Connecticut House of Representatives
Connecticut House of Representatives | |
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Connecticut General Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 5, 2017 |
Leadership | |
Speaker of the House | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 151 |
Political groups |
Majority Minority |
Length of term | 2 years |
Authority | Article III, Section 1, Connecticut Constitution |
Salary | $28,000/year |
Elections | |
Last election |
November 8, 2016 (151 seats) |
Next election |
November 6, 2018 (151 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative Control |
Meeting place | |
House of Representatives Chamber Connecticut State Capitol Hartford, Connecticut | |
Website | |
Connecticut House of Representatives |
The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The House convenes within the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford.
History
The House of Representatives has its basis in the earliest incarnation of the General Assembly, the "General Corte" established in 1636 whose membership was divided between six generally elected magistrates (the predecessor of the Connecticut Senate) and three-member "committees" representing each of the three towns of the Connecticut Colony (Hartford, Wethersfield, and Windsor). The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, adopted in 1639, replaced the committees with deputies; each town would elect three or four deputies for six-month terms. Although the magistrates and deputies sat together, they voted separately and in 1645 it was decreed that a measure had to have the approval of both groups in order to pass. The Charter of 1662 reduced the number of deputies per town to no more than two, and also changed the title of the legislature to the General Assembly. It was in 1698 that the General Assembly divided itself into its current bicameral form, with the twelve assistants (that replaced the magistrates) as the Council (which became the Senate in the 1818 constitution) and the deputies as the House of Representatives, which began electing the Speaker to preside over it. The terms of representatives were raised to two years in 1884.[1]
Leadership of the House
The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through the passage of a House resolution. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also its chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber.
The current Speaker is Joe Aresimowicz of the 30th House District (Berlin). The Majority Leader is Matthew Ritter of the 1st House District (Hartford). The Minority Leader is Republican Themis Klarides of the 114th House District (Woodbridge, Orange, and Derby).
Position | Representative | District | |
---|---|---|---|
Speaker | Joe Aresimowicz | 30 | |
Majority Leader | Matthew Ritter | 1 | |
Minority Leader | Themis Klarides | 114 |
Composition of the House of Representatives
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | ||
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Democratic | Republican | Vacant | ||
End of Previous Legislature: '15-'17 | 86 | 64 | 151 | 1 |
Begin 2017[2] | 78 | 72 | 150 | 1 |
February 28, 2017[3] | 71 | 149 | 2 | |
April 25, 2017[4] | 79 | 72 | 151 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 52.3% | 47.7% |
Listing of members
Current members of the Connecticut House of Representatives, as of April 15, 2015.
District | Name[5] | Party | Home city/town | First elected | Cities/towns represented |
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1 | Matthew Ritter | Dem | Hartford | 2010 | Hartford (part) |
2 | William Duff | Rep | Bethel | 2016 | Bethel (part), Danbury (part), Newtown (part), Redding (part) |
3 | Minnie Gonzalez | Dem | Hartford | 1996 | Hartford (part) |
4 | Angel Arce | Dem | Hartford | 2012 | Hartford (part) |
5 | Brandon McGee | Dem | Hartford | 2012 | Hartford (part), Windsor (part) |
6 | Edwin Vargas | Dem | Hartford | 2012 | Hartford (part) |
7 | Joshua M. Hall | Dem | 2017 | Hartford (part) | |
8 | Timothy Ackert | Rep | Coventry | 2010 | Columbia, Coventry, Tolland (part), Vernon (part) |
9 | Jason Rojas | Dem | East Hartford | 2008 | East Hartford (part), Manchester (part) |
10 | Henry Genga | Dem | East Hartford | 2006 | East Hartford (part) |
11 | Jeffrey Currey | Dem | East Hartford | 2014 | East Hartford (part), Manchester (part), South Windsor (part) |
12 | Kelly Luxenberg | Dem | Manchester | 2014 | Manchester (part) |
13 | Mark Tweedie | Rep | Manchester | 2014 | Glastonbury (part), Manchester (part) |
14 | Tom Delnicki | Rep | South Windsor | 2016 | South Windsor (part) |
15 | Dave Baram | Dem | Bloomfield | 2009 | Bloomfield, Windsor (part) |
16 | John K. Hampton | Dem | Simsbury | 2012 | Simsbury |
17 | Timothy LeGeyt | Rep | Canton | 2008 | Avon (part), Canton |
18 | Andy Fleischmann | Dem | West Hartford | 1994 | West Hartford (part) |
19 | Derek Slap | Dem | West Hartford | 2016 | Avon (part), Farmington (part), West Hartford (part) |
20 | Joseph Verrengia | Dem | West Hartford | 2011 | West Hartford (part) |
21 | Mike Demicco | Dem | Farmington | 2012 | Farmington (part) |
22 | William Petit | Rep | Plainville | 2016 | New Britain (part), Plainville |
23 | Devin Carney | Rep | Old Saybrook | 2014 | Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Westbrook (part) |
24 | Rick Lopes | Dem | New Britain | 2012 | New Britain (part), Newington (part) |
25 | Bobby Sanchez | Dem | New Britain | 2011 | New Britain (part) |
26 | Peter Tercyak | Dem | New Britain | 2003 | New Britain (part) |
27 | Gary Byron | Rep | Newington | 2014 | Newington (part) |
28 | Russell Morin | Dem | Wethersfield | 2006 | Wethersfield (part) |
29 | Antonio Guerrera | Dem | Rocky Hill | 2001 | Newington (part), Rocky Hill, Wethersfield (part) |
30 | Joe Aresimowicz | Dem | Berlin | 2004 | Berlin (part), Southington (part) |
31 | Prasad Srinivasan | Rep | Glastonbury | 2010 | Glastonbury (part) |
32 | Christie Carpino | Rep | Cromwell | 2010 | Cromwell, Portland |
33 | Joseph Serra | Dem | Middletown | 1992 | Middletown (part) |
34 | Melissa Ziobron | Rep | East Hampton | 2012 | Colchester (part), East Haddam, East Hampton |
35 | Jesse Maclachlan | Rep | Westbrook | 2014 | Clinton, Killingworth, Westbrook (part) |
36 | Bob Siegrist | Rep | Haddam | 2016 | Chester, Deep River, Essex, Haddam |
37 | Holly Cheeseman | Rep | Niantic | 2016 | East Lyme, Salem |
38 | Kathleen McCarty | Rep | Waterford | 2014 | Montville (part), Waterford |
39 | Chris Soto | Dem | New London | 2016 | New London (part) |
40 | Christine Conley | Dem | Groton | 2016 | Groton (part), Ledyard (part) |
41 | Joe delaCruz | Dem | Groton | 2016 | Groton (part), New London (part) |
42 | Mike France | Rep | Ledyard | 2014 | Ledyard (part), Montville (part), Preston |
43 | Diana Urban | Dem | North Stonington | 2000 | North Stonington, Stonington |
44 | Anne Dauphianais | Rep | Killingly | 2016 | Killingly (part), Plainfield (part) |
45 | Kevin Skulczyck | Rep | Griswold | 2016 | Griswold, Lisbon (part), Plainfield (part), Sterling, Voluntown |
46 | Emmett Riley | Dem | Norwich | 2002 | Norwich (part) |
47 | Doug Dubitsky | Rep | Canterbury | 2014 | Canterbury, Chaplin, Franklin, Hampton, Lisbon (part), Lebanon (part), Norwich (part), Scotland, Sprague |
48 | Linda Orange | Dem | Colchester | 1996 | Colchester(part), Lebanon (part), Mansfield (part), Windham (part) |
49 | Susan Johnson | Dem | Windham | 2008 | Windham (part) |
50 | Patrick Boyd | Dem | Pomfret | 2016 | Brooklyn, Eastford, Pomfret, Union, Woodstock |
51 | Daniel Rovero | Dem | Dayville | 2010 | Killingly (part), Putnam, Thompson |
52 | Kurt Vail | Rep | Stafford | 2014 | Somers, Stafford |
53 | Sam Belsito | Rep | Tolland | 2013 | Ashford, Tolland (part), Willington |
54 | Gregory Haddad | Dem | Mansfield | 2010 | Mansfield (part) |
55 | Robin Green | Rep | Marlborough | 2016 | Andover, Bolton, Hebron, Marlborough |
56 | Mike Winkler | Dem | Vernon | 2016 | Vernon (part) |
57 | Christopher Davis | Rep | Broad Brook | 2010 | East Windsor (part), Ellington |
58 | Gregory Stokes | Rep | Enfield | 2016 | Enfield (part) |
59 | Carol Hall | Rep | Enfield | 2016 | East Windsor (part), Enfield (part) |
60 | Scott Storms | Rep | Windsor Locks | 2016 | Windsor (part), Windsor Locks |
61 | Tami Zawistowski | Rep | Suffield | 2014 | East Granby, Suffield, Windsor (part) |
62 | William Simanski | Rep | Granby | 2010 | Barkhamsted, Granby, Hartland, New Hartford |
63 | Jay Case | Rep | Colebrook | 2012 | Colebrook, Goshen (part), Torrington (part), Winchester |
64 | Brian M. Ohler | Rep | North Canaan | 2016 | Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen (part), Kent, Norfolk, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Torrington (part) |
65 | Michelle Cook | Dem | Torrington | 2008 | Torrington (part) |
66 | David Wilson | Rep | Litchfield | 2016 | Bethlehem, Litchfield (part), Morris, Warren, Woodbury (part) |
67 | Bill Buckbee | Rep | New Milford | 2016 | New Milford (part) |
68 | Joseph Polletta | Rep | Watertown | 2017 | Watertown, Woodbury (part) |
69 | Arthur O'Neill | Rep | Southbury | 1988 | Bridgewater, Roxbury, Southbury (part), Washington |
70 | Rosa Rebimbas | Rep | Naugatuck | 2009 | Naugatuck (part) |
71 | Anthony D'Amelio | Rep | Waterbury | 1996 | Middlebury, Waterbury (part) |
72 | Larry Butler | Dem | Waterbury | 2006 | Waterbury (part) |
73 | Jeffrey Berger | Dem | Waterbury | 2000 | Waterbury (part) |
74 | Stephanie Cummings | Rep | Waterbury | 2016 | Waterbury (part) |
75 | Geraldo Reyes Jr. | Dem | Waterbury | 2016 | Waterbury (part) |
76 | John Piscopo | Rep | Thomaston | 1988 | Burlington, Harwinton, Litchfield (part), Thomaston |
77 | Cara Pavalock-D'Amato | Rep | Bristol | 2014 | Bristol (part) |
78 | Whit Betts | Rep | Bristol | 2010 | Bristol (part), Plymouth |
79 | Chris Ziogas | Dem | Bristol | 2016 | Bristol (part) |
80 | Robert Sampson | Rep | Wolcott | 2010 | Wolcott, Southington (part) |
81 | John Fusco | Rep | Southington | 2016 | Southington (part) |
82 | Emil "Buddy" Altobello | Dem | Meriden | 1994 | Meriden (part), Middlefield |
83 | Catherine Abercrombie | Dem | Meriden | 2005 | Berlin (part), Meriden (part) |
84 | Hilda Santiago | Dem | Meriden | 2012 | Meriden (part) |
85 | Mary Mushinsky | Dem | Wallingford | 1980 | Wallingford (part) |
86 | Vincent Candelora | Rep | North Branford | 2006 | Durham (part), Guilford (part), North Branford, Wallingford (part) |
87 | Dave Yaccarino | Rep | North Haven | 2010 | North Haven |
88 | Josh Elliot | Dem | Hamden | 2017 | Hamden (part) |
89 | Lezlye Zupkus | Rep | Prospect | 2012 | Bethany, Cheshire (part), Prospect |
90 | Craig Fishbein | Rep | Wallingford | 2016 | Cheshire (part), Wallingford (part) |
91 | Mike D'Agostino | Dem | Hamden | 2012 | Hamden (part) |
92 | Patricia Dillon | Dem | New Haven | 1984 | New Haven (part) |
93 | Toni Walker | Dem | New Haven | 2001 | New Haven (part) |
94 | Robyn Porter | Dem | New Haven | 2014 | Hamden (part), New Haven (part) |
95 | Juan Candelaria | Dem | New Haven | 2002 | New Haven (part) |
96 | Roland Lemar | Dem | New Haven | 2010 | East Haven (part), New Haven (part) |
97 | Robert Megna | Dem | New Haven | 2000 | New Haven (part) |
98 | Sean Scanlon | Dem | Guilford | 2014 | Branford (part), Guilford (part) |
99 | James Albis | Dem | East Haven | 2011 | East Haven (part) |
100 | Matt Lesser | Dem | Middletown | 2008 | Middletown (part) |
101 | Noreen Kokoruda | Rep | Madison | 2011 | Durham (part), Madison |
102 | Lonnie Reed | Dem | Branford | 1996 | Branford (part) |
103 | Al Adinolfi | Rep | Cheshire | 2010 | Cheshire (part), Southington (part), Wallingford (part) |
104 | Linda Gentile | Dem | Ansonia | 2004 | Ansonia, Derby (part) |
105 | Theresa Conroy | Dem | Seymour | 2012 | Beacon Falls, Derby (part), Seymour |
106 | Mitch Bolinsky | Rep | Newtown | 2012 | Newtown (part) |
107 | Stephen Harding | Rep | Brookfield | 2015 | Bethel (part), Brookfield, Danbury (part) |
108 | Richard A. Smith | Rep | New Fairfield | 2010 | Danbury (part), New Fairfield (part), New Milford (part), Sherman |
109 | David Arconti | Dem | Danbury | 2012 | Danbury (part) |
110 | Bob Godfrey | Dem | Danbury | 1988 | Danbury (part) |
111 | John H. Frey | Rep | Ridgefield | 1998 | Ridgefield (part) |
112 | JP Sredzinski | Rep | Monroe | 2014 | Monroe, Newtown (part) |
113 | Jason Perillo | Rep | Shelton | 2007 | Shelton (part) |
114 | Themis Klarides | Rep | Derby | 1998 | Derby (part), Orange (part), Woodbridge (part) |
115 | Dorinda Keenan Borer | Dem | West Haven | 2017 (special) | West Haven (part) |
116 | Louis Esposito | Dem | West Haven | 1992 | New Haven (part), West Haven (part) |
117 | Charles Ferraro | Rep | West Haven | 2014 | Milford (part), Orange (part), West Haven (part) |
118 | Kim Rose | Dem | Milford | 2010 | Milford (part) |
119 | Pam Staneski | Rep | Milford | 2014 | Orange (part), Milford (part) |
120 | Laura Hoydick | Rep | Stratford | 2010 | Stratford (part) |
121 | Joe Gresko | Dem | Stratford | 2016 | Stratford (part) |
122 | Ben McGorty | Rep | Shelton | 2014 | Shelton (part), Stratford (part), Trumbull (part) |
123 | Dave Rutigliano | Rep | Trumbull | 2012 | Trumbull (part) |
124 | Andre Baker | Dem | Bridgeport | 2014 | Bridgeport (part) |
125 | Tom O'Dea | Rep | New Canaan | 2012 | New Canaan (part), Wilton (part) |
126 | Charlie Stallworth | Dem | Bridgeport | 2011 | Bridgeport (part) |
127 | John Hennessy | Dem | Bridgeport | 2004 | Bridgeport (part) |
128 | Christopher Rosario | Dem | Bridgeport | 2014 | Bridgeport (part) |
129 | Steven Stafstrom | Dem | Bridgeport | 2015 | Bridgeport (part) |
130 | Ezequiel Santiago | Dem | Bridgeport | 2008 | Bridgeport (part) |
131 | David Labriola | Rep | Naugatuck | 2002 | Naugatuck (part), Oxford, Southbury (part) |
132 | Brenda Kupchick | Rep | Fairfield | 2010 | Fairfield (part) |
133 | Cristin McCarthy Vahey | Dem | Fairfield | 2014 | Fairfield (part) |
134 | Laura Devlin | Rep | Fairfield | 2014 | Fairfield (part), Trumbull (part) |
135 | John Shaban | Rep | Redding | 2010 | Easton, Redding (part), Weston |
136 | Jonathan Steinberg | Dem | Westport | 2010 | Westport (part) |
137 | Chris Perone | Dem | Norwalk | 2004 | Norwalk (part) |
138 | Michael Ferguson | Rep | Danbury | 2016 | Danbury (part), New Fairfield (part), Ridgefield (part) |
139 | Kevin Ryan | Dem | Montville | 1992 | Bozrah, Montville (part), Norwich (part) |
140 | Bruce Morris | Dem | Norwalk | 2006 | Norwalk (part) |
141 | Terrie Wood | Rep | Darien | 2008 | Darien (part), Norwalk (part) |
142 | Friedrich Wilms | Rep | Norwalk | 2014 | New Canaan (part), Norwalk (part) |
143 | Gail Lavielle | Rep | Wilton | 2010 | Norwalk (part), Westport (part), Wilton (part) |
144 | Caroline Simmons | Dem | Stamford | 2014 | Stamford (part) |
145 | Patricia Miller | Dem | Stamford | 2008 | Stamford (part) |
146 | Terry Adams | Dem | Stamford | 2014 | Stamford (part) |
147 | William Tong | Dem | Stamford | 2006 | Darien (part), Stamford (part) |
148 | Daniel J. Fox | Dem | Stamford | 2011 | Stamford (part) |
149 | Livvy Floren | Rep | Greenwich | 2000 | Greenwich (part), Stamford (part) |
150 | Mike Bocchino | Rep | Greenwich | 2014 | Greenwich (part) |
151 | Fred Camillo | Rep | Greenwich | 2008 | Greenwich (part) |
Notable Former House Members
1700's
- Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut Colony, Governor of Connecticut
- Roger Sherman, First Mayor of New Haven, Constitutional Signatory, United States Congressman, United States Senator
- Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Aide-de-camp to General Washington, Congressman, US Senator, 20th Governor of Connecticut
- Jeremiah Wadsworth, Congressman, Constitutional Convention Member
- John Davenport (Connecticut politician), Continental Army Officer, Congressman
1800's
- Gideon Tomlinson, Congressman, US Senator, 25th Governor of Connecticut
- Noah Webster, Dictionary author and educator
- Henry W. Edwards, Congressman, US Senator, 27th and 29th Governor of Connecticut
- Samuel A. Foot, Congressman, US Senator, 28th Governor of Connecticut
- Isaac Toucey, Congressman, US Senator, United States Attorney General, Secretary of the Navy, 33rd Governor of Connecticut
- William W. Eaton, Congressman and US Senator
- Marcus H. Holcomb, Connecticut Attorney General, 66th Governor of Connecticut
- Henry C. Deming, Congressman, Mayor of Hartford, Commander of the 12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
- John T. Wait, Congressman
- William E. Simonds, Congressman, Patent Commissioner, Medal of Honor recipient
- Augustus Brandegee Congressman, Mayor of New London
- John Q. Tilson, Congressman
- E. Stevens Henry, Connecticut State Treasurer, Congressman
1900's
- Marcus H. Holcomb, Attorney General of Connecticut, 66th Governor of Connecticut
- Everett J. Lake, 67th Governor of Connecticut
- Raymond E. Baldwin, Congressman, United States Senator, 72nd and 74th Governor of Connecticut, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Court of Errors, Chair of the 1965 Constitutional Convention
- Abraham A. Ribicoff, 80th Governor of Connecticut, United States Senator, United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
- John N. Dempsey, 81st Governor of Connecticut
- William R. Ratchford, Congressman
- Stewart McKinney (politician), Congressman
- Sam Gejdenson, Congressman
- Ronald A. Sarasin, Congressman
- Ella T. Grasso, 83rd Governor of Connecticut
- Barbara B. Kennelly, Congresswoman
- William O'Neill, 84th Governor of Connecticut
- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Congressman, US Senator, 85th Governor of Connecticut
- Sam Gejdenson, Congressman
- John G. Rowland, 86th Governor of Connecticut
- Gary Franks, Congressman
2000's
- Rob Simmons, Congressman
- Jodi Rell, 87th Governor of Connecticut
- Joe Courtney, Congressman
- Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Attorney General and US Senator
- Chris Murphy (Connecticut politician), Congressman and US Senator
- Elizabeth Esty, Congresswoman
See also
- Connecticut State Capitol
- Connecticut General Assembly
- Connecticut Senate
- List of members of the Connecticut General Assembly from Norwalk
References
- ↑ Under the Gold Dome: An Insider's Look at the Connecticut Legislature, by Judge Robert Satter. New Haven: Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, 2004, pp. 16–27.
- ↑ Democrat Stephen Dargan (District 115) resigned prior to the sessions start to take a job on the state Board of Pardons and Paroles.
- ↑ Democrat Douglas McCrory (District 7) and Republican Eric C. Berthel (District 68) resigned after being elected to the State Senate. Democrat Dorinda Keenan Borer elected to succeed Dargan
- ↑ Democrat Joshua M. Hall and Republican Joseph Polletta elected to succeed McCrory and Berthel, respectively. Hall was elected on the Working Families Party line but is a registered Democrat and will caucus with Democrats.
- ↑ "House of Representatives Members (listed alphabetically)". Connecticut General Assembly. Retrieved February 20, 2013.