List of lieutenant governors of Connecticut

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Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Seal of the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.svg
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Incumbent
Susan Bysiewicz

since January 9, 2019
StyleHer Excellency
Term lengthFour years, No term limits
Inaugural holderMatthew Griswold State of Connecticut
1776
FormationConstitution of Connecticut
WebsiteOffice of the Lt. Governor

The following is a list of lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut.

Lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776–present[]

Lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut
No. Lieutenant Governor Term in office Party Election Governor[a][b]
21   Matthew Griswold October 10, 1776

May 13, 1784
Federalist   Jonathan Trumbull[c]
22 Samuel Huntington May 13, 1784

May 11, 1786
Federalist Matthew Griswold
23 Oliver Wolcott May 11, 1786

January 5, 1796
Federalist Samuel Huntington

[d]
Vacant January 5, 1796

May 12, 1796
Oliver Wolcott
24 Jonathan Trumbull Jr. May 12, 1796

December 1, 1796
Federalist

[e]
Vacant December 1, 1796

May 11, 1797
Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
25 John Treadwell May 11, 1797

August 7, 1809
Federalist

[f]
Vacant August 7, 1809

October 20, 1809
John Treadwell
26 Roger Griswold October 20, 1809[2]

May 9, 1811
Federalist
27 John Cotton Smith May 9, 1811

October 25, 1812
Federalist Roger Griswold

[g]
Vacant October 25, 1812

May 13, 1813
John Cotton Smith[h]
28 Chauncey Goodrich May 13, 1813

August 18, 1815
Federalist

[i]
Vacant August 18, 1815

May 9, 1816
29 Jonathan Ingersoll [j] May 9, 1816

January 12, 1823
Democratic-
Republican
Toleration Party Oliver Wolcott Jr.

[k]
Vacant January 12, 1823

May 7, 1823
30 David Plant May 7, 1823

May 2, 1827
National
Republican
31 John Samuel Peters May 2, 1827

March 2, 1831
National
Republican
Gideon Tomlinson[l]

[m]
Vacant March 2, 1831

May 4, 1831
John Samuel Peters
32 Thaddeus Betts March 2, 1831

May 1, 1833
National
Republican
33 Ebenezer Stoddard May 1, 1833

May 7, 1834
Democratic Henry W. Edwards
34 Thaddeus Betts May 7, 1834

May 6, 1835
Whig Samuel A. Foot
35 Ebenezer Stoddard May 6, 1835

May 2, 1838
Democratic Henry W. Edwards
36 Charles Hawley May 2, 1838

May 4, 1842
Whig William W. Ellsworth
37 William S. Holabird May 4, 1842

May 1, 1844
Democratic Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
38 Reuben Booth May 1, 1844

May 6, 1846
Whig Roger Sherman Baldwin
39 Noyes Billings May 6, 1846

May 5, 1847
Democratic Isaac Toucey
40 Charles J. McCurdy May 5, 1847

May 2, 1849
Whig Clark Bissell
41 Thomas Backus May 2, 1849

May 4, 1850
Whig Joseph Trumbull
42 Charles H. Pond May 5, 1850

May 7, 1851
Democratic Thomas H. Seymour[n]
43 Green Kendrick May 7, 1851

May 7, 1852
Whig
44 Charles H. Pond May 7, 1852

October 13, 1853
Democratic

[o]
Vacant October 13, 1853

May 3, 1854
Charles H. Pond
45 Alexander H. Holley May 3, 1854

May 2, 1855
Whig Henry Dutton
46 William Field May 2, 1855

May 7, 1856
Free Soil William T. Minor
47 Albert Day May 7, 1856

May 6, 1857
American
48 Alfred A. Burnham May 6, 1857

May 5, 1858
Republican Alexander H. Holley
49 Julius Catlin May 5, 1858

May 1, 1861
Republican William Alfred Buckingham
50 Benjamin Douglas May 1, 1861

May 7, 1862
Republican
51 Roger Averill May 7, 1862

May 2, 1866
Unionist
National Union
52 Oliver Winchester May 2, 1866

May 1, 1867
Republican Joseph Roswell Hawley
53 Ephraim H. Hyde May 1, 1867

May 5, 1869
Democratic James E. English
54 Francis Wayland III May 5, 1869

May 4, 1870
Republican Marshall Jewell
55 Julius Hotchkiss May 4, 1870

May 16, 1871
Democratic James E. English
56 Morris Tyler May 16, 1871

May 7, 1873
Republican Marshall Jewell
57 George G. Sill May 7, 1873

January 3, 1887
Democratic Charles Roberts Ingersoll

[p]
58 Francis Loomis January 3, 1877

January 9, 1879
Democratic
[q]
Richard D. Hubbard
59 David Gallup January 9, 1879

January 5, 1881
Republican Charles B. Andrews
60 William H. Bulkeley January 5, 1881

January 3, 1883
Republican Hobart B. Bigelow
61 George G. Sumner January 3, 1883

January 8, 1885
Democratic Thomas M. Waller
62 Lorrin A. Cooke January 8, 1885

January 7, 1887
Republican Henry Baldwin Harrison
63 James L. Howard January 7, 1887

January 10, 1889
Republican Phineas C. Lounsbury
64 Samuel E. Merwin January 10, 1889

January 4, 1893
Republican Morgan Bulkeley[r]
65 Ernest Cady January 4, 1893

January 9, 1895
Democratic Luzon B. Morris
66 Lorrin A. Cooke January 9, 1895

January 6, 1897
Republican Owen Vincent Coffin
67 James D. Dewell January 6, 1897

January 4, 1899
Republican Lorrin A. Cooke
68 Lyman A. Mills January 4, 1899

January 9, 1901
Republican George E. Lounsbury
69 Edwin O. Keeler January 9, 1901

January 7, 1903
Republican George P. McLean
70 Henry Roberts January 7, 1903

January 4, 1905
Republican Abiram Chamberlain
71 Rollin S. Woodruff January 4, 1905

January 9, 1907
Republican Henry Roberts
72 Everett J. Lake January 9, 1907

January 9, 1909
Republican Rollin S. Woodruff
73 Frank B. Weeks January 6, 1909

April 21, 1909
Republican
[s]
George L. Lilley
Vacant April 21, 1909

January 4, 1911
Frank B. Weeks
74 Dennis A. Blakeslee January 4, 1911

January 8, 1913
Republican Simeon Eben Baldwin[n]
75 Lyman T. Tingier January 8, 1913

January 6, 1915
Democratic
76 Clifford B. Wilson January 6, 1915

January 5, 1921
Republican Marcus H. Holcomb
77 Charles A. Templeton January 5, 1921

January 3, 1923
Republican Everett J. Lake
78 Hiram Bingham III January 3, 1923

January 7, 1925
Republican Charles A. Templeton
79 John H. Trumbull January 7, 1925

January 8, 1925
Republican
[t]
Hiram Bingham III
80 J. Edwin Brainard January 8, 1925

January 9, 1929
Republican John H. Trumbull
81 Ernest E. Rogers January 9, 1929

January 7, 1931
Republican
82 Samuel R. Spencer January 7, 1931

January 4, 1933
Republican Wilbur Lucius Cross[n]
83 Roy C. Wilcox January 4, 1933

January 9, 1935
Republican
84 T. Frank Hayes January 9, 1935

January 4, 1939
Democratic
85 James L. McConaughy January 4, 1939

January 8, 1941
Republican Raymond E. Baldwin
86 Odell Shepard January 8, 1941

January 6, 1943
Democratic Robert A. Hurley
87 William L. Hadden January 6, 1943

January 3, 1945
Republican Raymond E. Baldwin[u]
88 Charles Wilbert Snow January 3, 1945

December 27, 1946
Democratic
[v]
Vacant December 27, 1946

January 8, 1947
Charles Wilbert Snow
89 James C. Shannon January 8, 1947

March 7, 1948
Republican
[w]
James L. McConaughy
90 Robert E. Parsons March 7, 1948

January 5, 1949
Republican James C. Shannon
91 William T. Carroll January 5, 1949

January 3, 1951
Democratic Chester Bowles
92 Edward N. Allen January 3, 1951

January 5, 1955
Republican
[x]
John Davis Lodge
93 Charles W. Jewett January 5, 1955

January 7, 1959
Republican Abraham Ribicoff
94 John N. Dempsey January 7, 1959

January 21, 1961
Democratic
[y]
95 Anthony J. Armentano January 21, 1961

January 9, 1963
Democratic John N. Dempsey
96 Samuel J. Tedesco January 9, 1963

January 15, 1966
Democratic
[z]
97 Fred J. Doocy January 15, 1966

January 4, 1967
Democratic
98 Attilio R. Frassinelli January 4, 1967

January 6, 1971
Democratic
99 T. Clark Hull January 6, 1971

June 1, 1973
Republican 1970
[aa]
Thomas Meskill
100 Peter L. Cashman June 1, 1973

January 8, 1975
Republican
101 Robert K. Killian January 8, 1975

January 3, 1979
Democratic 1974 Ella Grasso
102 William A. O'Neill January 3, 1979

December 31, 1980
Democratic 1978
[ab]
103 Joseph J. Fauliso December 31, 1980

January 9, 1991
Democratic William A. O'Neill
1982
1986
104 Eunice Groark January 9, 1991

January 4, 1995
A Connecticut Party 1990 Lowell Weicker
105 Jodi Rell January 4, 1995

July 1, 2004
Republican 1994 John G. Rowland
1998
2002
[ac]
106 Kevin Sullivan July 1, 2004

January 3, 2007
Democratic Jodi Rell
107 Michael Fedele January 3, 2007

January 5, 2011
Republican 2006
108 Nancy Wyman January 5, 2011

January 9, 2019
Democratic 2010 Dannel Malloy
2014
109 Susan Bysiewicz January 9, 2019

Present
Democratic 2018
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Ned Lamont

Notes[]

  1. ^ The office of Lieutenant Governor was known as Deputy-Governor under the colonial charter, but the name 'Lieutenant Governor' was predominantly used after independence.[1]
  2. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  3. ^ Represented no party.
  4. ^ Huntington died and Wolcott acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  5. ^ Wolcott died and Trumbull acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  6. ^ Trumbull died and Treadwell acted as governor, rendering the office vacant until the General Assembly elected a successor at its October session.
  7. ^ Griswold died and Smith acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  8. ^ Represented the Federalist Party.
  9. ^ Smith died in office; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
  10. ^ Represented the Democratic-Republican Party in his first year, and the Toleration Party after that.
  11. ^ Ingersoll died in office; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
  12. ^ Represented the Democratic-Republican Party in his first year, and the National Republican Party after that.
  13. ^ Tomlinson resigned and Peters acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  14. ^ a b c Represented the Democratic Party.
  15. ^ Seymour resigned and Pond acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  16. ^ This term was lengthened by 7 months due to a constitutional amendment moving the election schedule.
  17. ^ First term under a constitutional amendment which lengthened terms to two years.
  18. ^ Morgan Bulkeley 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.[3]
  19. ^ Lilley died and Weeks acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  20. ^ Bingham resigned and Trumbull acted as governor for the remainder of the term; as president pro tempore of the senate, Brainard succeeded Trumbull.
  21. ^ Represented the Republican Party.
  22. ^ Baldwin resigned and Snow acted as governor; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
  23. ^ McConaughy died and Shannon acted as governor; as president pro tempore of the senate, Parsons succeeded Shannon.
  24. ^ First term under a constitution amendment which lengthened terms to four years.
  25. ^ Ribicoff resigned and Dempsey acted as governor for the remainder of his term; as president pro tempore of the senate, Armentano succeeded Dempsey.
  26. ^ Tedesco resigned to take a seat on the Connecticut Superior Court; as president pro tempore of the senate, Doocy succeeded him.
  27. ^ Hull resigned to take a seat on the Connecticut Superior Court; as president pro tempore of the senate, Cashman succeeded him.
  28. ^ Grasso resigned and O'Neill succeeded her; as president pro tempore of the senate, Fauliso succeeded O'Neill.
  29. ^ Rowland resigned and Rell succeeded him; as president pro tempore of the senate, Sullivan succeeded Rell.
  30. ^ Bysiewicz's first term expires on January 4, 2023.

References[]

Constitutions
  • "Constitution of the State of Connecticut". Connecticut State Library. 1965. Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
  • "Constitution of the State of Connecticut". Secretary of the State of Connecticut. 1818. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
  • "Charter of the Colony of Connecticut". National Humanities Institute. 1662. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
Specific
  1. ^ 1662 Charter
  2. ^ "Hartford. Oct. 24". The enquirer. Richmond, Va. November 14, 1809. p. 2. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Morgan Gardner Bulkeley". National Governors Association. Retrieved August 29, 2016.

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