U.S. Senators from Connecticut, 1789-2018(May beincomplete!)
OliverEllsworth 1789-96WilliamSamuel Johnson 1789-91RogerSherman 1791-93StephenM. Mitchell 1793-95JonathanTrumbull, Jr. 1795-96JamesHillhouse 1796-1810UriahTracy 1796-1807ChaunceyGoodrich 1807-13SamuelW. Dana 1810-21DavidDaggett 1813-19JamesLanman 1819-25ElijahBoardman 1821-23HenryW. Edwards 1823-27CalvinWilley 1825-31SamuelA. Foot 1827-33GideonTomlinson 1831-37NathanSmith 1833-35JohnM. Niles 1835-39PerrySmith 1837-43ThaddeusBetts 1839-40JabezW. Huntington 1840-47JohnM. Niles 1843-49RogerS. Baldwin 1847-51TrumanSmith 1849-54IsaacToucey 1852-57FrancisGillette 1854-55LafayetteS. Foster 1855-67JamesDixon 1857-69OrrisS. Ferry 1867-75WilliamA. Buckingham 1869-75WilliamW. Eaton 1875-81JamesE. English 1875-76WilliamH. Barnum 1876-79OrvilleH. Platt 1879-1905JosephR. Hawley 1881-1905MorganG. Bulkeley 1905-11FrankB. Brandegee 1905-24GeorgeP. McLean 1911-29HiramBingham 1924-33FredericC. Walcott 1929-35AugustineLonergan 1933-39FrancisT. Maloney 1935-45JohnA. Danaher 1939-45BrienMcMahon 1945-52ThomasC. Hart 1945-46RaymondE. Baldwin 1946-49WilliamBenton 1949-53WilliamA. Purtell 1952PrescottS. Bush 1952-63WilliamA. Purtell 1953-59ThomasJ. Dodd 1959-71AbrahamA. Ribicoff 1963-81LowellP. Weicker, Jr. 1971-89ChristopherJ. Dodd 1981-2011JosephI. Lieberman 1989-RichardBlumenthal 2011- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1793 Jul 23:RogerSherman, died in office. 1807 Jul 19:UriahTracy, died in office. 1823 Aug 18:ElijahBoardman, died in office. 1835 Dec 6:NathanSmith, died in office. 1840 Apr 7:ThaddeusBetts, died in office. 1847 Nov 1:JabezW. Huntington, died in office. 1875 Feb 5:WilliamA. Buckingham, died in office. 1875 Nov 21:OrrisS. Ferry, died in office. 1905 Apr 21:OrvilleH. Platt, died in office. 1914 Nov 3:FrankB. Brandegee (Rep), elected;SimeonE. Baldwin (Dem), defeated;HerbertSmith (Progressive), defeated;GeorgeSpiess (Socialist), defeated;FrederickG. Platt (Prohibition), defeated;ClarenceWarner (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:GeorgeP. McLean (Rep), elected;HomerS. Cummings (Dem), defeated;MartinF. Plunkett (Socialist), defeated;WilburG. Manchester (Prohibition), defeated;OttoRuckser (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1920 Nov 2:FrankB. Brandegee (Rep), elected;AugustineLonergan (Dem), defeated;MartinF. Plunkett (Socialist), defeated;EmilL. G. Hohenthal (Prohibition), defeated;JosephineB. Bennett (Farmer-Labor), defeated;CharlesJ. Backofen (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:GeorgeP. McLean (Rep), elected;ThomasJ. Spellacy (Dem), defeated;IsadorePolsky (Socialist & Farmer-Labor), defeated;GeorgeE. Carey (Prohibition), defeated. 1924 Oct 14:FrankB. Brandegee, died in office. 1924 Dec 16:HiramBingham (Rep), elected;HamiltonHolt (Dem), defeated;MartinF. Plunkett (Socialist), defeated. 1926 Nov 2:HiramBingham (Rep), elected;RollinU. Tyler (Dem), defeated;MorrisRice (Socialist), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:FredericC. Walcott (Rep), elected;AugustineLonergan (Dem), defeated;MartinF. Plunkett (Socialist), defeated. 1932 Nov 8:AugustineLonergan (Dem), elected;HiramBingham (Rep), defeated;DevereAllen (Socialist), defeated;MiltonConover (Independent Republican), defeated;JohnL. Grennan (Socialist Labor), defeated;WilliamSecker (Communist), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:FrancisT. Maloney (Dem), elected;FredericC. Walcott (Rep), defeated;DevereAllen (Socialist), defeated;AlfredMorley (Independent Citizen), defeated;RonaldH. Loomis (Communist), defeated. 1938 Nov 8:JohnA. Danaher (Rep), elected;AugustineLonergan (Dem & Union), defeated;BellaniTrombley (Socialist), defeated;JosephMackay (Socialist Labor), defeated;PhilipBrainard (Labor), defeated;MichaelA. Russo (Communist), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:FrancisT. Maloney (Dem), elected;PaulL. Cornell (Rep & Union), defeated;KennethW. Thurlow (Socialist), defeated;JamesA. Hutchin (Socialist Labor), defeated;IsadoreWofsy (Communist), defeated. 1944 Nov 7:BrienMcMahon (Dem), elected;JohnA. Danaher (Rep), defeated;SpencerAnderson (Socialist), defeated. 1945 Jan 16:FrancisT. Maloney, died in office. 1946 Nov 5:RaymondE. Baldwin (Rep), elected;JosephM. Tone (Dem), defeated;FredericC. Smedley (Socialist), defeated;JohnW. Aiken (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:RaymondE. Baldwin (Rep), elected;WilburL. Cross (Dem), defeated;FredericC. Smedley (Socialist), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:WilliamBenton (Dem), elected;PrescottS. Bush (Rep), defeated. 1950 Nov 7:BrienMcMahon (Dem), elected;JosephE. Talbot (Rep), defeated. 1952 Jul 28:BrienMcMahon, died in office. 1952 Aug 29:WilliamA. Purtell, appointed. 1952 Nov 4:WilliamA. Purtell (Rep), elected;WilliamBenton (Dem), defeated;VivienKellems (Independent Republican), defeated;JasperMcLevy (Socialist), defeated. 1952 Nov 4:PrescottS. Bush (Rep), elected;AbrahamA. Ribicoff (Dem), defeated;WilliamH. Taft (Socialist), defeated. 1956 Nov 6:PrescottS. Bush (Rep), elected;ThomasJ. Dodd (Dem), defeated;SuzanneS. Stevenson (Independent Republican), defeated;JasperMcLevy (Socialist), defeated;VivienKellems (Ind), defeated. 1958 Nov 4:ThomasJ. Dodd (Dem), elected;WilliamA. Purtell (Rep), defeated;VivienKellems (Ind), defeated. 1962:FrankKowalski (Dem), defeated in primary. 1962 Nov 6:AbrahamA. Ribicoff (Dem), elected;HoraceSeely-Brown, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1964 Nov 3:ThomasJ. Dodd (Dem), elected;JohnDavis Lodge (Rep), defeated. 1968 Nov 5:AbrahamA. Ribicoff (Dem), elected;EdwinH. May, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1970 Aug 19:JosephD. Duffey (Dem), nominated;AlphonseDonahue, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary;EdwardL. Marcus (Dem), defeated in primary. 1970 Nov 3:LowellP. Weicker, Jr. (Rep), elected;JosephD. Duffey (Dem), defeated;ThomasJ. Dodd (Dodd Independent), defeated. 1974 Nov 5:AbrahamA. Ribicoff (Dem), elected;JamesH. Brannen, Jr. (Rep), defeated;ArthurF. Capozzi, Jr. (George Wallace), defeated;NormanL. Rochon (American), defeated. 1976 Nov 2:LowellP. Weicker, Jr. (Rep), elected;GloriaSchaffer (Dem), defeated;RobertBarnabei (George Wallace), defeated. 1980 Nov 4:ChristopherJ. Dodd (Dem), elected;JamesL. Buckley (Rep), defeated;GerardBrennan (Libertarian), defeated;LouZemel (Citizens), defeated. 1982 Nov 2:LowellP. Weicker, Jr. (Rep), elected;TobyMoffett (Dem), defeated;LucienP. DiFazio (Conservative), defeated;JamesA. Lewis (Libertarian), defeated. 1986 Nov 4:ChristopherJ. Dodd (Dem), elected;RogerW. Eddy (Rep), defeated;EdwardJ. McCallum (Ind), defeated. 1988 Nov 8:JosephI. Lieberman (Dem), elected;LowellP. Weicker, Jr. (Rep), defeated;HowardA. Grayson, Jr. (Libertarian), defeated;MelissaM. Fisher (New Alliance), defeated. 1992 Nov 3:ChristopherJ. Dodd (Dem & A Connecticut Party), elected;BrookJohnson (Rep), defeated;RichardD. Gregory (Concerned Citizens), defeated;HowardA. Grayson, Jr. (Libertarian), defeated. 1994 Nov 8:JosephI. Lieberman (Dem & A Connecticut Party), elected;JerryLabriola (Rep), defeated;GaryR. Garneau (Concerned Citizens), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:ChristopherJ. Dodd (Dem), elected;GaryA. Franks (Rep), defeated;WilliamKozak (Concerned Citizens), defeated;LoisA. Grasso (Term Limits), defeated;WildeyJ. Moore (Libertarian), defeated. 2000 Nov 7:JosephI. Lieberman (Dem), elected;PhilipA. Giordano (Rep), defeated;WilliamKozak (Concerned Citizens), defeated;WildeyJ. Moore (Libertarian), defeated. 2004 Nov 2:ChristopherJ. Dodd (Dem), elected;JackC. Orchulli (Rep), defeated;TimothyA. Knibbs (Concerned Citizens), defeated;LeonardH. Rasch (Libertarian), defeated. 2006:NedLamont (Dem), defeated. | |
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