List of United States senators from Connecticut
Appearance
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 1Class 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 | Class 3Class 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 | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | Oliver Ellsworth |
Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796 |
Elected in 1788. | 1 | 1st | 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 | 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 | ||||||||||||
July 23, 1793 – December 2, 1793 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to finish Sherman's term. Retired. |
December 2, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
Pro- Administration |
Stephen Mix Mitchell |
3 | ||||||||
4th | 2 | Elected in 1794. 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 | ||||||||||
6th | ||||||||||||
7th | 3 | Re-elected in 1801. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1803. | 4 | 8th | ||||||||||
9th | ||||||||||||
10th | 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 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
13th | 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 | ||||||||||
15th | ||||||||||||
16th | 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 | ||||||
Jackson Democratic- Republican |
18th | 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 | 7 | March 4, 1825 – May 4, 1825 |
Vacant | ||||||||
Elected late to complete Lanman's term. [data missing] |
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 | Adams | |||||
Anti-Jacksonian | 21st | Anti- Jacksonian | ||||||||||
22nd | 8 | Elected in 1831. [data missing] |
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 | ||||||
24th | ||||||||||||
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 | 9 | Elected in 1837. [data missing] |
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 | ||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
28th | 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 | ||||||||||
30th | ||||||||||||
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 missing] | ||||||||
31st | 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 | |||||||||
12 | Isaac Toucey |
Democratic | May 12, 1852 – March 3, 1857 |
Elected late in 1852. Retired. | ||||||||
33rd | ||||||||||||
Elected to finish Smith's term. Retired. |
May 24, 1854 – March 3, 1855 |
Free Soil | Francis Gillette |
14 | ||||||||
34th | 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 | ||||||
36th | ||||||||||||
37th | 13 | Re-elected in 1860. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1863. Lost re-election. |
14 | 38th | ||||||||||
39th | ||||||||||||
40th | 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. Died. |
15 | 41st | ||||||
42nd | ||||||||||||
43rd | 15 | Re-elected in 1872. Died. | ||||||||||
15 | William W. Eaton |
Democratic | February 5, 1875 – March 3, 1881 |
Appointed to finish Buckingham's term, having been elected to the next term | ||||||||
Elected in 1874. | 16 | 44th | ||||||||||
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 missing] |
May 18, 1876 – March 3, 1879 |
Democratic | William Henry Barnum |
18 | ||||||||
45th | ||||||||||||
46th | 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 | ||||||
48th | ||||||||||||
49th | 17 | Re-elected in 1885. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1887. | 18 | 50th | ||||||||||
51st | ||||||||||||
52nd | 18 | Re-elected in 1891. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1893. | 19 | 53rd | ||||||||||
54th | ||||||||||||
55th | 19 | Re-elected in 1897. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1899. Retired. |
20 | 56th | ||||||||||
57th | ||||||||||||
58th | 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 | ||||||
60th | ||||||||||||
61st | 21 | Re-elected in 1908. | ||||||||||
18 | George P. McLean |
Republican | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1929 |
Elected in 1911. | 22 | 62nd | ||||||
63rd | ||||||||||||
64th | 22 | Re-elected in 1914. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916. | 23 | 65th | ||||||||||
66th | ||||||||||||
67th | 23 | Re-elected in 1920. Died. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1922. Retired. |
24 | 68th | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
70th | 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 | ||||||
72nd | ||||||||||||
73rd | 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 | ||||||
75th | ||||||||||||
76th | 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 | ||||||||||
78th | ||||||||||||
79th | 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 | ||||||||||
81st | ||||||||||||
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 | 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 | ||||||
84th | ||||||||||||
85th | 29 | Re-elected in 1956. Retired. | ||||||||||
25 | Thomas J. Dodd |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 |
Elected in 1958. | 30 | 86th | ||||||
87th | ||||||||||||
88th | 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 | ||||||||||
90th | ||||||||||||
91st | 31 | Re-elected in 1968. | ||||||||||
26 | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. |
Republican | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989 |
Elected in 1970. | 32 | 92nd | ||||||
93rd | ||||||||||||
94th | 32 | Re-elected in 1974. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. | 33 | 95th | ||||||||||
96th | ||||||||||||
97th | 33 | Elected in 1980. | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011 |
Democratic | Chris Dodd |
28 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1982. Lost re-election. |
34 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | ||||||||||||
100th | 34 | Re-elected in 1986. | ||||||||||
27 | Joseph Lieberman |
Democratic | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013 |
Elected in 1988. | 35 | 101st | ||||||
102nd | ||||||||||||
103rd | 35 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 36 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | ||||||||||||
106th | 36 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 37 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | ||||||||||||
109th | 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 | |||||||||
111th | ||||||||||||
112th | 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 | ||||||
114th | ||||||||||||
115th | 39 | To be determined in the 2016 election. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 40 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Connecticut
As of January 2016[update], there are three former U.S. Senators from Connecticut who are currently living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 3.
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