List of United States senators from Connecticut

This is a list of the United States senators from Connecticut.

United States senators are elected for a six-year term. The term begins on January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, senators were chosen by the Connecticut General Assembly. Before 1935, their terms began March 4.

Senators are placed in different classes. This is so both senators for a state are not elected during the same year.

Class 1

Class 1 senators had elections in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Oliver Ellsworth	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796	1	1	Elected in 1788/1789
				2	2	Re-elected in 1791 Resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States
				3
				4
Vacant			March 8, 1796 – December 6, 1796	4
2	James Hillhouse	Federalist	December 6, 1796 – June 10, 1810	4 (Continued)		Elected to finish Ellsworth's term
				5	3	Re-elected in 1797
				6
				7
				8	4	Re-elected in 1803
				9
				10
				11	5	Re-elected in 1809 Resigned
Vacant			June 10, 1810 – December 4, 1810	11
3	Samuel W. Dana	Federalist	December 4, 1810 – March 4, 1821	11 (Continued)		Elected to finish Hillhouse's term
				12
				13
				14	6	Re-elected in 1814
				15
				16
4	Elijah Boardman	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1821 – August 18, 1823	17	7	Elected in 1820 Died
4	Elijah Boardman	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1821 – August 18, 1823	18		Elected in 1820 Died
Vacant			August 18, 1823 – October 8, 1823	18
5	Henry W. Edwards	Jacksonian	October 8, 1823 – March 4, 1827	18 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Boardman's term Elected to finish Boardman's term
5	Henry W. Edwards	Jacksonian	October 8, 1823 – March 4, 1827	19
6	Samuel A. Foot	Adams, later Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1833	20	8	Elected in 1826 Lost re-election
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				22
7	Nathan Smith	Whig	March 4, 1833 – December 6, 1835	23	9	Elected in 1832 Died
7	Nathan Smith	Whig	March 4, 1833 – December 6, 1835	24		Elected in 1832 Died
Vacant			December 6, 1835 – December 21, 1835	24
8	John Milton Niles	Jacksonian	December 21, 1835 – March 4, 1839	24 (Continued)		Elected to finish Smith's term Retired
8	John Milton Niles	Jacksonian	December 21, 1835 – March 4, 1839	25		Elected to finish Smith's term Retired
9	Thaddeus Betts	Whig	March 4, 1839 – April 7, 1840	26	10	Elected in 1838 Died
Vacant			April 7, 1840 – May 4, 1840	26
10	Jabez W. Huntington	Whig	May 4, 1840 – November 1, 1847	26 (Continued)		Elected to finish Betts's term
				27
				28
				29	11	Re-elected in 1844 Died
				30		Re-elected in 1844 Died
Vacant			November 1, 1847 – November 11, 1847	30
11	Roger Sherman Baldwin	Whig	November 11, 1847 – March 4, 1851	30 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Huntington's term Elected to finish Huntington's term
11	Roger Sherman Baldwin	Whig	November 11, 1847 – March 4, 1851	31
Vacant			March 4, 1851 – May 12, 1851	32	12
12	Isaac Toucey	Democratic	May 12, 1851 – March 4, 1857	32 (Continued)		Elected late in 1851 Retired
				33
				34
13	James Dixon	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1869	35	13	Elected in 1856
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				37
				38	14	Re-elected in 1863 Lost re-election
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				40
14	William Alfred Buckingham	Republican	March 4, 1869 – February 5, 1875	41	15	Elected in 1868 Died
				42
				43
15	William W. Eaton	Democratic	February 5, 1875 – March 4, 1881	43		Appointed to finish Buckingham's term, having been elected to the next term
				44	16	Elected in 1874
				45
				46
16	Joseph Roswell Hawley	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1905	47	17	Elected in 1881
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				49
				50	18	Re-elected in 1887
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				53	19	Re-elected in 1893
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				55
				56	20	Re-elected in 1899 Retired
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				58
17	Morgan G. Bulkeley	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911	59	21	Elected in 1904 Lost re-election
				60
				61
18	George P. McLean	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1929	62	22	Elected in 1911
				63
				64
				65	23	Re-elected in 1916
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				67
				68	24	Re-elected in 1922 Retired
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				70
19	Frederic C. Walcott	Republican	March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935	71	25	Elected in 1928 Lost re-election
				72
				73
20	Francis T. Maloney	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 16, 1945	74	26	Elected in 1934
				75
				76
				77	27	Re-elected in 1940 Died
				78
				79
Vacant			January 16, 1945 – February 15, 1945
21	Thomas C. Hart	Republican	February 15, 1945 – November 5, 1946			Appointed to continue Maloney's term Successor qualified
Vacant			November 5, 1946 – December 27, 1946
22	Raymond E. Baldwin	Republican	December 27, 1946 – December 16, 1949	79 (Continued)		Elected to finish Maloney's term, having been elected to the next term
				80	28	Elected in 1946 Resigned
				81		Elected in 1946 Resigned
23	William Benton	Democratic	December 17, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81		Appointed to continue Baldwin's term Elected to finish Baldwin's term Lost election to next term
23	William Benton	Democratic	December 17, 1949 – January 3, 1953	82
24	William A. Purtell	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959	83	29	Elected in 1952 Lost re-election
				84
				85
25	Thomas J. Dodd	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971	86	30	Elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	31	Re-elected in 1964 Lost re-election
				90
				91
26	Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989	92	32	Elected in 1970
				93
				94
				95	33	Re-elected in 1976
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				97
				98	34	Re-elected in 1982 Lost re-election
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				100
27	Joseph Lieberman	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – Present	101	35	Elected in 1988
				102
				103
				104	36	Re-elected in 1994
				105
				106
				107	37	Re-elected in 2000
				108
				109
		Independent Democratic		110	38	Lost re-nomination, but re-elected in 2006
				111
				112
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 3

Class 3 senators were elected in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	William Samuel Johnson	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791	1	1	Elected in 1788/1789 Resigned
Vacant			March 4, 1791 – June 13, 1791	2
2	Roger Sherman	Pro- Administration	June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793	2 (Continued)		Elected to finish Johnson's term Died
2	Roger Sherman	Pro- Administration	June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793	3		Elected to finish Johnson's term Died
Vacant			July 23, 1793 – December 2, 1793	3
3	Stephen Mix Mitchell	Pro- Administration	December 2, 1793 – March 4, 1795	3 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Sherman's term Retired
4	Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – June 10, 1796	4	2	Elected in 1794 Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Vacant			June 10, 1796 – October 13, 1796	4
5	Uriah Tracy	Federalist	October 13, 1796 – July 19, 1807	4 (Continued)		Elected to finish Trumbull's term
				5
				6
				7	3	Re-elected in 1801
				8
				9
				10	4	Re-elected in 1807 Died
Vacant			July 19, 1807 – October 25, 1807	10
6	Chauncey Goodrich	Federalist	October 25, 1807 – May 13, 1813	10 (Continued)		Elected to finish Tracy's term
				11
				12
				13	5	Re-elected in 1813 Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
7	David Daggett	Federalist	May 13, 1813 – March 4, 1819	13		Elected to finish Goodrich's term Retired
				14
				15
8	James Lanman	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1825	16	6	Elected in 1819 Presented credentials but was not permitted to qualify
		Democratic- Republican		17
		Crawford Republican		18
Vacant			March 4, 1825 – May 4, 1825	19	7
9	Calvin Willey	Anti- Jacksonian	May 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831	19 (Continued)		Elected late to complete Lanman's term
		Adams		20
		Anti- Jacksonian		21
10	Gideon Tomlinson	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1837	22	8	Elected in 1831
				23
				24
11	Perry Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1843	25	9	Elected in 1837
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				27
12	John Milton Niles	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1849	28	10	Elected in 1843
				29
				30
13	Truman Smith	Whig	March 4, 1849 – May 24, 1854	31	11	Elected in 1848 Resigned
				32
				33
14	Francis Gillette	Free Soil	May 24, 1854 – March 4, 1855	33		Elected to finish Smith's term Retired
15	Lafayette S. Foster	Republican	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1867	34	12	Elected in 1854
				35
				36
				37	13	Re-elected in 1860 Lost re-election
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				39
16	Orris S. Ferry	Republican	March 4, 1867 – November 21, 1875	40	14	Elected in 1866
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				42
				43	15	Re-elected in 1872 Died
				44
Vacant			November 21, 1875 – November 27, 1875
17	James E. English	Democratic	November 27, 1875 – May 17, 1876			Appointed to continue Ferry's term Retired when successor elected
18	William Henry Barnum	Democratic	May 18, 1876 – March 4, 1879	44 (Continued)		Elected to finish Ferry's term
18	William Henry Barnum	Democratic	May 18, 1876 – March 4, 1879	45		Elected to finish Ferry's term
19	Orville H. Platt	Republican	March 4, 1879 – April 21, 1905	46	16	Elected in 1879
				47
				48
				49	17	Re-elected 1885
				50
				51
				52	18	Re-elected 1891
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				54
				55	19	Re-elected 1897
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				57
				58	20	Re-elected in 1903 Died
Vacant			April 21, 1905 – May 10, 1905	58
20	Frank B. Brandegee	Republican	May 10, 1905 – October 14, 1924	58 (Continued)		Elected to finish Platt's term
				59
				60
				61	21	Re-elected in 1908
				62
				63
				64	22	Re-elected in 1914
				65
				66
				67	23	Re-elected in 1920 Died
				68
Vacant			October 14, 1924 – December 15, 1924	68
21	Hiram Bingham III	Republican	December 15, 1924 – March 4, 1933	68 (Continued)		Elected to finish Brandegee's term
				69		Elected to finish Brandegee's term
				70	24	Re-elected in 1926 Lost re-election
				71
				72
22	Augustine Lonergan	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73	25	Elected in 1932 Lost re-election
				74
				75
23	John A. Danaher	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945	76	26	Elected in 1938 Lost re-election
				77
				78
24	Brien McMahon	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – July 28, 1952	79	27	Elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	28	Re-elected in 1950 Died
Vacant			July 28, 1952 – August 29, 1952
25	William A. Purtell	Republican	August 29, 1952 – November 4, 1952			Appointed to continue McMahon's term Retired when successor elected
26	Prescott Bush	Republican	November 4, 1952 – January 3, 1963	82 (Continued)		Elected to finish McMahon's term
				83
				84
				85	29	Re-elected in 1956 Retired
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				87
27	Abraham A. Ribicoff	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981	88	30	Elected in 1962
				89
				90
				91	31	Re-elected in 1968
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				94	32	Re-elected in 1974 Retired
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				96
28	Chris Dodd	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011	97	33	Elected in 1980
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				99
				100	34	Re-elected in 1986
				101
				102
				103	35	Re-elected in 1992
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				105
				106	36	Re-elected in 1998
				107
				108
				109	37	Re-elected in 2004 Retired
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				111
29	Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	January 3, 2011 – Present	112	38	Elected in 2010
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#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

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