List of lieutenant governors of Connecticut

Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Seal of the Lieutenant Governor
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Incumbent
Nancy Wyman

since January 15, 2011
Style Her Excellency
Term length Four years, No term limits
Inaugural holder Roger Ludlow Connecticut Colony
1639
Matthew Griswold State of Connecticut
1776
Formation Constitution of Connecticut
Website Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman

The following is a list of deputy or lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut, from the Colonial period through present day.

Deputy Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639–1776

(The Connecticut Colony was initially formed from the towns of Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield.)

  1. Roger Ludlow 1639–1640
  2. John Haynes 1640–1641
  3. George Wyllys 1641–1642
  4. Roger Ludlow 1642–1643
  5. Edward Hopkins 1643–1644
  6. John Haynes 1644–1645
  7. Edward Hopkins 1645–1646
  8. John Haynes 1646–1647
  9. Edward Hopkins 1647–1648
  10. Roger Ludlow 1648–1649
  11. Edward Hopkins 1649–1650
  12. John Haynes 1650–1651
  13. Edward Hopkins 1651–1652
  14. John Haynes 1652–1653
  15. Edward Hopkins 1653
  16. Thomas Welles 1654
  17. John Webster 1655
  18. Thomas Welles 1656–1657
  19. John Winthrop 1658–1659
  20. John Mason 1660–1669
  21. William Leete 1669–1676
  22. Robert Treat 1676–1683
  23. James Bishop 1683–1692
  24. William Jones 1692–1698
  25. Robert Treat 1698–1708
  26. Nathan Gold 1708–1724
  27. Joseph Talcott 1724–1725
  28. Jonathan Law 1725–1741
  29. Roger Wolcott 1741–1750
  30. Thomas Fitch 1750–1754
  31. William Pitkin 1754–1766
  32. Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. 1766–1769
  33. Matthew Griswold 1769–1776

Lieutenant Governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776–present

The State of Connecticut counts the Lieutenant Governors using a standard that counts Colonial period lieutenants as well as counting lieutenants who had served multiple times as only one individual figure. There have been 108 Lieutenant Governors in the history of Connecticut and 88 since the founding of the United States in 1776.

Parties

  A Connecticut (1)   Democratic (26)   Federalist (8)   Democratic-Republican (3)   National Republican (2)   Free Soil (2)   Republican (30)   Whig (7)

#Lt. GovernorTook OfficeLeft OfficePartyGovernor(s) served under
1Matthew Griswold17761784FederalistJonathan Trumbull
2Samuel Huntington17841786FederalistMatthew Griswold
3Oliver Wolcott17861796FederalistSamuel Huntington
4Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.17961797FederalistOliver Wolcott
5John Treadwell17971809FederalistJonathan Trumbull, Jr.
6Roger Griswold18091811FederalistJohn Treadwell
7John Cotton Smith18111813FederalistRoger Griswold
8Chauncey Goodrich18131815FederalistJohn Cotton Smith
9Jonathan Ingersoll18161823Democratic-RepublicanOliver Wolcott, Jr.
10David Plant18231827National Republican
11John Samuel Peters18271831National RepublicanGideon Tomlinson
12Thaddeus Betts18311833WhigJohn Samuel Peters
13Ebenezer Stoddard18331834Democratic-RepublicanHenry W. Edwards
14Thaddeus Betts18341835WhigSamuel A. Foot
15Ebenezer Stoddard18351838Democratic-RepublicanHenry W. Edwards
16Charles Hawley18381842WhigWilliam W. Ellsworth
17William S. Holabird18421844DemocraticChauncey Fitch Cleveland
18Reuben Booth18441846WhigRoger Sherman Baldwin
19Noyes Billings18461847DemocraticIsaac Toucey
20Charles J. McCurdy18471849WhigClark Bissell
21Thomas Backus18491850DemocraticJoseph Trumbull
22Charles H. Pond18501851DemocraticThomas H. Seymour
23Green Kendrick18511852Whig
24Charles H. Pond18521853Democratic
Vacant18531854
25Alexander H. Holley18541855WhigHenry Dutton
26William Field18551856Free SoilWilliam T. Minor
27Albert Day18561857Free Soil
28Alfred A. Burnham18571858RepublicanAlexander H. Holley
29Julius Catlin18581861RepublicanWilliam A. Buckingham
30Benjamin Douglas18611862Republican
31Roger Averill18621866Republican
32Oliver F. Winchester18661867RepublicanJoseph R. Hawley
33Ephraim H. Hyde18671869DemocraticJames E. English
34Francis Wayland III18691870RepublicanMarshall Jewell
35Julius Hotchkiss18701871DemocraticJames E. English
36Morris Tyler18711873RepublicanMarshall Jewell
37George G. Sill18731877DemocraticCharles R. Ingersoll
38Francis Loomis18771879DemocraticRichard D. Hubbard
39David Gallup18791881RepublicanCharles B. Andrews
40William H. Bulkeley18811883RepublicanHobart B. Bigelow
41George G. Sumner18831885DemocraticThomas M. Waller
42Lorrin A. Cooke18851887RepublicanHenry B. Harrison
43James L. Howard18871889RepublicanPhineas C. Lounsbury
44Samuel E. Merwin18891893RepublicanMorgan G. Bulkeley
45Ernest Cady18931895DemocraticLuzon B. Morris
46Lorrin A. Cooke18951897RepublicanOwen Vincent Coffin
47James D. Dewell18971899RepublicanLorrin A. Cooke
48Lyman A. Mills18991901RepublicanGeorge E. Lounsbury
49Edwin O. Keeler19011903RepublicanGeorge P. McLean
50Henry Roberts19031905RepublicanAbiram Chamberlain
51Rollin S. Woodruff19051907RepublicanHenry Roberts
52Everett J. Lake19071909RepublicanRollin S. Woodruff
53Frank B. Weeks19091909RepublicanGeorge L. Lilley
Vacant19091911
54Dennis A. Blakeslee19111913Republican Simeon E. Baldwin
55Lyman T. Tingier19131915Democratic
56Clifford B. Wilson19151921RepublicanMarcus H. Holcomb
57Charles A. Templeton19211923RepublicanEverett J. Lake
58Hiram Bingham19231925RepublicanCharles A. Templeton
59John H. Trumbull19251925RepublicanHiram Bingham III
60J. Edwin Brainard19251929RepublicanJohn H. Trumbull
61Ernest E. Rogers19291931Republican
62Samuel R. Spencer19311933Republican Wilbur Lucius Cross
63Roy C. Wilcox19331935Republican
64T. Frank Hayes19351939Democratic
65James L. McConaughy19391941RepublicanRaymond E. Baldwin
66Odell Shepard19411943DemocraticRobert A. Hurley
67William L. Hadden19431945RepublicanRaymond E. Baldwin
68Charles Wilbert Snow19451946Democratic
Vacant19461947
69James C. Shannon19471948RepublicanJames L. McConaughy
70Robert E. Parsons19481949RepublicanJames C. Shannon
71William T. Carroll19491951DemocraticChester Bowles
72Edward N. Allen19511955RepublicanJohn Davis Lodge
73Charles W. Jewett19551959RepublicanAbraham A. Ribicoff
74John N. Dempsey19591961Democratic
75Anthony J. Armentano19611963DemocraticJohn N. Dempsey
76Samuel J. Tedesco19631966Democratic
77Fred J. Doocy19661967Democratic
78Attilio R. Frassinelli19671971Democratic
79T. Clark Hull19711973RepublicanThomas J. Meskill
80Peter L. CashmanJune 7, 1973January 8, 1975Republican
81Robert K. KillianJanuary 8, 1975January 3, 1979DemocraticElla T. Grasso
82William A. O’NeillJanuary 3, 1979December 31, 1980Democratic
83Joseph J. FaulisoDecember 31, 1980January 9, 1991DemocraticWilliam A. O’Neill
84Eunice S. GroarkJanuary 9, 1991January 4, 1995A Connecticut PartyLowell P. Weicker, Jr.
85M. Jodi RellJanuary 4, 1995July 1, 2004RepublicanJohn G. Rowland
86Kevin B. SullivanJuly 1, 2004January 3, 2007Democratic M. Jodi Rell
87Michael FedeleJanuary 3, 2007January 5, 2011Republican
88Nancy WymanJanuary 5, 2011presentDemocraticDannel Malloy

Living former Lieutenant Governors of Connecticut

As of January 2018, four former lieutenant governors of Connecticut are alive. The most recent death of a former lieutenant governor of Connecticut was that of Eunice Groark (served 19911995), who died on May 9, 2018, at the age of 80.

Lt. Governor Lt. Gubernatorial term Date of birth (age)
Peter L. Cashman 19731975 May 22, 1936
M. Jodi Rell 19952004 June 16, 1946
Kevin B. Sullivan 20042007 August 20, 1949
Michael Fedele 20072011 March 30, 1955
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