List of United States Senators from Connecticut
This is a chronological listing of the United States Senators from Connecticut.
United States Senators are popularly elected, for a six-year term, beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, they were chosen by the Connecticut General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4.
List of Senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for only one U.S. Congress in the first elections of 1788, and then the seat was contested again for the 2nd, 5th, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018. |
C o n g r e s s |
Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for the first three United States Congresses in the first elections of 1788, and then the seat was contested again for the 4th, 7th, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | Oliver Ellsworth |
Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796 |
Elected in 1788. | 1 | 1st Congress | 1 | Elected in 1788. Resigned. |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
Pro- Administration |
William Samuel Johnson |
1 |
Re-elected in 1791. Resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States. |
2 | 2nd Congress | March 4, 1791 – June 13, 1791 |
Vacant | ||||||||
Elected to finish Johnson's term. Died. |
June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793 |
Pro- Administration |
Roger Sherman |
2 | ||||||||
3rd Congress | ||||||||||||
July 23, 1793 – December 2, 1793 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Sherman's term. Retired. |
December 2, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
Pro- Administration |
Stephen Mix Mitchell |
3 | ||||||||
4th Congress | 2 | Election date unknown. Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. |
March 4, 1795 – June 10, 1796 |
Federalist | Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. |
4 | ||||||
Vacant | March 8, 1796 – December 6, 1796 |
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June 10, 1796 – October 13, 1796 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Trumbull's term. | October 13, 1796 – July 19, 1807 |
Federalist | Uriah Tracy |
5 | ||||||||
2 | James Hillhouse |
Federalist | December 6, 1796 – June 10, 1810 |
Elected to finish Ellsworth's term. | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1797. | 3 | 5th Congress | ||||||||||
6th Congress | ||||||||||||
7th Congress | 3 | Re-elected in 1801. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1803. | 4 | 8th Congress | ||||||||||
9th Congress | ||||||||||||
10th Congress | 4 | Re-elected in 1807. Died. | ||||||||||
July 19, 1807 – October 25, 1807 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Tracy's term. | October 25, 1807 – May 13, 1813 |
Federalist | Chauncey Goodrich |
6 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1809. Resigned. |
5 | 11th Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | June 10, 1810 – December 4, 1810 |
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3 | Samuel W. Dana |
Federalist | December 4, 1810 – March 3, 1821 |
Elected to finish Hillhouse's term. | ||||||||
12th Congress | ||||||||||||
13th Congress | 5 | Re-elected in 1813. Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. | ||||||||||
Elected to finish Goodrich's term. Retired. |
May 13, 1813 – March 3, 1819 |
Federalist | David Daggett |
7 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1814. | 6 | 14th Congress | ||||||||||
15th Congress | ||||||||||||
16th Congress | 6 | Elected in 1819. Presented credentials but was not permitted to qualify. |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825 |
Democratic- Republican |
James Lanman |
8 | ||||||
4 | Elijah Boardman |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1821 – August 18, 1823 |
Elected in 1820. Died. |
7 | 17th Congress | ||||||
Jackson Democratic- Republican |
18th Congress | Crawford Democratic- Republican | ||||||||||
Vacant | August 18, 1823 – October 8, 1823 |
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5 | Henry W. Edwards |
Jackson Democratic- Republican |
October 8, 1823 – March 3, 1827 |
Appointed to continue Boardman's term. Elected to finish Boardman's term. | ||||||||
Jacksonian | 19th Congress | 7 | March 4, 1825 – May 4, 1825 |
Vacant | ||||||||
Elected late to complete Lanman's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
May 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 |
Anti- Jacksonian |
Calvin Willey |
9 | ||||||||
6 | Samuel A. Foot |
Adams | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833 |
Elected in 1826. Lost re-election. |
8 | 20th Congress | Adams | |||||
Anti-Jacksonian | 21st Congress | Anti- Jacksonian | ||||||||||
22nd Congress | 8 | Elected in 1831. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837 |
Anti- Jacksonian |
Gideon Tomlinson |
10 | ||||||
7 | Nathan Smith |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – December 6, 1835 |
Elected in 1832. Died. |
9 | 23rd Congress | ||||||
24th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | December 6, 1835 – December 21, 1835 |
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8 | John Milton Niles |
Jacksonian | December 21, 1835 – March 3, 1839 |
Elected to finish Smith's term. Retired. | ||||||||
Democratic | 25th Congress | 9 | Elected in 1837. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
Democratic | Perry Smith | 11 | |||||
9 | Thaddeus Betts | Whig | March 4, 1839 – April 7, 1840 |
Elected in 1838 or 1839. Died. |
10 | 26th Congress | ||||||
Vacant | April 7, 1840 – May 4, 1840 |
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10 | Jabez W. Huntington |
Whig | May 4, 1840 – November 1, 1847 |
Elected to finish Betts's term. | ||||||||
27th Congress | ||||||||||||
28th Congress | 10 | Elected in 1842. Retired. |
March 4, 1843[1] – March 3, 1849 |
Democratic | John Milton Niles |
12 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1844 or 1845. Died. |
11 | 29th Congress | ||||||||||
30th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | November 1, 1847 – November 11, 1847 |
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11 | Roger Sherman Baldwin |
Whig | November 11, 1847 – March 3, 1851 |
Appointed to continue Huntington's term. Elected in May 1848 to finish Huntington's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||||
31st Congress | 11 | Elected in 1848 or 1849. Resigned. |
March 4, 1849 – May 24, 1854 |
Whig | Truman Smith |
13 | ||||||
Vacant | March 4, 1851 – May 12, 1852 |
12 | 32nd Congress | |||||||||
12 | Isaac Toucey |
Democratic | May 12, 1852 – March 3, 1857 |
Elected late in 1852. Retired. | ||||||||
33rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Elected to finish Smith's term. Retired. |
May 24, 1854 – March 3, 1855 |
Free Soil | Francis Gillette |
14 | ||||||||
34th Congress | 12 | Elected in 1854. | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1867 |
Republican | Lafayette S. Foster |
15 | ||||||
13 | James Dixon |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1869 |
Elected in 1856. | 13 | 35th Congress | ||||||
36th Congress | ||||||||||||
37th Congress | 13 | Re-elected in 1860. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1863. Lost re-election. |
14 | 38th Congress | ||||||||||
39th Congress | ||||||||||||
40th Congress | 14 | Elected in 1866. | March 4, 1867 – November 21, 1875 |
Republican | Orris S. Ferry |
16 | ||||||
14 | William Alfred Buckingham |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – February 5, 1875 |
Elected in 1868 or 1869. Unknown if retired or lost re-election, but died just before end of term. |
15 | 41st Congress | ||||||
42nd Congress | ||||||||||||
43rd Congress | 15 | Re-elected in 1872. Died. |
Liberal Republican | |||||||||
15 | William W. Eaton |
Democratic | February 5, 1875 – March 3, 1881 |
Appointed to finish Buckingham's term, having been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Election date unknown. Unknown if retired or lost re-election. |
16 | 44th Congress | Republican | |||||||||
November 21, 1875 – November 27, 1875 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Ferry's term. Retired when successor elected. |
November 27, 1875 – May 17, 1876 |
Democratic | James E. English |
17 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Ferry's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
May 17, 1876 – March 3, 1879 |
Democratic | William Henry Barnum |
18 | ||||||||
45th Congress | ||||||||||||
46th Congress | 16 | Elected in 1879. | March 4, 1879 – April 21, 1905 |
Republican | Orville H. Platt |
19 | ||||||
16 | Joseph Roswell Hawley |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1905 |
Elected in 1881. | 17 | 47th Congress | ||||||
48th Congress | ||||||||||||
49th Congress | 17 | Re-elected in 1885. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1887. | 18 | 50th Congress | ||||||||||
51st Congress | ||||||||||||
52nd Congress | 18 | Re-elected in 1891. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1893. | 19 | 53rd Congress | ||||||||||
54th Congress | ||||||||||||
55th Congress | 19 | Re-elected in 1897. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1899. Retired. |
20 | 56th Congress | ||||||||||
57th Congress | ||||||||||||
58th Congress | 20 | Re-elected in 1903. Died. | ||||||||||
April 21, 1905 – May 10, 1905 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Platt's term. | May 10, 1905 – October 14, 1924 |
Republican | Frank B. Brandegee |
20 | ||||||||
17 | Morgan G. Bulkeley |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
Elected in 1904. Lost re-election. |
21 | 59th Congress | ||||||
60th Congress | ||||||||||||
61st Congress | 21 | Re-elected in 1908. | ||||||||||
18 | George P. McLean |
Republican | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1929 |
Elected in 1910. | 22 | 62nd Congress | ||||||
63rd Congress | ||||||||||||
64th Congress | 22 | Re-elected in 1914. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916. | 23 | 65th Congress | ||||||||||
66th Congress | ||||||||||||
67th Congress | 23 | Re-elected in 1920. Died. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1922. Retired. |
24 | 68th Congress | ||||||||||
October 14, 1924 – December 15, 1924 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Brandegee's term. | December 15, 1924 – March 3, 1933 |
Republican | Hiram Bingham III |
21 | ||||||||
69th Congress | ||||||||||||
70th Congress | 24 | Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
19 | Frederic C. Walcott |
Republican | March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935 |
Elected in 1928. Lost re-election. |
25 | 71st Congress | ||||||
72nd Congress | ||||||||||||
73rd Congress | 25 | Elected in 1932. Lost re-election. |
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
Democratic | Augustine Lonergan |
22 | ||||||
20 | Francis T. Maloney |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 16, 1945 |
Elected in 1934. | 26 | 74th Congress | ||||||
75th Congress | ||||||||||||
76th Congress | 26 | Elected in 1938. Lost re-election. |
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945 |
Republican | John A. Danaher |
23 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1940. Died. |
27 | 77th Congress | ||||||||||
78th Congress | ||||||||||||
79th Congress | 27 | Elected in 1944. | January 3, 1945 – July 28, 1952 |
Democratic | Brien McMahon |
24 | ||||||
Vacant | January 16, 1945 – February 15, 1945 |
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21 | Thomas C. Hart |
Republican | February 15, 1945 – November 5, 1946 |
Appointed to continue Maloney's term. Successor qualified. | ||||||||
Vacant | November 5, 1946 – December 27, 1946 |
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22 | Raymond E. Baldwin |
Republican | December 27, 1946 – December 16, 1949 |
Elected to finish Maloney's term. | ||||||||
Elected to full term in 1946. Resigned. |
28 | 80th Congress | ||||||||||
81st Congress | ||||||||||||
23 | William Benton | Democratic | December 17, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
Appointed to continue Baldwin's term. Elected to finish Baldwin's term. Lost re-election. | ||||||||
82nd Congress | 28 | Re-elected in 1950. Died. | ||||||||||
July 28, 1952 – August 29, 1952 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue McMahon's term. Retired when successor elected, and elected to the Class 1 seat. |
August 29, 1952 – November 4, 1952 |
Republican | William A. Purtell |
25 | ||||||||
Elected to finish McMahon's term. | November 4, 1952 – January 3, 1963 |
Republican | Prescott Bush |
26 | ||||||||
24 | William A. Purtell |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1952. Lost re-election. |
29 | 83rd Congress | ||||||
84th Congress | ||||||||||||
85th Congress | 29 | Re-elected in 1956. Retired. | ||||||||||
25 | Thomas J. Dodd |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 |
Elected in 1958. | 30 | 86th Congress | ||||||
87th Congress | ||||||||||||
88th Congress | 30 | Elected in 1962. | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981 |
Democratic | Abraham A. Ribicoff |
27 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1964. Lost renomination, and lost re-election as an independent. |
31 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
90th Congress | ||||||||||||
91st Congress | 31 | Re-elected in 1968. | ||||||||||
26 | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. |
Republican | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989 |
Elected in 1970. | 32 | 92nd Congress | ||||||
93rd Congress | ||||||||||||
94th Congress | 32 | Re-elected in 1974. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. | 33 | 95th Congress | ||||||||||
96th Congress | ||||||||||||
97th Congress | 33 | Elected in 1980. | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011 |
Democratic | Chris Dodd |
28 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1982. Lost re-election. |
34 | 98th Congress | ||||||||||
99th Congress | ||||||||||||
100th Congress | 34 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
27 | Joseph Lieberman |
Democratic | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013 |
Elected in 1988. | 35 | 101st Congress | ||||||
102nd Congress | ||||||||||||
103rd Congress | 35 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 36 | 104th Congress | ||||||||||
105th Congress | ||||||||||||
106th Congress | 36 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 37 | 107th Congress | ||||||||||
108th Congress | ||||||||||||
109th Congress | 37 | Re-elected in 2004. Retired. | ||||||||||
Independent Democratic | Lost re-nomination as a Democrat, but re-elected in 2006 as an Independent Democrat. Retired. |
38 | 110th Congress | |||||||||
111th Congress | ||||||||||||
112th Congress | 38 | Elected in 2010. | January 3, 2011 – Present |
Democratic | Richard Blumenthal |
29 | ||||||
28 | Chris Murphy |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – Present |
Elected in 2012. | 39 | 113th Congress | ||||||
114th Congress | ||||||||||||
115th Congress | 39 | Re-elected in 2016. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 40 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | ||||||||||||
118th Congress | 40 | To be determined in the 2022 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Connecticut
As of October 2016, there are three former U.S. Senators from Connecticut who are currently living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was Abraham A. Ribicoff of Class 3 (1963-1981) on February 22, 1998. The most recent Class 1 senator to die was Raymond E. Baldwin (1946-1949) on October 4, 1986. The most recently serving Class 1 senator to die was Thomas J. Dodd (1959-1971) on May 24, 1971.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Lowell P. Weicker | 1971 - 1989 | 1 | May 16, 1931 |
Chris Dodd | 1981 - 2011 | 3 | May 27, 1944 |
Joe Lieberman | 1989 - 2013 | 1 | February 24, 1942 |
References
- ↑ Due to ill-health and a credentials challenge, John Milton Niles was unable to serve until May 16, 1844
See also
- List of United States Representatives from Connecticut
- United States congressional delegations from Connecticut