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Governors Of Connecticut
The laws of Connecticut did not allow governors to serve consecutive terms until 1660.
The Museum of Connecticut History has portraits of many of Connecticut's governors. State Library staff have created brief biographical sketches and bibliographies of some of the governors, and a quiz based on Facts About Connecticut's Governors. The available sketches and portraits are linked from the governor's name.
For many years, Connecticut's African Americans elected "Black Governors" to lead their local communities.
| Name | When Served | Town of Residence | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Haynes | 1639 | Hartford | None known |
| Edward Hopkins | 1640 | Hartford | None known |
| John Haynes | 1641 | Hartford | None known |
| George Wyllys | 1642 | Hartford | None known |
| John Haynes | 1643 | Hartford | None known |
| Edward Hopkins | 1644 | Hartford | None known |
| John Haynes | 1645 | Hartford | None known |
| Edward Hopkins | 1646 | Hartford | None known |
| John Haynes | 1647 | Hartford | None known |
| Edward Hopkins | 1648 | Hartford | None known |
| John Haynes | 1649 | Hartford | None known |
| Edward Hopkins | 1650 | Hartford | None known |
| John Haynes | 1651 | Hartford | None known |
| Edward Hopkins | 1652 | Hartford | None known |
| John Haynes | 1653 | Hartford | None known |
| Edward Hopkins | 1654 | Hartford | None known |
| Thomas Welles | 1655 | Hartford | None known |
| John Webster | 1656 | Hartford | None known |
| John Winthrop Jr. | 1657 | New London | None known |
| Thomas Welles | 1658 | Hartford | None known |
| John Winthrop Jr. | 1659-76 | New London | None known |
| William Leete | 1676-83 | Guilford | None known |
| Robert Treat | 1683-98 | Milford | None known |
| Fitz-John Winthrop | 1698-1707 | New London | None known |
| Gurdon Saltonstall | 1708-24 | New London | None known |
| Joseph Talcott | 1724-41 | Hartford | None known |
| Jonathan Law | 1741-50 | Milford | None known |
| Roger Wolcott | 1750-54 | Windsor | None known |
| Thomas Fitch | 1754-66 | Norwalk | None known |
| William Pitkin | 1766-69 | Hartford | None known |
| Jonathan Trumbull | 1769-84 | Lebanon | None known |
| Matthew Griswold | 1784-86 | Lyme | Federalist |
| Samuel Huntington | 1786-96 | Norwich | Federalist |
| Oliver Wolcott | 1796-97 | Litchfield | Federalist |
| Jonathan Trumbull,Jr. | 1797-1809 | Lebanon | Federalist |
| John Treadwell | 1809-11 | Farmington | Federalist |
| Roger Griswold | 1811-12 | Lyme | Federalist |
| John Cotton Smith | 1812-17 | Sharon | Federalist |
| Oliver Wolcott, Jr | 1817-27 | Litchfield | Jeffersonian Republican |
| Gideon Tomlinson | 1827-31 | Fairfield | Jeffersonian Republican |
| John S. Peters | 1831-33 | Hebron | National Republican |
| Henry W. Edwards | 1833-34 | New Haven | Democrat |
| Samuel A. Foot | 1834-35 | Cheshire | Whig |
| Henry W. Edwards | 1835-38 | New Haven | Democrat |
| William W. Ellsworth | 1838-42 | Hartford | Whig |
| Chauncey F. Cleveland | 1842-44 | Hampton | Democrat |
| Roger S. Baldwin | 1844-46 | New Haven | Whig |
| Isaac Toucey | 1846-47 | Hartford | Democrat |
| Clark Bissell | 1847-49 | Norwalk | Whig |
| Joseph Trumbull | 1849-50 | Hartford | Whig |
| Thomas H. Seymour | 1850-53 | Hartford | Democrat |
| Charles H. Pond | 1853-54 | Milford | Democrat |
| Henry Dutton | 1854-55 | New Haven | Whig |
| William T. Minor | 1855-57 | Stamford | American |
| Alexander H. Holley | 1857-58 | Salisbury | American Republican |
| William A. Buckingham | 1858-66 | Norwich | Republican |
| Joseph R. Hawley | 1866-67 | Hartford | Republican |
| James E. English | 1867-69 | New Haven | Democrat |
| Marshall Jewell | 1869-70 | Hartford | Republican |
| James E. English | 1870-71 | New Haven | Democrat |
| Marshall Jewell | 1871-72 | Hartford | Republican |
| Charles R. Ingersoll | 1873-77 | New Haven | Democrat |
| Richard D. Hubbard | 1877-79 | Hartford | Democrat |
| Charles B. Andrews | 1879-81 | Litchfield | Republican |
| Hobart B. Bigelow | 1881-83 | New Haven | Republican |
| Thomas M. Waller | 1883-85 | New London | Democrat |
| Henry B. Harrison | 1885-87 | New Haven | Republican |
| Phineas C. Lounsbury | 1887-89 | Ridgefield | Republican |
| Morgan G. Bulkeley | 1889-93 | Hartford | Republican |
| Luzon B. Morris | 1893-95 | New Haven | Democrat |
| O. Vincent Coffin | 1895-97 | Middletown | Republican |
| Lorrin A. Cooke | 1897-99 | Winsted | Republican |
| George E. Lounsbury | 1899-1901 | Ridgefield | Republican |
| George P. McLean | 1901-03 | Simsbury | Republican |
| Abiram Chamberlain | 1903-05 | Meriden | Republican |
| Henry Roberts | 1905-07 | Hartford | Republican |
| Rollin S. Woodruff | 1907-09 | New Haven | Republican |
| George L. Lilley | 1909 | Waterbury | Republican |
| Frank B. Weeks | 1909-11 | Middletown | Republican |
| Simeon E. Baldwin | 1911-15 | New Haven | Democrat |
| Marcus H. Holcomb | 1915-21 | Southington | Republican |
| Everett J. Lake | 1921-23 | Hartford | Republican |
| Charles A. Templeton | 1923-25 | Waterbury | Republican |
| Hiram Bingham | 1925 | New Haven | Republican |
| John H. Trumbull | 1925-31 | Plainville | Republican |
| Wilbur L. Cross | 1931-39 | New Haven | Democrat |
| Raymond E. Baldwin | 1939-41 | Stratford | Republican |
| Robert A. Hurley | 1941-42 | Bridgeport | Democrat |
| Raymond E. Baldwin | 1943-46 | Stratford | Republican |
| Wilbert Snow | 1946-47 | Middletown | Democrat |
| James L. McConaughy | 1947-48 | Cornwall | Republican |
| James C. Shannon | 1948-49 | Bridgeport | Republican |
| Chester Bowles | 1949-51 | Essex | Democrat |
| John Lodge | 1951-55 | Westport | Republican |
| Abraham Ribicoff | 1955-61 | Hartford | Democrat |
| John Dempsey | 1961-71 | Putnam | Democrat |
| Thomas J. Meskill | 1971-75 | New Britain | Republican |
| Ella T. Grasso | 1975-80 | Windsor Locks | Democrat |
| William A. O'Neill | 1980-91 | East Hampton | Democrat |
| Lowell P. Weicker,Jr. | 1991-95 | Greenwich | A Connecticut Party |
| John G. Rowland | 1995-2004 | Waterbury | Republican |
| M. Jodi Rell | 2004- | Brookfield | Republican |