List of Governors of Connecticut

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Number of Governors of Connecticut by party affiliation
Party Governors
Republican 32
Democratic 21
Whig 7
Federalist 7
No party 1
Democratic-Republican 2
National Republican 1
A Connecticut Party 1

Contents

Further information: List of colonial governors of Connecticut

# Name Took office Left office Party Lt. Governor Notes
1 Jonathan Trumbull 1776 1784 No party Matthew Griswold
2 Matthew Griswold 1784 May 11, 1786 Federalist Samuel Huntington
3 Samuel Huntington May 11, 1786 January 5, 1796 Federalist Oliver Wolcott [1]
4 Oliver Wolcott January 5, 1796 December 1, 1797 Federalist Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. [2][1]
5 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. December 1797 August 7, 1809 Federalist John Treadwell [2][1]
6 John Treadwell August 7, 1809 May 9, 1811 Federalist Roger Griswold [2]
7 Roger Griswold May 9, 1811 October 25, 1812 Federalist John Cotton Smith [1]
8 John Cotton Smith October 25, 1812 May 8, 1817 Federalist [2]
9 Oliver Wolcott, Jr. May 8, 1817 May 2, 1827 Toleration Republican
10 Gideon Tomlinson May 2, 1827 March 2, 1831 Democratic-Republican [3]
11 John Samuel Peters March 2, 1831 May 1, 1833 National Republican [2]
12 Henry W. Edwards May 1, 1833 May 7, 1834 Democratic
13 Samuel A. Foot May 7, 1834 May 6, 1835 Whig
14 Henry W. Edwards May 6, 1835 May 2, 1838 Democratic
15 William W. Ellsworth May 2, 1838 May 4, 1842 Whig
16 Chauncey Fitch Cleveland May 4, 1842 May 1, 1844 Democratic
17 Roger Sherman Baldwin May 1, 1844 May 6, 1846 Whig
18 Isaac Toucey May 6, 1846 May 5, 1847 Democratic [4]
19 Clark Bissell May 5, 1847 May 2, 1849 Whig
20 Joseph Trumbull May 2, 1849 May 4, 1850 Whig
21 Thomas Hart Seymour May 4, 1850 October 13, 1853 Democratic [5]
22 Charles H. Pond October 13, 1853 May 3, 1854 Democratic [6]
23 Henry Dutton May 3, 1854 May 2, 1855 Whig
24 William T. Minor May 2, 1855 May 6, 1857 American Republican
25 Alexander H. Holley May 6, 1857 May 5, 1858 Whig
26 William A. Buckingham May 5, 1858 May 2, 1866 Republican
27 Joseph R. Hawley May 2, 1866 May 1, 1867 Republican Oliver F. Winchester
28 James E. English May 1, 1867 May 5, 1869 Democratic Ephraim H. Hyde
29 Marshall Jewell May 5, 1869 May 4, 1870 Republican Francis Wayland
30 James E. English May 4, 1870 May 16, 1871 Democratic Julius Hotchkiss
31 Marshall Jewell May 16, 1871 May 7, 1873 Republican Morris Tyler
32 Charles R. Ingersoll May 7, 1873 January 3, 1877 Democratic George G. Sill
33 Richard D. Hubbard January 3, 1877 January 9, 1879 Democratic Francis Loomis
34 Charles B. Andrews January 9, 1879 January 5, 1881 Republican David Gallup
35 Hobart B. Bigelow January 5, 1881 January 3, 1883 Republican William H. Bulkeley
36 Thomas M. Waller January 3, 1883 January 8, 1885 Democratic George G. Summer
37 Henry B. Harrison January 8, 1885 January 7, 1887 Republican Lorrin A. Cooke
38 Phineas C. Lounsbury January 7, 1887 January 10, 1889 Republican James L. Howard
39 Morgan G. Bulkeley January 10, 1889 January 4, 1893 Republican Samuel E. Merwin [7]
40 Luzon B. Morris January 4, 1893 January 9, 1895 Democratic Ernest Cady
41 Owen Vincent Coffin January 9, 1895 January 6, 1897 Republican Lorrin A. Cooke
42 Lorrin A. Cooke January 6, 1897 January 4, 1899 Republican James D. Dewell
43 George E. Lounsbury January 4, 1899 January 9, 1901 Republican Lyman A. Mills
44 George P. McLean January 9, 1901 January 7, 1903 Republican Edwin O. Keeler
45 Abiram Chamberlain January 7, 1903 January 4, 1905 Republican Henry Roberts
46 Henry Roberts January 4, 1905 January 9, 1907 Republican Rollin S. Woodruff
47 Rollin S. Woodruff January 9, 1907 January 6, 1909 Republican Everett J. Lake
48 George L. Lilley January 6, 1909 April 21, 1909 Republican Frank B. Weeks [1]
49 Frank B. Weeks April 21, 1909 January 4, 1911 Republican [6]
50 Simeon E. Baldwin January 4, 1911 January 6, 1915 Democratic Dennis A. Blakeslee
Lyman T. Tingier
51 Marcus H. Holcomb January 6, 1915 January 5, 1921 Republican Clifford B. Wilson
52 Everett J. Lake January 5, 1921 January 3, 1923 Republican Charles A. Templeton
53 Charles A. Templeton January 3, 1923 January 7, 1925 Republican Hiram Bingham III
54 Hiram Bingham III January 7, 1925 January 8, 1925 Republican John H. Trumbull [3]
55 John H. Trumbull January 8, 1925 January 7, 1931 Republican J. Edwin Brainard [2]
Ernest E. Rogers
56 Wilbur Lucius Cross January 7, 1931 January 4, 1939 Democratic Samuel R. Spencer
Roy C. Wilcox
T. Frank Hayes
57 Raymond E. Baldwin January 4, 1939 January 8, 1941 Republican James L. McConaughy
58 Robert A. Hurley January 8, 1941 January 6, 1943 Democratic Odell Shepard
59 Raymond E. Baldwin January 6, 1943 December 27, 1946 Republican William L. Hadden [3]
Wilbert Snow
60 Wilbert Snow December 27, 1946 January 8, 1947 Democratic [6]
61 James L. McConaughy January 8, 1947 March 7, 1948 Republican James C. Shannon [1]
62 James C. Shannon March 7, 1948 January 5, 1949 Republican Robert E. Parsons [6]
63 Chester Bowles January 5, 1949 January 3, 1951 Democratic William T. Carroll
64 John Davis Lodge January 3, 1951 January 5, 1955 Republican Edward N. Allen
65 Abraham A. Ribicoff January 5, 1955 January 21, 1961 Democratic Charles W. Jewett [8]
John Dempsey
66 John N. Dempsey January 21, 1961 January 6, 1971 Democratic Anthony J. Armentano [2]
Samuel J. Tedesco
Fred J. Doocy
Attilio R. Frassinelli
67 Thomas J. Meskill January 6, 1971 January 8, 1975 Republican T. Clark Hull
Peter L. Cashman
68 Ella T. Grasso January 8, 1975 December 31, 1980 Democratic Robert K. Killian [9]
William A. O'Neill
69 William A. O'Neill December 31, 1980 January 9, 1991 Democratic Joseph J. Fauliso [2]
70 Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. January 9, 1991 January 4, 1995 A Connecticut Party Eunice Groark
71 John G. Rowland January 4, 1995 July 1, 2004 Republican M. Jodi Rell [10]
72 M. Jodi Rell July 1, 2004 Incumbent Republican Kevin Sullivan [2][11]
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Home of Governor Frank Weeks, Middletown, Connecticut, 1909
Home of Governor Frank Weeks, Middletown, Connecticut, 1909
  1. ^ a b c d e f Died in office.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in their own right.
  3. ^ a b c Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  4. ^ Lost election, but was appointed by state legislature.
  5. ^ Resigned to be Ambassador to Russia.
  6. ^ a b c d As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
  7. ^ Morgan Bulkeley was technically unelected from 1890 on. He did not run for re-election in 1890, but due to such a close contest and controversies, the results were not certified, and the legislature spent two years debating the issue; Bulkeley essentially served as governor by default.
  8. ^ Resigned to become United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
  9. ^ Resigned due to ovarian cancer.
  10. ^ Resigned during a corruption investigation; he later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud.
  11. ^ Governor Rell's term expires in 2011; she is not yet term limited.

This is a table of congressional and other federal offices held by governors.[A] All representatives and senators mentioned represented Connecticut. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Name Gubernatorial term U.S. Congress Other offices held
House Senate
Samuel Huntington 1786–1796 Continental Delegate (including President of the Continental Congress)
Oliver Wolcott 1796–1797 Continental Delegate
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. 1797–1809 H S Speaker of the House
John Treadwell 1809–1811 Continental Delegate
Roger Griswold 1811–1812 H
John Cotton Smith 1812–1817 H
Oliver Wolcott, Jr. 1817–1827 U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Gideon Tomlinson 1827–1831 H S*
Henry W. Edwards 1833–1834, 1835–1838 H S
Samuel A. Foot 1834–1835 H S
William W. Ellsworth 1838–1842 H
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland 1842–1843 H
Roger Sherman Baldwin 1844–1846 S*
Isaac Toucey 1846–1847 H S U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Joseph Trumbull 1849–1850 H
Thomas Hart Seymour 1850–1853 H Ambassador to Russia*
William A. Buckingham 1858–1866 S
Joseph R. Hawley 1866–1867 H S
James E. English 1867–1869, 1870–1871 H S
Marshall Jewell 1869–1870, 1871–1873 Ambassador to Russia, U.S. Postmaster General
Richard D. Hubbard 1878-1879 H
Morgan G. Bulkeley 1889–1893 S
George P. McLean 1901–1903 S
George L. Lilley 1901 H
Hiram Bingham III 1925 S
Raymond E. Baldwin 1939–1941, 1943–1946 S
Chester Bowles 1949–1951 H
John Davis Lodge 1951–1955 H Ambassador to Spain, Ambassador to Argentina, Ambassador to Switzerland
Abraham A. Ribicoff 1955–1961 H S U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare*
Thomas J. Meskill 1971–1975 H Second Circuit Court Judge
Ella T. Grasso 1975–1980 H
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. 1991–1995 H S
John G. Rowland 1995–2004 H

As of November 2007, two former governors were alive, the oldest being Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (1991–1995, born 1931). The most recent governor to die was William O'Neill (1980–1991), on November 24, 2007.

Name Gubernatorial term Date of birth
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. 1991–1995 May 16, 1931
John G. Rowland 1995–2004 May 24, 1957
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