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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. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Richard Blumenthal (serving since 2011) and Chris Murphy (serving since 2013). Chris Dodd is Connecticut's longest-serving senator (1981–2011).
Oliver Ellsworth , rowspan=6 , Pro-Administration , rowspan=7 nowrap , Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 8, 1796 , Elected in 1788. , 1 , , rowspan=6 , 1 , Elected in 1788.Resigned. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1791 , , Pro-Administration , align=right ,
William S. Johnson ! 1 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1791.Resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States. , rowspan=10 , 2 , rowspan=2 , , nowrap , Mar 4, 1791 –
Jun 13, 1791 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Johnson's term.Died. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jun 13, 1791 –
Jul 23, 1793 , rowspan=2 , Pro-Administration , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Roger Sherman ! rowspan=2 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jul 23, 1793 –
Dec 2, 1793 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Sherman's term.Retired. , nowrap , Dec 2, 1793 –
Mar 3, 1795 , , Pro-Administration , align=right ,
Stephen Mix Mitchell ! 3 , - style="height:2em" , ,
Jun 10, 1796 , rowspan=2 ,
May 12, 1796 , rowspan=3 , , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jun 10, 1796 –
Oct 13, 1796 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish Trumbull's term. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Oct 13, 1796 –
Jul 19, 1807 , rowspan=8 ,
Uriah Tracy ! rowspan=8 , 5 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 2 , rowspan=10 align=left ,
James Hillhouse , rowspan=10 ,
Jun 10, 1810 , Elected to finish Ellsworth's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1797. , rowspan=3 , 3 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 3 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1801. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1802. , rowspan=5 , 4 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=7 , 4 , Re-elected in 1807.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jul 19, 1807 –
Oct 25, 1807 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Elected to finish Tracy's term. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Oct 25, 1807 –
May 13, 1813 , rowspan=6 ,
Dec 4, 1810 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 , 3 , rowspan=7 align=left nowrap ,
Samuel W. Dana , rowspan=7 ,
Mar 3, 1821 , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish Hillhouse's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 , 5 , Re-elected in 1813.Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Goodrich's term.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , May 13, 1813 –
Mar 3, 1819 , rowspan=3 ,
David Daggett ! rowspan=3 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1814. , rowspan=3 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 6 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1824 and presented his credentials but was not permitted to qualify. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1819 –
Mar 3, 1825 , rowspan=5 , Democratic-Republican , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Elijah Boardman , rowspan=2 , Democratic-Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1821 –
Aug 18, 1823 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1821.Died. , rowspan=6 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Aug 18, 1823 –
Oct 8, 1823 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 5 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Mar 3, 1827 , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Boardman's term. Elected in 1824 to finish Boardman's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Jacksonian , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 , 7 , , nowrap , Mar 4, 1825 –
May 4, 1825 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected late to complete Lanman's term. , rowspan=3 nowrap , May 4, 1825 –
Mar 3, 1831 , rowspan=3 , National
Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1827 –
Mar 3, 1833 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1826.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 8 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1831. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1831 –
Mar 3, 1837 , rowspan=5 , National
Republican , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Gideon Tomlinson ! rowspan=5 , 10 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 7 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Nathan Smith , rowspan=2 , National
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1833 –
Dec 6, 1835 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1832.Died. , rowspan=5 , 9 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Dec 6, 1835 –
Dec 21, 1835 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 8 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
John Milton Niles , , Jacksonian , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 21, 1835 –
Mar 3, 1839 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Smith's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , ,
Mar 3, 1843 , rowspan=5 ,
Apr 7, 1840 , Elected in 1838 or 1839.Died. , rowspan=5 , 10 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 7, 1840 –
May 4, 1840 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 10 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Jabez W. Huntington , rowspan=5 , Whig , rowspan=5 nowrap , May 4, 1840 –
Nov 1, 1847 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Betts's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 10 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1842.Retired. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1843 –
Mar 3, 1849 , rowspan=5 ,
John Milton Niles ! rowspan=5 , 12 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1844 or 1845.Died. , rowspan=5 , 11 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 1, 1847 –
Nov 11, 1847 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 11 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Roger Sherman Baldwin , rowspan=2 , Whig , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 11, 1847 –
Mar 3, 1851 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Huntington's term. Elected in 1848 to finish Huntington's term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 11 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1848 or 1849.Resigned. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1849 –
May 24, 1854 , rowspan=4 , Whig , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Truman Smith ! rowspan=4 , 13 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1851 –
May 12, 1852 , , rowspan=5 , 12 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 12 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Isaac Toucey , rowspan=4 ,
Mar 3, 1857 , rowspan=4 , Elected late in 1852.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Smith's term.Retired. , nowrap , May 24, 1854 –
Mar 3, 1855 , , Free Soil , align=right ,
Mar 3, 1867 , rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Lafayette S. Foster ! rowspan=6 , 15 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 13 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
James Dixon , rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1857 –
Mar 3, 1869 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1856. , rowspan=3 , 13 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 13 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1860.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1863.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 14 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1866. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1867 –
Nov 21, 1875 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=6 align=right ,
William Alfred Buckingham , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1869 –
Feb 5, 1875 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1868 or 1869.Lost re-election and died before end of term. , rowspan=4 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=7 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1872.Died. , rowspan=2 , Liberal Republican , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 , 15 , rowspan=7 align=left ,
William W. Eaton , rowspan=7 ,
Mar 3, 1881 , Appointed to finish Buckingham's term, having been elected to the next term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1874.Unknown if retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=6 , 16 , rowspan=4 , , Republican , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 21, 1875 –
Nov 27, 1875 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Ferry's term.Retired when successor elected. , nowrap , Nov 27, 1875 –
May 17, 1876 , ,
Mar 3, 1879 , rowspan=2 ,
Apr 21, 1905 , rowspan=13 , Republican , rowspan=13 align=right ,
Orville H. Platt ! rowspan=13 , 19 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 , 16 , rowspan=13 align=left ,
Joseph Roswell Hawley , rowspan=13 , Republican , rowspan=13 nowrap , Mar 4, 1881 –
Mar 3, 1905 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1881. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1885. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1887. , rowspan=3 , 18 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 18 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1891. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1893. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1897. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1899.Retired. , rowspan=4 , 20 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=5 , 20 , Re-elected in 1903.Died. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , , rowspan=2 nowrap , Apr 21, 1905 –
May 10, 1905 , rowspan=2 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 17 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Morgan Bulkeley , rowspan=4 , Republican , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1905 –
Mar 3, 1911 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1905.Lost re-election. , rowspan=4 , 21 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Platt's term. , rowspan=10 nowrap , May 10, 1905 –
Oct 14, 1924 , rowspan=10 , Republican , rowspan=10 align=right ,
Frank B. Brandegee ! rowspan=10 , 20 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1909. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 18 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
George P. McLean , rowspan=11 , Republican , rowspan=11 nowrap , Mar 4, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1929 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1911. , rowspan=3 , 22 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 22 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1914. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1916. , rowspan=3 , 23 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 23 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1920.Died. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1922.Retired. , rowspan=5 , 24 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Oct 14, 1924 –
Dec 17, 1924 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Brandegee's term and seated Jan 8, 1925. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Dec 17, 1924 –
Mar 3, 1933 , rowspan=5 , Republican , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Hiram Bingham III ! rowspan=5 , 21 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 24 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1926.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Jan 3, 1935 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1928.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 25 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1932.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1933 –
Jan 3, 1939 , rowspan=3 ,
Augustine Lonergan ! rowspan=3 , 22 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 20 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Jan 16, 1945 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1934. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1938.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1939 –
Jan 3, 1945 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
John A. Danaher ! rowspan=3 , 23 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1940.Died. , rowspan=7 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , rowspan=8 , 27 , rowspan=8 , Elected in 1944. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1945 –
Jul 28, 1952 , rowspan=9 ,
Brien McMahon ! rowspan=9 , 24 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Jan 16, 1945 –
Feb 15, 1945 , , - style="height:2em" ! 21 , align=left ,
Thomas C. Hart , , Republican , nowrap , Feb 15, 1945 –
Nov 5, 1946 , Appointed to continue Maloney's term.Successor qualified. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 5, 1946 –
Dec 27, 1946 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 22 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Raymond E. Baldwin , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Dec 27, 1946 –
Dec 16, 1949 , Elected to finish Maloney's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to full term in 1946.Resigned. , rowspan=7 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 23 , rowspan=5 align=left nowrap ,
William Benton , rowspan=5 ,
Jan 3, 1953 , rowspan=5 , Appointed to continue Baldwin's term. Elected to finish Baldwin's term.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=6 , 28 , Re-elected in 1950.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jul 28, 1952 –
Aug 29, 1952 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue McMahon's term.Retired when successor elected, and elected to the Class 1 seat. , nowrap , Aug 29, 1952 –
Nov 4, 1952 , , Republican , align=right ,
William A. Purtell ! 25 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish McMahon's term. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Nov 4, 1952 –
Jan 3, 1963 , rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 align=right ,
William A. Purtell , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1953 –
Jan 3, 1959 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1952.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 29 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1956.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 25 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Jan 3, 1971 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1958. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1962. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1963 –
Jan 3, 1981 , rowspan=9 ,
Abraham Ribicoff ! rowspan=9 , 27 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1964.Lost renomination, and lost re-election as an independent. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 31 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1968. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 26 , rowspan=9 align=left ,
Lowell Weicker , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1971 –
Jan 3, 1989 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1970. , rowspan=3 , 32 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1974.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1976. , rowspan=3 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 33 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1980. , rowspan=15 nowrap , Jan 3, 1981 –
Jan 3, 2011 , rowspan=15 ,
Chris Dodd ! rowspan=15 , 28 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1982.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 34 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 34 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1986. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 , 27 , rowspan=12 align=left ,
Joe Lieberman , rowspan=9 ,
Jan 3, 2013 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1988. , rowspan=3 , 35 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 35 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1992. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1994. , rowspan=3 , 36 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 36 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1998. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2000. , rowspan=3 , 37 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 37 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2004.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Independent , rowspan=3 , Lost re-nomination, but re-elected in 2006 as an Independent.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 38 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 38 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2010. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 2011 –
Present , rowspan=9 ,
Richard Blumenthal ! rowspan=9 , 29 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 28 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Chris Murphy , rowspan=6 ,
Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2012. , rowspan=3 , 39 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 39 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2016. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2018. , rowspan=3 , 40 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 40 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2022. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 election. , rowspan=3 , 41 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , 41 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2028 election.
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, - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 , 1 , rowspan=7 align=left ,Oliver Ellsworth , rowspan=6 , Pro-Administration , rowspan=7 nowrap , Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 8, 1796 , Elected in 1788. , 1 , , rowspan=6 , 1 , Elected in 1788.Resigned. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1791 , , Pro-Administration , align=right ,
William S. Johnson ! 1 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1791.Resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States. , rowspan=10 , 2 , rowspan=2 , , nowrap , Mar 4, 1791 –
Jun 13, 1791 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Johnson's term.Died. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jun 13, 1791 –
Jul 23, 1793 , rowspan=2 , Pro-Administration , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Roger Sherman ! rowspan=2 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jul 23, 1793 –
Dec 2, 1793 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Sherman's term.Retired. , nowrap , Dec 2, 1793 –
Mar 3, 1795 , , Pro-Administration , align=right ,
Stephen Mix Mitchell ! 3 , - style="height:2em" , ,
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, rowspan=2 , Election date unknown.Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.
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, rowspan=2 align=right , Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (March 26, 1740 – August 7, 1809) was an American politician who served as the 20th governor of Connecticut, the second speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Connectic ...
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, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 8, 1796 –May 12, 1796 , rowspan=3 , , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jun 10, 1796 –
Oct 13, 1796 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish Trumbull's term. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Oct 13, 1796 –
Jul 19, 1807 , rowspan=8 ,
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, rowspan=8 align=right , Uriah Tracy ! rowspan=8 , 5 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 2 , rowspan=10 align=left ,
James Hillhouse , rowspan=10 ,
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, rowspan=10 nowrap , May 12, 1796 –Jun 10, 1810 , Elected to finish Ellsworth's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1797. , rowspan=3 , 3 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 3 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1801. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1802. , rowspan=5 , 4 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=7 , 4 , Re-elected in 1807.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jul 19, 1807 –
Oct 25, 1807 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Elected to finish Tracy's term. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Oct 25, 1807 –
May 13, 1813 , rowspan=6 ,
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, rowspan=6 align=right , Chauncey Goodrich
Chauncey Goodrich (October 20, 1759August 18, 1815) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator (1807 to 1813) and a representative (1795 to 1801).
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Samuel W. Dana , rowspan=7 ,
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, rowspan=7 nowrap , Dec 4, 1810 –Mar 3, 1821 , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish Hillhouse's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 , 5 , Re-elected in 1813.Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Goodrich's term.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , May 13, 1813 –
Mar 3, 1819 , rowspan=3 ,
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, rowspan=3 align=right , David Daggett ! rowspan=3 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1814. , rowspan=3 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 6 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1824 and presented his credentials but was not permitted to qualify. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1819 –
Mar 3, 1825 , rowspan=5 , Democratic-Republican , rowspan=5 align=right ,
James Lanman
James Lanman (June 14, 1767August 7, 1841) was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the United States Senate from 1819 to 1825. He was a cousin of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Early life
James Lanman ...
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, rowspan=2 align=left , Elijah Boardman , rowspan=2 , Democratic-Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1821 –
Aug 18, 1823 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1821.Died. , rowspan=6 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Aug 18, 1823 –
Oct 8, 1823 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 5 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Henry W. Edwards
Henry Waggaman Edwards (October 1779July 22, 1847) was an American lawyer, a Democrat, and the 27th and 29th governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut (1833–1834, 1835–1838). He previously served in both the U.S. Senate (1823 to 1827) and t ...
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, rowspan=3 nowrap , Oct 8, 1823 –Mar 3, 1827 , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Boardman's term. Elected in 1824 to finish Boardman's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Jacksonian , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 , 7 , , nowrap , Mar 4, 1825 –
May 4, 1825 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected late to complete Lanman's term. , rowspan=3 nowrap , May 4, 1825 –
Mar 3, 1831 , rowspan=3 , National
Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Calvin Willey
Calvin Willey (September 15, 1776August 23, 1858) was an American politician from Connecticut who served in the United States Senate from 1825 to 1831.
Early life and education
Willey was born in East Haddam, Connecticut, and attended common scho ...
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, rowspan=3 align=left , Samuel A. Foot
Samuel Augustus Foot (November 8, 1780 – September 15, 1846; his surname is also spelled Foote) was the List of Governors of Connecticut, 28th Governor of Connecticut as well as a United States representative and United States Senator, Sen ...
, rowspan=3 , NationalRepublican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1827 –
Mar 3, 1833 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1826.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 8 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 8 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1831. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1831 –
Mar 3, 1837 , rowspan=5 , National
Republican , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Gideon Tomlinson ! rowspan=5 , 10 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 7 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Nathan Smith , rowspan=2 , National
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1833 –
Dec 6, 1835 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1832.Died. , rowspan=5 , 9 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Dec 6, 1835 –
Dec 21, 1835 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 8 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
John Milton Niles , , Jacksonian , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 21, 1835 –
Mar 3, 1839 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Smith's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
,
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, rowspan=5 , Elected in 1837.
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1837 –Mar 3, 1843 , rowspan=5 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=5 , Perry Smith
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, align=left nowrap , Thaddeus Betts
Thaddeus Laddins Betts (February 4, 1789 – April 7, 1840) was the 32nd and 34th Lieutenant Governor of the state of Connecticut from 1832 to 1833 and from 1834 to 1835, and a United States Senator from Connecticut from 1839 to 1840. He had p ...
, , Whig
, nowrap , Mar 4, 1839 –Apr 7, 1840 , Elected in 1838 or 1839.Died. , rowspan=5 , 10 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 7, 1840 –
May 4, 1840 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 10 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Jabez W. Huntington , rowspan=5 , Whig , rowspan=5 nowrap , May 4, 1840 –
Nov 1, 1847 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Betts's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 10 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1842.Retired. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1843 –
Mar 3, 1849 , rowspan=5 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=5 align=right , John Milton Niles ! rowspan=5 , 12 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1844 or 1845.Died. , rowspan=5 , 11 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 1, 1847 –
Nov 11, 1847 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 11 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Roger Sherman Baldwin , rowspan=2 , Whig , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 11, 1847 –
Mar 3, 1851 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Huntington's term. Elected in 1848 to finish Huntington's term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 11 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1848 or 1849.Resigned. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1849 –
May 24, 1854 , rowspan=4 , Whig , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Truman Smith ! rowspan=4 , 13 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1851 –
May 12, 1852 , , rowspan=5 , 12 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 12 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Isaac Toucey , rowspan=4 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=4 nowrap , May 12, 1852 –Mar 3, 1857 , rowspan=4 , Elected late in 1852.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Smith's term.Retired. , nowrap , May 24, 1854 –
Mar 3, 1855 , , Free Soil , align=right ,
Francis Gillette
Francis Gillette (December 14, 1807 – September 30, 1879) was a politician from Connecticut, USA. He was the father of actor and playwright William Gillette and politician and editor Edward H. Gillette.
Gillette was born in Old Windsor, C ...
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, rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1855 –Mar 3, 1867 , rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Lafayette S. Foster ! rowspan=6 , 15 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 13 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
James Dixon , rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1857 –
Mar 3, 1869 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1856. , rowspan=3 , 13 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 13 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1860.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1863.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 14 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1866. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1867 –
Nov 21, 1875 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Orris S. Ferry
Orris Sanford Ferry (August 15, 1823 – November 21, 1875) was a Republican American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was also a brigadier general ...
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, rowspan=3 align=left , William Alfred Buckingham , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1869 –
Feb 5, 1875 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1868 or 1869.Lost re-election and died before end of term. , rowspan=4 , 15 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=7 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1872.Died. , rowspan=2 , Liberal Republican , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 , 15 , rowspan=7 align=left ,
William W. Eaton , rowspan=7 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=7 nowrap , Feb 5, 1875 –Mar 3, 1881 , Appointed to finish Buckingham's term, having been elected to the next term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1874.Unknown if retired or lost re-election. , rowspan=6 , 16 , rowspan=4 , , Republican , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 21, 1875 –
Nov 27, 1875 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Ferry's term.Retired when successor elected. , nowrap , Nov 27, 1875 –
May 17, 1876 , ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, align=right , James E. English
James Edward English (March 13, 1812 – March 2, 1890) was a United States Representative and later U.S. Senator from Connecticut, and Governor of Connecticut.
Early life and education
English was born in New Haven, Connecticut and atten ...
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, rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Ferry's term.
, rowspan=2 nowrap , May 17, 1876 –Mar 3, 1879 , rowspan=2 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=2 align=right , William Henry Barnum
William Henry Barnum (September 17, 1818 – April 30, 1889) was an American politician, serving as a state representative, congressman, U.S. senator, and finally as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He was also known as "Seven Mu ...
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, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1879.
, rowspan=13 nowrap , Mar 4, 1879 –Apr 21, 1905 , rowspan=13 , Republican , rowspan=13 align=right ,
Orville H. Platt ! rowspan=13 , 19 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 , 16 , rowspan=13 align=left ,
Joseph Roswell Hawley , rowspan=13 , Republican , rowspan=13 nowrap , Mar 4, 1881 –
Mar 3, 1905 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1881. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1885. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1887. , rowspan=3 , 18 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 18 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1891. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1893. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1897. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1899.Retired. , rowspan=4 , 20 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=5 , 20 , Re-elected in 1903.Died. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , , rowspan=2 nowrap , Apr 21, 1905 –
May 10, 1905 , rowspan=2 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 17 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Morgan Bulkeley , rowspan=4 , Republican , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1905 –
Mar 3, 1911 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1905.Lost re-election. , rowspan=4 , 21 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Platt's term. , rowspan=10 nowrap , May 10, 1905 –
Oct 14, 1924 , rowspan=10 , Republican , rowspan=10 align=right ,
Frank B. Brandegee ! rowspan=10 , 20 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1909. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 18 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
George P. McLean , rowspan=11 , Republican , rowspan=11 nowrap , Mar 4, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1929 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1911. , rowspan=3 , 22 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 22 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1914. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1916. , rowspan=3 , 23 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 23 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1920.Died. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1922.Retired. , rowspan=5 , 24 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Oct 14, 1924 –
Dec 17, 1924 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Brandegee's term and seated Jan 8, 1925. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Dec 17, 1924 –
Mar 3, 1933 , rowspan=5 , Republican , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Hiram Bingham III ! rowspan=5 , 21 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 24 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1926.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Frederic C. Walcott
Frederic Collin Walcott (February 19, 1869April 27, 1949) was a United States senator from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in New York Mills, Oneida County, New York, the son of William Stuart Walcott and Emeline Alice Welch Walcott, Walcott atten ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1929 –Jan 3, 1935 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1928.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 25 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1932.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1933 –
Jan 3, 1939 , rowspan=3 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=3 align=right , Augustine Lonergan ! rowspan=3 , 22 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 20 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Francis T. Maloney
Francis Thomas Maloney (March 31, 1894January 16, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1933 to 1935 and a U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1935 to 1945. He was a Democrat.
Early life
Maloney was born in Meriden, New Haven C ...
, rowspan=6 , Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1935 –Jan 16, 1945 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1934. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1938.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1939 –
Jan 3, 1945 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
John A. Danaher ! rowspan=3 , 23 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1940.Died. , rowspan=7 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , rowspan=8 , 27 , rowspan=8 , Elected in 1944. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1945 –
Jul 28, 1952 , rowspan=9 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=9 align=right , Brien McMahon ! rowspan=9 , 24 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Jan 16, 1945 –
Feb 15, 1945 , , - style="height:2em" ! 21 , align=left ,
Thomas C. Hart , , Republican , nowrap , Feb 15, 1945 –
Nov 5, 1946 , Appointed to continue Maloney's term.Successor qualified. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 5, 1946 –
Dec 27, 1946 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 22 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Raymond E. Baldwin , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Dec 27, 1946 –
Dec 16, 1949 , Elected to finish Maloney's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to full term in 1946.Resigned. , rowspan=7 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 23 , rowspan=5 align=left nowrap ,
William Benton , rowspan=5 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Dec 17, 1949 –Jan 3, 1953 , rowspan=5 , Appointed to continue Baldwin's term. Elected to finish Baldwin's term.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=6 , 28 , Re-elected in 1950.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jul 28, 1952 –
Aug 29, 1952 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue McMahon's term.Retired when successor elected, and elected to the Class 1 seat. , nowrap , Aug 29, 1952 –
Nov 4, 1952 , , Republican , align=right ,
William A. Purtell ! 25 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish McMahon's term. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Nov 4, 1952 –
Jan 3, 1963 , rowspan=6 , Republican , rowspan=6 align=right ,
Prescott Bush
Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker as a Wall Street executive investment banker, he represented Connecticut in the from 1952 of the Bush family, he was the father of former Vice President and Pre ...
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, rowspan=3 align=left , William A. Purtell , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1953 –
Jan 3, 1959 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1952.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 29 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1956.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 25 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Thomas J. Dodd
Thomas Joseph Dodd (May 15, 1907 – May 24, 1971) was an American attorney and diplomat who served as a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut. He is the father of former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd and Thomas J. Dodd Jr ...
, rowspan=6 , Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1959 –Jan 3, 1971 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1958. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1962. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1963 –
Jan 3, 1981 , rowspan=9 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=9 align=right , Abraham Ribicoff ! rowspan=9 , 27 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1964.Lost renomination, and lost re-election as an independent. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 31 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1968. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 26 , rowspan=9 align=left ,
Lowell Weicker , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 1971 –
Jan 3, 1989 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1970. , rowspan=3 , 32 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1974.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1976. , rowspan=3 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 33 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1980. , rowspan=15 nowrap , Jan 3, 1981 –
Jan 3, 2011 , rowspan=15 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=15 align=right , Chris Dodd ! rowspan=15 , 28 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1982.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 34 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 34 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1986. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 , 27 , rowspan=12 align=left ,
Joe Lieberman , rowspan=9 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=12 nowrap , Jan 3, 1989 –Jan 3, 2013 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1988. , rowspan=3 , 35 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 35 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1992. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1994. , rowspan=3 , 36 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 36 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1998. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2000. , rowspan=3 , 37 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 37 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2004.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Independent , rowspan=3 , Lost re-nomination, but re-elected in 2006 as an Independent.Retired. , rowspan=3 , 38 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 38 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2010. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 2011 –
Present , rowspan=9 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=9 align=right , Richard Blumenthal ! rowspan=9 , 29 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 28 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Chris Murphy , rowspan=6 ,
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2013 –Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2012. , rowspan=3 , 39 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 39 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2016. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2018. , rowspan=3 , 40 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 40 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2022. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 election. , rowspan=3 , 41 , , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , 41 , colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2028 election.
Living former senators
, there are three living former U.S. senators from Connecticut. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die was Abraham Ribicoff (served 1963–1981) on February 22, 1998.Superlatives
Longest service
Shortest service
Youngest at beginning of service
Oldest at end of service
See also
* List of United States representatives from Connecticut * United States congressional delegations from Connecticut *Elections in Connecticut
Various kinds of elections in Connecticut occurs annually in each of the state's cities and towns, the exact type of which is dependent on the year. Elections for federal and statewide offices occ ...
References
{{USCongDistStateCT Connecticut United States senators