# List of United States senators from Connecticut

This is a list of the **United States senators from Connecticut**.

United States senators are elected for a six-year term. The term begins on January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, senators were chosen by the Connecticut General Assembly. Before 1935, their terms began March 4.

Senators are placed in different classes. This is so both senators for a state are not elected during the same year.

## Class 1

Class 1 senators had elections in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012.

| # | Senator | Party | Years | Congress | Term | Electoral history |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 |  Oliver Ellsworth | Pro- Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796 | 1 | 1 | Elected in 1788/1789 |
| 2 | 2 | Re-elected in 1791 Resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| *Vacant* | March 8, 1796 – December 6, 1796 |
| 2 |  James Hillhouse | Federalist | December 6, 1796 – June 10, 1810 | 4 (Continued) | Elected to finish Ellsworth's term |
| 5 | 3 | Re-elected in 1797 |
| 6 |
| 7 |
| 8 | 4 | Re-elected in 1803 |
| 9 |
| 10 |
| 11 | 5 | Re-elected in 1809 Resigned |
| *Vacant* | June 10, 1810 – December 4, 1810 |
| 3 | Samuel W. Dana | Federalist | December 4, 1810 – March 4, 1821 | 11 (Continued) | Elected to finish Hillhouse's term |
| 12 |
| 13 |
| 14 | 6 | Re-elected in 1814 |
| 15 |
| 16 |
| 4 |  Elijah Boardman | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1821 – August 18, 1823 | 17 | 7 | Elected in 1820 Died |
| 18 |
| *Vacant* | August 18, 1823 – October 8, 1823 |
| 5 |  Henry W. Edwards | Jacksonian | October 8, 1823 – March 4, 1827 | 18 (Continued) | Appointed to continue Boardman's term Elected to finish Boardman's term |
| 19 |
| 6 |  Samuel A. Foot | Adams, later Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1833 | 20 | 8 | Elected in 1826 Lost re-election |
| 21 |
| 22 |
| 7 |  Nathan Smith | Whig | March 4, 1833 – December 6, 1835 | 23 | 9 | Elected in 1832 Died |
| 24 |
| *Vacant* | December 6, 1835 – December 21, 1835 |
| 8 |  John Milton Niles | Jacksonian | December 21, 1835 – March 4, 1839 | 24 (Continued) | Elected to finish Smith's term Retired |
| 25 |
| 9 | Thaddeus Betts | Whig | March 4, 1839 – April 7, 1840 | 26 | 10 | Elected in 1838 Died |
| *Vacant* | April 7, 1840 – May 4, 1840 |
| 10 |  Jabez W. Huntington | Whig | May 4, 1840 – November 1, 1847 | 26 (Continued) | Elected to finish Betts's term |
| 27 |
| 28 |
| 29 | 11 | Re-elected in 1844 Died |
| 30 |
| *Vacant* | November 1, 1847 – November 11, 1847 |
| 11 |  Roger Sherman Baldwin | Whig | November 11, 1847 – March 4, 1851 | 30 (Continued) | Appointed to continue Huntington's term Elected to finish Huntington's term |
| 31 |
| *Vacant* | March 4, 1851 – May 12, 1851 | 32 | 12 |
| 12 |  Isaac Toucey | Democratic | May 12, 1851 – March 4, 1857 | 32 (Continued) | Elected late in 1851 Retired |
| 33 |
| 34 |
| 13 |  James Dixon | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1869 | 35 | 13 | Elected in 1856 |
| 36 |
| 37 |
| 38 | 14 | Re-elected in 1863 Lost re-election |
| 39 |
| 40 |
| 14 |  William Alfred Buckingham | Republican | March 4, 1869 – February 5, 1875 | 41 | 15 | Elected in 1868 Died |
| 42 |
| 43 |
| 15 |  William W. Eaton | Democratic | February 5, 1875 – March 4, 1881 | Appointed to finish Buckingham's term, having been elected to the next term |
| 44 | 16 | Elected in 1874 |
| 45 |
| 46 |
| 16 |  Joseph Roswell Hawley | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1905 | 47 | 17 | Elected in 1881 |
| 48 |
| 49 |
| 50 | 18 | Re-elected in 1887 |
| 51 |
| 52 |
| 53 | 19 | Re-elected in 1893 |
| 54 |
| 55 |
| 56 | 20 | Re-elected in 1899 Retired |
| 57 |
| 58 |
| 17 |  Morgan G. Bulkeley | Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911 | 59 | 21 | Elected in 1904 Lost re-election |
| 60 |
| 61 |
| 18 |  George P. McLean | Republican | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1929 | 62 | 22 | Elected in 1911 |
| 63 |
| 64 |
| 65 | 23 | Re-elected in 1916 |
| 66 |
| 67 |
| 68 | 24 | Re-elected in 1922 Retired |
| 69 |
| 70 |
| 19 |  Frederic C. Walcott | Republican | March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935 | 71 | 25 | Elected in 1928 Lost re-election |
| 72 |
| 73 |
| 20 |  Francis T. Maloney | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 16, 1945 | 74 | 26 | Elected in 1934 |
| 75 |
| 76 |
| 77 | 27 | Re-elected in 1940 Died |
| 78 |
| 79 |
| *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 | 79 (Continued) | Elected to finish Maloney's term, having been elected to the next term |
| 80 | 28 | Elected in 1946 Resigned |
| 81 |
| 23 | William Benton | Democratic | December 17, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | Appointed to continue Baldwin's term Elected to finish Baldwin's term Lost election to next term |
| 82 |
| 24 |  William A. Purtell | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 | 83 | 29 | Elected in 1952 Lost re-election |
| 84 |
| 85 |
| 25 |  Thomas J. Dodd | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 | 86 | 30 | Elected in 1958 |
| 87 |
| 88 |
| 89 | 31 | Re-elected in 1964 Lost re-election |
| 90 |
| 91 |
| 26 |  Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. | Republican | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989 | 92 | 32 | Elected in 1970 |
| 93 |
| 94 |
| 95 | 33 | Re-elected in 1976 |
| 96 |
| 97 |
| 98 | 34 | Re-elected in 1982 Lost re-election |
| 99 |
| 100 |
| 27 |  Joseph Lieberman | Democratic | January 3, 1989 – Present | 101 | 35 | Elected in 1988 |
| 102 |
| 103 |
| 104 | 36 | Re-elected in 1994 |
| 105 |
| 106 |
| 107 | 37 | Re-elected in 2000 |
| 108 |
| 109 |
| Independent Democratic | 110 | 38 | Lost re-nomination, but re-elected in 2006 |
| 111 |
| 112 |
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Congress | Term | Electoral history |

## Class 3

Class 3 senators were elected in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

| # | Senator | Party | Years | Congress | Term | Electoral history |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 |  William Samuel Johnson | Pro- Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | 1 | 1 | Elected in 1788/1789 Resigned |
| *Vacant* | March 4, 1791 – June 13, 1791 | 2 |
| 2 |  Roger Sherman | Pro- Administration | June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793 | 2 (Continued) | Elected to finish Johnson's term Died |
| 3 |
| *Vacant* | July 23, 1793 – December 2, 1793 |
| 3 |  Stephen Mix Mitchell | Pro- Administration | December 2, 1793 – March 4, 1795 | 3 (Continued) | Appointed to finish Sherman's term Retired |
| 4 |  Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Federalist | March 4, 1795 – June 10, 1796 | 4 | 2 | Elected in 1794 Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut |
| *Vacant* | June 10, 1796 – October 13, 1796 |
| 5 |  Uriah Tracy | Federalist | October 13, 1796 – July 19, 1807 | 4 (Continued) | Elected to finish Trumbull's term |
| 5 |
| 6 |
| 7 | 3 | Re-elected in 1801 |
| 8 |
| 9 |
| 10 | 4 | Re-elected in 1807 Died |
| *Vacant* | July 19, 1807 – October 25, 1807 |
| 6 |  Chauncey Goodrich | Federalist | October 25, 1807 – May 13, 1813 | 10 (Continued) | Elected to finish Tracy's term |
| 11 |
| 12 |
| 13 | 5 | Re-elected in 1813 Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut |
| 7 |  David Daggett | Federalist | May 13, 1813 – March 4, 1819 | Elected to finish Goodrich's term Retired |
| 14 |
| 15 |
| 8 |  James Lanman | Democratic- Republican | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1825 | 16 | 6 | Elected in 1819 Presented credentials but was not permitted to qualify |
| 17 |
| Crawford Republican | 18 |
| *Vacant* | March 4, 1825 – May 4, 1825 | 19 | 7 |
| 9 |  Calvin Willey | Anti- Jacksonian | May 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831 | 19 (Continued) | Elected late to complete Lanman's term |
| Adams | 20 |
| Anti- Jacksonian | 21 |
| 10 | Gideon Tomlinson | Anti- Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1837 | 22 | 8 | Elected in 1831 |
| 23 |
| 24 |
| 11 | Perry Smith | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1843 | 25 | 9 | Elected in 1837 |
| 26 |
| 27 |
| 12 |  John Milton Niles | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1849 | 28 | 10 | Elected in 1843 |
| 29 |
| 30 |
| 13 |  Truman Smith | Whig | March 4, 1849 – May 24, 1854 | 31 | 11 | Elected in 1848 Resigned |
| 32 |
| 33 |
| 14 |  Francis Gillette | Free Soil | May 24, 1854 – March 4, 1855 | Elected to finish Smith's term Retired |
| 15 |  Lafayette S. Foster | Republican | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1867 | 34 | 12 | Elected in 1854 |
| 35 |
| 36 |
| 37 | 13 | Re-elected in 1860 Lost re-election |
| 38 |
| 39 |
| 16 |  Orris S. Ferry | Republican | March 4, 1867 – November 21, 1875 | 40 | 14 | Elected in 1866 |
| 41 |
| 42 |
| 43 | 15 | Re-elected in 1872 Died |
| 44 |
| *Vacant* | November 21, 1875 – November 27, 1875 |
| 17 |  James E. English | Democratic | November 27, 1875 – May 17, 1876 | Appointed to continue Ferry's term Retired when successor elected |
| 18 |  William Henry Barnum | Democratic | May 18, 1876 – March 4, 1879 | 44 (Continued) | Elected to finish Ferry's term |
| 45 |
| 19 |  Orville H. Platt | Republican | March 4, 1879 – April 21, 1905 | 46 | 16 | Elected in 1879 |
| 47 |
| 48 |
| 49 | 17 | Re-elected 1885 |
| 50 |
| 51 |
| 52 | 18 | Re-elected 1891 |
| 53 |
| 54 |
| 55 | 19 | Re-elected 1897 |
| 56 |
| 57 |
| 58 | 20 | Re-elected in 1903 Died |
| *Vacant* | April 21, 1905 – May 10, 1905 |
| 20 |  Frank B. Brandegee | Republican | May 10, 1905 – October 14, 1924 | 58 (Continued) | Elected to finish Platt's term |
| 59 |
| 60 |
| 61 | 21 | Re-elected in 1908 |
| 62 |
| 63 |
| 64 | 22 | Re-elected in 1914 |
| 65 |
| 66 |
| 67 | 23 | Re-elected in 1920 Died |
| 68 |
| *Vacant* | October 14, 1924 – December 15, 1924 |
| 21 |  Hiram Bingham III | Republican | December 15, 1924 – March 4, 1933 | 68 (Continued) | Elected to finish Brandegee's term |
| 69 |
| 70 | 24 | Re-elected in 1926 Lost re-election |
| 71 |
| 72 |
| 22 |  Augustine Lonergan | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | 73 | 25 | Elected in 1932 Lost re-election |
| 74 |
| 75 |
| 23 |  John A. Danaher | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945 | 76 | 26 | Elected in 1938 Lost re-election |
| 77 |
| 78 |
| 24 |  Brien McMahon | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – July 28, 1952 | 79 | 27 | Elected in 1944 |
| 80 |
| 81 |
| 82 | 28 | Re-elected in 1950 Died |
| *Vacant* | July 28, 1952 – August 29, 1952 |
| 25 |  William A. Purtell | Republican | August 29, 1952 – November 4, 1952 | Appointed to continue McMahon's term Retired when successor elected |
| 26 |  Prescott Bush | Republican | November 4, 1952 – January 3, 1963 | 82 (Continued) | Elected to finish McMahon's term |
| 83 |
| 84 |
| 85 | 29 | Re-elected in 1956 Retired |
| 86 |
| 87 |
| 27 |  Abraham A. Ribicoff | Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981 | 88 | 30 | Elected in 1962 |
| 89 |
| 90 |
| 91 | 31 | Re-elected in 1968 |
| 92 |
| 93 |
| 94 | 32 | Re-elected in 1974 Retired |
| 95 |
| 96 |
| 28 |  Chris Dodd | Democratic | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011 | 97 | 33 | Elected in 1980 |
| 98 |
| 99 |
| 100 | 34 | Re-elected in 1986 |
| 101 |
| 102 |
| 103 | 35 | Re-elected in 1992 |
| 104 |
| 105 |
| 106 | 36 | Re-elected in 1998 |
| 107 |
| 108 |
| 109 | 37 | Re-elected in 2004 Retired |
| 110 |
| 111 |
| 29 |  Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | January 3, 2011 – Present | 112 | 38 | Elected in 2010 |
| 113 |
| 114 |
| # | Senator | Party | Years | Congress | Term | Electoral history |