List of United States senators from Connecticut

This is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Connecticut.

Current delegation
Richard Blumenthal (D)
Chris Murphy (D)

United States senators are popularly elected, for a six-year term, beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, they were chosen by the Connecticut General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Richard Blumenthal (serving since 2011) and Chris Murphy (serving since 2013). Chris Dodd is Connecticut's longest-serving senator (1981–2011).

List of senators

Class 1

Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.

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Class 3

Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.

# Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator #
1
Oliver Ellsworth		 Pro-Administration Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 8, 1796		 Elected in 1788. 1 1st 1 Elected in 1788.
Resigned.		 Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1791		 Pro-Administration
William S. Johnson		 1
Re-elected in 1791.
Resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States.		 2 2nd   Mar 4, 1791 –
Jun 13, 1791		 Vacant
Elected to finish Johnson's term.
Died.		 Jun 13, 1791 –
Jul 23, 1793		 Pro-Administration
Roger Sherman		 2
3rd
  Jul 23, 1793 –
Dec 2, 1793		 Vacant
Elected to finish Sherman's term.
Retired.		 Dec 2, 1793 –
Mar 3, 1795		 Pro-Administration
Stephen Mix Mitchell		 3
Federalist 4th 2 Election date unknown.
Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.		 Mar 4, 1795 –
Jun 10, 1796		 Federalist
Jonathan Trumbull Jr.		 4
Vacant Mar 8, 1796 –
May 12, 1796		  
  Jun 10, 1796 –
Oct 13, 1796		 Vacant
Elected to finish Trumbull's term. Oct 13, 1796 –
Jul 19, 1807		 Federalist
Uriah Tracy		 5
2
James Hillhouse		 Federalist May 12, 1796 –
Jun 10, 1810		 Elected to finish Ellsworth's term.
Re-elected in 1797. 3 5th
6th
7th 3 Re-elected in 1801.
Re-elected in 1802.[1] 4 8th
9th
10th 4 Re-elected in 1807.
Died.
  Jul 19, 1807 –
Oct 25, 1807		 Vacant
Elected to finish Tracy's term. Oct 25, 1807 –
May 13, 1813		 Federalist
Chauncey Goodrich		 6
Re-elected in 1809.
Resigned.		 5 11th
Vacant Jun 10, 1810 –
Dec 4, 1810		  
3
Samuel W. Dana		 Federalist Dec 4, 1810 –
Mar 3, 1821		 Elected to finish Hillhouse's term.
12th
13th 5 Re-elected in 1813.
Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.
Elected to finish Goodrich's term.
Retired.		 May 13, 1813 –
Mar 3, 1819		 Federalist
David Daggett		 7
Re-elected in 1814. 6 14th
15th
16th 6 Elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1824 and presented his credentials but was not permitted to qualify.		 Mar 4, 1819 –
Mar 3, 1825		 Democratic-Republican
James Lanman		 8
4
Elijah Boardman		 Democratic-Republican Mar 4, 1821 –
Aug 18, 1823		 Elected in 1821.
Died.		 7 17th
18th
Vacant Aug 18, 1823 –
Oct 8, 1823		  
5
Henry W. Edwards		 Democratic-Republican Oct 8, 1823 –
Mar 3, 1827		 Appointed to continue Boardman's term.
Elected in 1824 to finish Boardman's term.
Jacksonian 19th 7   Mar 4, 1825 –
May 4, 1825		 Vacant
Elected late to complete Lanman's term.
[data missing]		 May 4, 1825 –
Mar 3, 1831		 National
Republican
Calvin Willey		 9
6
Samuel A. Foot		 National
Republican		 Mar 4, 1827 –
Mar 3, 1833		 Elected in 1826.
Lost re-election.		 8 20th
21st
22nd 8 Elected in 1831.
[data missing]		 Mar 4, 1831 –
Mar 3, 1837		 National
Republican
Gideon Tomlinson		 10
7
Nathan Smith		 National
Republican		 Mar 4, 1833 –
Dec 6, 1835		 Elected in 1832.
Died.		 9 23rd
24th
Vacant Dec 6, 1835 –
Dec 21, 1835		  
8
John Milton Niles		 Jacksonian Dec 21, 1835 –
Mar 3, 1839		 Elected to finish Smith's term.
Retired.
Democratic 25th 9 Elected in 1837.
[data missing]		 Mar 4, 1837 –
Mar 3, 1843		 Democratic Perry Smith 11
9 Thaddeus Betts Whig Mar 4, 1839 –
Apr 7, 1840		 Elected in 1838 or 1839.
Died.		 10 26th
Vacant Apr 7, 1840 –
May 4, 1840		  
10
Jabez W. Huntington		 Whig May 4, 1840 –
Nov 1, 1847		 Elected to finish Betts's term.
27th
28th 10 Elected in 1842.
Retired.		 Mar 4, 1843[2] –
Mar 3, 1849		 Democratic
John Milton Niles		 12
Re-elected in 1844 or 1845.
Died.		 11 29th
30th
Vacant Nov 1, 1847 –
Nov 11, 1847		  
11
Roger Sherman Baldwin		 Whig Nov 11, 1847 –
Mar 3, 1851		 Appointed to continue Huntington's term.
Elected in 1848 to finish Huntington's term.
[data missing]
31st 11 Elected in 1848 or 1849.
Resigned.		 Mar 4, 1849 –
May 24, 1854		 Whig
Truman Smith		 13
Vacant Mar 4, 1851 –
May 12, 1852		   12 32nd
12
Isaac Toucey		 Democratic May 12, 1852 –
Mar 3, 1857		 Elected late in 1852.
Retired.
33rd
Elected to finish Smith's term.
Retired.		 May 24, 1854 –
Mar 3, 1855		 Free Soil
Francis Gillette		 14
34th 12 Elected in 1854. Mar 4, 1855 –
Mar 3, 1867		 Republican
Lafayette S. Foster		 15
13
James Dixon		 Republican Mar 4, 1857 –
Mar 3, 1869		 Elected in 1856. 13 35th
36th
37th 13 Re-elected in 1860.
Lost re-election.
Re-elected in 1863.
Lost re-election.		 14 38th
39th
40th 14 Elected in 1866. Mar 4, 1867 –
Nov 21, 1875		 Republican
Orris S. Ferry		 16
14
William A. Buckingham		 Republican Mar 4, 1869 –
Feb 5, 1875		 Elected in 1868 or 1869.
Lost re-election and died before end of term.		 15 41st
42nd
43rd 15 Re-elected in 1872.
Died.		 Liberal Republican
15
William W. Eaton		 Democratic Feb 5, 1875 –
Mar 3, 1881		 Appointed to finish Buckingham's term, having been elected to the next term.
Elected in 1874.
Unknown if retired or lost re-election.		 16 44th Republican
  Nov 21, 1875 –
Nov 27, 1875		 Vacant
Appointed to continue Ferry's term.
Retired when successor elected.		 Nov 27, 1875 –
May 17, 1876		 Democratic
James E. English		 17
Elected to finish Ferry's term.
[data missing]		 May 17, 1876 –
Mar 3, 1879		 Democratic
William Barnum		 18
45th
46th 16 Elected in 1879. Mar 4, 1879 –
Apr 21, 1905		 Republican
Orville H. Platt		 19
16
Joseph R. Hawley		 Republican Mar 4, 1881 –
Mar 3, 1905		 Elected in 1881. 17 47th
48th
49th 17 Re-elected in 1885.
Re-elected in 1887. 18 50th
51st
52nd 18 Re-elected in 1891.
Re-elected in 1893. 19 53rd
54th
55th 19 Re-elected in 1897.
Re-elected in 1899.
Retired.		 20 56th
57th
58th 20 Re-elected in 1903.
Died.
  Apr 21, 1905 –
May 10, 1905		 Vacant
17
Morgan Bulkeley		 Republican Mar 4, 1905 –
Mar 3, 1911		 Elected in 1905.[3]
Lost re-election.		 21 59th
Elected to finish Platt's term. May 10, 1905 –
Oct 14, 1924		 Republican
Frank B. Brandegee		 20
60th
61st 21 Re-elected in 1909.
18
George P. McLean		 Republican Mar 4, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1929		 Elected in 1911. 22 62nd
63rd
64th 22 Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916. 23 65th
66th
67th 23 Re-elected in 1920.
Died.
Re-elected in 1922.
Retired.		 24 68th
  Oct 14, 1924 –
Dec 17, 1924		 Vacant
Elected to finish Brandegee's term and seated Jan 8, 1925.[4] Dec 17, 1924 –
Mar 3, 1933		 Republican
Hiram Bingham III		 21
69th
70th 24 Re-elected in 1926.
Lost re-election.
19
Frederic C. Walcott		 Republican Mar 4, 1929 –
Jan 3, 1935		 Elected in 1928.
Lost re-election.		 25 71st
72nd
73rd 25 Elected in 1932.
Lost re-election.		 Mar 4, 1933 –
Jan 3, 1939		 Democratic
Augustine Lonergan		 22
20
Francis T. Maloney		 Democratic Jan 3, 1935 –
Jan 16, 1945		 Elected in 1934. 26 74th
75th
76th 26 Elected in 1938.
Lost re-election.		 Jan 3, 1939 –
Jan 3, 1945		 Republican
John A. Danaher		 23
Re-elected in 1940.
Died.		 27 77th
78th
79th 27 Elected in 1944. Jan 3, 1945 –
Jul 28, 1952		 Democratic
Brien McMahon		 24
Vacant Jan 16, 1945 –
Feb 15, 1945		  
21
Thomas C. Hart		 Republican Feb 15, 1945 –
Nov 5, 1946		 Appointed to continue Maloney's term.
Successor qualified.
Vacant Nov 5, 1946 –
Dec 27, 1946		  
22
Raymond E. Baldwin		 Republican Dec 27, 1946 –
Dec 16, 1949		 Elected to finish Maloney's term.
Elected to full term in 1946.
Resigned.		 28 80th
81st
23
William Benton		 Democratic Dec 17, 1949 –
Jan 3, 1953		 Appointed to continue Baldwin's term.
Elected to finish Baldwin's term.
Lost re-election.
82nd 28 Re-elected in 1950.
Died.
  Jul 28, 1952 –
Aug 29, 1952		 Vacant
Appointed to continue McMahon's term.
Retired when successor elected, and elected to the class 1 seat.		 Aug 29, 1952 –
Nov 4, 1952		 Republican
William A. Purtell		 25
Elected to finish McMahon's term. Nov 4, 1952 –
Jan 3, 1963		 Republican
Prescott Bush		 26
24
William A. Purtell		 Republican Jan 3, 1953 –
Jan 3, 1959		 Elected in 1952.
Lost re-election.		 29 83rd
84th
85th 29 Re-elected in 1956.
Retired.
25
Thomas J. Dodd		 Democratic Jan 3, 1959 –
Jan 3, 1971		 Elected in 1958. 30 86th
87th
88th 30 Elected in 1962. Jan 3, 1963 –
Jan 3, 1981		 Democratic
Abraham Ribicoff		 27
Re-elected in 1964.
Lost renomination, and lost re-election as an independent.		 31 89th
90th
91st 31 Re-elected in 1968.
26
Lowell Weicker		 Republican Jan 3, 1971 –
Jan 3, 1989		 Elected in 1970. 32 92nd
93rd
94th 32 Re-elected in 1974.
Retired.
Re-elected in 1976. 33 95th
96th
97th 33 Elected in 1980. Jan 3, 1981 –
Jan 3, 2011		 Democratic
Chris Dodd		 28
Re-elected in 1982.
Lost re-election.		 34 98th
99th
100th 34 Re-elected in 1986.
27
Joe Lieberman		 Democratic Jan 3, 1989 –
Jan 3, 2013		 Elected in 1988. 35 101st
102nd
103rd 35 Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994. 36 104th
105th
106th 36 Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000. 37 107th
108th
109th 37 Re-elected in 2004.
Retired.
Independent Lost re-nomination, but re-elected in 2006 as an Independent.
Retired.		 38 110th
111th
112th 38 Elected in 2010. Jan 3, 2011 –
present		 Democratic
Richard Blumenthal		 29
28
Chris Murphy		 Democratic Jan 3, 2013 –
present		 Elected in 2012. 39 113th
114th
115th 39 Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018. 40 116th
117th
118th 40 Re-elected in 2022.
To be determined in the 2024 election. 41 119th
120th
121st 41 To be determined in the 2028 election.
# Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T C T Electoral history Years in office Party Senator #
Class 1 Class 3

See also

References
  1. "Connecticut 1802 U.S. Senate". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 30, 2018., citing American Mercury (Hartford, CT). November 4, 1802.
  2. Due to ill-health and a credentials challenge, John Milton Niles was unable to serve until May 16, 1844
  3. "BULKELEY IN CONNECTICUT". The New York Times. January 18, 1905. p. 2.
  4. "A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789" (PDF). United States Senate.
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