List of United States Senators from Connecticut

This is a chronological listing of the United States Senators from Connecticut.

United States Senators are popularly elected, for a six-year term, beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, they were chosen by the Connecticut General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4.

List of Senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for only one U.S. Congress in the first elections of 1788, and then the seat was contested again for the 2nd, 5th, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for the first three United States Congresses in the first elections of 1788, and then the seat was contested again for the 4th, 7th, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Oliver Ellsworth	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796	Elected in 1788.	1	1st Congress	1	Elected in 1788. Resigned.	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	Pro- Administration	William Samuel Johnson	1
		Re-elected in 1791. Resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States.		2	2nd Congress			March 4, 1791 – June 13, 1791	Vacant
						Elected to finish Johnson's term. Died.		June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793	Pro- Administration	Roger Sherman	2
					3rd Congress
								July 23, 1793 – December 2, 1793	Vacant
						Appointed to finish Sherman's term. Retired.		December 2, 1793 – March 3, 1795	Pro- Administration	Stephen Mix Mitchell	3
					4th Congress	2	Elected in 1794. Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.	March 4, 1795 – June 10, 1796	Federalist	Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.	4
Vacant			March 8, 1796 – December 6, 1796
								June 10, 1796 – October 13, 1796		Vacant
							Elected to finish Trumbull's term.	October 13, 1796 – July 19, 1807		Federalist	Uriah Tracy	5
2	James Hillhouse	Federalist	December 6, 1796 – June 10, 1810						Elected to finish Ellsworth's term.
		Re-elected in 1797.		3	5th Congress
					6th Congress
					7th Congress	3	Re-elected in 1801.
		Re-elected in 1803.		4	8th Congress
					9th Congress
					10th Congress	4	Re-elected in 1807. Died.
								July 19, 1807 – October 25, 1807	Vacant
							Elected to finish Tracy's term.	October 25, 1807 – May 13, 1813	Federalist	Chauncey Goodrich	6
		Re-elected in 1809. Resigned.		5	11th Congress
Vacant			June 10, 1810 – December 4, 1810
3	Samuel W. Dana	Federalist	December 4, 1810 – March 3, 1821						Elected to finish Hillhouse's term.
		12th Congress
		13th Congress			5	Re-elected in 1813. Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.
						Elected to finish Goodrich's term. Retired.	May 13, 1813 – March 3, 1819	Federalist		David Daggett	7
		Re-elected in 1814.		6				14th Congress
								15th Congress
					16th Congress	6	Elected in 1819. Presented credentials but was not permitted to qualify.	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825	Democratic- Republican	James Lanman	8
4	Elijah Boardman	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1821 – August 18, 1823	Elected in 1820. Died.	7				17th Congress
		Jackson Democratic- Republican							18th Congress			Crawford Democratic- Republican
Vacant			August 18, 1823 – October 8, 1823
5	Henry W. Edwards	Jackson Democratic- Republican	October 8, 1823 – March 3, 1827	Appointed to continue Boardman's term. Elected to finish Boardman's term.
		Jacksonian				19th Congress	7		March 4, 1825 – May 4, 1825	Vacant
		Elected late to complete Lanman's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]						May 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831	Anti- Jacksonian	Calvin Willey	9
6	Samuel A. Foot		Adams	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833	Elected in 1826. Lost re-election.	8			20th Congress			Adams
			Anti-Jacksonian						21st Congress			Anti- Jacksonian
		22nd Congress	8				Elected in 1831. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	Anti- Jacksonian	Gideon Tomlinson	10
7	Nathan Smith	Anti-Jacksonian		March 4, 1833 – December 6, 1835	Elected in 1832. Died.	9			23rd Congress
		24th Congress
Vacant				December 6, 1835 – December 21, 1835
8	John Milton Niles	Jacksonian		December 21, 1835 – March 3, 1839	Elected to finish Smith's term. Retired.
		Democratic	25th Congress				9	Elected in 1837. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	Democratic	Perry Smith	11
9	Thaddeus Betts	Whig	March 4, 1839 – April 7, 1840	Elected in 1838 or 1839. Died.	10	26th Congress
Vacant			April 7, 1840 – May 4, 1840
10	Jabez W. Huntington	Whig	May 4, 1840 – November 1, 1847	Elected to finish Betts's term.
		27th Congress
		28th Congress				10	Elected in 1842. Retired.	March 4, 1843[1] – March 3, 1849	Democratic	John Milton Niles	12
		Re-elected in 1844 or 1845. Died.		11	29th Congress
					30th Congress
Vacant			November 1, 1847 – November 11, 1847
11	Roger Sherman Baldwin	Whig	November 11, 1847 – March 3, 1851						Appointed to continue Huntington's term. Elected in May 1848 to finish Huntington's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		31st Congress			11	Elected in 1848 or 1849. Resigned.	March 4, 1849 – May 24, 1854	Whig		Truman Smith	13
Vacant			March 4, 1851 – May 12, 1852					12	32nd Congress
12	Isaac Toucey	Democratic	May 12, 1852 – March 3, 1857	Elected late in 1852. Retired.
		33rd Congress
						Elected to finish Smith's term. Retired.	May 24, 1854 – March 3, 1855		Free Soil	Francis Gillette	14
		34th Congress			12	Elected in 1854.	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1867		Republican	Lafayette S. Foster	15
13	James Dixon	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1869	Elected in 1856.				13	35th Congress
		36th Congress
		37th Congress			13	Re-elected in 1860. Lost re-election.
		Re-elected in 1863. Lost re-election.		14				38th Congress
								39th Congress
					40th Congress	14	Elected in 1866.	March 4, 1867 – November 21, 1875	Republican	Orris S. Ferry	16
14	William Alfred Buckingham	Republican	March 4, 1869 – February 5, 1875	Elected in 1868 or 1869. Died.	15				41st Congress
		42nd Congress
		43rd Congress				15	Re-elected in 1872. Died.
15	William W. Eaton		Democratic	February 5, 1875 – March 3, 1881					Appointed to finish Buckingham's term, having been elected to the next term
		Elected in 1874.	16		44th Congress
								November 21, 1875 – November 27, 1875	Vacant
							Appointed to continue Ferry's term. Retired when successor elected.	November 27, 1875 – May 17, 1876	Democratic	James E. English	17
							Elected to finish Ferry's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	May 18, 1876 – March 3, 1879	Democratic	William Henry Barnum	18
					45th Congress
					46th Congress	16	Elected in 1879.	March 4, 1879 – April 21, 1905	Republican	Orville H. Platt	19
16	Joseph Roswell Hawley	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1905	Elected in 1881.	17				47th Congress
		48th Congress
		49th Congress				17	Re-elected in 1885.
		Re-elected in 1887.		18	50th Congress
					51st Congress
					52nd Congress	18	Re-elected in 1891.
		Re-elected in 1893.		19	53rd Congress
					54th Congress
					55th Congress	19	Re-elected in 1897.
		Re-elected in 1899. Retired.		20	56th Congress
					57th Congress
					58th Congress	20	Re-elected in 1903. Died.
								April 21, 1905 – May 10, 1905	Vacant
							Elected to finish Platt's term.	May 10, 1905 – October 14, 1924	Republican	Frank B. Brandegee	20
17	Morgan G. Bulkeley	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	Elected in 1904. Lost re-election.	21				59th Congress
		60th Congress
		61st Congress				21	Re-elected in 1908.
18	George P. McLean	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1929	Elected in 1911.	22				62nd Congress
		63rd Congress
		64th Congress				22	Re-elected in 1914.
		Re-elected in 1916.		23	65th Congress
					66th Congress
					67th Congress	23	Re-elected in 1920. Died.
		Re-elected in 1922. Retired.		24	68th Congress
								October 14, 1924 – December 15, 1924	Vacant
							Elected to finish Brandegee's term.	December 15, 1924 – March 3, 1933	Republican	Hiram Bingham III	21
					69th Congress
					70th Congress	24	Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election.
19	Frederic C. Walcott	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935	Elected in 1928. Lost re-election.	25				71st Congress
		72nd Congress
		73rd Congress				25	Elected in 1932. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	Augustine Lonergan	22
20	Francis T. Maloney	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 16, 1945	Elected in 1934.	26				74th Congress
		75th Congress
		76th Congress				26	Elected in 1938. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945	Republican	John A. Danaher	23
		Re-elected in 1940. Died.		27	77th Congress
					78th Congress
					79th Congress	27	Elected in 1944.	January 3, 1945 – July 28, 1952	Democratic	Brien McMahon	24
Vacant			January 16, 1945 – February 15, 1945
21	Thomas C. Hart	Republican	February 15, 1945 – November 5, 1946						Appointed to continue Maloney's term. Successor qualified.
Vacant			November 5, 1946 – December 27, 1946
22	Raymond E. Baldwin	Republican	December 27, 1946 – December 16, 1949						Elected to finish Maloney's term.
		Elected to full term in 1946. Resigned.		28	80th Congress
					81st Congress
23	William Benton	Democratic	December 17, 1949 – January 3, 1953						Appointed to continue Baldwin's term. Elected to finish Baldwin's term. Lost re-election.
		82nd Congress			28	Re-elected in 1950. Died.
							July 28, 1952 – August 29, 1952	Vacant
						Appointed to continue McMahon's term. Retired when successor elected, and elected to the Class 1 seat.	August 29, 1952 – November 4, 1952	Republican	William A. Purtell	25
						Elected to finish McMahon's term.	November 4, 1952 – January 3, 1963	Republican	Prescott Bush	26
24	William A. Purtell	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959	Elected in 1952. Lost re-election.				29			83rd Congress
		84th Congress
		85th Congress			29	Re-elected in 1956. Retired.
25	Thomas J. Dodd	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971	Elected in 1958.				30			86th Congress
		87th Congress
		88th Congress			30	Elected in 1962.	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981		Democratic	Abraham A. Ribicoff	27
		Re-elected in 1964. Lost renomination, and lost re-election as an independent.		31				89th Congress
								90th Congress
					91st Congress	31		Re-elected in 1968.
26	Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989	Elected in 1970.	32				92nd Congress
		93rd Congress
		94th Congress				32		Re-elected in 1974. Retired.
		Re-elected in 1976.		33	95th Congress
					96th Congress
					97th Congress	33	Elected in 1980.	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011	Democratic	Chris Dodd	28
		Re-elected in 1982. Lost re-election.		34	98th Congress
					99th Congress
					100th Congress	34	Re-elected in 1986.
27	Joseph Lieberman	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2013	Elected in 1988.	35				101st Congress
		102nd Congress
		103rd Congress				35	Re-elected in 1992.
		Re-elected in 1994.		36	104th Congress
					105th Congress
					106th Congress	36	Re-elected in 1998.
		Re-elected in 2000.		37	107th Congress
					108th Congress
					109th Congress	37	Re-elected in 2004. Retired.
		Independent Democratic		Lost re-nomination as a Democrat, but re-elected in 2006 as an Independent Democrat. Retired.	38				110th Congress
		111th Congress
		112th Congress				38	Elected in 2010.	January 3, 2011 – Present	Democratic	Richard Blumenthal	29
28	Chris Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	Elected in 2012.	39				113th Congress
		114th Congress
		115th Congress				39	To be determined in the 2016 election.
To be determined in the 2018 election.					40							116th Congress
												117th Congress
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Connecticut

As of January 2016, there are three former U.S. Senators from Connecticut who are currently living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 3.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
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

References

1. Due to ill-health and a credentials challenge, John Milton Niles was unable to serve until May 16, 1844

See also

• List of United States Representatives from Connecticut
• United States congressional delegations from Connecticut