1942
1943 Raymond E. Baldwin (R) William L. Hadden
William L. Hadden
William L. Hadden was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1943 to 1945.-Early life:...

 (R)
Frances B. Redick (R) Carl M. Sharpe (R)
1944
1945 Wilbert Snow (D) Charles J. Prestia (D) William L. Hadden (R) William T. Carroll
William T. Carroll
William T. Carroll was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1949 to 1951.-Early life:William T...

 (D)
1946
Wilbert Snow (D) vacant
1947 James L. McConaughy (R) James C. Shannon
James C. Shannon
James C. Shannon was an American politician and the 77th Governor of Connecticut.- Early years :Shannon was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on July 21, 1896. He completed his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in 1918. He then completed his LL.B...

 (R)
Frances B. Redick (R) Joseph A. Adorno (R)
1948
James C. Shannon (R) Robert E. Parsons
Robert E. Parsons
Robert E. Parsons was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1948 to 1949.-Early life:...

 (R)
1949 Chester Bowles
Chester Bowles
Chester Bliss Bowles was a liberal Democratic American diplomat and politician from Connecticut.-Biography:...

 (D)
William T. Carroll (D) Winifred McDonald (D)
1950
1951 John Davis Lodge
John Davis Lodge
John Davis Lodge , was an American politician, and 79th Governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955. He was also an actor and U.S. Ambassador to Spain, Argentina and Switzerland.-Early life:Lodge was born in Washington, D.C....

 (R)
Edward N. Allen
Edward N. Allen
Edward Normand Allen , also known as Ned Allen, was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955.-Early life:...

 (R)
Alice K. Leopold (R) George C. Conway (R)
1952
1953
Charles B. Keats (R) William L. Beers (R)
1954
1955 Abraham A. Ribicoff
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff was an American Democratic Party politician. He served in the United States Congress, as the 80th Governor of Connecticut and as President John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare...

 (D)
Charles W. Jewett
Charles W. Jewett (Connecticut politician)
Charles W. Jewett was an American politician who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1955 to 1959....

 (D)
Mildred P. Allen (R) John J. Bracken (R) John Ottaviano, Jr. (R)
1956
1957
1958
1959 John Dempsey (D) Ella T. Grasso
Ella T. Grasso
Ella Grasso , born Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, was an American politician, and first woman elected governor of Connecticut.-Biography:...

 (D)
Albert L. Coles (D) John A. Speziale (D)
1960
1961 Donald J. Irwin
Donald J. Irwin
Donald Jay Irwin is a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born of American parents in Argentina, Irwin came to the United States in 1945 to attend Yale University....

 (D)
John Dempsey (D) Anthony Armentano (D)
1962
1963 Samuel Tedesco (D) Harold M. Mulvey (D) Gerald A. Lamb (D)
1964
1965 Fred Doocy (D)
1966
1967 Attilio Frassinelli (D) Robert K. Killian
Robert K. Killian
Robert K. Killian was an American politician from the state of Connecticut.-Early life and education:...

 (D)
D majority
1968
1969
1970 John A. Iorio (D)
1971 Thomas J. Meskill (R) T. Clark Hull
T. Clark Hull
Treat Clark Hull was an American politician and lawyer who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1971 to 1973 and a judge for 23 years from 1973.-Early life:...

 (R)
Gloria Schaffer (D) Robert I. Berdon (R)
1972
1973 Peter Cashman (R) Alden A. Ives (R) R majority
1974
1975 Ella T. Grasso (D) Robert K. Killian (D) Carl R. Ajello (D) Henry E. Parker (D)
1976
1977
1978
Henry S. Cohn (D)
1979 William O'Neill
William O'Neill (Connecticut politician)
William Atchison O'Neill was a twentieth century U.S. political figure, most notably as the 84th Governor of Connecticut from 1980 to 1991....

 (D)
Barbara B. Kennelly
Barbara B. Kennelly
Barbara Bailey Kennelly was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.-Family and Education:...

 (D)
1980
William O'Neill (D) Joseph Fauliso (D)
1981 Christopher Dodd
Christopher Dodd
Christopher John "Chris" Dodd is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States Senator from Connecticut for a thirty-year period ending with the 111th United States Congress....

 (D)
4D, 2R
1982
Maura L. Melley (D)
1983 Julia Tashjian (D) Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an independent, he remains closely affiliated with the party.Born in Stamford, Connecticut,...

 (D)
1984
1985 3D, 3R
1986 Joan R. Kemler (D)
1987 Francisco L. Borges (D)
1988
1989 Clarine Nardi Riddle
Clarine Nardi Riddle
Clarine Nardi Riddle is a former attorney general of Connecticut, United States, serving from 1989 to 1991. She is the only woman to have held that position. She is now chief of staff to Senator Joseph Lieberman....

 (D)
Joe Lieberman (D)
1990
1991 Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (C) Eunice Groark
Eunice Groark
Eunice S. Groark was elected the first female lieutenant governor of Connecticut in 1990. Groark ran on a ticket with Lowell Weicker, both of whom were members of A Connecticut Party...

 (C)
Pauline Kezer (R) Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut and a member of the Democratic Party. Previously, he served as Attorney General of Connecticut....

 (D)
Bill Curry
Bill Curry (politician)
William E. Curry, Jr. has been a two-time Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut and a White House advisor in the administration of Bill Clinton.-Education and early political life:...

 (D)
1992 Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

 and Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

 (D)
1993 Joseph M. Suggs, Jr. (D)
1994
1995 John G. Rowland
John G. Rowland
John Grosvenor Rowland was the 86th Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004; he is a member of the Republican Party. He is married to Patty Rowland, his second wife, and the couple have five children between them...

 (R)
M. Jodi Rell
M. Jodi Rell
Mary Jodi Rell is a Republican politician and was the 87th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut from 2004 until 2011. She was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut under Governor John G. Rowland, who resigned during a corruption investigation. Rell is Connecticut's second female Governor,...

 (R)
Miles Rapoport (D) Christopher Burnham
Christopher Burnham
Christopher Bancroft Burnham was appointed Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Management by Kofi Annan on June 1, 2005, after serving as acting Under Secretary of State for Management for Condoleezza Rice, and as Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management and Chief...

 (R)
Nancy Wyman
Nancy Wyman
Nancy S. Wyman is the 108thThe State of Connecticut recognizes Nancy Wyman as the 108th Lieutenant Governor, using a standard that had counted Colonial period lieutenants as well as counting lieutenants who had served multiple times as only one individual figure. Wyman is considered the 88th...

 (D)
1996
1997 4D, 2R
Paul Silvester (R)
1998
1999 Susan Bysiewicz
Susan Bysiewicz
Susan Bysiewicz served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1999 to 2011. She was briefly a candidate for Governor of Connecticut in 2010, before dropping out to run for Connecticut Attorney General. She was disqualified from running for the office by the Connecticut Supreme Court and...

 (D)
Denise L. Nappier
Denise L. Nappier
Denise L. Nappier is the current state treasurer of the U.S. state of Connecticut. A Democrat, she was first elected in 1998 and was re-elected in 2002, 2006, and 2010. She is the first African-American woman elected to statewide office in the history of Connecticut.-Career:Prior to her election as...

 (D)
2000 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D)
2001 3D, 3R
2002
2003 3R, 2D
2004 John Kerry
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...

 and John Edwards
John Edwards
Johnny Reid "John" Edwards is an American politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in...

 (D)
M. Jodi Rell (R) Kevin Sullivan
Kevin Sullivan (politician)
Kevin B. Sullivan, a Democrat, was Connecticut's 86th Lieutenant Governor. He was elected to the State Senate in 1986 and served as Senate President Pro Tempore from 1997 - 2004.-Early life:...

 (D)
2005
2006
2007 Michael Fedele
Michael Fedele
Michael Fedele is an Italian-American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 107thThe State of Connecticut recognizes Michael Fedele as the 107th Lieutenant Governor, using a standard that had counted Colonial period lieutenants as well as counting lieutenants who had...

 (R)
24D, 12R Joe Lieberman (ID) 4D, 1R
2008 23D, 13R 107D, 44R Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

 and Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...

 (D)
2009 24D, 12R 113D, 38R 5D
2010 114D, 37R
2011 Dan Malloy
Dan Malloy
Dannel Patrick "Dan" Malloy is the 88th and current Governor of Connecticut. He was the Mayor of Stamford, Connecticut from December 1995 until December 2009. Malloy had been endorsed by the Connecticut Democratic Party on May 22, 2010 over 2006 Democratic U.S...

 (D)
Nancy Wyman (D) Denise Merrill
Denise Merrill
Denise W. Merrill is a Democratic politician and the current Connecticut Secretary of the State. Merrill was previously a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives.-State House:...

(D)
George Jepsen
George Jepsen
George Jepsen is an American lawyer, politician, and incumbent Attorney General of Connecticut.George Jepsen was a State Senator from Connecticut's 27th Senate District, representing Stamford and part of Darien, and served in the Connecticut Senate from 1991 to 2003. During his time in the Senate,...

(D)
Kevin Lembo(D) 22D, 14R 97D, 54R Richard Blumenthal (D)
Year|GovernorLieutenant GovernorSecretary of the State
Secretary of the State of Connecticut
The Secretary of the State of Connecticut is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is an elected position in the state government and has a term length of four years....

Attorney General
Connecticut Attorney General
The Connecticut Attorney General is the state attorney general of Connecticut.The Attorney General is elected to a four-year term. The current Attorney General is George Jepsen, a Democrat serving since January 5, 2011.-List of Attorneys General:...

Treasurer
Connecticut State Treasurer
The Connecticut State Treasurer serves the office of treasurer for the state of Connecticut.-List of State Treasurers:-External links:***...

ComptrollerState Senate
Connecticut Senate
The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 94,600 inhabitants. Senators are elected to two-year terms without term limits...

State House
Connecticut House of Representatives
The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents...

U.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. House|Electoral College votes
United States presidential election
Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

Executive offices|General Assembly
Connecticut General Assembly
The Connecticut General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is a bicameral body composed of the 151-member House of Representatives and the 36-member Senate. It meets in the state capital, Hartford. There are no term limits for either chamber.During...

|United States Congress
United States Congressional Delegations from Connecticut
These are tables of congressional delegations from Connecticut to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-Passages:- House of Representatives :...


See also

  • Politics in Connecticut
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