List of governors of Connecticut

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Governor of Connecticut
Incumbent
Ned Lamont

since January 9, 2019
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceConnecticut Governor's Residence
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderJonathan Trumbull
DeputySusan Bysiewicz
Salary$150,000 (2009)[1]
Websitewww.ct.gov/governor

The Governor of Connecticut is in charge of the executive branch of Connecticut's government. The Governor is also commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor must enforce state laws. The governor also can approve or veto bills passed by the Connecticut General Assembly. The governor of Connecticut has no power to pardon. This is unusual among other US governors. There have been 68 governors of the state. The current Governor is Ned Lamont, who took office on January 9, 2019.

List[change | change source]

Governors of the State of Connecticut[a]
No.[b] Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[c][d]
16   Jonathan Trumbull sr October 10, 1776

May 13, 1784
(not candidate for election)
No party 1776[e]   Matthew Griswold
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
17 Matthew Griswold May 13, 1784

May 11, 1786
(lost election)[5]
Federalist 1784 Samuel Huntington
1785
18 Samuel Huntington May 11, 1786

January 5, 1796
(died in office)
Federalist 1786 Oliver Wolcott
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
19 Oliver Wolcott January 5, 1796

December 1, 1797
(died in office)
Federalist Lieutenant
Governor
acting as
Governor
Acting as Governor
1796 Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
1797
20 Jonathan Trumbull Jr. December 1, 1797

August 7, 1809
(died in office)
Federalist Lieutenant
Governor
acting as
Governor
Acting as Governor
1798 John Treadwell
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
21 John Treadwell August 7, 1809

May 9, 1811
(lost election)[6]
Federalist Lieutenant
Governor
acting as
Governor
Acting as Governor
1810 Roger Griswold
22 Roger Griswold May 9, 1811

October 25, 1812
(died in office)
Federalist 1811 John Cotton Smith
1812
23 John Cotton Smith October 25, 1812

May 8, 1817
(lost election)
Federalist Lieutenant
Governor
acting as
Governor
Acting as Governor
1813 Chauncey Goodrich
(died August 18, 1815)
1814
1815
Vacant
1816 Jonathan Ingersoll[f]
(died January 12, 1823)
24 Oliver Wolcott Jr. May 8, 1817

May 2, 1827
(lost election)
Toleration
Republican
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
Vacant
1823 David Plant[g]
1824
1825
1826
25 Gideon Tomlinson May 2, 1827

March 2, 1831
(resigned)[h]
Democratic-
Republican
1827 John Samuel Peters[g]
1828
1829
1830
26 John Samuel Peters March 2, 1831

May 1, 1833
(lost election)
National
Republican
Lieutenant
Governor
acting as
Governor
Acting as Governor
1831 Thaddeus Betts
1832
27 Henry W. Edwards May 1, 1833

May 7, 1834
(lost election)
Democratic 1833 Ebenezer Stoddard
28 Samuel A. Foot May 7, 1834

May 6, 1835
(lost election)
Whig 1834 Thaddeus Betts
29 Henry W. Edwards May 6, 1835

May 2, 1838
(not candidate for election)
Democratic 1835 Ebenezer Stoddard
1836
1837
30 William W. Ellsworth May 2, 1838

May 4, 1842
(lost election)
Whig 1838 Charles Hawley
1839
1840
1841
31 Chauncey Fitch Cleveland May 4, 1842

May 1, 1844
(lost election)
Democratic 1842 William S. Holabird
1843
32 Roger Sherman Baldwin May 1, 1844

May 6, 1846
(not candidate for election)
Whig 1844 Reuben Booth
1845
33 Isaac Toucey May 6, 1846

May 5, 1847
(not candidate for election)
Democratic 1846 Noyes Billings
34 Clark Bissell May 5, 1847

May 2, 1849
(not candidate for election)
Whig 1847 Charles J. McCurdy
1848
35 Joseph Trumbull May 2, 1849

May 4, 1850
(not candidate for election)
Whig 1849 Thomas Backus
36 Thomas H. Seymour May 4, 1850[i]

October 13, 1853
(resigned)[j]
Democratic 1850 Charles H. Pond
1851 Green Kendrick
1852 Charles H. Pond
1853
37 Charles H. Pond October 13, 1853

May 3, 1854
(not candidate for election)
Democratic Lieutenant
Governor
acting as
Governor
Acting as Governor
38 Henry Dutton May 3, 1854

May 2, 1855
(lost election)
Whig 1854 Alexander H. Holley
39 William T. Minor May 2, 1855

May 6, 1857
(not candidate for election)
American 1855 William Field
1856 Albert Day
40 Alexander H. Holley May 6, 1857

May 5, 1858
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1857 Alfred A. Burnham
41 William Alfred Buckingham May 5, 1858

May 2, 1866
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1858 Julius Catlin
1859
1860
1861 Benjamin Douglas
1862 Roger Averill
1863
1864
1865
42 Joseph Roswell Hawley May 2, 1866

May 1, 1867
(lost election)
Republican 1866 Oliver Winchester
43 James E. English May 1, 1867

May 5, 1869
(lost election)
Democratic 1867 Ephraim H. Hyde
1868
44 Marshall Jewell May 5, 1869

May 4, 1870
(lost election)
Republican 1869 Francis Wayland III
45 James E. English May 4, 1870

May 16, 1871
(lost election)[k]
Democratic 1870 Julius Hotchkiss
46 Marshall Jewell May 16, 1871

May 7, 1873
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1871[k] Morris Tyler
1872
47 Charles Roberts Ingersoll May 7, 1873

January 3, 1877
(not candidate for election)
Democratic 1873 George G. Sill
1874
1875[l]
48 Richard D. Hubbard January 3, 1877

January 9, 1879
(lost election)
Democratic 1876[m] Francis Loomis
49 Charles B. Andrews January 9, 1879[n]

January 5, 1881
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1878 David Gallup
50 Hobart B. Bigelow January 5, 1881

January 3, 1883
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1880 William H. Bulkeley
51 Thomas M. Waller January 3, 1883

January 8, 1885
(lost election)
Democratic 1882 George G. Sumner
52 Henry Baldwin Harrison January 8, 1885[o]

January 7, 1887
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1884 Lorrin A. Cooke
53 Phineas C. Lounsbury January 7, 1887[p]

January 10, 1889
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1886 James L. Howard
54 Morgan Bulkeley January 10, 1889[q]

January 4, 1893
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1888 Samuel E. Merwin
1890[r]
55 Luzon B. Morris January 4, 1893

January 9, 1895
(not candidate for election)
Democratic 1892 Ernest Cady
56 Owen Vincent Coffin January 9, 1895

January 6, 1897
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1894 Lorrin A. Cooke
57 Lorrin A. Cooke January 6, 1897

January 4, 1899
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1896 James D. Dewell
58 George E. Lounsbury January 4, 1899

January 9, 1901
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1898 Lyman A. Mills
59 George P. McLean January 9, 1901

January 7, 1903
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1900 Edwin O. Keeler
60 Abiram Chamberlain January 7, 1903

January 4, 1905
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1902 Henry Roberts
61 Henry Roberts January 4, 1905

January 9, 1907
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1904 Rollin S. Woodruff
62 Rollin S. Woodruff January 9, 1907

January 6, 1909
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1906 Everett J. Lake
63 George L. Lilley January 6, 1909

April 21, 1909
(died in office)
Republican 1908 Frank B. Weeks
64 Frank B. Weeks April 21, 1909

January 4, 1911
(not candidate for election)
Republican Lieutenant
Governor
acting as
Governor
Acting as Governor
65 Simeon Eben Baldwin January 4, 1911

January 6, 1915
(not candidate for election)
Democratic 1910 Dennis A. Blakeslee[s]
1912 Lyman T. Tingier
66 Marcus H. Holcomb January 6, 1915

January 5, 1921
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1914 Clifford B. Wilson
1916
1918
67 Everett J. Lake January 5, 1921

January 3, 1923
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1920 Charles A. Templeton
68 Charles A. Templeton January 3, 1923

January 7, 1925
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1922 Hiram Bingham III
69 Hiram Bingham III January 7, 1925

January 8, 1925
(resigned)[t]
Republican 1924 John H. Trumbull
70 John H. Trumbull January 8, 1925

January 7, 1931
(not candidate for election)
Republican Lieutenant
Governor
acting as
Governor
Acting as Governor[u]
1926 J. Edwin Brainard
1928 Ernest E. Rogers
71 Wilbur Lucius Cross January 7, 1931

January 4, 1939
(lost election)
Democratic 1930 Samuel R. Spencer[s]
1932 Roy C. Wilcox[s]
1934 T. Frank Hayes
1936
72 Raymond E. Baldwin January 4, 1939

January 8, 1941
(lost election)
Republican 1938 James L. McConaughy
73 Robert A. Hurley January 8, 1941

January 6, 1943
(lost election)
Democratic 1940 Odell Shepard
74 Raymond E. Baldwin January 6, 1943

December 27, 1946
(resigned)[v]
Republican 1942 William L. Hadden
1944 Charles Wilbert Snow[w]
75 Charles Wilbert Snow December 27, 1946

January 8, 1947
(successor took office)
Democratic Lieutenant
Governor
acting as
Governor
Acting as Governor
76 James L. McConaughy January 8, 1947

March 7, 1948
(died in office)
Republican 1946 James C. Shannon
77 James C. Shannon March 7, 1948

January 5, 1949
(lost election)
Republican Lieutenant
Governor
acting as
Governor
Acting as Governor[x]
78 Chester Bowles January 5, 1949

January 3, 1951
(lost election)
Democratic 1948 William T. Carroll
79 John Davis Lodge January 3, 1951

January 5, 1955
(lost election)
Republican 1950[y] Edward N. Allen
80 Abraham Ribicoff January 5, 1955

January 21, 1961
(resigned)[z]
Democratic 1954 Charles W. Jewett
1958 John N. Dempsey
81 John N. Dempsey January 21, 1961

January 6, 1971
(not candidate for election)
Democratic Lieutenant
Governor
acting as
Governor
Acting as Governor[aa]
1962 Samuel J. Tedesco
(resigned January 15, 1966)
Fred J. Doocy
1966 Attilio R. Frassinelli
82 Thomas Meskill January 6, 1971

January 8, 1975
(not candidate for election)
Republican 1970 T. Clark Hull
(resigned June 1, 1973)
Peter L. Cashman
83 Ella Grasso January 8, 1975

December 31, 1980
(resigned)[ab]
Democratic 1974 Robert K. Killian
1978 William A. O'Neill
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William A. O'Neill December 31, 1980

January 9, 1991
(not candidate for election)
Democratic Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor
Joseph J. Fauliso
1982
1986
85 Lowell Weicker January 9, 1991

January 4, 1995
(not candidate for election)
A Connecticut Party 1990 Eunice Groark
86 John G. Rowland January 4, 1995

July 1, 2004
(resigned)[ac]
Republican 1994 Jodi Rell
1998
2002
87 Jodi Rell July 1, 2004

January 5, 2011
(not candidate for election)
Republican Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor
Kevin Sullivan[w]
2006 Michael Fedele
88 Dannel Malloy January 5, 2011

January 9, 2019
(not candidate for election)
Democratic 2010 Nancy Wyman
2014
89 Ned Lamont January 9, 2019

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Democratic 2018 Susan Bysiewicz

Notes[change | change source]

  1. Data is sourced from the National Governors Association, unless supplemental references are required.
  2. According to the Connecticut State Library, the official listing goes back to the first governor of Connecticut Colony in 1639, and did not include repeat governors serving non-consecutive terms in the colonial period; this makes Trumbull the 16th governor.[2] The official numbering since statehood includes repeat and acting governors.
  3. The office of Lieutenant Governor was known as Deputy-Governor under the colonial charter, but the name 'Lieutenant Governor' was predominantly used after independence.[3]
  4. Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  5. The Connecticut General Assembly approved the United States Declaration of Independence on October 10, 1776, and resolved that the state's government would continue as established under the charter. So, as colonial governor, Jonathan Trumbull became state governor, serving roughly 14 years total.[4]
  6. Represented the Democratic-Republican Party
  7. 7.0 7.1 Represented the National Republican Party
  8. Tomlinson resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[7]
  9. The constitutional start date for the term in 1850 was May 1; the delay may be because Seymour was chosen by the legislature after a close election.[8]
  10. Seymour resigned to be U.S. Minister to Russia.[8]
  11. 11.0 11.1 James English won the popular vote, but a canvassing committee found the election was fraudulent, and named Jewell governor several days into the term.[9]
  12. This term was lengthened by 7 months due to a constitutional amendment moving the election schedule.[10]
  13. First term under a constitutional amendment which lengthened terms to two years.[10]
  14. The constitutional start date for the term in 1879 was January 8; the delay may be because Andrews was chosen by the legislature after a close election.[11][12]
  15. The constitutional start date for the term in 1885 was January 7; the delay may be because Harrison was chosen by the legislature after a close election.[13]
  16. The constitutional start date for the term in 1887 was January 5; the delay may be because Lounsbury was chosen by the legislature after a close election.[14]
  17. The constitutional start date for the term in 1889 was January 9; the delay may be because Bulkeley was chosen by the legislature after a close election.[15]
  18. Morgan Bulkeley 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.[15]
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 Represented the Republican Party
  20. Bingham resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[16]
  21. Since Trumbull took over only one day into the term, nearly all sources describe J. Edwin Brainard as lieutenant governor during this term; however, constitutionally, he would have remained president of the senate and only acted as lieutenant governor. At least one contemporary news source describes him as such.[17]
  22. Baldwin resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[18]
  23. 23.0 23.1 Represented the Democratic Party
  24. Robert E. Parsons is always listed as serving as lieutenant governor during this term, but constitutionally he likely would have remained president of the senate. However, questions were raised over whether or not they should fully succeed to the next office.[19]
  25. First term under a constitution amendment which lengthened terms to four years.[20]
  26. Ribicoff resigned to become United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.[21]
  27. Anthony J. Armentano is always listed as serving as lieutenant governor during this term, but constitutionally he likely would have remained president of the senate. This is the last time such a confusion would exist, as the 1965 constitution established a solid line of succession.
  28. Grasso resigned due to ovarian cancer.[22]
  29. Rowland resigned due to a federal corruption investigation;[23] he later pleaded guilty to corruption.[24]
  30. Lamont's first term expires on January 4, 2023.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Salaries of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Office of Governor full time". General Statutes of Connecticut (2009). Connecticut General Assembly. Archived from the original on 2011-09-19. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
  2. "Roster of Connecticut Governors". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  3. 1662 Charter
  4. "Jonathan Trumbull". Connecticut State Library. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2020-04-29. {{cite web}}: More than one of |accessdate= and |access-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)
  5. "Matthew Griswold". Connecticut State Library. 14 August 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  6. "John Treadwell". Connecticut State Library. 14 August 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  7. "Gideon Tomlinson". National Governors Association. 7 January 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Thomas H. Seymour". National Governors Association. 7 January 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  9. "James Edward English". National Governors Association. 7 January 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  10. 10.0 10.1 1818 Const. amendment XVI
  11. "Charles Bartlett Andrews". National Governors Association. 7 January 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  12. "Governor Andrews' First Message". New York Herald. New York City. January 10, 1879. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  13. "Henry Baldwin Harrison". National Governors Association. 7 January 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  14. "Phineas Chapman Lounsbury". National Governors Association. 7 January 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  15. 15.0 15.1 "Morgan Gardner Bulkeley". National Governors Association. 7 January 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  16. "Hiram Bingham". National Governors Association. 7 January 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  17. "Unknown title". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. January 11, 1925. Retrieved December 18, 2018. Acting Lieutenant-Governor Brainard, once a foundry hand...
  18. "Raymond Early Baldwin". National Governors Association. 7 January 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  19. "Doubt Cast on Parsons's Right to Title". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. March 31, 1948. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  20. 1818 Const. amendment XLV
  21. "Abraham Alexander Ribicoff". National Governors Association. 7 January 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  22. "Ella T. Grasso". National Governors Association. 7 January 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  23. "Connecticut's Governor Steps Down". The New York Times. June 22, 2004. {{cite news}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  24. Robert D. McFadden (December 24, 2004). "An Ex-Governor Says He's Guilty". The New York Times.

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