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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)
Roger Ludlow 1639–1640
John Haynes 1640–1641
George Wyllys 1641–1642
Roger Ludlow 1642–1643
Edward Hopkins 1643–1644
John Haynes 1644–1645
Edward Hopkins 1645–1646
John Haynes 1646–1647
Edward Hopkins 1647–1648
Roger Ludlow 1648–1649
Edward Hopkins 1649–1650
John Haynes 1650–1651
Edward Hopkins 1651–1652
John Haynes 1652–1653
Edward Hopkins 1653
Thomas Welles 1654
John Webster 1655
Thomas Welles 1656–1657
John Winthrop 1658–1659
John Mason 1660–1669
William Leete 1669–1676
Robert Treat 1676–1683
James Bishop 1683–1692
William Jones 1692–1698
Robert Treat 1698–1708
Nathan Gold 1708–1724
Joseph Talcott 1724–1725
Jonathan Law 1725–1741
Roger Wolcott 1741–1750
Thomas Fitch 1750–1754
William Pitkin 1754–1766
Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. 1766–1769
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 108 Lieutenant Governors in the history of Connecticut and 88 since the founding of the United States in 1776.
Parties
A Connecticut
Democratic
Federalist
Democratic-Republican
National Republican
Free Soil
Republican
Whig
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Lt. Governor
Took Office
Left Office
Party
Governor (s) served under
1
Matthew Griswold
1776
1784
Federalist
Jonathan Trumbull
2
Samuel Huntington
1784
1786
Federalist
Matthew Griswold
3
Oliver Wolcott
1786
1796
Federalist
Samuel Huntington
4
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
1796
1797
Federalist
Oliver Wolcott
5
John Treadwell
1797
1809
Federalist
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
6
Roger Griswold
1809
1811
Federalist
John Treadwell
7
John Cotton Smith
1811
1813
Federalist
Roger Griswold
8
Chauncey Goodrich
1813
1815
Federalist
John Cotton Smith
9
Jonathan Ingersoll
1816
1823
Democratic-Republican
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
10
David Plant
1823
1827
National Republican
11
John Samuel Peters
1827
1831
National Republican
Gideon Tomlinson
12
Thaddeus Betts
1831
1833
Whig
John Samuel Peters
13
Ebenezer Stoddard
1833
1834
Democratic-Republican
Henry W. Edwards
14
Thaddeus Betts
1834
1835
Whig
Samuel A. Foot
15
Ebenezer Stoddard
1835
1838
Democratic-Republican
Henry W. Edwards
16
Charles Hawley
1838
1842
Whig
William W. Ellsworth
17
William S. Holabird
1842
1844
Democratic
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
18
Reuben Booth
1844
1846
Whig
Roger Sherman Baldwin
19
Noyes Billings
1846
1847
Democratic
Isaac Toucey
20
Charles J. McCurdy
1847
1849
Whig
Clark Bissell
21
Thomas Backus
1849
1850
Democratic
Joseph Trumbull
22
Charles H. Pond
1850
1851
Democratic
Thomas H. Seymour
23
Green Kendrick
1851
1852
Whig
24
Charles H. Pond
1852
1853
Democratic
Vacant
1853
1854
25
Alexander H. Holley
1854
1855
Whig
Henry Dutton
26
William Field
1855
1856
Free Soil
William T. Minor
27
Albert Day
1856
1857
Free Soil
28
Alfred A. Burnham
1857
1858
Republican
Alexander H. Holley
29
Julius Catlin
1858
1861
Republican
William A. Buckingham
30
Benjamin Douglas
1861
1862
Republican
31
Roger Averill
1862
1866
Republican
32
Oliver F. Winchester
1866
1867
Republican
Joseph R. Hawley
33
Ephraim H. Hyde
1867
1869
Democratic
James E. English
34
Francis Wayland III
1869
1870
Republican
Marshall Jewell
35
Julius Hotchkiss
1870
1871
Democratic
James E. English
36
Morris Tyler
1871
1873
Republican
Marshall Jewell
37
George G. Sill
1873
1877
Democratic
Charles R. Ingersoll
38
Francis Loomis
1877
1879
Democratic
Richard D. Hubbard
39
David Gallup
1879
1881
Republican
Charles B. Andrews
40
William H. Bulkeley
1881
1883
Republican
Hobart B. Bigelow
41
George G. Sumner
1883
1885
Democratic
Thomas M. Waller
42
Lorrin A. Cooke
1885
1887
Republican
Henry B. Harrison
43
James L. Howard
1887
1889
Republican
Phineas C. Lounsbury
44
Samuel E. Merwin
1889
1893
Republican
Morgan G. Bulkeley
45
Ernest Cady
1893
1895
Democratic
Luzon B. Morris
46
Lorrin A. Cooke
1895
1897
Republican
Owen Vincent Coffin
47
James D. Dewell
1897
1899
Republican
Lorrin A. Cooke
48
Lyman A. Mills
1899
1901
Republican
George E. Lounsbury
49
Edwin O. Keeler
1901
1903
Republican
George P. McLean
50
Henry Roberts
1903
1905
Republican
Abiram Chamberlain
51
Rollin S. Woodruff
1905
1907
Republican
Henry Roberts
52
Everett J. Lake
1907
1909
Republican
Rollin S. Woodruff
53
Frank B. Weeks
1909
1909
Republican
George L. Lilley
Vacant
1909
1911
54
Dennis A. Blakeslee
1911
1913
Republican
Simeon E. Baldwin
55
Lyman T. Tingier
1913
1915
Democratic
56
Clifford B. Wilson
1915
1921
Republican
Marcus H. Holcomb
57
Charles A. Templeton
1921
1923
Republican
Everett J. Lake
58
Hiram Bingham
1923
1925
Republican
Charles A. Templeton
59
John H. Trumbull
1925
1925
Republican
Hiram Bingham III
60
J. Edwin Brainard
1925
1929
Republican
John H. Trumbull
61
Ernest E. Rogers
1929
1931
Republican
62
Samuel R. Spencer
1931
1933
Republican
Wilbur Lucius Cross
63
Roy C. Wilcox
1933
1935
Republican
64
T. Frank Hayes
1935
1939
Democratic
65
James L. McConaughy
1939
1941
Republican
Raymond E. Baldwin
66
Odell Shepard
1941
1943
Democratic
Robert A. Hurley
67
William L. Hadden
1943
1945
Republican
Raymond E. Baldwin
68
Charles Wilbert Snow
1945
1946
Democratic
Vacant
1946
1947
69
James C. Shannon
1947
1948
Republican
James L. McConaughy
70
Robert E. Parsons
1948
1949
Republican
James C. Shannon
71
William T. Carroll
1949
1951
Democratic
Chester Bowles
72
Edward N. Allen
1951
1955
Republican
John Davis Lodge
73
Charles W. Jewett
1955
1959
Democratic
Abraham A. Ribicoff
74
John N. Dempsey
1959
1961
Democratic
75
Anthony J. Armentano
1961
1963
Democratic
John N. Dempsey
76
Samuel J. Tedesco
1963
1966
Democratic
77
Fred J. Doocy
1966
1967
Democratic
78
Attilio R. Frassinelli
1967
1971
Democratic
79
T. Clark Hull
1971
1973
Republican
Thomas J. Meskill
80
Peter L. Cashman
June 7, 1973
January 8, 1975
Republican
81
Robert K. Killian
January 8, 1975
January 3, 1979
Democratic
Ella T. Grasso
82
William A. O’Neill
January 3, 1979
December 31, 1980
Democratic
83
Joseph J. Fauliso
December 31, 1980
January 9, 1991
Democratic
William A. O’Neill
84
Eunice S. Groark
January 9, 1991
January 4, 1995
A Connecticut Party
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
85
M. Jodi Rell
January 4, 1995
July 1, 2004
Republican
John G. Rowland
86
Kevin B. Sullivan
July 1, 2004
January 3, 2007
Democratic
M. Jodi Rell
87
Michael Fedele
January 3, 2007
January 5, 2011
Republican
88
Nancy Wyman
January 5, 2011
present
Democratic
Dannel Malloy
As of January 2016[update] , six former U.S. lieutenant governors of Connecticut are alive. The most recent death of a former U.S. lieutenant governor of Connecticut was that of Joseph J. Fauliso (served 1980-1991, born 1916), who died on August 20, 2014.
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States Insular areas Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon, Wyoming, and Puerto Rico do not have lieutenant governors.
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