Connecticut became a U.S. state in 1788, which allowed it to send congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives beginning with the 1st United States Congress in 1789. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms.
These are tables of congressional delegations from Connecticut to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Current delegation
Current U.S. senators from Connecticut | ||||
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Connecticut
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Class I senator | Class III senator | ||
Chris Murphy (Junior senator) |
Richard Blumenthal (Senior senator) | |||
Party | Democratic | Democratic | ||
Incumbent since | January 3, 2013 | January 3, 2011 |
Connecticut's current congressional delegation in the 118th Congress consists of its two senators and its five representatives, all of whom are Democrats.
The current dean of the Connecticut delegation is Representative Rosa DeLauro of the 3rd district, having served in the House since 1991.
Current U.S. representatives from Connecticut | |||||
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District | Member (Residence)[2] |
Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2022)[3] |
District map |
1st | John B. Larson (East Hartford) |
Democratic | January 3, 1999 | D+12 | |
2nd | Joe Courtney (Vernon) |
Democratic | January 3, 2007 | D+3 | |
3rd | Rosa DeLauro (New Haven) |
Democratic | January 3, 1991 | D+7 | |
4th | Jim Himes (Cos Cob) |
Democratic | January 3, 2009 | D+13 | |
5th | Jahana Hayes (Wolcott) |
Democratic | January 3, 2019 | D+3 |
United States Senate
Class II senator | Congress | Class III senator | ||
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Oliver Ellsworth (PA) | 1st (1789–1791) | William Samuel Johnson (PA) | ||
2nd (1791–1793) | ||||
Roger Sherman (PA) | ||||
3rd (1793–1795) | ||||
Stephen Mix Mitchell (PA) | ||||
Oliver Ellsworth (F) | 4th (1795–1797) | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (F) | ||
James Hillhouse (F) | Uriah Tracy (F) | |||
5th (1797–1799) | ||||
6th (1799–1801) | ||||
7th (1801–1803) | ||||
8th (1803–1805) | ||||
9th (1805–1807) | ||||
10th (1807–1809) | ||||
Chauncey Goodrich (F) | ||||
11th (1809–1811) | ||||
Samuel W. Dana (F) | ||||
12th (1811–1813) | ||||
13th (1813–1815) | ||||
David Daggett (F) | ||||
14th (1815–1817) | ||||
15th (1817–1819) | ||||
16th (1819–1821) | James Lanman (DR) | |||
Elijah Boardman (DR) | 17th (1821–1823) | |||
18th (1823–1825) | ||||
Henry W. Edwards (DR) | ||||
Henry W. Edwards (J) | 19th (1825–1827) | Calvin Willey (NR) | ||
Samuel A. Foot (NR) | 20th (1827–1829) | |||
21st (1829–1831) | ||||
22nd (1831–1833) | Gideon Tomlinson (NR) | |||
Nathan Smith (NR) | 23rd (1833–1835) | |||
24th (1835–1837) | ||||
John Milton Niles (J) | ||||
John Milton Niles (D) | 25th (1837–1839) | Perry Smith (D) | ||
Thaddeus Betts (W) | 26th (1839–1841) | |||
Jabez W. Huntington (W) | ||||
27th (1841–1843) | ||||
28th (1843–1845) | John Milton Niles (D) | |||
29th (1845–1847) | ||||
30th (1847–1849) | ||||
Roger Sherman Baldwin (W) | ||||
31st (1849–1851) | Truman Smith (W) | |||
Isaac Toucey (D) | 32nd (1851–1853) | |||
33rd (1853–1855) | ||||
Francis Gillette (FS) | ||||
34th (1855–1857) | Lafayette S. Foster (O) | |||
James Dixon (R) | 35th (1857–1859) | |||
36th (1859–1861) | ||||
37th (1861–1863) | Lafayette S. Foster (R) | |||
38th (1863–1865) | ||||
39th (1865–1867) | ||||
40th (1867–1869) | Orris S. Ferry (R) | |||
William A. Buckingham (R) |
41st (1869–1871) | |||
42nd (1871–1873) | ||||
43rd (1873–1875) | Orris S. Ferry (LR) | |||
William W. Eaton (D) | ||||
44th (1875–1877) | Orris S. Ferry (R) | |||
James E. English (D) | ||||
William Barnum (D) | ||||
45th (1877–1879) | ||||
46th (1879–1881) | Orville H. Platt (R) | |||
Joseph R. Hawley (R) | 47th (1881–1883) | |||
48th (1883–1885) | ||||
49th (1885–1887) | ||||
50th (1887–1889) | ||||
51st (1889–1891) | ||||
52nd (1891–1893) | ||||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
54th (1895–1897) | ||||
55th (1897–1899) | ||||
56th (1899–1901) | ||||
57th (1901–1903) | ||||
58th (1903–1905) | ||||
Morgan Bulkeley (R) | 59th (1905–1907) | Frank B. Brandegee (R) | ||
60th (1907–1909) | ||||
61st (1909–1911) | ||||
George P. McLean (R) | 62nd (1911–1913) | |||
63rd (1913–1915) | ||||
64th (1915–1917) | ||||
65th (1917–1919) | ||||
66th (1919–1921) | ||||
67th (1921–1923) | ||||
68th (1923–1925) | ||||
Hiram Bingham III (R) | ||||
69th (1925–1927) | ||||
70th (1927–1929) | ||||
Frederic C. Walcott (R) | 71st (1929–1931) | |||
72nd (1931–1933) | ||||
73rd (1933–1935) | Augustine Lonergan (D) | |||
Francis T. Maloney (D) | 74th (1935–1937) | |||
75th (1937–1939) | ||||
76th (1939–1941) | John A. Danaher (R) | |||
77th (1941–1943) | ||||
78th (1943–1945) | ||||
79th (1945–1947) | Brien McMahon (D) | |||
Thomas C. Hart (R) | ||||
Raymond E. Baldwin (R) | ||||
80th (1947–1949) | ||||
81st (1949–1951) | ||||
William Benton (D) | ||||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
William A. Purtell (R) | ||||
Prescott Bush (R) | ||||
William A. Purtell (R) | 83rd (1953–1955) | |||
84th (1955–1957) | ||||
85th (1957–1959) | ||||
Thomas J. Dodd (D) | 86th (1959–1961) | |||
87th (1961–1963) | ||||
88th (1963–1965) | Abraham Ribicoff (D) | |||
89th (1965–1967) | ||||
90th (1967–1969) | ||||
91st (1969–1971) | ||||
Lowell Weicker (R) | 92nd (1971–1973) | |||
93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
94th (1975–1977) | ||||
95th (1977–1979) | ||||
96th (1979–1981) | ||||
97th (1981–1983) | Chris Dodd (D) | |||
98th (1983–1985) | ||||
99th (1985–1987) | ||||
100th (1987–1989) | ||||
Joe Lieberman (D) | 101st (1989–1991) | |||
102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
104th (1995–1997) | ||||
105th (1997–1999) | ||||
106th (1999–2001) | ||||
107th (2001–2003) | ||||
108th (2003–2005) | ||||
109th (2005–2007) | ||||
Joe Lieberman (CfL) | 110th (2007–2009) | |||
111th (2009–2011) | ||||
112th (2011–2013) | Richard Blumenthal (D) | |||
Chris Murphy (D) | 113th (2013–2015) | |||
114th (2015–2017) | ||||
115th (2017–2019) | ||||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||
117th (2021–2023) | ||||
117th (2023–2025) |
United States House of Representatives
1789–1793: 5 seats
Connecticut was granted five seats in the House until the first US census in 1790.
Congress | Elected statewide on a general ticket from Connecticut's at-large district | ||||
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1st seat | 2nd seat | 3rd seat | 4th seat | 5th seat | |
1st (1789–1791) | Benjamin Huntington (PA) | Roger Sherman (PA) | Jonathan Sturges (PA) |
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (PA) |
Jeremiah Wadsworth (PA) |
2nd (1791–1793) | James Hillhouse (PA) | Amasa Learned (PA) |
1793–1823: 7 seats
Following 1790 census, Connecticut was apportioned seven seats.
1823–1843: 6 seats
Following 1820 census, Connecticut was apportioned six seats.
1843–1903: 4 seats
Following 1840 census, Connecticut was apportioned four seats.
1903–1933: 5 seats
Following 1900 census, Connecticut was apportioned five seats.
Congress | District | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | At-large | |
58th (1903–1905) | E. Stevens Henry (R) | Nehemiah D. Sperry (R) |
Frank B. Brandegee (R) |
Ebenezer J. Hill (R) | George L. Lilley (R) |
59th (1905–1907) | |||||
Edwin W. Higgins (R) | |||||
60th (1907–1909) | |||||
61st (1909–1911) | John Q. Tilson (R) | ||||
62nd (1911–1913) | Thomas L. Reilly (D) | ||||
63rd (1913–1915) | Augustine Lonergan (D) | Bryan F. Mahan (D) | Thomas L. Reilly (D) | Jeremiah Donovan (D) |
5th district |
William Kennedy (D) | |||||
64th (1915–1917) | P. Davis Oakey (R) | Richard P. Freeman (R) |
John Q. Tilson (R) | Ebenezer J. Hill (R) | James P. Glynn (R) |
65th (1917–1919) | Augustine Lonergan (D) | ||||
Schuyler Merritt (R) | |||||
66th (1919–1921) | |||||
67th (1921–1923) | E. Hart Fenn (R) | ||||
68th (1923–1925) | Patrick B. O'Sullivan (D) | ||||
69th (1925–1927) | James P. Glynn (R) | ||||
70th (1927–1929) | |||||
71st (1929–1931) | |||||
Edward W. Goss (R) | |||||
72nd (1931–1933) | Augustine Lonergan (D) | William L. Tierney (D) |
1933–2003: 6 seats
Following 1930 census, Connecticut was apportioned six seats.
2003–present: 5 seats
Following 2000 census, Connecticut was apportioned five seats.
Congress | District | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
108th (2003–2005) | John B. Larson (D) | Rob Simmons (R) | Rosa DeLauro (D) | Chris Shays (R) | Nancy Johnson (R) |
109th (2005–2007) | |||||
110th (2007–2009) | Joe Courtney (D) | Chris Murphy (D) | |||
111th (2009–2011) | Jim Himes (D) | ||||
112th (2011–2013) | |||||
113th (2013–2015) | Elizabeth Esty (D) | ||||
114th (2015–2017) | |||||
115th (2017–2019) | |||||
116th (2019–2021) | Jahana Hayes (D) | ||||
117th (2021–2023) | |||||
118th (2023–2025) |
Key
Democratic (D) |
Democratic-Republican (DR) |
Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA) |
Free Soil (FS) |
Independent Democrat (ID) |
Know Nothing (KN) |
National Republican (NR) |
Republican (R) |
See also
References
- ↑ "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ↑ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ↑ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-05.