List of United States Senators from Connecticut

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The List of United States Senators from Connecticut lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators were last held in November 2018; the class 3 senators were last re-elected in 2016.

class 1

Chris Murphy
Richard Blumenthal

Connecticut has been a US state since January 19, 1788 and has had 28 class 1 senators to date .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Oliver Ellsworth 1789-1796 federalist April 29, 1745-26. November 1807
James Hillhouse 1796-1810 federalist October 20, 1754-29. December 1832
Samuel Whittlesey Dana 1810-1821 federalist February 13, 1760-21. July 1830
Elijah Boardman 1821-1823 Democratic Republican March 7, 1760-18. August 1823
Henry Waggaman Edwards 1823-1827 Democratic Republican October 1779–22. July 1847
Samuel Augustus Foot 1827-1833 National Republicans November 8, 1780-15. September 1846
Nathan Smith 1833-1835 National Republicans January 8, 1770–6. December 1835
John Milton Niles 1835-1839 democrat August 20, 1787-31. May 1856
Thaddeus Betts 1839-1840 Whig February 4, 1789-7. April 1840
Jabez Williams Huntington 1840-1847 Whig November 8, 1788–1. November 1847
Roger Sherman Baldwin 1847-1851 Whig January 4, 1793-19. February 1863
Isaac Toucey 1852-1857 democrat November 15, 1792-30. July 1869
James Dixon 1857-1869 republican August 5, 1814-27. March 1873
William Alfred Buckingham 1869-1875 republican May 28, 1804-5. February 1875
William Wallace Eaton 1875-1881 democrat October 11, 1816-21. September 1898
Joseph Roswell Hawley 1881-1905 republican October 31, 1826-18. March 1905
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley 1905-1911 republican December 26, 1837–6. November 1922
George Payne McLean 1911-1929 republican October 7, 1857–6. June 1932
Frederic Collin Walcott 1929-1935 republican February 19, 1869-27. April 1949
Francis Thomas Maloney 1935-1945 democrat March 31, 1894–16. January 1945
Thomas Charles Hart 1945-1946 republican June 12, 1877–4. July 1971
Raymond Earl Baldwin 1946-1949 republican August 31, 1893–4. October 1986
William Burnett Benton 1949-1953 democrat April 1, 1900-18. March 1973
William Arthur Purtell 1953-1959 republican May 6, 1897-31. May 1978
Thomas Joseph Dodd 1959-1971 democrat May 15, 1907-24. May 1971
Lowell Palmer Weicker 1971-1989 republican * May 16, 1931
Joseph Isadore Lieberman 1989-2013 Democrat / Independent * February 24, 1942
Christopher Scott Murphy since 2013 democrat * August 3, 1973

Class 3

Connecticut has 29 class 3 senators to date .

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
William Samuel Johnson 1789-1791 federalist October 7, 1727-14. November 1819
Roger Sherman 1791-1793 federalist April 19, 1721-23. July 1793
Stephen Mix Mitchell 1793-1795 federalist December 9, 1743-30. September 1835
Jonathan Trumbull 1795-1796 federalist March 26, 1740-7. August 1809
Uriah Tracy 1796-1807 federalist February 2, 1755-19. July 1807
Chauncey Goodrich 1807-1813 federalist October 20, 1759-18. August 1815
David Daggett 1813-1819 federalist December 31, 1764–12. April 1851
James Lanman 1819-1825 Democratic Republican June 14, 1767-7. August 1841
Calvin Willey 1825-1831 National Republicans September 15, 1776-23. August 1858
Gideon Tomlinson 1831-1837 National Republicans December 31, 1780–8. October 1854
Perry Smith 1837-1843 democrat May 12, 1783-8. June 1852
John Milton Niles 1843-1849 democrat August 20, 1787-31. May 1856
Truman Smith 1849-1854 Whig November 27, 1791-3. May 1884
Francis Gillette 1854-1855 Free soil December 14, 1807-30. September 1879
Lafayette Sabine Foster 1855-1867 Whig / Republican November 22, 1806-19. September 1880
Orris Sanford Ferry 1867-1875 republican August 15, 1823-21. November 1875
James Edward English 1875-1876 democrat March 13, 1812–2. March 1890
William Henry Barnum 1876-1879 democrat September 17, 1818-30. April 1889
Orville Hitchcock Platt 1879-1905 republican July 19, 1827-21. April 1905
Frank Bosworth Brandegee 1905-1924 republican July 8, 1864-14. October 1924
Hiram Bingham III 1924-1933 republican November 19, 1875–6. June 1956
Augustine Lonergan 1933-1939 democrat May 20, 1874-18. October 1947
John Anthony Danaher 1939-1945 republican January 9, 1899-22. September 1990
James O'Brien McMahon 1945–1952 democrat October 6, 1903-28. July 1952
William Arthur Purtell 1952 republican May 6, 1897-31. May 1978
Prescott Sheldon Bush 1952-1963 republican May 15, 1895-8. October 1972
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff 1963-1981 democrat April 9, 1910-22. February 1998
Christopher John Dodd 1981-2011 democrat * May 27, 1944
Richard M. Blumenthal since 2011 democrat * February 13, 1946

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