Connecticut State Comptroller
The State Comptroller is the chief fiscal guardian of the State of Connecticut. The duties and responsibilities of the state comptroller include, among other things, overseeing state accounting, preparing state financial reports, paying and administering benefits to state employees, settling demands against the state that do not first have to be approved or adjusted by the General Assembly, administering miscellaneous appropriations for employee taxes, insurance, and health services, and administering grants to police, firefighters, and municipalities.[1]
Comptrollers in Connecticut are elected to a term of four years, their election taking place in the same cycle as gubernatorial elections.
The current state comptroller is Natalie Braswell, a Democrat who has served since December 31, 2021.
List of comptrollers[]
A Connecticut Democratic Federalist Democratic-Republican National Republican Free Soil Republican Whig
Name | Town | Political Party | Term of Office |
James Wadsworth | Durham | Independent | 1786–1788 |
Oliver Wolcott | Litchfield | 1788–1790 | |
Ralph Pomeroy | Coventry | 1790–1791 | |
Andrew Kingsbury | Hartford | 1791–1793 | |
Lebanon | 1793–1806 | ||
Hartford | 1806–1819 | ||
Hartford | 1819–1830 | ||
Elisha Phelps | Simsbury | 1830–1834 | |
Norwich | 1834–1835 | ||
Gideon Welles | Hartford | Democratic | 1835–1836 |
William Field | Pomfret | 1836–1838 | |
Hartford | 1838–1842 | ||
Gideon Welles | Hartford | Democratic | 1842–1844 |
New Haven | 1844–1846 | ||
Hampton | 1846–1847 | ||
Abijah Catlin | Harwinton | 1847–1850 | |
Stafford | Democratic | 1850–1854 | |
John Dunham | Norwich | Whig | 1854–1855 |
New London | American | 1855–1856 | |
New London | American | 1856–1857 | |
Norwich | American, Republican | 1857–1858 | |
Clinton | Republican | 1858–1861 | |
Watertown | Republican | 1861–1866 | |
Norfolk | Union | 1866–1867 | |
Jesse Olney | Stratford | Democratic | 1867–1869 |
Putnam | Republican | 1869–1870 | |
Washington | Democratic | 1870–1871 | |
Putnam | Republican | 1871–1873 | |
Vernon | Democratic | 1873–1877 | |
Middletown | Democratic | 1877–1879 | |
Coventry | Republican | 1879–1881 | |
Winsted | Republican | 1881–1883 | |
New Haven | Republican | 1883–1885 | |
Waterbury | Republican | 1885–1887 | |
North Stonington | Republican | 1887–1889 | |
John B. Wright | Clinton | Republican | 1889–1891 |
New Milford | Democratic | 1891–1895 | |
Benjamin P. Mead | New Canaan | Republican | 1895–1899 |
Enfield | Republican | 1899–1901 | |
Abiram Chamberlain | Meriden | Republican | 1901–1903 |
Bridgeport | Republican | 1903–1905 | |
Woodbury | Republican | 1905–1907 | |
Thomaston | Republican | 1907–1913 | |
Windham | Democratic | 1913–1915 | |
Torrington | Republican | 1915–1921 | |
Ridgefield | Republican | 1921–1923 | |
Frederick M. Salmon | Westport | Republican | 1923–1933 |
Anson F. Keeler | Norwalk | Republican | 1933–1935 |
Charles C. Swartz | Norwalk | Democratic | 1935–1939 |
Fred R. Zeller | Stonington | Republican | 1939–1941 |
John M. Dowe | Killingly | Democratic | 1941–1943 |
Fred R. Zeller | Stonington | Republican | 1943–1945 |
John M. Dowe1 | Killingly | Democratic | 1945–1946 |
Raymond S. Thatcher | East Hampton | Democratic | 1946–1947 |
Fred R. Zeller | Stonington | Republican | 1947–1949 |
Raymond S. Thatcher | East Hampton | Democratic | 1949–1951 |
Fred R. Zeller | Stonington | Republican | 1951–1959 |
Raymond S. Thatcher2 | East Hampton | Democratic | 1959–1966 |
James J. Casey3 | Winchester | Democratic | 1966–1967 |
Louis I. Gladstone | Bridgeport | Democratic | 1967–1971 |
Nathan G. Agostinelli | Manchester | Republican | 1971–1975 |
J. Edward Caldwell | Bridgeport | Democratic | 1975–1991 |
William E. Curry, Jr. | Farmington | Democratic | 1991–1995 |
Nancy S. Wyman | Tolland | Democratic | 1995–2011 |
Kevin P. Lembo | Guilford | Democratic | 2011–2021 |
Natalie Braswell | Bloomfield | Democratic | 2021–present |
Town listed is town of residence at time of election.
- 1 Died in office May 15, 1946, and Raymond S. Thatcher was appointed by the General Assembly to fill the vacancy.
- 2 Resigned July 19, 1966, to become a member of the Public Utilities Commission.
- 3 Appointed by governor July 19, 1966, to fill the unexpired term of Raymond S. Thatcher.
Notes[]
- ^ "State of Connecticut – Overview of the Office of the State Comptroller". Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
External links[]
- Connecticut Comptrollers