List of members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut

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John Larson, current Representative for Connecticut's First Congressional District
Joe Courtney, current Representative for Connecticut's Second Congressional Constituency
Rosa DeLauro, current Connecticut Third Congressional District Representative
Jim Himes, current Representative for Connecticut's fourth congressional electoral district
Jahana Hayes, current Connecticut Fifth Congressional District Representative

This list shows all politicians who since 1789 for Connecticut to the United States House of Representatives have listened. The New England state was always represented by at least four MPs in Washington . The highest number was reached in the period from 1793 to 1823 with seven deputies; there are currently five. Since 1837 the state has been divided into electoral districts; previously nationwide (“at large”) was chosen. This electoral process was then used again from 1903 to 1911 for the fifth and from 1933 to 1963 for the sixth seat.

1st seat (since 1789)

Surname Term of office Political party
Benjamin Huntington March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1791 independent
James Hillhouse March 4, 1791 - December 5, 1796 independent
James Davenport December 5, 1796 - August 3, 1797 federalist
William Edmond November 13, 1797 - March 3, 1801 federalist
Benjamin Tallmadge March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1817 federalist
Ebenezer Huntington's March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1819 federalist
Gideon Tomlinson March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1827 Democratic Republican
David Plant March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1829 National Republicans
William Wolcott Ellsworth March 4, 1829 - July 8, 1834 National Republicans
Joseph Trumbull December 1, 1834 - March 3, 1835 Whig
Isaac Toucey March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1839 democrat
Joseph Trumbull March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843 Whig
Thomas Hart Seymour March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 democrat
James Dixon March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849 Whig
Loren Pinckney Waldo March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 democrat
Charles Chapman March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 Whig
James Timothy Pratt March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 democrat
Ezra Clark March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859 American party
Dwight Loomis March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1863 republican
Henry Champion Deming March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1867 republican
Richard Dudley Hubbard March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1869 republican
Julius Levi Strong March 4, 1869 - September 7, 1872 republican
Joseph Roswell Hawley December 2, 1872 - March 3, 1875 republican
George Marcellus Landers March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879 democrat
Joseph Roswell Hawley March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881 republican
John Ransom Buck March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883 republican
William Wallace Eaton March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 democrat
John Ransom Buck March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887 republican
Robert Johnstone Vance March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 democrat
William Edgar Simonds March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891 republican
Lewis Sperry March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895 democrat
Edward Stevens Henry March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1913 republican
Augustine Lonergan March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 democrat
Peter Davis Oakey March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1917 republican
Augustine Lonergan March 4, 1917 - March 3, 1921 democrat
Edward Hart Fenn March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1931 republican
Augustine Lonergan March 4, 1931 - March 3, 1933 democrat
Herman Paul Kopplemann March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1939 democrat
William Jennings Miller January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1941 republican
Herman Paul Kopplemann January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 democrat
William Jennings Miller January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1945 republican
Herman Paul Kopplemann January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1947 democrat
William Jennings Miller January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949 republican
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1953 democrat
Thomas Joseph Dodd Jan. 3, 1953 - January 3, 1957 democrat
Edwin Hyland May Jan. 3, 1957 - January 3, 1959 republican
Emilio Quincy Daddario Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1971 democrat
William Ross Cotter Jan. 3, 1971 - September 8, 1981 democrat
Barbara Bailey Kennelly January 12, 1982 - January 3, 1999 democrat
John Barry Larson January 3, 1999 - democrat

2nd seat (since 1789)

Surname Term of office Political party
Roger Sherman March 4, 1789 - March 4, 1791 independent
Amasa Learned March 4, 1791 - March 3, 1795 independent
Chauncey Goodrich March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1801 federalist
Elias Perkins March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1803 federalist
Simeon Baldwin March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1805 federalist
Jonathan Ogden Moseley March 4, 1805 - March 3, 1821 federalist
Noyes Barber March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1835 Democratic Republican
Samuel Ingham March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1839 democrat
William Lucius Storrs March 4, 1839 - June 1840 Whig
William Whiting Boardman December 7, 1840 - March 3, 1843 Whig
John Stewart March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 democrat
Samuel Dickinson Hubbard March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849 Whig
Walter Booth March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 Free Soil Party
Colin Macrae Ingersoll March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1855 democrat
John Woodruff March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 American party
Samuel Arnold March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1859 democrat
John Woodruff March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 republican
James Edward English March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1865 democrat
Samuel Larkin Warner March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867 republican
Julius Hotchkiss March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1869 democrat
Stephen Wright Kellogg March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1875 republican
James Phelps March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1883 democrat
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1887 democrat
Carlos French March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 democrat
Washington Frederick Willcox March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1893 democrat
James Protus Pigott March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1895 democrat
Nehemiah Day Sperry March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1911 republican
Thomas Lawrence Reilly March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1913 democrat
Bryan Francis Mahan March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 democrat
Richard Patrick Freeman March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1933 republican
William Lincoln Higgins March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1937 republican
William Joseph Fitzgerald January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1939 democrat
Thomas Raymond Ball January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1941 republican
William Joseph Fitzgerald January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 democrat
John Dacher McWilliams January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1945 republican
Chase Going Woodhouse January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1947 democrat
Horace Seely-Brown January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949 republican
Chase Going Woodhouse January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1951 democrat
Horace Seely-Brown Jan. 3, 1951 - January 3, 1959 republican
Chester Bliss Bowles Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1961 democrat
Horace Seely-Brown January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1963 republican
William Leon St. Onge Jan. 3, 1963 - May 1, 1970 democrat
Robert Hampton Steele November 3, 1970 - January 3, 1975 republican
Christopher John Dodd Jan. 3, 1975 - January 3, 1981 democrat
Samuel Gejdenson Jan. 3, 1981 - January 3, 2001 democrat
Robert Ruhl Simmons January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2007 republican
Joseph Courtney January 3, 2007 - democrat

3rd seat (since 1789)

Surname Term of office Political party
Jonathan Sturges March 4, 1789 - March 4, 1793 independent
Joshua Coit March 4, 1793 - September 5, 1798 federalist
Jonathan Brace December 3, 1798--1800 federalist
John Cotton Smith November 17, 1800 - August 1806 federalist
Theodore Dwight December 1, 1806 - March 3, 1807 federalist
Epaphroditus Champion March 4, 1807 - March 3, 1817 federalist
Uriel Holmes March 4, 1817-1818 federalist
Sylvester Gilbert November 16, 1818 - March 3, 1819 Democratic Republican
Samuel Augustus Foot March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1821 federalist
Daniel Burrows March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823 Democratic Republican
Lemuel Whitman March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 Democratic Republican
John Baldwin March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829 National Republicans
Jabez Williams Huntington March 4, 1829 - August 16, 1834 National Republicans
Phineas Miner December 1, 1834 - March 3, 1835 National Republicans
Zalmon Wildman March 4, 1835 - December 10, 1835 democrat
Thomas Tucker Whittlesey April 29, 1836 - March 3, 1839 democrat
Thomas Wheeler Williams March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843 Whig
George Smith Catlin March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 democrat
John Arnold Rockwell March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849 Whig
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853 democrat
Nathan Belcher March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 democrat
Sidney Dean March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859 American party
Alfred Avery Burnham March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1863 republican
Augustus Brandegee March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1867 republican
Henry Howard Starkweather March 4, 1867 - January 28, 1876 republican
John Turner Wait April 12, 1876 - March 3, 1887 republican
Charles Addison Russell March 4, 1887 - October 23, 1902 republican
Frank Bosworth Brandegee November 4, 1902 - May 10, 1905 republican
Edwin Werter Higgins October 2, 1905 - March 3, 1913 republican
Thomas Lawrence Reilly March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 democrat
John Quillin Tilson March 4, 1915 - December 3, 1932 republican
Francis Thomas Maloney March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 democrat
James Andrew Shanley January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1943 democrat
Ranulf Compton January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1945 republican
James Patrick Geelan January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1947 democrat
Ellsworth Bishop Foote January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949 republican
John Andrew McGuire January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1953 democrat
Albert William Cretella Jan. 3, 1953 - January 3, 1959 republican
Robert Nicholas Giaimo Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1981 democrat
Lawrence Joseph DeNardis Jan. 3, 1981 - January 3, 1983 republican
Bruce Andrew Morrison January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1991 democrat
Rosa L. DeLauro January 3, 1991 - democrat

4th seat (since 1789)

Surname Term of office Political party
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. March 4, 1789 - March 4, 1795 independent
Roger Griswold March 4, 1795-1805 federalist
Lewis Burr Sturges September 16, 1805 - March 3, 1817 federalist
Samuel Burr Sherwood March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1819 federalist
John Russ March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1823 Democratic Republican
Samuel Augustus Foot March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 National Republicans
Orange Merwin March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829 National Republicans
Ebenezer Young March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1835 National Republicans
Elisha Haley March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1839 democrat
Thomas Burr Osborne March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843 Whig
Samuel Simons March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 democrat
Truman Smith March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1849 Whig
Thomas Belden Butler March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 Whig
Origen Storrs Seymour March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1855 democrat
William Wickham Welch March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 American party
William Darius Bishop March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1859 democrat
Orris Sanford Ferry March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 republican
George Catlin Woodruff March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 democrat
John Henry Hubbard March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1867 republican
William Henry Barnum March 4, 1867 - May 18, 1876 democrat
Levi Warner December 4, 1876 - March 3, 1879 democrat
Frederick Miles March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1883 republican
Edward Woodruff Seymour March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1887 democrat
Miles Tobey Granger March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889 democrat
Frederick Miles March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1891 republican
Robert Elliott De Forest March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895 democrat
Ebenezer J. Hill March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1913 republican
Jeremiah Donovan March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 democrat
Ebenezer J. Hill March 4, 1915 - September 27, 1917 republican
Schuyler Merritt November 6, 1917 - March 3, 1931 republican
William Laurence Tierney March 4, 1931 - March 3, 1933 democrat
Schuyler Merritt March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1937 republican
Alfred Noroton Phillips January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1939 democrat
Albert Elmer Austin January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1941 republican
Le Roy Donnelly Downs January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 democrat
Clare Boothe Luce January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1947 republican
John Davis Lodge January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1951 republican
Albert Paul Morano Jan. 3, 1951 - January 3, 1959 republican
Donald Jay Irwin Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1961 democrat
Abner Woodruff Sibal January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1965 republican
Donald Jay Irwin January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1969 democrat
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. Jan. 3, 1969 - January 3, 1971 republican
Stewart Brett McKinney Jan. 3, 1971 - May 7, 1987 republican
Christopher H. Shays August 18, 1987 - January 3, 2009 republican
James A. Himes January 3, 2009 - democrat

5th seat (1789–1843 / since 1903)

Surname Term of office Political party
Jeremiah Wadsworth March 4, 1789 - March 4, 1795 independent
Nathaniel Smith March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1799 federalist
Elizur Goodrich March 4, 1799 - March 3, 1801 federalist
Calvin Goddard May 14, 1801-1805 federalist
Timothy Pitkin September 16, 1805 - March 3, 1819 federalist
Elisha Phelps March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1821 Democratic Republican
Ansel Sterling March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1825 Democratic Republican
Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1833 National Republicans
Samuel Augustus Foot March 4, 1833 - May 9, 1834 National Republicans
Ebenezer Jackson December 1, 1834 - March 3, 1835 National Republicans
Lancelot Phelps March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1839 democrat
Truman Smith March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843 Whig
George Leavens Lilley March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1909 republican
John Quillin Tilson March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1913 republican
William Kennedy March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 democrat
James Peter Glynn March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1923 republican
Patrick Brett O'Sullivan March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1925 democrat
James Peter Glynn March 4, 1925 - March 6, 1930 republican
Edward Wheeler Goss November 4, 1930 - January 3, 1935 republican
John Joseph Smith January 3, 1935 - November 4, 1941 democrat
Joseph Edward Talbot January 20, 1942 - January 3, 1947 republican
James Thomas Patterson January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1959 republican
John Stephen Monagan Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1973 democrat
Ronald Arthur Sarasin Jan. 3, 1973 - January 3, 1979 republican
William Richard Ratchford Jan. 3, 1979 - January 3, 1985 democrat
John Grosvenor Rowland January 3, 1985 - January 3, 1991 republican
Gary A. Franks January 3, 1991 - January 3, 1997 republican
James H. Maloney January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2003 democrat
Nancy Lee Johnson January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2007 republican
Christopher S. Murphy January 3, 2007 - January 3, 2013 democrat
Elizabeth Henderson Esty January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2019 democrat
Jahana Flemming Hayes January 3, 2019 - democrat

6th seat (1793–1843 / 1933–2003)

Surname Term of office Political party
Zephaniah Swift March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1797 federalist
John Allen March 4, 1797 - March 3, 1799 federalist
John Davenport March 4, 1799 - March 3, 1817 federalist
Nathaniel Terry March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1819 federalist
James Stevens March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1821 Democratic Republican
Ebenezer Stoddard March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1825 Democratic Republican
Elisha Phelps March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829 National Republicans
William Lucius Storrs March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1833 National Republicans
Samuel Tweedy March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 National Republicans
Andrew Thompson Judson March 4, 1835 - July 4, 1836 democrat
Orrin Holt December 5, 1836 - March 3, 1839 democrat
John Hall Brockway March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1843 Whig
Charles Montague Bakewell March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 republican
William Michael Citron January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1939 democrat
Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1941 republican
Lucien John Maciora January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943 democrat
Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1945 republican
Joseph Francis Ryter January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1947 democrat
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1959 republican
Frank Kowalski Jan. 3, 1959 - January 3, 1963 democrat
Bernard Francis Grabowski Jan. 3, 1963 - January 3, 1967 democrat
Thomas Joseph Meskill Jan. 3, 1967 - January 3, 1971 republican
Ella Tambussi Grasso Jan. 3, 1971 - January 3, 1975 democrat
Anthony John Moffett Jan. 3, 1975 - January 3, 1983 democrat
Nancy Lee Johnson January 3, 1983 - January 3, 2003 republican

7th seat (1793–1823)

Surname Term of office Political party
Uriah Tracy April 8, 1793 - October 13, 1796 federalist
Samuel Wittlesey Dana January 3, 1797 - May 10, 1810 federalist
Ebenezer Huntington's October 11, 1810 - March 3, 1811 federalist
Lyman Law March 4, 1811 - March 3, 1817 federalist
Thomas Scott Williams March 4, 1817 - March 3, 1819 federalist
Henry Waggaman Edwards March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1823 Democratic Republican

See also

Web links

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