Connecticut

Connecticut is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. It was the fifth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on January 9, 1788. It is the third smallest state by area and has the twenty-ninth largest population.
==State Facts==
 Name 	Connecticut
Capital City 	Hartford
Population 	3, 572, 665  (29/50)
Area 	5, 567 square miles  (48/50)
Counties 	8
Largest Cities	Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Hartford, Waterbury
==Governors==
Number	Name 	Party 	Term 	Spouse
1 	
Jonathan Trumbull
(1710-85) 	N/A 	1777-84 	Faith Trumbull
2 	
Matthew Griswold
(1714-99) 	Fed. 	1784-86 	Ursula Griswold
3 	
Samuel Huntington
(1731-96) 	Fed. 	1786-96 	Martha Huntington
4 	
Oliver Wolcott
(1726-97) 	Fed. 	1796-97 	Laura Wolcott
5 	Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (1740-1809)	Fed. 	1797-1809	Eunice Trumbull
6 	
John Treadwell
(1745-1823) 	Fed. 	1809-11 	Dorothy Treadwell
7 	
Roger Griswold
(1762-1812) 	Fed. 	1811-12 	Fanny Griswold
8 	
John Cotton Smith
(1765-1845) 	Fed. 	1812-17 	Margaret Smith
9 	
Oliver Wolcott Jr.
(1760-1833) 	Dem-Rep. 	1817-27 	Elizabeth Wolcott
10 	
Gideon Tomlinson
(1780-1854) 	Dem-Rep. 	1827-31 	Sarah Tomlinson
11 	
John Samuel Peters
(1772-1858) 	Nat. Rep.	1831-33 	N/A
12 	
Henry W. Edwards
(1779-1847) 	Dem. 	1833-34 	Lydia Edwards
13 	
Samuel A. Foot
(1780-1846) 	Whig 	1834-35 	Eudocia Foot
14 	
Henry W. Edwards
(1779-1847) 	Dem. 	1835-38 	Lydia Edwards
15 	
William W. Ellsworth
(1791-1868)	Whig 	1838-42 	Emily Ellsworth
16 	
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
(1799-1887)	Dem. 	1842-44 	Diantha Cleveland
17 	
Roger Sherman Baldwin
(1793-1863)	Whig 	1844-46 	Emily Baldwin
18 	
Isaac Toucey
(1792-1869) 	Dem. 	1846-47 	Catherine Toucey
19 	
Clark Bissell
(1782-1857) 	Whig 	1847-49 	Sally Bissell
20 	
Joseph Trumbull
(1782-1861) 	Whig 	1849-50 	Eliza Trumbull
21 	
Thomas H. Seymour
(1807-68) 	Dem. 	1850-53 	N/A
22 	
Charles H. Pond
(1791-1861) 	Dem. 	1853-54 	Catherine Pond
23 	
Henry Dutton
(1796-1869) 	Whig 	1854-55 	Elizabeth Dutton
24 	
William T. Minor
(1815-89) 	Amer. 	1855-57 	Mary Minor
25 	
Alexander H. Holley
(1804-87) 	Rep. 	1857-58 	Sarah Holley
26 	
William Alfred Buckingham
(1804-75)	Rep. 	1858-66 	Eliza Buckingham
27 	
Joseph Roswell Hawley
(1826-1905)	Rep. 	1866-67 	Harriet Hawley
28 	
James E. English
(1812-90) 	Dem. 	1867-69 	Caroline English
29 	
Marshall Jewell
(1825-83) 	Rep. 	1869-70 	Esther Jewell
30 	
James E. English
(1812-90) 	Dem. 	1870-71 	Caroline English
31 	
Marshall Jewell
(1825-83) 	Rep. 	1871-73 	Esther Jewell
32 	
Charles Roberts Ingersoll
(1821-1903)	Dem. 	1873-77 	Virginia Ingersoll
33 	
Richard D. Hubbard
(1818-84) 	Dem. 	1877-79 	Mary Hubbard
34 	
Charles B. Andrews
(1834-1902) 	Rep. 	1879-81 	Mary Andrews
35 	
Hobart B. Bigelow
(1834-91) 	Rep. 	1881-83 	Eleanor Bigelow
36 	
Thomas M. Waller
(1839-1924) 	Dem. 	1883-85 	Charlotte Waller
37 	
Henry Baldwin Harrison
(1821-1901)	Rep. 	1885-87 	Mary Harrison
38 	
Phineas C. Lounsbury
(1841-1925)	Rep. 	1887-89 	Jennie Lounsbury
39 	
Morgan Bulkeley
(1837-1922) 	Rep. 	1889-93 	Fannie Bulkeley
40 	
Luzon B. Morris
(1827-95) 	Dem. 	1893-95 	Eugenia Morris
41 	
Owen Vincent Coffin
(1836-1921)	Rep. 	1895-97 	Ellen Coffin
42 	
Lorrin A. Cooke
(1831-1902) 	Rep. 	1897-99 	Josephine Cooke
43 	
George E. Lounsbury
(1838-1904)	Rep. 	1899-1901	Frances Lounsbury
44 	
George P. McLean
(1857-1932) 	Rep. 	1901-03 	N/A
45 	
Abiram Chamberlain
(1837-1911) 	Rep. 	1903-05 	Charlotte Chamberlain
46 	
Henry Roberts
(1853-1929) 	Rep. 	1905-07 	Carrie Roberts
47 	
Rollin S. Woodruff
(1854-1925) 	Rep. 	1907-09 	Kaomeo Woodruff
48 	
George L. Lilley
(1859-1909) 	Rep. 	1909 	Anna Lilley
49 	
Frank B. Weeks
(1854-1935) 	Rep. 	1909-11 	Helen Weeks
50 	
Simeon Eben Baldwin
(1840-1927)	Dem. 	1911-15 	Susan Baldwin
51 	
Marcus H. Holcomb
(1844-1932) 	Rep. 	1915-21 	Sarah Holcomb
52 	
Everett J. Lake
(1871-1948) 	Rep. 	1921-23 	Eva Lake
53 	
Charles A. Templeton
(1871-1955)	Rep. 	1923-25 	Martha Templeton
54 	
Hiram Bingham III
(1875-1956) 	Rep. 	1925 	Alfreda Bingham
55 	
John H. Trumbull
(1873-1961) 	Rep. 	1925-31 	Maud Trumbull
56 	
Wilbur Lucius Cross
(1862-1948)	Dem. 	1931-39 	Helen Cross
57 	
Raymond E. Baldwin
(1893-1986) 	Rep. 	1939-41 	Edith Baldwin
58 	
Robert A. Hurley
(1895-1968) 	Dem. 	1941-43 	Evelyn Hurley
59 	
Raymond E. Baldwin
(1893-1986) 	Rep. 	1943-46 	Edith Baldwin
60 	
Charles Wilbert Snow
(1884-1977)	Dem. 	1946-47 	Jeanette Snow
61 	
James L. McConaughy
(1887-1948)	Rep. 	1947-48 	Elizabeth McConaughy
62 	
James C. Shannon
(1896-1980) 	Rep. 	1948-49 	Helen Shannon
63 	
Chester Bowles
(1901-86) 	Dem. 	1949-51 	Dorothy Bowles
64 	
John Davis Lodge
(1903-85) 	Rep. 	1951-55 	Francesca Lodge
65 	
Abraham Ribicoff
(1910-98) 	Dem. 	1955-61 	Ruth Ribicoff
66 	
John N. Dempsey
(1915-89) 	Dem. 	1961-71 	Mary Dempsey
67 	
Thomas Meskill
(1928-2007) 	Rep. 	1971-75 	Mary Meskill
68 	
Ella Grasso
(1919-81) 	Dem. 	1975-80 	Thomas Grasso
69 	
William A. O'Neill
(1930-2007) 	Dem. 	1980-91 	Nikki O'Neill
70 	
Lowell Weicker
(1931-) 	ACP 	1991-95 	Claudia Weicker
71 	
John G. Rowland
(1957-) 	Rep. 	1995-2004	Patty Rowland
72 	
Jodi Rell
(1946-) 	Rep. 	2004-11 	Lou Rell
73 	
Dannel Malloy
(1955-) 	Dem. 	2011-19 	Cathy Malloy
74 	
Ned Lamont
(1954-) 	Dem. 	2019-Pr. 	Ann Lamont
==United States Senators (Class 1 and Class 3)==
Class 1 (Next Election in 2024)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	Oliver Ellsworth
(1745-1807)	Pro-Administration 	1789-96
(7 years)
2. 	James Hillhouse
(1754-1832)	Federalist 	1796-1810
(14 years)
3. 	Samuel W. Dana
(1760-1830)	Federalist 	1810-21
(11 years)
4. 	Elijah Boardman
(1760-1823)	Democratic-Republican	1821-23
(2 years)
5. 	Henry W. Edwards
(1779-1847)	Democratic 	1823-27
(4 years)
6. 	Samuel A. Foot
(1780-1846)	National Republican 	1827-33
(6 years)
7. 	Nathan Smith
(1770-1835)	National Republican 	1833-35
(2 years)
8. 	John Milton Niles
(1787-1856)	Democratic 	1835-39
(4 years)
9. 	Thaddeus Betts
(1789-1840)	Whig 	1839-40
(1 year)
10. 	Jabez W. Huntington
(1788-1847)	Whig 	1840-47
(7 years)
11. 	Roger Sherman Baldwin
(1793-1863)	Whig 	1847-51
(4 years)
12. 	Isaac Toucey
(1792-1869)	Democratic 	1852-57
(5 years)
13. 	James Dixon
(1814-73)	Republican 	1857-69
(12 years)
14. 	William Alfred Buckingham
(1804-75)	Republican 	1869-75
(6 years)
15. 	William W. Eaton
(1816-98)	Democratic 	1875-81
(6 years)
16. 	Joseph Roswell Hawley
(1826-1905)	Republican 	1881-1905
(24 years)
17. 	Morgan Bulkeley
(1837-1922)	Republican 	1905-11
(6 years)
18. 	George P. McLean
(1857-1932)	Republican 	1911-29
(18 years)
19. 	Frederic C. Walcott
(1869-1949)	Republican 	1929-35
(6 years)
20. 	Francis T. Maloney
(1894-1945)	Democratic 	1935-45
(10 years)
21. 	Thomas C. Hart
(1877-1971)	Republican 	1945-46
(1 year)
22. 	Raymond E. Baldwin
(1893-1986)	Republican 	1946-49
(3 years)
23. 	William Benton
(1900-73)	Democratic 	1949-53
(4 years)
24. 	William A. Purtell
(1897-1978)	Republican 	1953-59
(6 years)
25. 	Thomas J. Dodd
(1907-71)	Democratic 	1959-71
(12 years)
26. 	Lowell Weicker
(1931-)	Republican 	1971-89
(18 years)
27. 	Joe Lieberman
(1942-)	Independent 	1989-2013
(24 years)
28. 	Chris Murphy
(1973-)	Democratic 	2013-Present
(8 years)
Class 3 (Next Election in 2022)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	William Samuel Johnson
(1727-1819)	Pro-Administration 	1789-91
(2 years)
2. 	Roger Sherman
(1721-93)	Pro-Administration 	1791-93
(2 years)
3. 	Stephen Mix Mitchell
(1743-1835)	Pro-Administration 	1793-95
(2 years)
4. 	Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
(1740-1809)	Federalist 	1795-96
(1 year)
5. 	Uriah Tracy
(1755-1807)	Federalist 	1796-1807
(11 years)
6. 	Chauncey Goodrich
(1759-1815)	Federalist 	1807-13
(6 years)
7. 	David Daggett
(1764-1851)	Federalist 	1813-19
(6 years)
8. 	James Lanman
(1767-1841)	Democratic-Republican	1819-25
(6 years)
9. 	Calvin Willey
(1776-1858)	National Republican 	1825-31
(6 years)
10. 	Gideon Tomlinson
(1780-1854)	National Republican 	1831-37
(6 years)
11. 	Perry Smith
(1783-1852)	Democratic 	1837-43
(6 years)
12. 	John Milton Niles
(1787-1856)	Democratic 	1843-49
(6 years)
13. 	Truman Smith
(1791-1884)	Whig 	1849-54
(5 years)
14. 	Francis Gillette
(1807-79)	Free Soil 	1854-55
(1 year)
15. 	Lafayette S. Foster
(1806-80)	Republican 	1855-67
(12 years)
16. 	Orris S. Ferry
(1823-75)	Republican 	1867-75
(8 years)
17. 	James E. English
(1812-90)	Democratic 	1875-76
(1 year)
18. 	William Henry Barnum
(1818-89)	Democratic 	1876-79
(3 years)
19. 	Orville H. Platt
(1827-1905)	Republican 	1879-1905
(26 years)
20. 	Frank B. Brandegee
(1864-1924)	Republican 	1905-24
(19 years)
21. 	Hiram Bingham III
(1875-1956)	Republican 	1924-33
(9 years)
22. 	Augustine Lonergan
(1874-1947)	Democratic 	1933-39
(6 years)
23. 	John A. Danaher
(1899-1990)	Republican 	1939-45
(6 years)
24. 	Brien McMahon
(1903-52)	Democratic 	1945-52
(7 years)
25. 	William A. Purtell
(1897-1978)	Republican 	1952
(2 months)
26. 	Prescott Bush
(1895-1972)	Republican 	1952-63
(11 years)
27. 	Abraham Ribicoff
(1910-98)	Democratic 	1963-81
(18 years)
28. 	Chris Dodd
(1944-)	Democratic 	1981-2011
(30 years)
29. 	Richard Blumenthal
(1946-)	Democratic 	2011-Present
(10 years)