Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Seal of the lieutenant governor
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Incumbent
Susan Bysiewicz
since January 9, 2019
Government of Connecticut
StyleHer Excellency
Term lengthFour years, No term limits
Inaugural holderMatthew Griswold State of Connecticut
1776
FormationConstitution of Connecticut
WebsiteOffice of the Lt. Governor

The following is a list of lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut.

Lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776–present

Lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut
No. Lieutenant Governor Term in office Party Election Governor[a][b]
21   Matthew Griswold October 10, 1776
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May 13, 1784 		Federalist 1776   Jonathan Trumbull[c]
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
22 Samuel Huntington May 13, 1784
–
May 11, 1786 		Federalist 1784 Matthew Griswold
1785
23 Oliver Wolcott May 11, 1786
–
January 5, 1796 		Federalist 1786 Samuel Huntington
(died January 5, 1796)
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
— Vacant January 5, 1796
–
May 12, 1796 		Office vacated
by succession to governor 		Oliver Wolcott
(died December 1, 1797)
24 Jonathan Trumbull Jr. May 12, 1796
–
December 1, 1797 		Federalist 1796
1797
— Vacant December 1, 1797
–
May 10, 1798 		Office vacated
by succession to governor 		Jonathan Trumbull Jr
(died August 7, 1809)
25 John Treadwell May 10, 1798
–
August 7, 1809 		Federalist 1798
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
— Vacant August 7, 1809
–
October 20, 1809 		Office vacated
by succession to governor 		John Treadwell
26 Roger Griswold October 20, 1809[2]
–
May 9, 1811 		Federalist 1810
27 John Cotton Smith May 9, 1811
–
October 25, 1812 		Federalist 1811 Roger Griswold
(died October 25, 1812)
1812
— Vacant October 25, 1812
–
May 13, 1813 		Office vacated
by succession to governor 		John Cotton Smith[d]
28 Chauncey Goodrich May 13, 1813
–
August 18, 1815 		Federalist 1813
1814
1815
— Vacant August 18, 1815
–
May 9, 1816 		Office vacated
by death
29 Jonathan Ingersoll May 9, 1816
–
January 12, 1823 		Democratic-
Republican 		1816
Toleration Party 1817 Oliver Wolcott Jr[e]
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
— Vacant January 12, 1823
–
May 7, 1823 		Office vacated
by death
30 David Plant May 7, 1823
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May 2, 1827 		National
Republican 		1823
1824
1825
1826
31 John Samuel Peters May 2, 1827
–
March 2, 1831 		National
Republican 		1827 Gideon Tomlinson[f]
1828
1829
1830
[g]
— Vacant March 2, 1831
–
May 4, 1831 		— John Samuel Peters
32 Thaddeus Betts March 2, 1831
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May 1, 1833 		National
Republican 		1831
1832
33 Ebenezer Stoddard May 1, 1833
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May 7, 1834 		Democratic 1833 Henry W. Edwards
34 Thaddeus Betts May 7, 1834
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May 6, 1835 		Whig 1834 Samuel A. Foot
35 Ebenezer Stoddard May 6, 1835
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May 2, 1838 		Democratic 1835 Henry W. Edwards
1836
1837
36 Charles Hawley May 2, 1838
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May 4, 1842 		Whig 1838 William W. Ellsworth
1839
1840
1841
37 William S. Holabird May 4, 1842
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May 1, 1844 		Democratic 1842 Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
1843
38 Reuben Booth May 1, 1844
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May 6, 1846 		Whig 1844 Roger Sherman Baldwin
1845
39 Noyes Billings May 6, 1846
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May 5, 1847 		Democratic 1846 Isaac Toucey
40 Charles J. McCurdy May 5, 1847
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May 2, 1849 		Whig 1847 Clark Bissell
1848
41 Thomas Backus May 2, 1849
–
May 4, 1850 		Whig 1849 Joseph Trumbull
42 Charles H. Pond May 5, 1850
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May 7, 1851 		Democratic 1850 Thomas H. Seymour[h]
43 Green Kendrick May 7, 1851
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May 7, 1852 		Whig 1851
44 Charles H. Pond May 7, 1852
–
October 13, 1853 		Democratic 1852
1853
[i]
— Vacant October 13, 1853
–
May 3, 1854 		— Charles H. Pond
45 Alexander H. Holley May 3, 1854
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May 2, 1855 		Whig 1854 Henry Dutton
46 William Field May 2, 1855
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May 7, 1856 		Free Soil 1855 William T. Minor
47 Albert Day May 7, 1856
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May 6, 1857 		American 1856
48 Alfred A. Burnham May 6, 1857
–
May 5, 1858 		Republican 1857 Alexander H. Holley
49 Julius Catlin May 5, 1858
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May 1, 1861 		Republican 1858 William Alfred Buckingham
1859
1860
50 Benjamin Douglas May 1, 1861
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May 7, 1862 		Republican 1861
51 Roger Averill May 7, 1862
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May 2, 1866 		Unionist 1862
1863
National Union 1864
1865
52 Oliver Winchester May 2, 1866
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May 1, 1867 		Republican 1866 Joseph Roswell Hawley
53 Ephraim H. Hyde May 1, 1867
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May 5, 1869 		Democratic 1867 James E. English
1868
54 Francis Wayland III May 5, 1869
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May 4, 1870 		Republican 1869 Marshall Jewell
55 Julius Hotchkiss May 4, 1870
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May 16, 1871 		Democratic 1870 James E. English
56 Morris Tyler May 16, 1871
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May 7, 1873 		Republican 1871 Marshall Jewell
1872
57 George G. Sill May 7, 1873
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January 3, 1887 		Democratic 1873 Charles Roberts Ingersoll
1874
1875
[j]
58 Francis Loomis January 3, 1877
–
January 9, 1879 		Democratic 1876
[k] 		Richard D. Hubbard
59 David Gallup January 9, 1879
–
January 5, 1881 		Republican 1878 Charles B. Andrews
60 William H. Bulkeley January 5, 1881
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January 3, 1883 		Republican 1880 Hobart B. Bigelow
61 George G. Sumner January 3, 1883
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January 8, 1885 		Democratic 1882 Thomas M. Waller
62 Lorrin A. Cooke January 8, 1885
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January 7, 1887 		Republican 1884 Henry Baldwin Harrison
63 James L. Howard January 7, 1887
–
January 10, 1889 		Republican 1886 Phineas C. Lounsbury
64 Samuel E. Merwin January 10, 1889
–
January 4, 1893 		Republican 1888 Morgan Bulkeley[l]
1890
65 Ernest Cady January 4, 1893
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January 9, 1895 		Democratic 1892 Luzon B. Morris
66 Lorrin A. Cooke January 9, 1895
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January 6, 1897 		Republican 1894 Owen Vincent Coffin
67 James D. Dewell January 6, 1897
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January 4, 1899 		Republican 1896 Lorrin A. Cooke
68 Lyman A. Mills January 4, 1899
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January 9, 1901 		Republican 1898 George E. Lounsbury
69 Edwin O. Keeler January 9, 1901
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January 7, 1903 		Republican 1900 George P. McLean
70 Henry Roberts January 7, 1903
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January 4, 1905 		Republican 1902 Abiram Chamberlain
71 Rollin S. Woodruff January 4, 1905
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January 9, 1907 		Republican 1904 Henry Roberts
72 Everett J. Lake January 9, 1907
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January 9, 1909 		Republican 1906 Rollin S. Woodruff
73 Frank B. Weeks January 6, 1909
–
April 21, 1909 		Republican 1908
[m] 		George L. Lilley
— Vacant April 21, 1909
–
January 4, 1911 		— Frank B. Weeks
74 Dennis A. Blakeslee January 4, 1911
–
January 8, 1913 		Republican 1910 Simeon Eben Baldwin[h]
75 Lyman T. Tingier January 8, 1913
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January 6, 1915 		Democratic 1912
76 Clifford B. Wilson January 6, 1915
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January 5, 1921 		Republican 1914 Marcus H. Holcomb
1916
1918
77 Charles A. Templeton January 5, 1921
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January 3, 1923 		Republican 1920 Everett J. Lake
78 Hiram Bingham III January 3, 1923
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January 7, 1925 		Republican 1922 Charles A. Templeton
79 John H. Trumbull January 7, 1925
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January 8, 1925 		Republican 1924
[n] 		Hiram Bingham III
80 J. Edwin Brainard January 8, 1925
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January 9, 1929 		Republican John H. Trumbull
1926
81 Ernest E. Rogers January 9, 1929
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January 7, 1931 		Republican 1928
82 Samuel R. Spencer January 7, 1931
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January 4, 1933 		Republican 1930 Wilbur Lucius Cross[h]
83 Roy C. Wilcox January 4, 1933
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January 9, 1935 		Republican 1932
84 T. Frank Hayes January 9, 1935
–
January 4, 1939 		Democratic 1934
1936
85 James L. McConaughy January 4, 1939
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January 8, 1941 		Republican 1938 Raymond E. Baldwin
86 Odell Shepard January 8, 1941
–
January 6, 1943 		Democratic 1940 Robert A. Hurley
87 William L. Hadden January 6, 1943
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January 3, 1945 		Republican 1942 Raymond E. Baldwin[o]
88 Charles Wilbert Snow January 3, 1945
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December 27, 1946 		Democratic 1944
[p]
— Vacant December 27, 1946
–
January 8, 1947 		— Charles Wilbert Snow
89 James C. Shannon January 8, 1947
–
March 7, 1948 		Republican 1946
[q] 		James L. McConaughy
90 Robert E. Parsons March 7, 1948
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January 5, 1949 		Republican James C. Shannon
91 William T. Carroll January 5, 1949
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January 3, 1951 		Democratic 1948 Chester Bowles
92 Edward N. Allen January 3, 1951
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January 5, 1955 		Republican 1950
[r] 		John Davis Lodge
93 Charles W. Jewett January 5, 1955
–
January 7, 1959 		Republican 1954 Abraham Ribicoff
94 John N. Dempsey January 7, 1959
–
January 21, 1961 		Democratic 1958
[s]
95 Anthony J. Armentano January 21, 1961
–
January 9, 1963 		Democratic John N. Dempsey
96 Samuel J. Tedesco January 9, 1963
–
January 15, 1966 		Democratic 1962
[t]
97 Fred J. Doocy January 15, 1966
–
January 4, 1967 		Democratic
98 Attilio R. Frassinelli January 4, 1967
–
January 6, 1971 		Democratic 1966
99 T. Clark Hull January 6, 1971
–
June 1, 1973 		Republican 1970
[u] 		Thomas Meskill
100 Peter L. Cashman June 1, 1973
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January 8, 1975 		Republican
101 Robert K. Killian January 8, 1975
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January 3, 1979 		Democratic 1974 Ella Grasso
102 William A. O'Neill January 3, 1979
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December 31, 1980 		Democratic 1978
[v]
103 Joseph J. Fauliso December 31, 1980
–
January 9, 1991 		Democratic William A. O'Neill
1982
1986
104 Eunice Groark January 9, 1991
–
January 4, 1995 		A Connecticut Party 1990 Lowell Weicker
105 Jodi Rell January 4, 1995
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July 1, 2004 		Republican 1994 John G. Rowland
1998
2002
[w]
106 Kevin Sullivan July 1, 2004
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January 3, 2007 		Democratic Jodi Rell
107 Michael Fedele January 3, 2007
–
January 5, 2011 		Republican 2006
108 Nancy Wyman January 5, 2011
–
January 9, 2019 		Democratic 2010 Dannel Malloy
2014
109 Susan Bysiewicz January 9, 2019
–
Present 		Democratic 2018
[x] 		Ned Lamont

Notes

  1. ^ The office of Lieutenant Governor was known as Deputy-Governor under the colonial charter, but the name 'Lieutenant Governor' was predominantly used after independence.[1]
  2. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  3. ^ Represented no party.
  4. ^ Represented the Federalist Party
  5. ^ Represented the Toleration Party through the 1818 election, and the Democratic-Republican Party after that.
  6. ^ Represented the Democratic-Republican Party in his first year, and the National Republican Party after that.
  7. ^ Tomlinson resigned and Peters acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  8. ^ a b c Represented the Democratic Party.
  9. ^ Seymour resigned and Pond acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  10. ^ This term was lengthened by 7 months due to a constitutional amendment moving the election schedule.
  11. ^ First term under a constitutional amendment which lengthened terms to two years.
  12. ^ 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.[3]
  13. ^ Lilley died and Weeks acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  14. ^ Bingham resigned and Trumbull acted as governor for the remainder of the term; as president pro tempore of the senate, Brainard succeeded Trumbull.
  15. ^ Represented the Republican Party.
  16. ^ Baldwin resigned and Snow acted as governor; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
  17. ^ McConaughy died and Shannon acted as governor; as president pro tempore of the senate, Parsons succeeded Shannon.
  18. ^ First term under a constitution amendment which lengthened terms to four years.
  19. ^ Ribicoff resigned and Dempsey acted as governor for the remainder of his term; as president pro tempore of the senate, Armentano succeeded Dempsey.
  20. ^ Tedesco resigned to take a seat on the Connecticut Superior Court; as president pro tempore of the senate, Doocy succeeded him.
  21. ^ Hull resigned to take a seat on the Connecticut Superior Court; as president pro tempore of the senate, Cashman succeeded him.
  22. ^ Grasso resigned and O'Neill succeeded her; as president pro tempore of the senate, Fauliso succeeded O'Neill.
  23. ^ Rowland resigned and Rell succeeded him; as president pro tempore of the senate, Sullivan succeeded Rell.
  24. ^ Bysiewicz's second term began on January 4, 2023.

References

Constitutions
  • "Constitution of the State of Connecticut". Connecticut State Library. 1965. Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
  • "Constitution of the State of Connecticut". Secretary of the State of Connecticut. 1818. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
  • "Charter of the Colony of Connecticut". National Humanities Institute. 1662. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
Specific
  1. ^ 1662 Charter
  2. ^ "Hartford. Oct. 24". The enquirer. Richmond, Va. November 14, 1809. p. 2. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Morgan Gardner Bulkeley". National Governors Association. Retrieved August 29, 2016.

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