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[edit] Colonial governors
- Further information: List of colonial governors of Connecticut
[edit] Governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776–present
# |
Name |
Took office |
Left office |
Party |
Lt. Governor |
Notes |
31 |
Jonathan Trumbull |
1776 |
1784 |
No party |
Matthew Griswold |
[1] |
32 |
Matthew Griswold |
1784 |
May 11, 1786 |
Federalist |
Samuel Huntington |
|
33 |
Samuel Huntington |
May 11, 1786 |
January 5, 1796 |
Federalist |
Oliver Wolcott |
[2] |
34 |
Oliver Wolcott |
January 5, 1796 |
December 1, 1797 |
Federalist |
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. |
[3][2] |
35 |
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. |
December 1797 |
August 7, 1809 |
Federalist |
John Treadwell |
[3][2] |
36 |
John Treadwell |
August 7, 1809 |
May 9, 1811 |
Federalist |
Roger Griswold |
[3] |
37 |
Roger Griswold |
May 9, 1811 |
October 25, 1812 |
Federalist |
John Cotton Smith |
[2] |
38 |
John Cotton Smith |
October 25, 1812 |
May 8, 1817 |
Federalist |
|
[3] |
39 |
Oliver Wolcott, Jr. |
May 8, 1817 |
May 2, 1827 |
Toleration Republican |
|
|
40 |
Gideon Tomlinson |
May 2, 1827 |
March 2, 1831 |
Democratic-Republican |
John Samuel Peters |
[4] |
41 |
John Samuel Peters |
March 2, 1831 |
May 1, 1833 |
National Republican |
|
[3] |
42 |
Henry W. Edwards |
May 1, 1833 |
May 7, 1834 |
Democratic |
Ebenezer Stoddard |
|
43 |
Samuel A. Foot |
May 7, 1834 |
May 6, 1835 |
Whig |
ThaddeusBetts |
|
44 |
Henry W. Edwards |
May 6, 1835 |
May 2, 1838 |
Democratic |
Ebenezer Stoddard |
|
45 |
William W. Ellsworth |
May 2, 1838 |
May 4, 1842 |
Whig |
Charles Hawley |
|
46 |
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland |
May 4, 1842 |
May 1, 1844 |
Democratic |
William S. Holabird |
|
47 |
Roger Sherman Baldwin |
May 1, 1844 |
May 6, 1846 |
Whig |
Reuben Booth |
|
48 |
Isaac Toucey |
May 6, 1846 |
May 5, 1847 |
Democratic |
Noyes Billings |
[5] |
49 |
Clark Bissell |
May 5, 1847 |
May 2, 1849 |
Whig |
Charles J. McCurdy |
|
50 |
Joseph Trumbull |
May 2, 1849 |
May 4, 1850 |
Whig |
Thomas Backus |
|
51 |
Thomas Hart Seymour |
May 4, 1850 |
October 13, 1853 |
Democratic |
Charles H. Pond |
[6] |
52 |
Charles H. Pond |
October 13, 1853 |
May 3, 1854 |
Democratic |
|
[7] |
53 |
Henry Dutton |
May 3, 1854 |
May 2, 1855 |
Whig |
Alexander H. Holley |
|
54 |
William T. Minor |
May 2, 1855 |
May 6, 1857 |
American |
|
|
55 |
Alexander H. Holley |
May 6, 1857 |
May 5, 1858 |
Republican |
Alfred A. Burnham |
|
56 |
William A. Buckingham |
May 5, 1858 |
May 2, 1866 |
Republican |
|
|
57 |
Joseph R. Hawley |
May 2, 1866 |
May 1, 1867 |
Republican |
Oliver F. Winchester |
|
58 |
James E. English |
May 1, 1867 |
May 5, 1869 |
Democratic |
Ephraim H. Hyde |
|
59 |
Marshall Jewell |
May 5, 1869 |
May 4, 1870 |
Republican |
Francis Wayland |
|
60 |
James E. English |
May 4, 1870 |
May 16, 1871 |
Democratic |
Julius Hotchkiss |
|
61 |
Marshall Jewell |
May 16, 1871 |
May 7, 1873 |
Republican |
Morris Tyler |
|
62 |
Charles R. Ingersoll |
May 7, 1873 |
January 3, 1877 |
Democratic |
George G. Sill |
|
63 |
Richard D. Hubbard |
January 3, 1877 |
January 9, 1879 |
Democratic |
Francis Loomis |
|
64 |
Charles B. Andrews |
January 9, 1879 |
January 5, 1881 |
Republican |
David Gallup |
|
65 |
Hobart B. Bigelow |
January 5, 1881 |
January 3, 1883 |
Republican |
William H. Bulkeley |
|
66 |
Thomas M. Waller |
January 3, 1883 |
January 8, 1885 |
Democratic |
George G. Summer |
|
67 |
Henry B. Harrison |
January 8, 1885 |
January 7, 1887 |
Republican |
Lorrin A. Cooke |
|
68 |
Phineas C. Lounsbury |
January 7, 1887 |
January 10, 1889 |
Republican |
James L. Howard |
|
69 |
Morgan G. Bulkeley |
January 10, 1889 |
January 4, 1893 |
Republican |
Samuel E. Merwin |
[8] |
70 |
Luzon B. Morris |
January 4, 1893 |
January 9, 1895 |
Democratic |
Ernest Cady |
|
71 |
Owen Vincent Coffin |
January 9, 1895 |
January 6, 1897 |
Republican |
Lorrin A. Cooke |
|
72 |
Lorrin A. Cooke |
January 6, 1897 |
January 4, 1899 |
Republican |
James D. Dewell |
|
73 |
George E. Lounsbury |
January 4, 1899 |
January 9, 1901 |
Republican |
Lyman A. Mills |
|
74 |
George P. McLean |
January 9, 1901 |
January 7, 1903 |
Republican |
Edwin O. Keeler |
|
75 |
Abiram Chamberlain |
January 7, 1903 |
January 4, 1905 |
Republican |
Henry Roberts |
|
76 |
Henry Roberts |
January 4, 1905 |
January 9, 1907 |
Republican |
Rollin S. Woodruff |
|
77 |
Rollin S. Woodruff |
January 9, 1907 |
January 6, 1909 |
Republican |
Everett J. Lake |
|
78 |
George L. Lilley |
January 6, 1909 |
April 21, 1909 |
Republican |
Frank B. Weeks |
[2] |
79 |
Frank B. Weeks |
April 21, 1909 |
January 4, 1911 |
Republican |
|
[7] |
80 |
Simeon E. Baldwin |
January 4, 1911 |
January 6, 1915 |
Democratic |
Dennis A. Blakeslee |
|
Lyman T. Tingier |
81 |
Marcus H. Holcomb |
January 6, 1915 |
January 5, 1921 |
Republican |
Clifford B. Wilson |
|
82 |
Everett J. Lake |
January 5, 1921 |
January 3, 1923 |
Republican |
Charles A. Templeton |
|
83 |
Charles A. Templeton |
January 3, 1923 |
January 7, 1925 |
Republican |
Hiram Bingham III |
|
84 |
Hiram Bingham III |
January 7, 1925 |
January 8, 1925 |
Republican |
John H. Trumbull |
[4] |
85 |
John H. Trumbull |
January 8, 1925 |
January 7, 1931 |
Republican |
J. Edwin Brainard |
[3] |
Ernest E. Rogers |
86 |
Wilbur Lucius Cross |
January 7, 1931 |
January 4, 1939 |
Democratic |
Samuel R. Spencer |
|
Roy C. Wilcox |
T. Frank Hayes |
87 |
Raymond E. Baldwin |
January 4, 1939 |
January 8, 1941 |
Republican |
James L. McConaughy |
|
88 |
Robert A. Hurley |
January 8, 1941 |
January 6, 1943 |
Democratic |
Odell Shepard |
|
89 |
Raymond E. Baldwin |
January 6, 1943 |
December 27, 1946 |
Republican |
William L. Hadden |
[4] |
Wilbert Snow |
90 |
Wilbert Snow |
December 27, 1946 |
January 8, 1947 |
Democratic |
|
[7] |
91 |
James L. McConaughy |
January 8, 1947 |
March 7, 1948 |
Republican |
James C. Shannon |
[2] |
92 |
James C. Shannon |
March 7, 1948 |
January 5, 1949 |
Republican |
Robert E. Parsons |
[7] |
93 |
Chester Bowles |
January 5, 1949 |
January 3, 1951 |
Democratic |
William T. Carroll |
|
94 |
John Davis Lodge |
January 3, 1951 |
January 5, 1955 |
Republican |
Edward N. Allen |
|
95 |
Abraham A. Ribicoff |
January 5, 1955 |
January 21, 1961 |
Democratic |
Charles W. Jewett |
[9] |
John Dempsey |
96 |
John N. Dempsey |
January 21, 1961 |
January 6, 1971 |
Democratic |
Anthony J. Armentano |
[3] |
Samuel J. Tedesco |
Fred J. Doocy |
Attilio R. Frassinelli |
97 |
Thomas J. Meskill |
January 6, 1971 |
January 8, 1975 |
Republican |
T. Clark Hull |
|
Peter L. Cashman |
98 |
Ella T. Grasso |
January 8, 1975 |
December 31, 1980 |
Democratic |
Robert K. Killian |
[10] |
William A. O'Neill |
99 |
William A. O'Neill |
December 31, 1980 |
January 9, 1991 |
Democratic |
Joseph J. Fauliso |
[3] |
100 |
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. |
January 9, 1991 |
January 4, 1995 |
A Connecticut Party |
Eunice Groark |
|
101 |
John G. Rowland |
January 4, 1995 |
July 1, 2004 |
Republican |
M. Jodi Rell |
[11] |
102 |
M. Jodi Rell |
July 1, 2004 |
Incumbent |
Republican |
Kevin Sullivan |
[3][12] |
Michael Fedele |
- ^ According to the Connecticut State Library, governors are numbered started with John Haynes, the first governor of Connecticut Colony.Roster of Connecticut Governors. Connecticut State Library. Retrieved on 2008-04-04.
- ^ a b c d e f Died in office.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in their own right.
- ^ a b c Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ Lost election, but was appointed by state legislature.
- ^ Resigned to be Ambassador to Russia.
- ^ a b c d As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Resigned to become United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
- ^ Resigned due to ovarian cancer.
- ^ Resigned during a corruption investigation; he later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud.
- ^ Governor Rell's term expires in 2011; she is not yet term limited.
[edit] Other high offices held
This is a table of congressional and other federal offices held by governors. 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 |
|
|
[edit] Living former governors
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.