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Number of Governors of Connecticut by party affiliation

Party	Governors
Republican	32
Democratic	21
Whig	7
Federalist	7
No party	1
Democratic-Republican	2
National Republican	1
A Connecticut Party	1

The following is a 'list of Governors of the State of Connecticut', from the Colonial period through present day.

Contents

Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639-1662

Governors of the Colony of New Haven, 1639-1665

Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1662-1776

Governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776-present

Notes

Other high offices held

Living former governors

Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639-1662

The colony was initially formed from the towns of Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield. Between 1639 and 1655, consecutive terms were not allowed, so the governorship rotated between John Haynes and Edward Hopkins each year, except for 1642 when George Wyllys served.

★ John Haynes 1639-1640

★ Edward Hopkins 1640-1641

★ John Haynes 1641-1642

★ George Wyllys 1642-1643

★ John Haynes 1643-1644

★ Edward Hopkins 1644-1645

★ John Haynes 1645-1646

★ Edward Hopkins 1646-1647

★ John Haynes 1647-1648

★ Edward Hopkins 1648-1649

★ John Haynes 1649-1650

★ Edward Hopkins 1650-1651

★ John Haynes 1651-1652

★ Edward Hopkins 1652-1653

★ John Haynes 1653-1654

★ Edward Hopkins 1654-1655

★ Thomas Welles 1655-1656

★ John Webster 1656-1657

★ John Winthrop, Jr. 1657-1658

★ Thomas Welles 1658-1659

★ John Winthrop, Jr. 1659-1662

Governors of the Colony of New Haven, 1639-1665

★ Theophilus Eaton 1639-1658

★ Francis Newman 1658-1660

★ William Leete 1661-1665 (when the Colony of Connecticut and the Colony of New Haven, merged by Royal Charter in 1662, became one government)

Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1662-1776

★ John Winthrop, Jr. 1662-1676

★ William Leete 1676-1683

★ Robert Treat 1683-1687

★ Sir Edmond Andros 1687-1689 ''as part of the Dominion of New England''

★ Robert Treat 1689-1698

★ Fitz-John Winthrop 1698-1707

★ Gurdon Saltonstall 1708-1724

★ Joseph Talcott 1724-1741

★ Jonathan Law 1741-1750

★ Roger Wolcott 1750-1754

★ Thomas Fitch 1754-1766

★ William Pitkin 1766-1769

★ Jonathan Trumbull 1769-1776

Governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776-present

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Lt. Governor	Notes
1	Jonathan Trumbull	1776	1784	No party	Matthew Griswold
2	Matthew Griswold	1784	May 11 1786	Federalist	Samuel Huntington
3	Samuel Huntington	May 11 1786	January 5 1796	Federalist	Oliver Wolcott	Died in office.
4	Oliver Wolcott	January 5 1796	December 1 1797	Federalist	Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.	As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in their own right.
5	Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.	December 1 1797	August 7 1809	Federalist	John Treadwell
6	John Treadwell	August 7 1809	May 9 1811	Federalist	Roger Griswold
7	Roger Griswold	May 9 1811	October 25 1812	Federalist	John Cotton Smith
8	John Cotton Smith	October 25 1812	May 8 1817	Federalist
9	Oliver Wolcott, Jr.	May 8 1817	May 2 1827	Toleration Republican
10	Gideon Tomlinson	May 2 1827	March 2 1831	Democratic-Republican		Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
11	John Samuel Peters	March 2 1831	May 1 1833	National Republican
12	Henry W. Edwards	May 1 1833	May 7 1834	Democratic
13	Samuel A. Foot	May 7 1834	May 6 1835	Whig
14	Henry W. Edwards	May 6 1835	May 2 1838	Democratic
15	William W. Ellsworth	May 2 1838	May 4 1842	Whig
16	Chauncey Fitch Cleveland	May 4 1842	May 1 1844	Democratic
17	Roger Sherman Baldwin	May 1 1844	May 6 1846	Whig
18	Isaac Toucey	May 6 1846	May 5 1847	Democratic		[1]
19	Clark Bissell	May 5 1847	May 2 1849	Whig
20	Joseph Trumbull	May 2 1849	May 4 1850	Whig
21	Thomas Hart Seymour	May 4 1850	October 13 1853	Democratic		[2]
22	Charles H. Pond	October 13 1853	May 3 1854	Democratic		As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
23	Henry Dutton	May 3 1854	May 2 1855	Whig
24	William T. Minor	May 2 1855	May 6 1857	American Republican
25	Alexander H. Holley	May 6 1857	May 5 1858	Whig
26	William A. Buckingham	May 5 1858	May 2 1866	Republican
27	Joseph R. Hawley	May 2 1866	May 1 1867	Republican	Oliver F. Winchester
28	James E. English	May 1 1867	May 5 1869	Democratic	Ephraim H. Hyde
29	Marshall Jewell	May 5 1869	May 4 1870	Republican	Francis Wayland
30	James E. English	May 4 1870	May 16 1871	Democratic	Julius Hotchkiss
31	Marshall Jewell	May 16 1871	May 7 1873	Republican	Morris Tyler
32	Charles R. Ingersoll	May 7 1873	January 3 1877	Democratic	George G. Sill
33	Richard D. Hubbard	January 3 1877	January 9 1879	Democratic	Francis Loomis
34	Charles B. Andrews	January 9 1879	January 5 1881	Republican	David Gallup
35	Hobart B. Bigelow	January 5 1881	January 3 1883	Republican	William H. Bulkeley
36	Thomas M. Waller	January 3 1883	January 8 1885	Democratic	George G. Summer
37	Henry B. Harrison	January 8 1885	January 7 1887	Republican	Lorrin A. Cooke
38	Phineas C. Lounsbury	January 7 1887	January 10 1889	Republican	James L. Howard
39	Morgan G. Bulkeley	January 10 1889	January 4 1893	Republican	Samuel E. Merwin	[3]
40	Luzon B. Morris	January 4 1893	January 9 1895	Democratic	Ernest Cady
41	Owen Vincent Coffin	January 9 1895	January 6 1897	Republican	Lorrin A. Cooke
42	Lorrin A. Cooke	January 6 1897	January 4 1899	Republican	James D. Dewell
43	George E. Lounsbury	January 4 1899	January 9 1901	Republican	Lyman A. Mills
44	George P. McLean	January 9 1901	January 7 1903	Republican	Edwin O. Keeler
45	Abiram Chamberlain	January 7 1903	January 4 1905	Republican	Henry Roberts
46	Henry Roberts	January 4 1905	January 9 1907	Republican	Rollin S. Woodruff
47	Rollin S. Woodruff	January 9 1907	January 6 1909	Republican	Everett J. Lake
48	George L. Lilley	January 6 1909	April 21 1909	Republican	Frank B. Weeks
49	Frank B. Weeks	April 21 1909	January 4 1911	Republican
50	Simeon E. Baldwin	January 4 1911	January 6 1915	Democratic	Dennis A. Blakeslee
					Lyman T. Tingier
51	Marcus H. Holcomb	January 6 1915	January 5 1921	Republican	Clifford B. Wilson
52	Everett J. Lake	January 5 1921	January 3 1923	Republican	Charles A. Templeton
53	Charles A. Templeton	January 3 1923	January 7 1925	Republican	Hiram Bingham III
54	Hiram Bingham III	January 7 1925	January 8 1925	Republican	John H. Trumbull
55	John H. Trumbull	January 8 1925	January 7 1931	Republican	J. Edwin Brainard
					Ernest E. Rogers
56	Wilbur Lucius Cross	January 7 1931	January 4 1939	Democratic	Samuel R. Spencer
					Roy C. Wilcox
					T. Frank Hayes
57	Raymond E. Baldwin	January 4 1939	January 8 1941	Republican	James L. McConaughy
58	Robert A. Hurley	January 8 1941	January 6 1943	Democratic	Odell Shepard
59	Raymond E. Baldwin	January 6 1943	December 27 1946	Republican	William L. Hadden
					Wilbert Snow
60	Wilbert Snow	December 27 1946	January 8 1947	Democratic
61	James L. McConaughy	January 8 1947	March 7 1948	Republican	James C. Shannon
62	James C. Shannon	March 7 1948	January 5 1949	Republican	Robert E. Parsons
63	Chester Bowles	January 5 1949	January 3 1951	Democratic	William T. Carroll
64	John Davis Lodge	January 3 1951	January 5 1955	Republican	Edward N. Allen
65	Abraham A. Ribicoff	January 5 1955	January 21 1961	Democratic	Charles W. Jewett	[4]
					John Dempsey
66	John N. Dempsey	January 21 1961	January 6 1971	Democratic	Anthony J. Armentano
					Samuel J. Tedesco
					Fred J. Doocy
					Attilio R. Frassinelli
67	Thomas J. Meskill	January 6 1971	January 8 1975	Republican	T. Clark Hull
					Peter L. Cashman
68	Ella T. Grasso	January 8 1975	December 31 1980	Democratic	Robert K. Killian	[5]
					William A. O'Neill
69	William A. O'Neill	December 31 1980	January 9 1991	Democratic	Joseph J. Fauliso
70	Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	January 9 1991	January 4 1995	A Connecticut Party	Eunice Groark
71	John G. Rowland	January 4 1995	July 1 2004	Republican	M. Jodi Rell	[6]
72	M. Jodi Rell	July 1 2004	''Incumbent''	Republican	Kevin Sullivan	[7]
					Michael Fedele

Notes

1. Lost election, but was appointed by state legislature.
2. Resigned to be Ambassador to Russia.
3. Morgan Bulkeley was technically unelected from 1890 on. He 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.
4. Resigned to become United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
5. Resigned due to ovarian cancer.
6. Resigned during a corruption investigation; he later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud.
7. Governor Rell's term expires in 2011; she is not yet term limited.

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Connecticut.
★ denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Name	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
		House	Senate
Samuel Huntington	1786–1796			Continental Delegate (including President of the Continental Congress)
Oliver Wolcott	1796–1797			Continental Delegate
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.	1797–1809	H	S	Speaker of the House
John Treadwell	1809–1811			Continental Delegate
Roger Griswold	1811–1812	H
John Cotton Smith	1812–1817	H
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.	1817–1827			U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Gideon Tomlinson	1827–1831	H	S ★
Henry W. Edwards	1833–1834, 1835–1838	H	S
Samuel A. Foot	1834–1835	H	S
William W. Ellsworth	1838–1842	H
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland	1842–1843	H
Roger Sherman Baldwin	1844–1846		S ★
Isaac Toucey	1846–1847	H	S	U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Joseph Trumbull	1849–1850	H
Thomas Hart Seymour	1850–1853	H		Ambassador to Russia ★
William A. Buckingham	1858–1866		S
Joseph R. Hawley	1866–1867	H	S
James E. English	1867–1869, 1870–1871	H	S
Marshall Jewell	1869–1870, 1871–1873			Ambassador to Russia, U.S. Postmaster General
Richard D. Hubbard	1878-1879	H
Morgan G. Bulkeley	1889–1893		S
George P. McLean	1901–1903		S
George L. Lilley	1901	H
Hiram Bingham III	1925		S
Raymond E. Baldwin	1939–1941, 1943–1946		S
Chester Bowles	1949–1951	H
John Davis Lodge	1951–1955	H		Ambassador to Spain, Ambassador to Argentina, Ambassador to Switzerland
Abraham A. Ribicoff	1955–1961	H	S	U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare ★
Thomas J. Meskill	1971–1975	H		Second Circuit Court Judge
Ella T. Grasso	1975–1980	H
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	1991–1995	H	S
John G. Rowland	1995–2004	H

Living former governors

As of August 2007, four former governors were alive, the oldest being Thomas Joseph Meskill (1971–1975, born 1928). The most recent governor to die was Abraham A. Ribicoff (1955–1961), on February 22 1998. The most recently-serving governor to die was Ella T. Grasso (1975–1980), on February 5 1981.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Thomas Joseph Meskill	1971–1975	January 30 1928
William O'Neill	1980–1991	August 11 1930
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	1991–1995	May 16 1931
John G. Rowland	1995–2004	May 24 1957