No.[a] | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[b][c] |
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16 |  | | Jonathan Trumbull (1710–1785) [15] | October 13, 1769[16] – May 13, 1784 (did not run)[15] | No party[d] | 1776[e] | | Matthew Griswold[f] |
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1777 |
1778 |
1779 |
1780 |
1781 |
1782 |
1783 |
17 |  | | Matthew Griswold (1714–1799) [18] | May 13, 1784[19] – May 11, 1786 (lost election)[18] | No party[d] | 1784 | | Samuel Huntington[g] |
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1785 |
18 |  | Samuel Huntington (1731–1796) [21][22][23] | May 11, 1786[24] – January 5, 1796 (died in office) | Federalist[h] | 1786 | | Oliver Wolcott |
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1787 |
1788 |
1789 |
1790 |
1791 |
1792 |
1793 |
1794 |
1795 |
19 |  | Oliver Wolcott (1726–1797) [27][28] | January 5, 1796[29] – December 1, 1797 (died in office) | Federalist[i] | Lieutenant governor acting | Acting as governor |
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1796 | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. |
1797 |
20 |  | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (1740–1809) [32][33] | December 1, 1797[34] – August 7, 1809 (died in office) | Federalist[35] | Lieutenant governor acting | Acting as governor |
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1798 | John Treadwell |
1799 |
1800 |
1801 |
1802 |
1803 |
1804 |
1805 |
1806 |
1807 |
1808 |
1809 |
21 |  | John Treadwell (1745–1823) [36][37][38] | August 7, 1809[34] – May 9, 1811 (lost election) | Federalist[39] | Lieutenant governor acting | Acting as governor |
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1810 | Roger Griswold |
22 |  | Roger Griswold (1762–1812) [40][41] | May 9, 1811[42] – October 25, 1812 (died in office) | Federalist[39] | 1811 | John Cotton Smith |
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1812 |
23 |  | John Cotton Smith (1765–1845) [43][44] | October 25, 1812[45] – May 8, 1817 (lost election) | Federalist[46] | Lieutenant governor acting | Acting as governor |
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1813 | Chauncey Goodrich (died August 18, 1815) |
1814 |
1815 |
Vacant |
1816 | | Jonathan Ingersoll[j] (died January 12, 1823) |
24 |  | | Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760–1833) [48][49] | May 8, 1817[50] – May 2, 1827 (lost election) | Toleration[k] | 1817 | |
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1818 |
| Democratic- Republican[l] | 1819 |
1820 |
1821 |
1822 |
Vacant |
1823 | | David Plant[g] |
1824 |
1825 |
1826 |
25 |  | Gideon Tomlinson (1780–1854) [54][55][56] | May 2, 1827[57] – March 2, 1831 (resigned)[m] | Democratic- Republican[n] | 1827 | | John Samuel Peters[o] |
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| National Republican[60] | 1828 |
1829 |
1830 |
26 |  | | John Samuel Peters (1772–1858) [61][62] | March 2, 1831[63] – May 4, 1833 (lost election) | National Republican[64] | Lieutenant governor acting | Acting as governor |
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1831 | Vacant |
1832 | | Thaddeus Betts[g] |
27 |  | | Henry W. Edwards (1779–1847) [65][66] | May 4, 1833[67] – May 7, 1834 (lost election) | Democratic[68] | 1833 | Ebenezer Stoddard[g] |
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28 |  | | Samuel A. Foot (1780–1846) [69][70] | May 7, 1834[71] – May 6, 1835 (lost election) | Whig[p] | 1834 | Thaddeus Betts[g] |
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29 |  | | Henry W. Edwards (1779–1847) [65][66] | May 6, 1835[72] – May 3, 1838 (did not run) | Democratic[73] | 1835 | Ebenezer Stoddard[g] |
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1836 |
1837 |
30 |  | | William W. Ellsworth (1791–1868) [74][75] | May 3, 1838[76] – May 6, 1842 (lost election) | Whig[73] | 1838 | Charles Hawley[g] |
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1839 |
1840 |
1841 |
31 |  | | Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (1799–1887) [77][78] | May 6, 1842[79] – May 2, 1844 (lost election) | Democratic[60] | 1842 | William S. Holabird[g] |
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1843 |
32 |  | | Roger Sherman Baldwin (1793–1863) [80][81][82] | May 2, 1844[83] – May 8, 1846 (did not run)[80] | Whig[60] | 1844 | Reuben Booth[g] |
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1845 |
33 |  | | Isaac Toucey (1792–1869) [84][85][86] | May 8, 1846[87] – May 5, 1847 (lost nomination)[q] | Democratic[60] | 1846 | Noyes Billings[g] |
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34 |  | | Clark Bissell (1782–1857) [88][89] | May 5, 1847[90] – May 3, 1849 (lost nomination)[88] | Whig[60] | 1847 | Charles J. McCurdy[g] |
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1848 |
35 |  | Joseph Trumbull (1782–1861) [91][92] | May 3, 1849[93] – May 2, 1850 (did not run)[91] | Whig[94] | 1849 | Thomas Backus[g] |
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36 |  | | Thomas H. Seymour (1807–1868) [95][96] | May 2, 1850[r] – October 13, 1853 (resigned)[s] | Democratic[94] | 1850 | | Charles H. Pond |
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1851 | | Green Kendrick[t] |
1852 | | Charles H. Pond |
1853 |
37 |  | Charles H. Pond (1781–1861) [98][99] | October 13, 1853[100] – May 4, 1854 (successor took office) | Democratic[101] | Lieutenant governor acting | Acting as governor |
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38 |  | | Henry Dutton (1796–1869) [102][103] | May 4, 1854[104] – May 3, 1855 (lost election) | Whig[94] | 1854 | | Alexander H. Holley |
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39 |  | | William T. Minor (1815–1889) [105][106] | May 3, 1855[107] – May 6, 1857 (did not run) | American[108] | 1855 | | William Field[u] |
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1856 | | Albert Day |
40 |  | | Alexander H. Holley (1804–1887) [109][110] | May 6, 1857[111] – May 5, 1858 (did not run) | Republican[v] | 1857 | | Alfred A. Burnham |
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41 |  | William Alfred Buckingham (1804–1875) [112][113][114] | May 5, 1858[115] – May 2, 1866 (did not run)[114] | Republican[w] | 1858 | Julius Catlin |
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1859 |
1860 |
1861 | Benjamin Douglas |
1862 | | Roger Averill[x] |
1863 |
| 1864 |
1865 |
42 |  | | Joseph Roswell Hawley (1826–1905) [117][118] | May 2, 1866[119] – May 1, 1867 (lost election) | Republican[101] | 1866 | | Oliver Winchester |
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43 |  | | James E. English (1812–1890) [120][121] | May 1, 1867[122] – May 5, 1869 (lost election) | Democratic[101] | 1867 | | Ephraim H. Hyde |
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1868 |
44 |  | | Marshall Jewell (1825–1883) [123][124] | May 5, 1869[125] – May 4, 1870 (lost election) | Republican[101] | 1869 | | Francis Wayland III |
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45 |  | | James E. English (1812–1890) [120][121] | May 4, 1870[126] – May 16, 1871 (lost election)[y] | Democratic[101] | 1870 | | Julius Hotchkiss |
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46 |  | | Marshall Jewell (1825–1883) [123][124] | May 16, 1871[127] – May 7, 1873 (did not run)[123] | Republican[101] | 1871[y] | | Morris Tyler |
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1872 |
47 |  | | Charles Roberts Ingersoll (1821–1903) [128][129] | May 7, 1873[130] – January 3, 1877 (did not run)[128] | Democratic[101] | 1873 | | George G. Sill[z] |
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1874 |
1875 |
Apr. 1876[aa] |
48 |  | Richard D. Hubbard (1818–1884) [132][133] | January 3, 1877[134] – January 9, 1879 (lost election) | Democratic[101] | Nov. 1876[ab] | Francis Loomis |
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49 |  | | Charles B. Andrews (1834–1902) [135][136] | January 9, 1879[ac] – January 5, 1881 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1878 | | David Gallup |
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50 |  | Hobart B. Bigelow (1834–1891) [138][139] | January 5, 1881[140] – January 3, 1883 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1880 | William H. Bulkeley |
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51 |  | | Thomas M. Waller (1839–1924) [141][142] | January 3, 1883[143] – January 8, 1885 (lost election) | Democratic[101] | 1882 | | George G. Sumner |
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52 |  | | Henry Baldwin Harrison (1821–1901) [144][145] | January 8, 1885[ad] – January 6, 1887 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1884 | | Lorrin A. Cooke |
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53 |  | Phineas C. Lounsbury (1841–1925) [147][148] | January 6, 1887[ae] – January 10, 1889 (did not run)[147] | Republican[101] | 1886 | James L. Howard |
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54 |  | Morgan Bulkeley (1837–1922) [150][151][152] | January 10, 1889[af] – January 4, 1893 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1888 | Samuel E. Merwin |
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1890[ag] |
55 |  | | Luzon B. Morris (1827–1895) [154][155] | January 4, 1893[156] – January 9, 1895 (did not run) | Democratic[101] | 1892 | | Ernest Cady |
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56 |  | | Owen Vincent Coffin (1836–1921) [157][158] | January 9, 1895[159] – January 6, 1897 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1894 | | Lorrin A. Cooke |
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57 |  | Lorrin A. Cooke (1831–1902) [160][161][162] | January 6, 1897[163] – January 4, 1899 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1896 | James D. Dewell |
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58 |  | George E. Lounsbury (1838–1904) [164][165] | January 4, 1899[166] – January 9, 1901 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1898 | Lyman A. Mills |
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59 |  | George P. McLean (1857–1932) [167][168] | January 9, 1901[169] – January 7, 1903 (did not run)[167] | Republican[101] | 1900 | Edwin O. Keeler |
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60 |  | Abiram Chamberlain (1837–1911) [170][171] | January 7, 1903[172] – January 4, 1905 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1902 | Henry Roberts |
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61 |  | Henry Roberts (1853–1929) [173][174] | January 4, 1905[175] – January 9, 1907 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1904 | Rollin S. Woodruff |
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62 |  | Rollin S. Woodruff (1854–1925) [176][177] | January 9, 1907[178] – January 6, 1909 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1906 | Everett J. Lake |
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63 |  | George L. Lilley (1859–1909) [179][180] | January 6, 1909[181] – April 21, 1909 (died in office) | Republican[101] | 1908 | Frank B. Weeks |
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64 |  | Frank B. Weeks (1854–1935) [182][183] | April 21, 1909[184] – January 4, 1911 (successor took office) | Republican[101] | Lieutenant governor acting | Acting as governor |
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65 |  | | Simeon E. Baldwin (1840–1927) [185][186][187] | January 4, 1911[188] – January 6, 1915 (did not run)[ah] | Democratic[101] | 1910 | Dennis A. Blakeslee[ai] |
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1912 | | Lyman T. Tingier |
66 |  | | Marcus H. Holcomb (1844–1932) [189][190][191] | January 6, 1915[192] – January 5, 1921 (did not run)[191] | Republican[101] | 1914 | | Clifford B. Wilson |
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1916 |
1918 |
67 |  | Everett J. Lake (1871–1948) [193][194][195] | January 5, 1921[196] – January 3, 1923 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1920 | Charles A. Templeton |
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68 |  | Charles A. Templeton (1871–1955) [197][198][199] | January 3, 1923[200] – January 7, 1925 (did not run) | Republican[101] | 1922 | Hiram Bingham III |
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69 |  | Hiram Bingham III (1875–1956) [201][202] | January 7, 1925[203] – January 8, 1925 (resigned)[aj] | Republican[101] | 1924 | John H. Trumbull |
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70 |  | John H. Trumbull (1873–1961) [204][205][206] | January 8, 1925[207] – January 7, 1931 (did not run)[204] | Republican[101] | Lieutenant governor acting | Acting as governor[ak] |
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1926 | J. Edwin Brainard |
1928 | Ernest E. Rogers |
71 |  | | Wilbur Lucius Cross (1862–1948) [209][210][211] | January 7, 1931[212] – January 4, 1939 (lost election) | Democratic[101] | 1930 | Samuel R. Spencer[ai] |
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1932 | Roy C. Wilcox[ai] |
1934 | | T. Frank Hayes |
1936 |
72 |  | | Raymond E. Baldwin (1893–1986) [213][214][215] | January 4, 1939[216] – January 8, 1941 (lost election) | Republican[101] | 1938 | | James L. McConaughy |
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73 |  | | Robert A. Hurley (1895–1968) [217][218][219] | January 8, 1941[220] – January 6, 1943 (lost election) | Democratic[101] | 1940 | | Odell Shepard |
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74 |  | | Raymond E. Baldwin (1893–1986) [213][214][215] | January 6, 1943[221] – December 27, 1946 (resigned)[al] | Republican[101] | 1942 | | William L. Hadden |
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1944 | | Charles Wilbert Snow[am] |
75 |  | | Charles Wilbert Snow (1884–1977) [222][223] | December 27, 1946[224] – January 8, 1947 (successor took office) | Democratic[101] | Lieutenant governor acting | Acting as governor |
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76 |  | | James L. McConaughy (1887–1948) [225][226] | January 8, 1947[227] – March 7, 1948 (died in office) | Republican[101] | 1946 | | James C. Shannon |
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77 |  | James C. Shannon (1896–1980) [228][229] | March 7, 1948[230] – January 5, 1949 (lost election) | Republican[101] | Lieutenant governor acting | Acting as governor[an] |
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78 |  | | Chester B. Bowles (1901–1986) [232][233] | January 5, 1949[234] – January 3, 1951 (lost election) | Democratic[101] | 1948 | | William T. Carroll |
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79 |  | | John Davis Lodge (1903–1985) [235][236] | January 3, 1951[237] – January 5, 1955 (lost election) | Republican[101] | 1950[ao] | | Edward N. Allen |
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80 |  | | Abraham Ribicoff (1910–1998) [238][239] | January 5, 1955[240] – January 21, 1961 (resigned)[ap] | Democratic[101] | 1954 | Charles W. Jewett[ai] |
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1958 | | John N. Dempsey |
81 |  | John N. Dempsey (1915–1989) [241][242] | January 21, 1961[243] – January 6, 1971 (did not run)[241] | Democratic[101] | Lieutenant governor acting | Acting as governor[aq] |
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1962 | Samuel J. Tedesco (resigned January 15, 1966) |
Fred J. Doocy |
1966 | Attilio R. Frassinelli |
82 |  | | Thomas Meskill (1928–2007) [244][245] | January 6, 1971[246] – January 8, 1975 (did not run)[244] | Republican[101] | 1970 | | T. Clark Hull (resigned June 1, 1973) |
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Peter L. Cashman |
83 |  | | Ella Grasso (1919–1981) [247][248][249] | January 8, 1975[250] – December 31, 1980 (resigned)[ar] | Democratic[101] | 1974 | | Robert K. Killian |
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1978 | William A. O'Neill |
84 | | William A. O'Neill (1930–2007) [251][252] | December 31, 1980[253] – January 9, 1991 (did not run)[252] | Democratic[252] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Joseph J. Fauliso |
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1982 |
1986 |
85 |  | | Lowell Weicker (1931–2023) [254][255] | January 9, 1991[256] – January 4, 1995 (did not run) | A Connecticut Party[255] | 1990 | | Eunice Groark |
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86 |  | | John G. Rowland (b. 1957) [257] | January 4, 1995[258] – July 1, 2004 (resigned)[as] | Republican[257] | 1994 | | Jodi Rell |
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1998 |
2002 |
87 |  | Jodi Rell (1946–2024) [261] | July 1, 2004[262] – January 5, 2011 (did not run)[263] | Republican[261] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | | Kevin Sullivan[am] |
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2006 | | Michael Fedele |
88 |  | | Dannel Malloy (b. 1955) [264] | January 5, 2011[265] – January 9, 2019 (did not run)[266] | Democratic[264] | 2010 | | Nancy Wyman |
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2014 |
89 |  | Ned Lamont (b. 1954) [267] | January 9, 2019[268] – Incumbent[at] | Democratic[267] | 2018 | Susan Bysiewicz |
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2022 |