Connecticut's 2nd congressional district

Connecticut's 2nd Congressional District is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in the eastern part of the state, the district includes all of New London County, Tolland County, and Windham County, along with parts of Hartford, Middlesex, and New Haven counties.

Principal cities include: Enfield, Norwich, New London, and Old Saybrook.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Joe Courtney.

Towns in the District

Hartford County – Enfield, Glastonbury (part), Marlborough, and Suffield.

Middlesex County – Chester, Clinton, Deep River, East Haddam, East Hampton, Essex, Haddam, Killingworth, Old Saybrook, and Westbrook.

New Haven County – Madison.

New London County – Bozrah, Colchester, East Lyme, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, and Waterford.

Tolland County – Andover, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, Ellington, Hebron, Mansfield, Somers, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, and Willington.

Windham County – Ashford, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Eastford, Hampton, Killingly, Plainfield, Pomfret, Putnam, Scotland, Sterling, Thompson, Windham, and Woodstock.

Voter Registration

Recent presidential elections

Recent elections

1992

1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years of Service	Hometown	Note
District organized from Connecticut's At-large congressional district in 1837
Samuel Ingham	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	Essex	Lost Re-election
William L. Storrs	Whig	March 4, 1839 – June, 1840	Middletown	Resigned/Appointed Associate Justice of CT Supreme Court
Vacant		June, 1840 – December 7, 1840
William Whiting Boardman	Whig	December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1843	New Haven	Retired
John Stewart	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	Chatham	Lost Re-election
Samuel Dickinson Hubbard	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	Middletown	Retired
Walter Booth	Free Soil	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	Meriden	Lost Re-election
Colin M. Ingersoll	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	New Haven	Retired
John Woodruff	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	New Haven	Lost Re-election
Samuel Arnold	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	Haddam	Retired
John Woodruff	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	New Haven	Retired
James E. English	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865	New Haven	Retired
Samuel L. Warner	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	Middletown	Retired
Julius Hotchkiss	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	Waterbury	Retired
Stephen Wright Kellogg	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	Waterbury	Lost Re-election
James Phelps	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	Essex	Retired
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	New Haven	Retired
Carlos French	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	Seymour	Retired
Washington F. Willcox	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	Chester	Retired
James P. Pigott	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	New Haven	Lost Re-election
Nehemiah D. Sperry	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1911	New Haven	Retired
Thomas L. Reilly	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Meriden	Re-districted to 3rd District
Bryan F. Mahan	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	New London	Lost Re-election
Richard P. Freeman	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933	New London	Lost Re-election
William L. Higgins	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937	Coventry	Lost Re-election
William J. Fitzgerald	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	Norwich	Lost Re-election
Thomas R. Ball	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	Old Lyme	Lost Re-election
William J. Fitzgerald	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	Norwich	Lost Re-election
John D. McWilliams	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	Norwich	Lost Re-election
Chase G. Woodhouse	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	Sprague	Lost Re-election
Horace Seely-Brown, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	Pomfret	Lost Re-election
Chase G. Woodhouse	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	Sprague	Lost Re-election
Horace Seely-Brown, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959	Pomfret	Lost Re-election
Chester Bowles	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	Essex	Appointed Under Secretary of State
Horace Seely-Brown, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	Pomfret	Unsuccessful candidate for US Senate
William St. Onge	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – May 1, 1970	Putnam	Died
Vacant		May 1, 1970 – November 3, 1970
Robert H. Steele	Republican	November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1975	Vernon	Unsuccessful candidate for Governor
Chris Dodd	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	Norwich	Elected to US Senate
Sam Gejdenson	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2001	Bozrah	Lost Re-election
Rob Simmons	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007	Stonington	Lost Re-election
Joe Courtney	Democratic	January 3, 2007 –	Vernon	Incumbent

The district from 2003 to 2013

Living former Members

As of June 2016, there are four living former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 2nd congressional district.

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 41°39′13″N 72°12′23″W / 41.65361°N 72.20639°W / 41.65361; -72.20639