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List of United States senators from Connecticut

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

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

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 1 Oliver Ellsworth (Windsor) Mar 8, 1796 | Elected in 1788. | 1 | | Elected in 1788.Resigned. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 3, 1791 | | Pro-Administration William S. Johnson (Stratford) ! 1

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|- style="height:2em" Jul 23, 1793 Roger Sherman (New Milford) ! rowspan=2 | 2

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| nowrap | Jul 23, 1793 – Dec 2, 1793

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Sherman's term.Retired. | nowrap | Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 3, 1795 | | Pro-Administration Stephen Mix Mitchell (Wethersfield) ! 3

|- style="height:2em" | | Federalist Jun 10, 1796 Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (Lebanon) ! rowspan=2 | 4

|- style="height:2em" May 12, 1796

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| nowrap | Jun 10, 1796 – Oct 13, 1796

|- style="height:2em" Jul 19, 1807 Uriah Tracy (Litchfield) ! rowspan=8 | 5

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 2 James Hillhouse (New Haven) Jun 10, 1810 | Elected to finish Ellsworth's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1807.Died.

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| nowrap | Jul 19, 1807 – Oct 25, 1807

|- style="height:2em" May 13, 1813 Chauncey Goodrich (Hartford) ! rowspan=6 | 6

|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1809.Resigned.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jun 10, 1810 – Dec 4, 1810 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 3 Samuel W. Dana (Middletown) Mar 3, 1821

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1813.Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1819 David Daggett (New Haven) ! rowspan=3 | 7

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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1825 James Lanman (Norwich) ! rowspan=5 | 8

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 4 Elijah Boardman (Litchfield) Aug 18, 1823 |

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Aug 18, 1823 – Oct 8, 1823 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 5 Henry W. Edwards (New Haven) | | Democratic-Republican Mar 3, 1827

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| nowrap | Mar 4, 1825 – May 4, 1825

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1831 Republican](national-republican-party) Calvin Willey (Tolland) ! rowspan=3 | 9

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 6 Samuel A. Foot (Cheshire) Republican](national-republican-party) Mar 3, 1833 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1837 Republican](national-republican-party) Gideon Tomlinson (Fairfield) ! rowspan=5 | 10

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 7 Nathan Smith (New Haven) Republican](national-republican-party) Dec 6, 1835 |

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Dec 6, 1835 – Dec 21, 1835 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 8 John Milton Niles (Hartford) | | Jacksonian Mar 3, 1839

|- style="height:2em" | | Democratic | Mar 3, 1843 (New Milford) ! rowspan=5 | 11

|- style="height:2em" ! 9 (Norwalk) | | Whig | nowrap | Mar 4, 1839 – Apr 7, 1840 | Elected in 1838 or 1839.Died.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Apr 7, 1840 – May 4, 1840 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 10 Jabez W. Huntington (Litchfield) Nov 1, 1847

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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1849 John Milton Niles (Hartford) ! rowspan=5 | 12

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Nov 1, 1847 – Nov 11, 1847 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 11 Roger Sherman Baldwin (New Haven) Mar 3, 1851

|- style="height:2em" | May 24, 1854 Truman Smith (Litchfield) ! rowspan=4 | 13

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1851 – May 12, 1852 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 12 Isaac Toucey (Hartford) Mar 3, 1857

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|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Smith's term.Retired. | nowrap | May 24, 1854 – Mar 3, 1855 | | Free Soil Francis Gillette (Hartford) ! 14

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1867 Lafayette S. Foster (Norwich) ! rowspan=6 | 15

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 13 James Dixon (Hartford) Mar 3, 1869 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Nov 21, 1875 Orris S. Ferry (Norwalk) ! rowspan=6 | 16

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 14 William A. Buckingham (Norwich) Feb 5, 1875 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 15 William W. Eaton (Hartford) Mar 3, 1881 | Appointed to finish Buckingham's term, having been elected to the next term.

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| nowrap | Nov 21, 1875 – Nov 27, 1875

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Ferry's term.Retired when successor elected. | nowrap | Nov 27, 1875 – May 17, 1876 | | Democratic James E. English (New Haven) ! 17

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1879 William Barnum (Lime Rock) ! rowspan=2 | 18

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|- style="height:2em" | Apr 21, 1905 Orville H. Platt (Meriden) ! rowspan=13 | 19

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 | 16 Joseph R. Hawley (Hartford) Mar 3, 1905 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1903.Died.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 17 Morgan Bulkeley (Hartford) Mar 3, 1911

|- style="height:2em" Oct 14, 1924 Frank B. Brandegee (New London) ! rowspan=10 | 20

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 18 George P. McLean (Simsbury) Mar 3, 1929 |

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| nowrap | Oct 14, 1924 – Dec 17, 1924

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1933 Hiram Bingham III (New Haven) ! rowspan=5 | 21

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 19 Frederic C. Walcott (Norfolk) Jan 3, 1935 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 1939 Augustine Lonergan (Hartford) ! rowspan=3 | 22

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 20 Francis T. Maloney (Meriden) Jan 16, 1945 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 1945 John A. Danaher (Portland) ! rowspan=3 | 23

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|- style="height:2em" Jul 28, 1952 Brien McMahon (Norwalk) ! rowspan=9 | 24

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jan 16, 1945 – Feb 15, 1945 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 21 Thomas C. Hart (Sharon) | | Republican | nowrap | Feb 15, 1945 – Nov 5, 1946 | Appointed to continue Maloney's term.Successor qualified.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 22 Raymond E. Baldwin (Stratford) Dec 16, 1949 | Elected to finish Maloney's term.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 23 William Benton (Norwalk) Jan 3, 1953

|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1950.Died.

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| nowrap | Jul 28, 1952 – Aug 29, 1952

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue McMahon's term.Retired when successor elected, and elected to the class 1 seat. | nowrap | Aug 29, 1952 – Nov 4, 1952 | | Republican William A. Purtell (West Hartford) ! 25

|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 1963 Prescott Bush (Greenwich) ! rowspan=6 | 26

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 24 William A. Purtell (West Hartford) Jan 3, 1959 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 25 Thomas J. Dodd (West Hartford) Jan 3, 1971 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 1981 Abraham Ribicoff (Hartford) ! rowspan=9 | 27

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 26 Lowell Weicker (Greenwich) Jan 3, 1989 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 2011 Chris Dodd (East Haddam) ! rowspan=15 | 28

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 27 Joe Lieberman (New Haven) Jan 3, 2013 |

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|- style="height:2em" | present Richard Blumenthal (Greenwich) ! rowspan=9 | 29

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 28 Chris Murphy (Hartford) present |

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References

References

  1. "Connecticut 1802 U.S. Senate". [[Tufts University]].
  2. Due to ill-health and a credentials challenge, [[John Milton Niles]] was unable to serve until May 16, 1844
  3. (Jan 18, 1905). "BULKELEY IN CONNECTICUT". [[The New York Times]].
  4. "A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789".
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