United States congressional delegations from Connecticut
These are tables of congressional delegations from Connecticut to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
House of Representatives
Current Representatives
List of members of the Connecticut United States House delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 5 members, all of whom are members of the Democratic party.
District | Representative | Party | CPVI | Incumbency | District map |
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1st | John B. Larson (D-East Hartford) | Democratic | D+13 | January 3, 1999 – present | |
2nd | Joe Courtney (D-Vernon) | Democratic | D+5 | January 3, 2007 – present | |
3rd | Rosa DeLauro (D-New Haven) | Democratic | D+11 | January 3, 1991 – present | |
4th | Jim Himes (D-Cos Cob) | Democratic | D+5 | January 3, 2009 – present | |
5th | Elizabeth Esty (D-Cheshire) | Democratic | D+3 | January 3, 2013 – present | |
Delegation timeline (1789 – Present)
Tables showing membership in the Connecticut federal House delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.
Starting in 1837, Connecticut abandoned general tickets and adopted districts instead.
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United States Senate
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D) | Senator Chris Murphy (D) |
Senate delegation timeline (1789 – Present)
Tables showing membership in the Connecticut federal Senate delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.
Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 3 Senators |
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Oliver Ellsworth (Pro-Admin) |
1st (1789–1791) | William S. Johnson (Pro-Admin) |
2nd (1791–1793) | ||
Roger Sherman (Pro-Admin) | ||
3rd (1793–1795) | ||
Stephen M. Mitchell (Pro-Admin) | ||
4th (1795–1797) | Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (F) | |
James Hillhouse (F) | Uriah Tracy (F) | |
5th (1797–1799) | ||
6th (1799–1801) | ||
7th (1801–1803) | ||
8th (1803–1805) | ||
9th (1805–1807) | ||
10th (1807–1809) | ||
Chauncey Goodrich (F) | ||
11th (1809–1811) | ||
Samuel W. Dana (F) | ||
12th (1811–1813) | ||
13th (1813–1815) | ||
David Daggett (F) | ||
14th (1815–1817) | ||
15th (1817–1819) | ||
16th (1819–1821) | James Lanman (D-R) | |
Elijah Boardman (D-R) | 17th (1821–1823) | |
18th (1823–1825) | ||
Henry W. Edwards (D-R) | ||
19th (1825–1827) | Calvin Willey (Adams) | |
Samuel A. Foot (Anti-J) | 20th (1827–1829) | |
21st (1829–1831) | ||
22nd (1831–1833) | Gideon Tomlinson (Anti-J) | |
Nathan Smith (W) | 23rd (1833–1835) | |
24th (1835–1837) | ||
John M. Niles (D-R) | ||
25th (1837–1839) | Perry Smith (D) | |
Thaddeus Betts (W) | 26th (1839–1841) | |
Jabez W. Huntington (W) | ||
27th (1841–1843) | ||
28th (1843–1845) | John M. Niles (D) | |
29th (1845–1847) | ||
30th (1847–1849) | ||
Roger S. Baldwin (W) | ||
31st (1849–1851) | Truman Smith (W) | |
Isaac Toucey (D) | 32nd (1851–1853) | |
33rd (1853–1855) | ||
Francis Gillette (FS) | ||
34th (1855–1857) | Lafayette S. Foster (O) | |
James Dixon (R) | 35th (1857–1859) | |
36th (1859–1861) | ||
37th (1861–1863) | ||
38th (1863–1865) | ||
39th (1865–1867) | ||
40th (1867–1869) | Orris S. Ferry (R) | |
William A. Buckingham (R) | 41st (1869–1871) | |
42nd (1871–1873) | ||
43rd (1873–1875) | ||
William W. Eaton (D) | ||
44th (1875–1877) | ||
James E. English (D) | ||
William H. Barnum (D) | ||
45th (1877–1879) | ||
46th (1879–1881) | Orville H. Platt (R) | |
Joseph R. Hawley (R) | 47th (1881–1883) | |
48th (1883–1885) | ||
49th (1885–1887) | ||
50th (1887–1889) | ||
51st (1889–1891) | ||
52nd (1891–1893) | ||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||
54th (1895–1897) | ||
55th (1897–1899) | ||
56th (1899–1901) | ||
57th (1901–1903) | ||
58th (1903–1905) | ||
Morgan G. Bulkeley (R) | 59th (1905–1907) | Frank B. Brandegee (R) |
60th (1907–1909) | ||
61st (1909–1911) | ||
George P. McLean (R) | 62nd (1911–1913) | |
63rd (1913–1915) | ||
64th (1915–1917) | ||
65th (1917–1919) | ||
66th (1919–1921) | ||
67th (1921–1923) | ||
68th (1923–1925) | ||
Hiram Bingham III (R) | ||
69th (1925–1927) | ||
70th (1927–1929) | ||
Frederic C. Walcott (R) | 71st (1929–1931) | |
72nd (1931–1933) | ||
73rd (1933–1935) | Augustine Lonergan (D) | |
Francis T. Maloney (D) | 74th (1935–1937) | |
75th (1937–1939) | ||
76th (1939–1941) | John A. Danaher (R) | |
77th (1941–1943) | ||
78th (1943–1945) | ||
79th (1945–1947) | Brien McMahon (D) | |
Thomas C. Hart (R) | ||
Raymond E. Baldwin (R) | ||
80th (1947–1949) | ||
81st (1949–1951) | ||
William Benton (D) | ||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||
William A. Purtell (R) | ||
Prescott Bush (R) | ||
William A. Purtell (R) | 83rd (1953–1955) | |
84th (1955–1957) | ||
85th (1957–1959) | ||
Thomas J. Dodd (D) | 86th (1959–1961) | |
87th (1961–1963) | ||
88th (1963–1965) | Abraham A. Ribicoff (D) | |
89th (1965–1967) | ||
90th (1967–1969) | ||
91st (1969–1971) | ||
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R) | 92nd (1971–1973) | |
93rd (1973–1975) | ||
94th (1975–1977) | ||
95th (1977–1979) | ||
96th (1979–1981) | ||
97th (1981–1983) | Christopher Dodd (D) | |
98th (1983–1985) | ||
99th (1985–1987) | ||
100th (1987–1989) | ||
Joseph Lieberman (D) | 101st (1989–1991) | |
102nd (1991–1993) | ||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||
104th (1995–1997) | ||
105th (1997–1999) | ||
106th (1999–2001) | ||
107th (2001–2003) | ||
108th (2003–2005) | ||
109th (2005–2007) | ||
Joseph Lieberman (Independent Democrat) |
110th (2007–2009) | |
111th (2009–2011) | ||
112th (2011–2013) | Richard Blumenthal (D) | |
Chris Murphy (D) | 113th (2013–2015) | |
114th (2015–2017) | ||
115th (2017–2019) |
Passages
Congress | Senator | Reason for Vacancy | Appointed Successor | Date of Appointment | Elected Successor | Date of Election |
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2nd | William S. Johnson | Resigned March 4, 1791. | None | Roger Sherman | June 13, 1791 | |
3rd | Roger Sherman | Died July 23, 1793. | None | Stephen M. Mitchell | December 2, 1793 | |
4th | Oliver Ellsworth | Resigned March 8, 1796 to be Chief Justice of the United States. | None | James Hillhouse | May 12, 1796 | |
4th | Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Resigned June 10, 1796, possibly to be Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. | None | Uriah Tracy | October 13, 1796 | |
10th | Uriah Tracy | Died July 19, 1807. | None | Chauncey Goodrich | October 25, 1807 | |
11th | James Hillhouse | Resigned June 18, 1810. | none | Samuel W. Dana | December 4, 1810 | |
13th | Chauncey Goodrich | Resigned May 1813 to be Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. | None | David Daggett | May 13, 1813 | |
18th | Elijah Boardman | Died August 18, 1823. | Henry W. Edwards | October 8, 1823 | Henry W. Edwards | |
19th | James Lanman was elected to the Senate to the term beginning March 4, 1825 but was not permitted to qualify. | |||||
24th | Samuel A. Foot | Resigned May 9, 1834 to be Governor of Connecticut. | None; apparently no replacement was made. | |||
24th | Nathan Smith | Died December 6, 1835. | John M. Niles | December 21, 1835 | John M. Niles | |
26th | Thaddeus Betts | Died April 7, 1840. | none | Jabez W. Huntington | May 4, 1840 | |
30th | Jabez W. Huntington | Died November 1, 1847. | Roger S. Baldwin | November 11, 1847 | Roger S. Baldwin | |
33rd | Truman Smith | Resigned May 24, 1854. | none | Francis Gillette | May 24, 1854 | |
43rd | William A. Buckingham | Died February 5, 1875. | William W. Eaton | February 5, 1875 | none | |
44th | Orris S. Ferry | Died November 21, 1875. | James E. English | November 27, 1875 | William H. Barnum | May 18, 1876 |
59th | Orville H. Platt | Died April 21, 1905. | none | Frank B. Brandegee | May 10, 1905 | |
68th | Frank B. Brandegee | Died October 14, 1924 by suicide. | none | Hiram Bingham | December 17, 1924 | |
79th | Francis T. Maloney | Died January 16, 1945 | Thomas C. Hart | February 15, 1945 | Raymond E. Baldwin | December 27, 1946 |
81st | Raymond E. Baldwin | Resigned December 16, 1949. | William Benton | December 17, 1949 | William Benton | |
82nd | Brien McMahon | Died July 28, 1952. | William A. Purtell | August 29, 1952 | Prescott Bush | November 4, 1952 |
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Living former U.S. Senators from Connecticut
As of April 2015, there are three former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Connecticut who are currently living at this time, 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 |
See also
References
- ↑ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2014.