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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies
Lieutenant Governor
Agency Web page
| Statutory Authority
| Agency History
|
Published histories/articles
| State Library Collections
| List of Commissioners
Agency Web page:
http://www.ct.gov/ltgovmfedele/site/default.asp
Statutory Authority:
Constitution of the State of Connecticut
Agency History
1639, established by the Fundamental
Orders
Published Histories/Articles
Brief
history in 2004
Connecticut State Register and Manual
See also, State Library
Pathfinder
on the Office of the Governor
Archived
Office of
the Lieutenant Governor Web site, as harvested on 2007-04-13, by the Connecticut State
Library, Connecticut Digital Archive.
Archived
Office of
the Lieutenant Governor Web site, as harvested on 2007-01-01, by the Connecticut State
Library, Connecticut Digital Archive.
Agency Documents in the State Library Collections:
Check the State Library catalog,
CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency
available in the State Library:
Connecticut. Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Annual Reports are located in: N/A
State Archives Record Group: N/A
List of Lieutenant Governors:
From the Connecticut State Register and Manual
Lieutenant Governor | Town & Pol. | Term of Service | Years of Service |
Roger Ludlow | Windsor, O | 1639, 42, 48 | 3 yrs. |
John Haynes | Hartford, O | 1640, 44, 46, 50, 52 | 5 yrs. |
George Wyllys | Hartford, O | 1641 | 1 yr. |
Edward Hopkins | Hartford, O | 1643, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53 | 6 yrs. |
Thomas Welles | Hartford, O | 1654, 56, 57, 59 | 4 yrs. |
John Webster | Hartford, O | 1655 | 1 yr. |
John Winthrop | New London, O | 1658-59 | 1 yr. |
John Mason | Norwich, O | 1660-69 | 9 yrs. |
William Leete | Guilford, O | 1669-76 | 7 yrs. |
Robert Treat | Milford, O | 1676-83 | 7 yrs. |
Nathan Gold | Fairfield, O | 1708-24 | 16 yrs. |
Joseph Talcott | Hartford, O | 1724-25 | 1 yr. |
Jonathan Law | Milford, O | 1725-41 | 16 yrs. 5 m. |
Roger Wolcott | Windsor, O | 1741-50 | 9 yrs. 10 m. |
Thomas Fitch | Norwalk, O | 1750-54 | 3 yrs. 1 m. |
William Pitkin | Hartford, O | 1754-66 | 12 yrs. |
Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. | Lebanon, O | 1766-69 | 3 yrs. 5 m. |
Matthew Griswold | Lyme, F | 1769-84 | 15 yrs. |
Samuel Huntington | Norwich, O | 1784-86 | 2 yrs. |
Oliver Wolcott | Litchfield, F | 1786-96 | 9 yrs. 8 m. |
Jonathan Trumbull, 2nd | Lebanon, F | 1796-97 | 1 yr. 7 m. |
John Treadwell1 | Farmington, F | 1797-1809 | 11 yrs. 5 m. |
Roger Griswold2 | Lyme, F | 1809-11 | 1 yr. 7 m. |
John Cotton Smith3 | Sharon, F | 1811-13 | 2 yrs. |
Chauncey Goodrich4 | Hartford, F | 1813-15 | 2 yrs. 3 m. |
Jonathan Ingersoll5 | New Haven, R* | 1816-23 | 6 yrs. 8 m. |
David Plant | Stratford, O | 1823-27 | 4 yrs. |
John S. Peters | Hebron, NR | 1827-31 | 4 yrs. |
No election |
| 1831-32 |
|
Thaddeus Betts | Norwalk, O | 1832-33 | 1 yr. |
Ebenezer Stoddard | Woodstock, O | 1833-34 | 1 yr. |
Thaddeus Betts | Norwalk, O | 1834-35 | 1 yr. |
Ebenezer Stoddard | Woodstock, O | 1835-38 | 3 yrs. |
Charles Hawley | Stamford, O | 1838-42 | 4 yrs. |
William S. Holabird | Winsted, O | 1842-44 | 2 yrs. |
Reuben Booth | Danbury, O | 1844-46 | 2 yrs. |
Noyes Billings | New London, O | 1846-47 | 1 yr. |
Charles J. McCurdy | Lyme, O | 1847-49 | 2 yrs. |
Thomas Backus | Killingly, O | 1849-50 | 1 yr. |
Charles H. Pond | Milford, D | 1850-51 | 1 yr. |
Green Kendrick | Waterbury, W | 1851-52 | 1 yr. |
Charles H. Pond | Milford, D | 1852-54 | 2 yrs. |
Alexander H. Holley | Salisbury, W | 1854-55 | 1 yr. |
William Field | Pomfret, FSA | 1855-56 | 1 yr. |
Albert Day | Hartford, AR | 1856-57 | 1 yr. |
Alfred A. Burnham | Windham, R | 1857-58 | 1 yr. |
Julius Catlin | Hartford, R | 1858-61 | 3 yrs. |
Benjamin Douglas | Middletown, R | 1861-62 | 1 yr. |
Roger Averill | Danbury, U | 1862-66 | 4 yrs. |
Oliver F. Winchester | New Haven, R | 1866-67 | 1 yr. |
Ephraim H. Hyde | Stafford, D | 1867-69 | 2 yrs. |
Francis Wayland | New Haven, R | 1869-70 | 1 yr. |
Julius Hotchkiss | Middletown, D | 1870-71 | 1 yr. |
Morris Tyler | New Haven, R | 1871-73 | 2 yrs. |
George G. Sill | Hartford, R | 1873-77 | 4 yrs. |
Francis B. Loomis | New London, D | 1877-79 | 2 yrs. |
David Gallup | Plainfield, R | 1879-81 | 2 yrs. |
William H. Bulkeley | Hartford, R | 1881-83 | 2 yrs. |
George G. Summer | Hartford, D | 1883-85 | 2 yrs. |
Lorrin A. Cooke | Winsted, R | 1885-87 | 2 yrs. |
James L. Howard | Hartford, R | 1887-89 | 2 yrs. |
Samuel E. Merwin | New Haven, R | 1889-93 | 4 yrs. |
Ernest Cady | Hartford, D | 1893-95 | 2 yrs. |
Lorrin A. Cooke | Winsted, R | 1895-97 | 2 yrs. |
James D. Dewell | New Haven, R | 1897-99 | 2 yrs. |
Lyman A. Mills | Middlefield, R | 1899-1901 | 2 yrs. |
Edwin O. Keeler | Norwalk, R | 1901-03 | 2 yrs. |
Henry Roberts | Hartford, R | 1903-05 | 2 yrs. |
Rollin S. Woodruff | New Haven, R | 1905-07 | 2 yrs. |
Everett J. Lake | Hartford, R | 1907-09 | 2 yrs. |
Frank B. Weeks6 | Middletown, R | 1909 | 3 m. 15 d. |
Dennis A. Blakeslee | New Haven, R | 1911-13 | 2 yrs. |
Lyman T. Tingier | Vernon, D | 1913-15 | 2 yrs. |
Clifford B. Wilson | Bridgeport, R | 1915-21 | 6 yrs. |
Charles A. Templeton | Waterbury, R | 1921-23 | 2 yrs. |
Hiram Bingham | New Haven, R | 1923-25 | 2 yrs. |
John H. Trumbull | Plainville, R | 1925 | 1 d. |
J. Edwin Brainard7 | Branford, R | 1925-29 | 4 yrs. |
Ernest E. Rogers | New London, R | 1929-31 | 2 yrs. |
Samuel R. Spencer | Suffield, R | 1931-33 | 2 yrs. |
Roy C. Wilcox | Meriden, R | 1933-35 | 2 yrs. |
T. Frank Hayes | Waterbury, D | 1935-39 | 4 yrs. |
James L. McConaughy | Middletown, R | 1939-41 | 2 yrs. |
Odell Shepard | Hartford, D | 1941-43 | 2 yrs. |
William L. Hadden | West Haven, R | 1943-45 | 2 yrs. |
Wilbert Snow8 | Middletown, D | 1945-46 | 1 yr. 11 m. 25 d. |
James C. Shannon9 | Bridgeport, R | 1947-48 | 1 yr. 2 m. |
Robert E. Parsons10 | Farmington, R | 1948-49 | 9 m. 29 d. |
William T. Carroll | Torrington, D | 1949-51 | 2 yrs. |
Edward N. Allen | Hartford, R | 1951-55 | 4 yrs. |
Charles W. Jewett | Lyme, R | 1955-59 | 4 yrs. |
John N. Dempsey11 | Putnam, D | 1959-61 | 2 yrs. 16 d. |
Anthony J. Armentano12 | Hartford, D | 1961-63 | 1 yr. 11 m. 15 d. |
Samuel J. Tedesco13 | Bridgeport, D | 1963-66 | 3 yrs. 6 d. |
Fred J. Doocy14 | South Windsor, D | 1966-67 | 11 m. 19 d. |
Attilio R. Frassinelli | Stafford, D | 1967-71 | 4 yrs. |
T. Clark Hull15 | Danbury, R | 1971-73 | 2 yrs. 4 m. 25 d. |
Peter L. Cashman16 | Lyme, R | 1973-75 | 1 yr. 7 m. 1 d. |
Robert K. Killian | Hartford, D | 1975-79 | 4 yrs. |
William A. O'Neill17 | East Hampton, D | 1979-80 | 1 yr. 11 m. 28 d. |
Joseph J. Fauliso18 | Hartford, D | 1980-91 | 10 yrs. 8 d. |
Eunice S. Groark | Hartford, ACP | 1991-95 | 4 yrs. |
M. Jodi Rell19 | Brookfield, R | 1995-2004 | 9 yrs. 6 m. |
| West Hartford, D | 2004-2007 | 2 yrs. 6 m. 2 d. |
| Michael Fedele | Stamford,R | 2007- |
1Was appointed Governor by the General Assembly in October, 1809,
Governor Trumbull having died August 7, 1809.
2Was appointed by the General Assembly in October, 1809, in place
of Lieutenant Governor Treadwell.
3Was Acting-Governor from time of Governor Griswold's death,
October 25, 1812, until May, 1813.
4Died August 18, 1815, while in office.
5Died January 12, 1823.
6Governor Weeks was elected Lieutenant Governor and became
Governor on the death of Governor Lilley, taking the oath of office, April 22,
1909.
7Lieutenant Governor Brainard was chosen President Pro Tem of the
Senate and succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor, to fill vacancy
caused by the resignation of Governor Trumbull, January 8, 1925.
8Became Governor December 27, 1946, when Governor Baldwin resigned
to become U.S. Senator.
9Became Governor upon the death of Governor McConaughy. Took oath
of office March 8, 1948.
10Became Lieutenant Governor when Lieutenant Governor Shannon
became Governor. Term began March 8, 1948.
11Became Governor January 21, 1961 in succession to Abraham
Ribicoff who resigned to become Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
12Was chosen President Pro Tempore of the Senate and succeeded to
the office of Lieutenant Governor when John Dempsey became Governor, January 21,
1961.
13Resigned January 15, 1966 to become Judge of the Superior Court
on August 13, 1966.
14Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor by virtue of
being President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Took oath of office on January 17,
1966.
15Resigned June 1, 1973 to become Judge of the Superior Court.
16Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor by virtue of
being President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Took oath of office on June 7, 1973.
17Became Governor December 31, 1980 in succession to Ella T.
Grasso who resigned because of ill health.
18Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor by virtue of
being President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Took oath of office on December 31,
1980.
19Became Governor July 1, 2004 at 12:00 Noon, in succession to
John G. Rowland who resigned.
20Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor by virtue of being
President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Took oath of office on July 1, 2004.
Prepared by the Government Information Unit, 8/2005. Revised 2/2007, 4/2007.
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