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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Connecticut:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows:       American (A),       American Republican (AR),       A Connecticut Party (C),       Democratic (D),       Democratic-Republican (DR),       Federalist (F),       Free Soil (FS),       Independent Democrat (ID),       no party (N),       National Republican (NR),       National Union (NU),       Republican (R),       Toleration Republican (TR),       Whig (W), and       a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.

Year Executive offices General Assembly United States Congress Electoral College votes
Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of the State Attorney General Treasurer Comptroller State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House
1639 John Haynes[1] Theophilus Eaton[2] Roger Ludlow[3] Edward Hopkins no such office Thomas Welles
1640 Edward Hopkins[1] John Haynes[3]
1641 John Haynes[1] George Wyllys[3] Thomas Welles William Whiting
1642 George Wyllys[1] Roger Ludlow[3]
1643 John Haynes[1] Edward Hopkins[3]
1644 Edward Hopkins[1] John Haynes[3]
1645 John Haynes[1] Edward Hopkins[3]
1646 Edward Hopkins[1] John Haynes[3]
1647 John Haynes[1] Edward Hopkins[3]
1648 Edward Hopkins[1] Roger Ludlow[3] John Cullick Thomas Welles
1649 John Haynes[1] Edward Hopkins[3]
1650 Edward Hopkins[1] John Haynes[3]
1651 John Haynes[1] Edward Hopkins[3]
1652 Edward Hopkins[1] John Haynes[3] John Talcott, Sr.
1653 John Haynes[1] Edward Hopkins[3]
1654 Edward Hopkins[1] Thomas Welles[3]
1655 Thomas Welles[1] John Webster[3]
1656 John Webster[1] Thomas Welles[3]
1657 John Winthrop, Jr.[1]
1658 Thomas Welles[1] Francis Newman[2] John Winthrop, Jr.[3] Daniel Clark
1659 John Winthrop, Jr.[1]
1660 John Mason[3] John Talcott, Jr.
1661 William Leete[2][4]
1662
1663
1664 John Allyn
1665 Daniel Clark
1666 John Winthrop, Jr.[1][5]
1667 John Allyn
1668
1669 William Leete[3]
1670
1671
1672
1673
1674
1675
1676 William Leete[1] Robert Treat[3] William Pitkin
1677
1678
1679 Joseph Whiting
1680
1681
1682
1683 Robert Treat[1][6] James Bishop[3]
1684
1685
1686
1687 Robert Treat[1][6] Edmund Andros[1][7]
1688
1689 Robert Treat[1][6]
1690
1691
1692 William Jones[3]
1693
1694
1695
1696 Eleazer Kimberly
1697
1698 Fitz-John Winthrop[1] Robert Treat[3]
1699
1700
1701
1702
1703
1704
1705
1706
1707
1708 Gurdon Saltonstall[1] Nathan Gold[3]
1709 William Whiting
Caleb Stanly
1710
1711
1712 Richard Lord
Hezekiah Wyllys
1713
1714
1715
1716
1717
1718 John Whiting
1719
1720
1721
1722
1723
1724 Joseph Talcott[1] Joseph Talcott[3]
1725 Jonathan Law[3]
1726
1727
1728
1729
1730
1731
1732
1733
1734
1735 George Wyllys
1736
1737
1738
1739
1740
1741 Jonathan Law[1] Roger Wolcott[3]
1742
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747
1748
1749
1750 Roger Wolcott[1] Thomas Fitch[3] Nathaniel Stanly
1751
1752
1753
1754 Thomas Fitch[1] William Pitkin[3]
1755
1756 Joseph Talcott
1757
1758
1759
1760
1761
1762
1763
1764
1765
1766 William Pitkin[1] Jonathan Trumbull[3]
1767
1768
1769 Jonathan Trumbull[1] Matthew Griswold[3] John Lawrence
1770
1771
1772
1773
1774
1775
1776 Jonathan Trumbull (N)[8] Matthew Griswold (F)
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784 Matthew Griswold (F) Samuel Huntington (F)
1785
1786 Samuel Huntington (F)[9] Oliver Wolcott (F)
1787
1788
1789 Jedediah Huntington
1790 Peter Colt
1791
1792
1793
1794 Andrew Kingsbury
1795
1796 Oliver Wolcott (F)[9][10] Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (F) Samuel Wyllys
1797
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (F)[9][10] John Treadwell (F)
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
John Treadwell (F)[10] Roger Griswold (F)
1810 Thomas Day
1811 Roger Griswold (F)[9] John Cotton Smith (F)
1812
John Cotton Smith (F)[10] vacant
1813 Chauncey Goodrich (F)[9]
1814
1815
1816 Jonathan Ingersoll (DR)[9]
1817 Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (TR)
1818 Isaac Spencer
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823 vacant
1824
1825
1826
1827 Gideon Tomlinson (DR)[11] John Samuel Peters (DR)
1828
1829
1830
1831
John Samuel Peters (NR) [10] vacant
1832
1833 Henry W. Edwards (D) Ebenezer Stoddard (D)
1834 Samuel A. Foot (W) Thaddeus Betts (W)
1835 Henry W. Edwards (D) Ebenezer Stoddard (D) Royal R. Hinman Jeremiah Brown
1836
1837
1838 William W. Ellsworth (W) Charles Hawley (W) Hiram Ryder
1839
1840
1841
1842 Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (D) William S. Holabird (D) Noah A. Phelps Jabez L. White, Jr.
1843
1844 Roger Sherman Baldwin (W) Reuben Booth (W) Daniel P. Tyler Joseph B. Gilbert
1845
1846 Isaac Toucey (D)[12] Noyes Billings (D)[12] Charles W. Bradley Alonzo W. Birge
1847 Clark Bissell (W) Charles J. McCurdy (W) John B. Robertson Joseph B. Gilbert
1848
1849 Joseph Trumbull (W) Thomas Backus (W) Roger H. Mills Henry D. Smith
1850 Thomas H. Seymour (D)[13] Charles H. Pond (D) Hiram Weed (D)
John P. C. Mather (D)
1851 Green Kendrick (W) Thomas Clark
1852 Charles H. Pond (D) Edwin Stearns
1853
Charles H. Pond (D)[14] vacant
1854 Henry Dutton (W) Alexander H. Holley (W) Oliver H. Perry (W) Daniel Camp
1855 William T. Minor (A) William Field (FS) Nehemiah D. Sperry (A) Arthur B. Calef
1856 Albert Day (AR) Frederick P. Coe
1857 Alexander H. Holley (R) Alfred A. Burnham (R) Orville H. Platt (AR) Frederick S. Wildman
1858 William A. Buckingham (R) Julius Catlin (R) John Boyd (R) Lucius J. Hendee
1859
1860
1861 Benjamin Douglas (R) James Hammond Trumbull (R) Ezra Dean
1862 Roger Averill (NU) Gabriel W. Coite
1863
1864
1865
1866 Joseph R. Hawley (R) Oliver F. Winchester (R) Leverett E. Pease (NU) Henry G. Taintor
1867 James E. English (D) Ephraim H. Hyde (D) Edward S. Moseley
1868
1869 Marshall Jewell (R) Francis Wayland (R) Hiram Appleman (R) David P. Nichols (R)
1870 James E. English (D) Julius Hotchkiss (D) Thomas M. Waller (D) Charles M. Pond
1871 Marshall Jewell (R) Morris Tyler (R) Hiram Appleman (R) David P. Nichols (R)
1872
1873 Charles R. Ingersoll (D) George G. Sill (D) D. W. Edgecomb (R) William E. Raymond
Marvin H. Sanger (D)
1874
1875
1876
1877 Richard D. Hubbard (D) Francis Loomis (D) Dwight Morris (D) Edwin A. Buck
1878
1879 Charles B. Andrews (R) David Gallup (R) David Torrance (R) Talmadge Baker
1880
1881 Hobart B. Bigelow (R) William H. Bulkeley (R) Charles E. Searls (R) David P. Nichols (R)
1882 James D. Smith (R)
1883 Thomas M. Waller (D) George G. Summer (D) D. Ward Northrop (D) Alfred R. Goodrich (D)
1884
1885 Henry B. Harrison (R) Lorrin A. Cooke (R) Charles A. Russell (R) V. B. Chamberlain (R)
1886
1887 Phineas C. Lounsbury (R) James L. Howard (R) Leverett M. Hubbard (R) Alexander Warner (R)
1888
1889 Morgan G. Bulkeley[15] Samuel E. Merwin (R) R. Jay Walsh (R) E. Stevens Henry (R)
1890
1891
1892
1893 Luzon B. Morris (D) Ernest Cady (D) John J. Phelan (D) Marvin H. Sanger (D)
1894
1895 Owen Vincent Coffin (R) Lorrin A. Cooke (R) William C. Mowry (R) George W. Hodge (R)
1896
1897 Lorrin A. Cooke (R) James D. Dewell (R) Charles Phelps (R) Charles W. Grosvenor (R)
1898
1899 George E. Lounsbury (R) Lyman A. Mills (R) Huber Clark (R) Charles Phelps (R) Charles S. Mersick (R)
1900
1901 George P. McLean (R) Edwin O. Keeler (R) Charles G. R. Vinal (R) Henry H. Gallup (R)
1902
1903 Abiram Chamberlain (R) Henry Roberts (R) William A. King (R)
1904
1905 Henry Roberts (R) Rollin S. Woodruff (R) Theodore Bodenwein (R) James F. Walsh (R) R majority
1906
1907 Rollin S. Woodruff (R) Everett J. Lake (R) Marcus H. Holcomb (R) Freeman F. Patten (R)
1908
1909 George L. Lilley (R)[9] Frank B. Weeks (R) Matthew H. Rogers (R)
Frank B. Weeks (R)[14] vacant
1910 John H. Light (R)
1911 Simeon E. Baldwin (D) Dennis A. Blakeslee (R) Costello Lippitt (R)
1912
1913 Lyman T. Tingier (D) Albert Phillips (D) Edward S. Roberts (D)
1914
1915 Marcus H. Holcomb (R) Clifford B. Wilson (R) Charles D. Burnes (R) George E. Hinnman (R) F. S. Chamberlain (R)
1916
1917 Frederick L. Perry (R)
1918
1919 Frank E. Healy (R) G. Harold Gilpatric (R)
1920
1921 Everett J. Lake (R) Charles A. Templeton (R) Donald J. Warner (R)
1922
1923 Charles A. Templeton (R) Hiram Bingham III (R) Francis A. Pallotti (R)
1924 Anson T. McCook (R)
1925 Hiram Bingham III (R)[11] John H. Trumbull (R) Ernest E. Rogers (R)
John H. Trumbull (R)[10] J. Edwin Brainard (R)
1926
1927 Benjamin W. Alling (R)
1928
1929 Ernest E. Rogers (R) William L. Higgins (R) Samuel R. Spencer (R)
1930
1931 Wilbur Lucius Cross (D) Samuel R. Spencer (R) Warren B. Burrows (R) Roy C. Wilcox (R)
1932
1933 Roy C. Wilcox (R) John A. Danaher (R) J. William Hope (R)
1934
1935 T. Frank Hayes (D) C. John Satti (D) Edward J. Daly (D) John S. Addis (D)
1936
1937 Charles J. McLaughlin (D) Thomas Hewes (D)
1938 Dennis P. O'Connor (D) Guy B. Holt (D)
1939 Raymond E. Baldwin (R) James L. McConaughy (R) Sara B. Crawford (R) Francis A. Pallotti (R) Joseph E. Talbot (R)
1940
1941 Robert A. Hurley (D) Odell Shepard (D) Chase G. Woodhouse (D) Frank M. Anastasio (D)
1942
1943 Raymond E. Baldwin (R)[11] William L. Hadden (R) Frances B. Redick (R) Carl M. Sharpe (R)
1944
1945 Wilbert Snow (D) Charles J. Prestia (D) William L. Hadden (R) William T. Carroll (D)
1946
Wilbert Snow (D)[14] vacant
1947 James L. McConaughy (R)[9] James C. Shannon (R) Frances B. Redick (R) Joseph A. Adorno (R)
1948
James C. Shannon (R)[14] Robert E. Parsons (R)
1949 Chester Bowles (D) William T. Carroll (D) Winifred McDonald (D)
1950
1951 John Davis Lodge (R) Edward N. Allen (R) Alice K. Leopold (R) George C. Conway (R)
1952
1953
Charles B. Keats (R) William L. Beers (R)
1954
1955 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D)[16] Charles W. Jewett (D) Mildred P. Allen (R) John J. Bracken (R) John Ottaviano, Jr. (R)
1956
1957
1958
1959 John Dempsey (D) Ella T. Grasso (D) Albert L. Coles (D) John A. Speziale (D)
1960
1961 Donald J. Irwin (D)
John Dempsey (D) Anthony Armentano (D)
1962
1963 Samuel Tedesco (D) Harold M. Mulvey (D) Gerald A. Lamb (D)
1964
1965 Fred Doocy (D)
1966
1967 Attilio Frassinelli (D) Robert K. Killian (D) D majority
1968
1969
1970 John A. Iorio (D)
1971 Thomas J. Meskill (R) T. Clark Hull (R) Gloria Schaffer (D) Robert I. Berdon (R)
1972
1973 Peter Cashman (R) Alden A. Ives (R) R majority
1974
1975 Ella T. Grasso (D)[17] Robert K. Killian (D) Carl R. Ajello (D) Henry E. Parker (D)
1976
1977
1978
Henry S. Cohn (D)
1979 William O'Neill (D) Barbara B. Kennelly (D)[18]
1980
William O'Neill (D)[10] Joseph Fauliso (D)
1981 Christopher Dodd (D) 4D, 2R
1982
Maura L. Melley (D)
1983 Julia Tashjian (D) Joe Lieberman (D)
1984
1985 3D, 3R
1986 Joan R. Kemler (D)
1987 Francisco L. Borges (D)
1988
1989 Clarine Nardi Riddle (D) Joe Lieberman (D)
1990
1991 Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (C) Eunice Groark (C) Pauline Kezer (R) Richard Blumenthal (D) Bill Curry (D)
1992 Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D)
1993 Joseph M. Suggs, Jr. (D)
1994
1995 John G. Rowland (R)[19] M. Jodi Rell (R) Miles Rapoport (D) Christopher Burnham (R) Nancy Wyman (D)
1996
1997 4D, 2R
Paul Silvester (R)[20]
1998
1999 Susan Bysiewicz (D) Denise L. Nappier (D)
2000 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D)
2001 3D, 3R
2002
2003 3R, 2D
2004 John Kerry and John Edwards (D)
M. Jodi Rell (R)[10] Kevin Sullivan (D)[21]
2005
2006
2007 Michael Fedele (R) 24D, 12R Joe Lieberman (ID) 4D, 1R
2008 23D, 13R[22] 107D, 44R Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D)
2009 24D, 12R 113D, 38R 5D
2010 114D, 37R
2011 Dan Malloy (D) Nancy Wyman (D) Denise Merrill (D) George Jepsen (D) Kevin Lembo (D) 22D, 14R 99D, 52R Richard Blumenthal (D)
2012
Year Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of the State Attorney General Treasurer Comptroller State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House Electoral College votes
Executive offices General Assembly United States Congress

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai Governor of the Colony of Connecticut.
  2. ^ a b c Governor of the Colony of New Haven.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Deputy Governor of the Colony of Connecticut.
  4. ^ When the Colony of Connecticut and the Colony of New Haven, merged by Royal Charter in 1662, became one government.
  5. ^ Was governor of the combined Connecticut Colony in 1662. However, the regime change did not include an election for governor; Winthrop was merely retained in his position. The merger took three years to complete, during which time William Leete remained in New Haven.
  6. ^ a b c De jure 1683-1698; de facto 1683-1687.
  7. ^ De facto; as part of the Dominion of New England.
  8. ^ In 1776; the royal government was discarded for state government without a gubernatorial election.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h Died in office.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in their own right.
  11. ^ a b c Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  12. ^ a b Lost election, but was appointed by state legislature.
  13. ^ Resigned to become ambassador to Russia.
  14. ^ a b c d As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
  15. ^ Bulkeley was technically unelected from 1890 on. He 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.
  16. ^ Resigned to become United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
  17. ^ Resigned for reasons of health on December 31, 1980.
  18. ^ Elected to United States House of Representatives.
  19. ^ Resigned effective July 1, 2004.
  20. ^ In 1997 Governor John Rowland appointed Silvester to fill a vacancy in the treasurer's office.
  21. ^ As president pro tempore of the state Senate, ascended to office upon resignation of successor in 2004.
  22. ^ Republican Bob Russo was elected in a special election on March 11, 2008.

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