Connecticut's at-large congressional district

During the first twenty-four Congresses (March 4, 1789 until March 3, 1837) Connecticut elected all its Representatives in Congress from a single multi-member Connecticut at-large congressional district.

From 1789-1793 Connecticut elected 5 at-large representatives.
From 1793-1823 Connecticut elected 7 at-large representatives.
From 1823-1837 Connecticut elected 6 at-large representatives.

From 1903 to 1913 and from 1933 to 1965, Connecticut had a member of the United States House of Representatives who represented the state at-large, in addition to the members who represented distinct districts.

This practice was banned by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

List of representatives

1789 – 1837: five, then seven, then six seats

All members were elected statewide at-large on a general ticket.

Congress & Years
		Seat A				Seat B				Seat C				Seat D				Seat E				Seat F				Seat G
		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history		Rep.	Party	Electoral history
1st	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	Benjamin Huntington	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1788. Lost re-election.		Roger Sherman	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1788. Re-elected in 1790,[1] but instead resigned to become U.S. Senator.		Jonathan Sturges	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1788.		Jonathan Trumbull Jr.	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1788.		Jeremiah Wadsworth	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1790 to finish the term of Pierpont Edwards (Pro-Administration), who had declined to serve.		Seat created in 1793.				Seat created in 1793.
2nd	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	James Hillhouse	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1790.		Amasa Learned	Pro-Admin	Elected to finish Sherman's term.				Re-elected in 1790. Re-elected in 1792 but declined to serve.				Re-elected in 1790.				Elected in 1790.
3rd	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795			Re-elected in 1792.				Re-elected in 1792. Retired.		Joshua Coit	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1792.				Re-elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794 but declined to serve when instead elected U.S. Senator.				Re-elected in 1792. Retired.		Zephaniah Swift	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1792.		Uriah Tracy	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1792.
4th	March 4, 1795 – April 13, 1795		Fed	Re-elected in 1794. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.		Chauncey Goodrich	Fed	Elected in 1794.			Fed	Re-elected in 1794.		Vacant				Nathaniel Smith	Fed	Elected in 1794.			Fed	Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796 but declined to serve.			Fed	Re-elected in 1794. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
	April 13, 1795 – October 13, 1796													Roger Griswold	Fed	Elected to finish Trumbull's term.
	October 13, 1796 – December 5, 1796																									Vacant
	December 5, 1796 – January 3, 1797	James Davenport	Fed	Elected to finish Hillhouse's term, having already been elected to the next term, see below.
	January 3, 1797 – March 3, 1797																									Samuel W. Dana	Fed	Elected to finish Tracy's term.
5th	March 4, 1797 – August 3, 1797			Elected in 1796. Died.				Re-elected in 1796.				Re-elected in 1796. Died.				Re-elected in 1796.				Elected in 1796. Lost re-election.		John Allen	Fed	Elected to finish Swift's term. Retired.				Re-elected in 1796.
	August 3, 1797 – November 13, 1797	Vacant
	November 13, 1797 – September 5, 1798	William Edmond	Fed	Elected to finish Davenport's term.
	September 5, 1798 – December 3, 1798									Vacant
	December 3, 1798 – March 3, 1799									Jonathan Brace	Fed	Elected in 1798. Later elected to finish Coit's term. Resigned.
6th	March 4, 1799 – ? 1800			Re-elected in 1798. Retired.				Re-elected in 1798. Lost re-election.								Re-elected in 1798.		Elizur Goodrich	Fed	Elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800 but declined to serve.		John Davenport		Elected in 1798.				Re-elected in 1798.
	? 1800 – November 17, 1800									Vacant
	November 17, 1800 – March 3, 1801									John Cotton Smith	Fed	Elected to finish Brace's term.
7th	March 4, 1801 – May 14, 1801	Vacant				Elias Perkins	Fed	Elected in 1800. Re-elected in 1802 but declined to serve.				Elected in 1800 to the next term.				Re-elected in 1800.		Vacant						Re-elected in 1800.				Re-elected in 1800.
	May 14, 1801 – September 21, 1801																	Calvin Goddard	Fed	Elected to finish Goodrich's term.
	September 21, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Benjamin Tallmadge	Fed	Elected to finish Edmond's term.
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805			Re-elected in 1802.		Simeon Baldwin	Fed	Elected elected to finish Perkins's term. Retired.				Re-elected in 1802.				Re-elected in 1802.				Re-elected in 1802.				Re-elected in 1802.				Re-elected in 1802.
9th	March 4, 1805 – ?before September 16, 1805			Re-elected in 1804.		Jonathan O. Moseley	Fed	Elected in 1804.				Re-elected in 1804. Resigned.				Re-elected in 1804. Resigned.				Re-elected in 1804. Resigned.				Re-elected in 1804.				Re-elected in 1804.
	?before September 16, 1805 – September 16, 1805													Vacant				Vacant
	September 16, 1805 – August 1806													Timothy Pitkin	Fed	Elected to finish Griswold's term.		Lewis B. Sturges	Fed	Elected to finish Goddard's term.
	August 1806 – December 1, 1806									Vacant
	December 1, 1806 – March 3, 1807									Theodore Dwight	Fed	Elected to finish Smith's term. Retired.
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809			Re-elected in 1806.				Re-elected in 1806.		Epaphroditus Champion	Fed	Elected in 1806.				Re-elected in 1806.				Re-elected in 1806.				Re-elected in 1806.				Re-elected in 1806.
11th	March 4, 1809 – May 10, 1810			Re-elected in 1808.				Re-elected in 1808.				Re-elected in 1808.				Re-elected in 1808.				Re-elected in 1808.				Re-elected in 1808.				Re-elected in 1808. [Data unknown/missing.]
	May 10, 1810 – October 11, 1810																									Vacant
	October 11, 1810 – March 3, 1811																									Ebenezer Huntington	Fed	[Data unknown/missing.]
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813			Re-elected in 1810.				Re-elected in 1810.				Re-elected in 1810.				Re-elected in 1810.				Re-elected in 1810.				Re-elected in 1810.		Lyman Law	Fed	[Data unknown/missing.]
13th	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815			Re-elected in 1812.				Re-elected in 1812.				Re-elected in 1812.				Re-elected in 1812.				Re-elected in 1812.				Re-elected in 1812.
14th	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817			Re-elected in 1814. Retired.				Re-elected in 1814.				Re-elected in 1814. [Data unknown/missing.]				Re-elected in 1814.				Re-elected in 1814. [Data unknown/missing.]				Re-elected in 1814.. [Data unknown/missing.]
15th	March 4, 1817 – ? 1818	Thomas Scott Williams	Fed	Elected in 1816. [Data unknown/missing.]				Re-elected in 1816.		Uriel Holmes	Fed	Resigned.				Re-elected in 1816. [Data unknown/missing.]		Samuel B. Sherwood	Fed	[Data unknown/missing.]		Nathaniel Terry	Fed	[Data unknown/missing.]		Ebenezer Huntington	Fed	[Data unknown/missing.]
	? 1818 – November 16, 1818									Vacant
	November 16, 1818 – March 3, 1819									Sylvester Gilbert	Dem-Rep	[Data unknown/missing.]
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Gideon Tomlinson	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1818.				Re-elected in 1818. [Data unknown/missing.]		Samuel A. Foot	Fed	[Data unknown/missing.]		John Russ	Dem-Rep	[Data unknown/missing.]		James Stevens	Dem-Rep	[Data unknown/missing.]		Elisha Phelps	Dem-Rep	[Data unknown/missing.]		Henry W. Edwards	Dem-Rep	[Data unknown/missing.]
17th	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823			Re-elected in 1821.		Ansel Sterling	Dem-Rep	[Data unknown/missing.]		Daniel Burrows	Dem-Rep	[Data unknown/missing.]						Noyes Barber	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1821.		Ebenezer Stoddard	Dem-Rep	Elected in 1821. [Data unknown/missing.]
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Adams-Clay Dem-Rep	Re-elected in 1823.			Adams-Clay Dem-Rep	Re-elected in 1823.		Samuel A. Foot	Adams-Clay Dem-Rep	Elected in 1823. [Data unknown/missing.]		Lemuel Whitman	Adams-Clay Dem-Rep	Elected in 1823. [Data unknown/missing.]			Adams-Clay Dem-Rep	Re-elected in 1823.			Adams-Clay Dem-Rep	Re-elected in 1823. [Data unknown/missing.]		Seat eliminated in 1823.
19th	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827		Anti-J	Re-elected in 1825. [Data unknown/missing.]		John Baldwin	Anti-J	Elected in 1825.		Ralph I. Ingersoll	Anti-J	Elected in 1825.		Orange Merwin	Anti-J	Elected in 1825.			Anti-J	Re-elected in 1825.		Elisha Phelps	Anti-J	Elected in 1825. [Data unknown/missing.]
20th	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	David Plant	Adams	Elected in 1827. Retired.			Adams	Re-elected in 1827.			Adams	Re-elected in 1827.			Adams	Re-elected in 1827. [Data unknown/missing.]			Adams	Re-elected in 1827.			Adams
21st	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	William W. Ellsworth	Anti-J	Elected in 1829.		Jabez W. Huntington	Anti-J	Elected in 1829.			Anti-J	Re-elected in 1829.		Ebenezer Young	Anti-J	Elected in 1829.			Anti-J	Re-elected in 1829.		William L. Storrs	Anti-J	Elected in 1829.
22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833			Re-elected in 1831.				Re-elected in 1831.				Re-elected in 1831. [Data unknown/missing.]				Re-elected in 1831.				Re-elected in 1831.				Re-elected in 1831.
23rd	March 4, 1833 – May 9, 1834			Re-elected in 1833. Resigned.				Re-elected in 1833. Resigned to become judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors.		Samuel A. Foot	Anti-J	Elected in 1833. Resigned to become Governor of Connecticut.				Re-elected in 1833. [Data unknown/missing.]				Re-elected in 1833. Lost re-election.		Samuel Tweedy	Anti-J	Elected in 1833. [Data unknown/missing.]
	May 9, 1834 – July 8, 1834									Vacant
	July 8, 1834 – August 16, 1834	Vacant
	August 16, 1834 – December 1, 1834					Vacant
	December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1835	Joseph Trumbull	Anti-J	Elected to finish Ellsworth's term. [Data unknown/missing.]		Phineas Miner	Anti-J	Elected to finish Huntington's term. [Data unknown/missing.]		Ebenezer Jackson, Jr.	Anti-J	Elected to finish Huntington's term. [Data unknown/missing.]
24th	March 4, 1835 – December 10, 1835	Elisha Haley	Jcksn	Elected in 1835. Redistricted to the 4th district.		Samuel Ingham	Jcksn	Elected in 1835. Redistricted to the 2nd district.		Andrew T. Judson	Jcksn	Elected in 1835. Resigned to become U.S. District Judge.		Lancelot Phelps	Jcksn	Elected in 1835. Redistricted to the 5th district.		Isaac Toucey	Jcksn	Elected in 1835. Redistricted to the 1st district.		Zalmon Wildman	Jcksn	Elected in 1835. Died.
	December 10, 1835 – April 29, 1836																					Vacant
	April 29, 1836 – July 4, 1836																					Thomas T. Whittlesey	Jcksn	Redistricted to the 3rd district.
	July 4, 1836 – December 5, 1836									Vacant
	December 5, 1836 – March 3, 1837									Orrin Holt	Jcksn	Redistricted to the 6th district.

In 1837, Connecticut abandoned general tickets and adopted districts instead.

1903 – 1913: one seat

In 1903, one at-large seat was created, four district seats continued.

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
George L. Lilley	Republican	March 4, 1903 – January 5, 1909	Resigned when elected Governor of Connecticut
Vacant		January 5, 1909 – March 4, 1909
John Q. Tilson	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	Defeated for reelection running for the 3rd District seat after redistricting of Connecticut into 5 Congressional districts eliminated the At-large seat.
At-large seat eliminated

1933 – 1965: one seat

In 1933, one at-large seat was created, five district seats continued.

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Charles Montague Bakewell	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	Lost re-election
William M. Citron	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	Lost re-election
B. J. Monkiewicz	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	Lost re-election
Lucien J. Maciora	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	Lost re-election
B. J. Monkiewicz	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	Lost re-election
Joseph F. Ryter	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	Lost re-election
Antoni Sadlak	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	Lost re-election
Frank Kowalski	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	Retired to run for Governor of Connecticut
Bernard F. Grabowski	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	Redistricted to the 6th district
At-large district eliminated

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present