List of Governors of Connecticut

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Number of Governors of Connecticut by party affiliation
Party Governors
Republican 32
Democratic 21
Whig 7
Federalist 7
No party 1
Democratic-Republican 2
National Republican 1
A Connecticut Party 1

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[edit] Colonial governors

Further information: List of colonial governors of Connecticut

[edit] Governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776–present

# Name Took office Left office Party Lt. Governor Notes
31 Jonathan Trumbull 1776 1784 No party Matthew Griswold [1]
32 Matthew Griswold 1784 May 11, 1786 Federalist Samuel Huntington
33 Samuel Huntington May 11, 1786 January 5, 1796 Federalist Oliver Wolcott [2]
34 Oliver Wolcott January 5, 1796 December 1, 1797 Federalist Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. [3][2]
35 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. December 1797 August 7, 1809 Federalist John Treadwell [3][2]
36 John Treadwell August 7, 1809 May 9, 1811 Federalist Roger Griswold [3]
37 Roger Griswold May 9, 1811 October 25, 1812 Federalist John Cotton Smith [2]
38 John Cotton Smith October 25, 1812 May 8, 1817 Federalist [3]
39 Oliver Wolcott, Jr. May 8, 1817 May 2, 1827 Toleration Republican
40 Gideon Tomlinson May 2, 1827 March 2, 1831 Democratic-Republican John Samuel Peters [4]
41 John Samuel Peters March 2, 1831 May 1, 1833 National Republican [3]
42 Henry W. Edwards May 1, 1833 May 7, 1834 Democratic Ebenezer Stoddard
43 Samuel A. Foot May 7, 1834 May 6, 1835 Whig ThaddeusBetts
44 Henry W. Edwards May 6, 1835 May 2, 1838 Democratic Ebenezer Stoddard
45 William W. Ellsworth May 2, 1838 May 4, 1842 Whig Charles Hawley
46 Chauncey Fitch Cleveland May 4, 1842 May 1, 1844 Democratic William S. Holabird
47 Roger Sherman Baldwin May 1, 1844 May 6, 1846 Whig Reuben Booth
48 Isaac Toucey May 6, 1846 May 5, 1847 Democratic Noyes Billings [5]
49 Clark Bissell May 5, 1847 May 2, 1849 Whig Charles J. McCurdy
50 Joseph Trumbull May 2, 1849 May 4, 1850 Whig Thomas Backus
51 Thomas Hart Seymour May 4, 1850 October 13, 1853 Democratic Charles H. Pond [6]
52 Charles H. Pond October 13, 1853 May 3, 1854 Democratic [7]
53 Henry Dutton May 3, 1854 May 2, 1855 Whig Alexander H. Holley
54 William T. Minor May 2, 1855 May 6, 1857 American
55 Alexander H. Holley May 6, 1857 May 5, 1858 Republican Alfred A. Burnham
56 William A. Buckingham May 5, 1858 May 2, 1866 Republican
57 Joseph R. Hawley May 2, 1866 May 1, 1867 Republican Oliver F. Winchester
58 James E. English May 1, 1867 May 5, 1869 Democratic Ephraim H. Hyde
59 Marshall Jewell May 5, 1869 May 4, 1870 Republican Francis Wayland
60 James E. English May 4, 1870 May 16, 1871 Democratic Julius Hotchkiss
61 Marshall Jewell May 16, 1871 May 7, 1873 Republican Morris Tyler
62 Charles R. Ingersoll May 7, 1873 January 3, 1877 Democratic George G. Sill
63 Richard D. Hubbard January 3, 1877 January 9, 1879 Democratic Francis Loomis
64 Charles B. Andrews January 9, 1879 January 5, 1881 Republican David Gallup
65 Hobart B. Bigelow January 5, 1881 January 3, 1883 Republican William H. Bulkeley
66 Thomas M. Waller January 3, 1883 January 8, 1885 Democratic George G. Summer
67 Henry B. Harrison January 8, 1885 January 7, 1887 Republican Lorrin A. Cooke
68 Phineas C. Lounsbury January 7, 1887 January 10, 1889 Republican James L. Howard
69 Morgan G. Bulkeley January 10, 1889 January 4, 1893 Republican Samuel E. Merwin [8]
70 Luzon B. Morris January 4, 1893 January 9, 1895 Democratic Ernest Cady
71 Owen Vincent Coffin January 9, 1895 January 6, 1897 Republican Lorrin A. Cooke
72 Lorrin A. Cooke January 6, 1897 January 4, 1899 Republican James D. Dewell
73 George E. Lounsbury January 4, 1899 January 9, 1901 Republican Lyman A. Mills
74 George P. McLean January 9, 1901 January 7, 1903 Republican Edwin O. Keeler
75 Abiram Chamberlain January 7, 1903 January 4, 1905 Republican Henry Roberts
76 Henry Roberts January 4, 1905 January 9, 1907 Republican Rollin S. Woodruff
77 Rollin S. Woodruff January 9, 1907 January 6, 1909 Republican Everett J. Lake
78 George L. Lilley January 6, 1909 April 21, 1909 Republican Frank B. Weeks [2]
79 Frank B. Weeks April 21, 1909 January 4, 1911 Republican [7]
80 Simeon E. Baldwin January 4, 1911 January 6, 1915 Democratic Dennis A. Blakeslee
Lyman T. Tingier
81 Marcus H. Holcomb January 6, 1915 January 5, 1921 Republican Clifford B. Wilson
82 Everett J. Lake January 5, 1921 January 3, 1923 Republican Charles A. Templeton
83 Charles A. Templeton January 3, 1923 January 7, 1925 Republican Hiram Bingham III
84 Hiram Bingham III January 7, 1925 January 8, 1925 Republican John H. Trumbull [4]
85 John H. Trumbull January 8, 1925 January 7, 1931 Republican J. Edwin Brainard [3]
Ernest E. Rogers
86 Wilbur Lucius Cross January 7, 1931 January 4, 1939 Democratic Samuel R. Spencer
Roy C. Wilcox
T. Frank Hayes
87 Raymond E. Baldwin January 4, 1939 January 8, 1941 Republican James L. McConaughy
88 Robert A. Hurley January 8, 1941 January 6, 1943 Democratic Odell Shepard
89 Raymond E. Baldwin January 6, 1943 December 27, 1946 Republican William L. Hadden [4]
Wilbert Snow
90 Wilbert Snow December 27, 1946 January 8, 1947 Democratic [7]
91 James L. McConaughy January 8, 1947 March 7, 1948 Republican James C. Shannon [2]
92 James C. Shannon March 7, 1948 January 5, 1949 Republican Robert E. Parsons [7]
93 Chester Bowles January 5, 1949 January 3, 1951 Democratic William T. Carroll
94 John Davis Lodge January 3, 1951 January 5, 1955 Republican Edward N. Allen
95 Abraham A. Ribicoff January 5, 1955 January 21, 1961 Democratic Charles W. Jewett [9]
John Dempsey
96 John N. Dempsey January 21, 1961 January 6, 1971 Democratic Anthony J. Armentano [3]
Samuel J. Tedesco
Fred J. Doocy
Attilio R. Frassinelli
97 Thomas J. Meskill January 6, 1971 January 8, 1975 Republican T. Clark Hull
Peter L. Cashman
98 Ella T. Grasso January 8, 1975 December 31, 1980 Democratic Robert K. Killian [10]
William A. O'Neill
99 William A. O'Neill December 31, 1980 January 9, 1991 Democratic Joseph J. Fauliso [3]
100 Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. January 9, 1991 January 4, 1995 A Connecticut Party Eunice Groark
101 John G. Rowland January 4, 1995 July 1, 2004 Republican M. Jodi Rell [11]
102 M. Jodi Rell July 1, 2004 Incumbent Republican Kevin Sullivan [3][12]
Michael Fedele

[edit] Notes

Home of Governor Frank Weeks, Middletown, Connecticut, 1909
Home of Governor Frank Weeks, Middletown, Connecticut, 1909
  1. ^ According to the Connecticut State Library, governors are numbered started with John Haynes, the first governor of Connecticut Colony."Roster of Connecticut Governors". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Died in office.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in their own right.
  4. ^ a b c Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  5. ^ Lost election, but was appointed by state legislature.
  6. ^ Resigned to be Ambassador to Russia.
  7. ^ a b c d As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
  8. ^ Morgan Bulkeley was technically unelected from 1890 on. He did not run for re-election in 1890, but due to such a close contest and controversies, the results were not certified, and the legislature spent two years debating the issue; Bulkeley essentially served as governor by default.
  9. ^ Resigned to become United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
  10. ^ Resigned due to ovarian cancer.
  11. ^ Resigned during a corruption investigation; he later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud.
  12. ^ Governor Rell's term expires in 2011; she is not yet term limited.

[edit] Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Connecticut. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Name Gubernatorial term U.S. Congress Other offices held
House Senate
Samuel Huntington 1786–1796 Continental Delegate (including President of the Continental Congress)
Oliver Wolcott 1796–1797 Continental Delegate
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. 1797–1809 H S Speaker of the House
John Treadwell 1809–1811 Continental Delegate
Roger Griswold 1811–1812 H
John Cotton Smith 1812–1817 H
Oliver Wolcott, Jr. 1817–1827 U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Gideon Tomlinson 1827–1831 H S*
Henry W. Edwards 1833–1834, 1835–1838 H S
Samuel A. Foot 1834–1835 H S
William W. Ellsworth 1838–1842 H
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland 1842–1843 H
Roger Sherman Baldwin 1844–1846 S*
Isaac Toucey 1846–1847 H S U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Joseph Trumbull 1849–1850 H
Thomas Hart Seymour 1850–1853 H Ambassador to Russia*
William A. Buckingham 1858–1866 S
Joseph R. Hawley 1866–1867 H S
James E. English 1867–1869, 1870–1871 H S
Marshall Jewell 1869–1870, 1871–1873 Ambassador to Russia, U.S. Postmaster General
Richard D. Hubbard 1878-1879 H
Morgan G. Bulkeley 1889–1893 S
George P. McLean 1901–1903 S
George L. Lilley 1901 H
Hiram Bingham III 1925 S
Raymond E. Baldwin 1939–1941, 1943–1946 S
Chester Bowles 1949–1951 H
John Davis Lodge 1951–1955 H Ambassador to Spain, Ambassador to Argentina, Ambassador to Switzerland
Abraham A. Ribicoff 1955–1961 H S U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare*
Thomas J. Meskill 1971–1975 H Second Circuit Court Judge
Ella T. Grasso 1975–1980 H
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. 1991–1995 H S
John G. Rowland 1995–2004 H

[edit] Living former governors

As of November 2007, two former governors were alive. The most recent governor to die was William O'Neill (1980–1991), on November 24, 2007.

Name Gubernatorial term Date of birth
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. 1991–1995 May 16, 1931
John G. Rowland 1995–2004 May 24, 1957
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