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Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Seal of the Lieutenant Governor
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since January 9, 2019
StyleHer Excellency
Term lengthFour years, No term limits
Inaugural holderRoger Ludlow Connecticut Colony
1639
Matthew Griswold State of Connecticut
1776
FormationConstitution of Connecticut
WebsiteOffice of the Lt. Governor

The following is a list of deputy or lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut, from the Colonial period through present day.

Deputy Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639–1776

The Connecticut Colony was initially formed from the towns of Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield.

No. Name Term Start Term End
1 Roger Ludlow 1639 1640
2 John Haynes 1640 1641
3 George Wyllys 1641 1642
(1) Roger Ludlow 1642 1643
4 Edward Hopkins 1643 1644
(2) John Haynes 1644 1645
(4) Edward Hopkins 1645 1646
(2) John Haynes 1646 1647
(4) Edward Hopkins 1647 1648
(1) Roger Ludlow 1648 1649
(4) Edward Hopkins 1649 1650
(2) John Haynes 1650 1651
(4) Edward Hopkins 1651 1652
(2) John Haynes 1652 1653
(4) Edward Hopkins 1653 1653
5 Thomas Welles 1654 1654
6 John Webster 1655 1655
(5) Thomas Welles 1656 1657
7 John Winthrop 1658 1659
8 John Mason 1660 1669
9 William Leete 1669 1676
10 Robert Treat 1676 1683
11 James Bishop 1683 1692
12 William Jones 1692 1698
13 Robert Treat[a] 1698 1708
14 Nathan Gold 1708 1724
15 Joseph Talcott 1724 1725
16 Jonathan Law 1725 1741
17 Roger Wolcott 1741 1750
18 Thomas Fitch 1750 1754
19 William Pitkin 1754 1766
20 Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. 1766 1769
21 Matthew Griswold 1769 1776

Lieutenant Governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776–present

The State of Connecticut counts the Lieutenant Governors using a standard that counts Colonial period lieutenants as well as counting lieutenants who had served multiple times as only one individual figure. There have been 109 Lieutenant Governors in the history of Connecticut and 89 since the founding of the United States in 1776.

Lieutenant Governors of the State of Connecticut
No. Lieutenant Governor Term in office Party Election Governor[b][c]
21 rowspan="20" bgcolor=Template:Federalist Party (United States)/meta/color Matthew Griswold October 10, 1776

May 13, 1784
Federalist 1776   Jonathan Trumbull[d]
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
22 Samuel Huntington May 13, 1784

May 11, 1786
Federalist 1784 rowspan="39" bgcolor=Template:Federalist Party (United States)/meta/color| Matthew Griswold
1785
23 Oliver Wolcott May 11, 1786

January 5, 1796
Federalist 1786 Samuel Huntington
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
[e]
Vacant January 5, 1796

May 12, 1796
Oliver Wolcott
24 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Federalist Party (United States)/meta/color| Jonathan Trumbull Jr. May 12, 1796

December 1, 1796
Federalist 1796
1797
[f]
Vacant December 1, 1796

May 11, 1797
Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
25 rowspan="13" bgcolor=Template:Federalist Party (United States)/meta/color| John Treadwell May 11, 1797

August 7, 1809
Federalist 1797
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
[g]
Vacant August 7, 1809

May 10, 1810
John Treadwell
26 rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Federalist Party (United States)/meta/color| Roger Griswold May 10, 1810

May 9, 1811
Federalist 1810
27 John Cotton Smith May 9, 1811

October 25, 1812
Federalist 1811 Roger Griswold
1812
[h]
Vacant October 25, 1812

May 13, 1813
John Cotton Smith[i]
28 rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Federalist Party (United States)/meta/color| Chauncey Goodrich May 13, 1813

August 18, 1815
Federalist 1813
1814
1815
[j]
Vacant August 18, 1815

May 9, 1816
29 rowspan="1" bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Jonathan Ingersoll [k] May 9, 1816

January 12, 1823
Democratic-
Republican
1816
rowspan="6" bgcolor=Template:Toleration Party/meta/color| Toleration Party 1817 rowspan="11" bgcolor=Template:Toleration Party/meta/color| Oliver Wolcott Jr.
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
[l]
Vacant January 12, 1823

May 7, 1823
30 rowspan="8" bgcolor=Template:Anti-Jacksonian/meta/color| David Plant May 7, 1823

May 2, 1827
National
Republican
1823
1824
1825
1826
31 John Samuel Peters May 2, 1827

March 2, 1831
National
Republican
1827 rowspan="1" bgcolor=Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color| Gideon Tomlinson[m]
1828 rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:National Republican Party/meta/color|
1829
1830
[n]
Vacant March 2, 1831

May 4, 1831
rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Anti-Jacksonian/meta/color| John Samuel Peters
32 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Anti-Jacksonian/meta/color| Thaddeus Betts March 2, 1831

May 1, 1833
National
Republican
1831
1832
33 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Ebenezer Stoddard May 1, 1833

May 7, 1834
Democratic 1833 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Henry W. Edwards
34 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Thaddeus Betts May 7, 1834

May 6, 1835
Whig 1834 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Samuel A. Foot
35 rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Ebenezer Stoddard May 6, 1835

May 2, 1838
Democratic 1835 rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Henry W. Edwards
1836
1837
36 rowspan="4" bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Charles Hawley May 2, 1838

May 4, 1842
Whig 1838 rowspan="4" bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| William W. Ellsworth
1839
1840
1841
37 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| William S. Holabird May 4, 1842

May 1, 1844
Democratic 1842 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
1843
38 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Reuben Booth May 1, 1844

May 6, 1846
Whig 1844 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Roger Sherman Baldwin
1845
39 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Noyes Billings May 6, 1846

May 5, 1847
Democratic 1846 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Isaac Toucey
40 rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Charles J. McCurdy May 5, 1847

May 2, 1849
Whig 1847 rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Clark Bissell
1848
41 Thomas Backus May 2, 1849

May 4, 1850
Whig 1849 Joseph Trumbull
42 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Charles H. Pond May 5, 1850

May 7, 1851
Democratic 1850 rowspan="5" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Thomas H. Seymour[o]
43 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Green Kendrick May 7, 1851

May 7, 1852
Whig 1851
44 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Charles H. Pond May 7, 1852

October 13, 1853
Democratic 1852
1853
[p]
Vacant October 13, 1853

May 3, 1854
Charles H. Pond
45 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Alexander H. Holley May 3, 1854

May 2, 1855
Whig 1854 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Henry Dutton
46 rowspan="1" bgcolor=Template:Free Soil Party/meta/color| William Field May 2, 1855

May 7, 1856
Free Soil 1855 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Know-Nothing/meta/color| William T. Minor
47 rowspan="1" bgcolor=Template:Know-Nothing/meta/color| Albert Day May 7, 1856

May 6, 1857
American 1856
48 rowspan="5" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Alfred A. Burnham May 6, 1857

May 5, 1858
Republican 1857 rowspan="7" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Alexander H. Holley
49 Julius Catlin May 5, 1858

May 1, 1861
Republican 1858 William Alfred Buckingham
1859
1860
50 Benjamin Douglas May 1, 1861

May 7, 1862
Republican 1861
51 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Unionist Party (United States)/meta/color| Roger Averill May 7, 1862

May 2, 1866
Unionist 1862
1863
rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:National Union Party (United States)/meta/color| National Union 1864 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:National Union Party (United States)/meta/color|
1865
52 rowspan="1" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Oliver Winchester May 2, 1866

May 1, 1867
Republican 1866 rowspan="1" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Joseph Roswell Hawley
53 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Ephraim H. Hyde May 1, 1867

May 5, 1869
Democratic 1867 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| James E. English
1868
54 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Francis Wayland III May 5, 1869

May 4, 1870
Republican 1869 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Marshall Jewell
55 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Julius Hotchkiss May 4, 1870

May 16, 1871
Democratic 1870 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| James E. English
56 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Morris Tyler May 16, 1871

May 7, 1873
Republican 1871 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Marshall Jewell
1872
57 rowspan="4" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| George G. Sill May 7, 1873

January 3, 1887
Democratic 1873 rowspan="4" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Charles Roberts Ingersoll
1874
1875
[q]
58 Francis Loomis January 3, 1877

January 9, 1879
Democratic 1876
[r]
Richard D. Hubbard
59 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| David Gallup January 9, 1879

January 5, 1881
Republican 1878 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Charles B. Andrews
60 William H. Bulkeley January 5, 1881

January 3, 1883
Republican 1880 Hobart B. Bigelow
61 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| George G. Sumner January 3, 1883

January 8, 1885
Democratic 1882 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Thomas M. Waller
62 rowspan="4" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Lorrin A. Cooke January 8, 1885

January 7, 1887
Republican 1884 rowspan="4" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Henry Baldwin Harrison
63 James L. Howard January 7, 1887

January 10, 1889
Republican 1886 Phineas C. Lounsbury
64 Samuel E. Merwin January 10, 1889

January 4, 1893
Republican 1888 Morgan Bulkeley[s]
1890
65 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Ernest Cady January 4, 1893

January 9, 1895
Democratic 1892 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Luzon B. Morris
66 rowspan="8" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Lorrin A. Cooke January 9, 1895

January 6, 1897
Republican 1894 rowspan="9" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Owen Vincent Coffin
67 James D. Dewell January 6, 1897

January 4, 1899
Republican 1896 Lorrin A. Cooke
68 Lyman A. Mills January 4, 1899

January 9, 1901
Republican 1898 George E. Lounsbury
69 Edwin O. Keeler January 9, 1901

January 7, 1903
Republican 1900 George P. McLean
70 Henry Roberts January 7, 1903

January 4, 1905
Republican 1902 Abiram Chamberlain
71 Rollin S. Woodruff January 4, 1905

January 9, 1907
Republican 1904 Henry Roberts
72 Everett J. Lake January 9, 1907

January 9, 1909
Republican 1906 Rollin S. Woodruff
73 Frank B. Weeks January 6, 1909

April 21, 1909
Republican 1908
[t]
George L. Lilley
Vacant April 21, 1909

January 4, 1911
Frank B. Weeks
74 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Dennis A. Blakeslee January 4, 1911

January 8, 1913
Republican 1910 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Simeon Eben Baldwin[o]
75 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Lyman T. Tingier January 8, 1913

January 6, 1915
Democratic 1912
76 rowspan="11" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Clifford B. Wilson January 6, 1915

January 5, 1921
Republican 1914 rowspan="9" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Marcus H. Holcomb
1916
1918
77 Charles A. Templeton January 5, 1921

January 3, 1923
Republican 1920 Everett J. Lake
78 Hiram Bingham III January 3, 1923

January 7, 1925
Republican 1922 Charles A. Templeton
79 John H. Trumbull January 7, 1925

January 8, 1925
Republican 1924
[u]
Hiram Bingham III
80 J. Edwin Brainard January 8, 1925

January 9, 1929
Republican John H. Trumbull
1926
81 Ernest E. Rogers January 9, 1929

January 7, 1931
Republican 1928
82 Samuel R. Spencer January 7, 1931

January 4, 1933
Republican 1930 rowspan="4" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Wilbur Lucius Cross[o]
83 Roy C. Wilcox January 4, 1933

January 9, 1935
Republican 1932
84 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| T. Frank Hayes January 9, 1935

January 4, 1939
Democratic 1934
1936
85 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| James L. McConaughy January 4, 1939

January 8, 1941
Republican 1938 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Raymond E. Baldwin
86 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Odell Shepard January 8, 1941

January 6, 1943
Democratic 1940 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Robert A. Hurley
87 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| William L. Hadden January 6, 1943

January 3, 1945
Republican 1942 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Raymond E. Baldwin[v]
88 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Charles Wilbert Snow January 3, 1945

December 27, 1946
Democratic 1944
[w]
Vacant December 27, 1946

January 8, 1947
bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Charles Wilbert Snow
89 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| James C. Shannon January 8, 1947

March 7, 1948
Republican 1946
[x]
rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| James L. McConaughy
90 Robert E. Parsons March 7, 1948

January 5, 1949
Republican James C. Shannon
91 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| William T. Carroll January 5, 1949

January 3, 1951
Democratic 1948 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Chester Bowles
92 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Edward N. Allen January 3, 1951

January 5, 1955
Republican 1950
[y]
bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John Davis Lodge
93 rowspan="1" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Charles W. Jewett January 5, 1955

January 7, 1959
Republican 1954 rowspan="6" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Abraham Ribicoff
94 rowspan="5" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| John N. Dempsey January 7, 1959

January 21, 1961
Democratic 1958
[z]
95 Anthony J. Armentano January 21, 1961

January 9, 1963
Democratic John N. Dempsey
96 Samuel J. Tedesco January 9, 1963

January 15, 1966
Democratic 1962
[aa]
97 Fred J. Doocy January 15, 1966

January 4, 1967
Democratic
98 Attilio R. Frassinelli January 4, 1967

January 6, 1971
Democratic 1966
99 rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| T. Clark Hull January 6, 1971

June 1, 1973
Republican 1970
[ab]
rowspan="2" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Thomas Meskill
100 Peter L. Cashman June 1, 1973

January 8, 1975
Republican
101 rowspan="5" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Robert K. Killian January 8, 1975

January 3, 1979
Democratic 1974 rowspan="5" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Ella Grasso
102 William A. O'Neill January 3, 1979

December 31, 1980
Democratic 1978
[ac]
103 Joseph J. Fauliso December 31, 1980

January 9, 1991
Democratic William A. O'Neill
1982
1986
104 bgcolor=Template:A Connecticut Party/meta/color| Eunice Groark January 9, 1991

January 4, 1995
A Connecticut Party 1990 bgcolor=Template:A Connecticut Party/meta/color| Lowell Weicker
105 rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Jodi Rell January 4, 1995

July 1, 2004
Republican 1994 rowspan="5" bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| John G. Rowland
1998
2002
[ad]
106 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Kevin Sullivan July 1, 2004

January 3, 2007
Democratic Jodi Rell
107 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Michael Fedele January 3, 2007

January 5, 2011
Republican 2006
108 rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Nancy Wyman January 5, 2011

January 9, 2019
Democratic 2010 rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Dannel Malloy
2014
109 Susan Bysiewicz January 9, 2019

Present
Democratic 2018
[ae]
Ned Lamont

Notes

  1. ^ Robert Treat's non-consecutive terms are counted as two separate terms, as is the case for all lieutenant governors hereafter.[1]
  2. ^ The office of Lieutenant Governor was known as Deputy-Governor under the colonial charter, but the name 'Lieutenant Governor' was predominantly used after independence.[2]
  3. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  4. ^ Represented no party.
  5. ^ Huntington died and Wolcott acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  6. ^ Wolcott died and Trumbull acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  7. ^ Trumbull died and Treadwell acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  8. ^ Griswold died and Smith acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  9. ^ Represented the Federalist Party.
  10. ^ Smith died in office; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
  11. ^ Represented the Democratic-Republican Party in his first year, and the Toleration Party after that.
  12. ^ Ingersoll died in office; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
  13. ^ Represented the Democratic-Republican Party in his first year, and the National Republican Party after that.
  14. ^ Tomlinson resigned and Peters acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  15. ^ a b c Represented the Democratic Party.
  16. ^ Seymour resigned and Pond acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  17. ^ This term was lengthened by 7 months due to a constitutional amendment moving the election schedule.
  18. ^ First term under a constitutional amendment which lengthened terms to two years.
  19. ^ Morgan Bulkeley 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.[3]
  20. ^ Lilley died and Weeks acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  21. ^ Bingham resigned and Trumbull acted as governor for the remainder of the term; as president pro tempore of the senate, Brainard succeeded Trumbull.
  22. ^ Represented the Republican Party.
  23. ^ Baldwin resigned and Snow acted as governor; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
  24. ^ McConaughy died and Shannon acted as governor; as president pro tempore of the senate, Parsons succeeded Shannon.
  25. ^ First term under a constitution amendment which lengthened terms to four years.
  26. ^ Ribicoff resigned and Dempsey acted as governor for the remainder of his term; as president pro tempore of the senate, Armentano succeeded Dempsey.
  27. ^ Tedesco resigned to take a seat on the Connecticut Superior Court; as president pro tempore of the senate, Doocy succeeded him.
  28. ^ Hull resigned to take a seat on the Connecticut Superior Court; as president pro tempore of the senate, Cashman succeeded him.
  29. ^ Grasso resigned and O'Neill succeeded her; as president pro tempore of the senate, Fauliso succeeded O'Neill.
  30. ^ Rowland resigned and Rell succeeded him; as president pro tempore of the senate, Sullivan succeeded Rell.
  31. ^ Bysiewicz's first term expires on January 4, 2023.

References

Constitutions
  • "Constitution of the State of Connecticut". Connecticut State Library. 1965. Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
  • "Constitution of the State of Connecticut". Secretary of the State of Connecticut. 1818. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
  • "Charter of the Colony of Connecticut". National Humanities Institute. 1662. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
Specific
  1. ^ "Deputy or Lieutenant Governors". Connecticut Secretary of State. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. ^ 1662 Charter
  3. ^ "Morgan Gardner Bulkeley". National Governors Association. Retrieved August 29, 2016.