Connecticut State Comptroller

State Comptroller of Connecticut
State Comptroller of Connecticut
	Seal of the State Comptroller
	Incumbent; Sean Scanlon; since January 4, 2023
Formation	1786
First holder	James Wadsworth
Website	osc.ct.gov

The State Comptroller is the chief fiscal guardian of the State of Connecticut. The duties and responsibilities of the state comptroller include, among other things, overseeing state accounting, preparing state financial reports, paying and administering benefits to state employees, settling demands against the state that do not first have to be approved or adjusted by the General Assembly, administering miscellaneous appropriations for employee taxes, insurance, and health services, and administering grants to police, firefighters, and municipalities.^[1]

Comptrollers in Connecticut are elected to a term of four years, their election taking place in the same cycle as gubernatorial elections.

The current state comptroller is Sean Scanlon, a Democrat who has served since January 4, 2023.

List of comptrollers

A Connecticut Democratic Federalist Democratic-Republican National Republican Free Soil Republican Whig

Name	Town	Political Party	Term of Office
James Wadsworth	Durham	Independent	1786–1788
Oliver Wolcott	Litchfield		1788–1790
Ralph Pomeroy	Coventry		1790–1791
Andrew Kingsbury	Hartford		1791–1793
John Porter	Lebanon		1793–1806
Elisha Colt	Hartford		1806–1819
James Thomas	Hartford		1819–1830
Elisha Phelps	Simsbury		1830–1834
Roger Huntington	Norwich		1834–1835
Gideon Welles	Hartford	Democratic	1835–1836
William Field	Pomfret		1836–1838
Henry Kilbourn	Hartford		1838–1842
Gideon Welles	Hartford	Democratic	1842–1844
Abijah Carrington	New Haven		1844–1846
Mason Cleveland	Hampton		1846–1847
Abijah Catlin	Harwinton		1847–1850
Rufus G. Pinney	Stafford	Democratic	1850–1854
John Dunham	Norwich	Whig	1854–1855
Alexander Merrell	New London	American	1855–1856
Edward Prentis	New London	American	1856–1857
Joseph G. Lamb	Norwich	American, Republican	1857–1858
William H. Buell	Clinton	Republican	1858–1861
Leman W. Cutler	Watertown	Republican	1861–1866
Robbins Battell	Norfolk	Union	1866–1867
Jesse Olney	Stratford	Democratic	1867–1869
James W. Manning	Putnam	Republican	1869–1870
Seth S. Logan	Washington	Democratic	1870–1871
James W. Manning	Putnam	Republican	1871–1873
Alfred R. Goodrich	Vernon	Democratic	1873–1877
Charles C. Hubbard	Middletown	Democratic	1877–1879
Chauncey Howard	Coventry	Republican	1879–1881
Wheelock Batcheller	Winsted	Republican	1881–1883
Frank D. Sloat	New Haven	Republican	1883–1885
Luzerne I. Munson	Waterbury	Republican	1885–1887
Thomas Clark	North Stonington	Republican	1887–1889
John B. Wright	Clinton	Republican	1889–1891
Nicholas Staub	New Milford	Democratic	1891–1895
Benjamin P. Mead	New Canaan	Republican	1895–1899
Thompson S. Grant	Enfield	Republican	1899–1901
Abiram Chamberlain	Meriden	Republican	1901–1903
William E. Seeley	Bridgeport	Republican	1903–1905
Asahel W. Mitchell	Woodbury	Republican	1905–1907
Thomas D. Bradstreet	Thomaston	Republican	1907–1913
Daniel P. Dunn	Windham	Democratic	1913–1915
Morris C. Webster	Torrington	Republican	1915–1921
Harvey P. Bissell	Ridgefield	Republican	1921–1923
Frederick M. Salmon	Westport	Republican	1923–1933
Anson F. Keeler	Norwalk	Republican	1933–1935
Charles C. Swartz	Norwalk	Democratic	1935–1939
Fred R. Zeller	Stonington	Republican	1939–1941
John M. Dowe	Killingly	Democratic	1941–1943
Fred R. Zeller	Stonington	Republican	1943–1945
John M. Dowe¹	Killingly	Democratic	1945–1946
Raymond S. Thatcher	East Hampton	Democratic	1946–1947
Fred R. Zeller	Stonington	Republican	1947–1949
Raymond S. Thatcher	East Hampton	Democratic	1949–1951
Fred R. Zeller	Stonington	Republican	1951–1959
Raymond S. Thatcher²	East Hampton	Democratic	1959–1966
James J. Casey³	Winchester	Democratic	1966–1967
Louis I. Gladstone	Bridgeport	Democratic	1967–1971
Nathan G. Agostinelli	Manchester	Republican	1971–1975
J. Edward Caldwell	Bridgeport	Democratic	1975–1991
William E. Curry, Jr.	Farmington	Democratic	1991–1995
Nancy S. Wyman	Tolland	Democratic	1995–2011
Kevin P. Lembo⁴	Guilford	Democratic	2011–2021
Natalie Braswell⁵	Bloomfield	Democratic	2021–2023
Sean Scanlon	Guilford	Democratic	2023–present

Town listed is town of residence at time of election.

¹ Died in office May 15, 1946, and Raymond S. Thatcher was appointed by the General Assembly to fill the vacancy.
² Resigned July 19, 1966, to become a member of the Public Utilities Commission.
³ Appointed by governor July 19, 1966, to fill the unexpired term of Raymond S. Thatcher.
⁴ Resigned December 31, 2021, due to ill health.
⁵ Appointed by governor December 31, 2021, to fill the unexpired term of Kevin Lembo.

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State Comptroller of Connecticut
Seal of the State Comptroller
Incumbent Sean Scanlon since January 4, 2023
Formation	1786
First holder	James Wadsworth
Website	osc.ct.gov