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Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut

Seal of the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.svg
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.




Contents






  • 1 Deputy Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639–1776


  • 2 Lieutenant Governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776–present


  • 3 Notes


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Deputy Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639–1776[edit]


(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[edit]


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.






























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Lieutenant Governors of the State of Connecticut

No.
Lieutenant Governor
Term in office
Party
Election

Governor[a][b]
1

 

Matthew Griswold

October 10, 1776

May 13, 1784

Federalist

1776
 

Jonathan Trumbull[c]

1777

1778

1779

1780

1781

1782

1783
2


Samuel Huntington

May 13, 1784

May 11, 1786

Federalist

1784


Matthew Griswold

1785
3


Oliver Wolcott

May 11, 1786

January 5, 1796

Federalist

1786

Samuel Huntington

1787

1788

1789

1790

1791

1792

1793

1794

1795
[d]


Vacant

January 5, 1796

May 12, 1796



Oliver Wolcott
4



Jonathan Trumbull Jr.

May 12, 1796

December 1, 1796

Federalist

1796

1797
[e]


Vacant

December 1, 1796

May 11, 1797



Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
5



John Treadwell

May 11, 1797

August 7, 1809

Federalist

1797

1798

1799

1800

1801

1802

1803

1804

1805

1806

1807

1808

1809
[f]


Vacant

August 7, 1809

May 10, 1810



John Treadwell
6



Roger Griswold

May 10, 1810

May 9, 1811

Federalist

1810
7


John Cotton Smith

May 9, 1811

October 25, 1812

Federalist

1811

Roger Griswold

1812
[g]


Vacant

October 25, 1812

May 13, 1813



John Cotton Smith[h]
8



Chauncey Goodrich

May 13, 1813

August 18, 1815

Federalist

1813

1814

1815
[i]


Vacant

August 18, 1815

May 9, 1816


9



Jonathan Ingersoll

May 9, 1816

January 12, 1823

Democratic-
Republican

1816

1817


Oliver Wolcott Jr.[j]

1818

1819

1820

1821

1822
[k]


Vacant

January 12, 1823

May 7, 1823

10



David Plant

May 7, 1823

May 2, 1827

National
Republican

1823

1824

1825

1826
11


John Samuel Peters

May 2, 1827

March 2, 1831

National
Republican

1827

Gideon Tomlinson[j]

1828

1829

1830
[l]


Vacant

March 2, 1831

May 4, 1831




John Samuel Peters
12



Thaddeus Betts

March 2, 1831

May 1, 1833

National
Republican

1831

1832
13



Ebenezer Stoddard

May 1, 1833

May 7, 1834

Democratic

1833


Henry W. Edwards
14



Thaddeus Betts

May 7, 1834

May 6, 1835

Whig

1834


Samuel A. Foot
15



Ebenezer Stoddard

May 6, 1835

May 2, 1838

Democratic

1835


Henry W. Edwards

1836

1837
16



Charles Hawley

May 2, 1838

May 4, 1842

Whig

1838


William W. Ellsworth

1839

1840

1841
17



William S. Holabird

May 4, 1842

May 1, 1844

Democratic

1842


Chauncey Fitch Cleveland

1843
18



Reuben Booth

May 1, 1844

May 6, 1846

Whig

1844


Roger Sherman Baldwin

1845
19



Noyes Billings

May 6, 1846

May 5, 1847

Democratic

1846


Isaac Toucey
20



Charles J. McCurdy

May 5, 1847

May 2, 1849

Whig

1847


Clark Bissell

1848
21


Thomas Backus

May 2, 1849

May 4, 1850

Whig

1849

Joseph Trumbull
22



Charles H. Pond

May 5, 1850

May 7, 1851

Democratic

1850


Thomas H. Seymour[m]
23



Green Kendrick

May 7, 1851

May 7, 1852

Whig

1851
24



Charles H. Pond

May 7, 1852

October 13, 1853

Democratic

1852

1853
[n]


Vacant

October 13, 1853

May 3, 1854



Charles H. Pond
25



Alexander H. Holley

May 3, 1854

May 2, 1855

Whig

1854


Henry Dutton
26



William Field

May 2, 1855

May 7, 1856

American

1855


William T. Minor
27


Albert Day

May 7, 1856

May 6, 1857

American

1856
28



Alfred A. Burnham

May 6, 1857

May 5, 1858}}

Republican

1857


Alexander H. Holley
29


Julius Catlin

May 5, 1858

May 1, 1861

Republican

1858

William Alfred Buckingham

1859

1860
30


Benjamin Douglas

May 1, 1861

May 7, 1862

Republican

1861
31


Roger Averill

May 7, 1862

May 2, 1866

Republican

1862

1863

1864

1865
32


Oliver Winchester

May 2, 1866

May 1, 1867

Republican

1866

Joseph Roswell Hawley
33



Ephraim H. Hyde

May 1, 1867

May 5, 1869

Democratic

1867


James E. English

1868
34



Francis Wayland III

May 5, 1869

May 4, 1870

Republican

1869


Marshall Jewell
35



Julius Hotchkiss

May 4, 1870

May 16, 1871

Democratic

1870


James E. English
36



Morris Tyler

May 16, 1871

May 7, 1873

Republican

1871


Marshall Jewell

1872
37



George G. Sill

May 7, 1873

January 3, 1887

Democratic

1873


Charles Roberts Ingersoll

1874

1875
[o]
38


Francis Loomis

January 3, 1877

January 9, 1879

Democratic

1876
[p]

Richard D. Hubbard
39



David Gallup

January 9, 1879

January 5, 1881]]

Republican

1878


Charles B. Andrews
40


William H. Bulkeley

January 5, 1881

January 3, 1883

Republican

1880

Hobart B. Bigelow
41



George G. Sumner

January 3, 1883

January 8, 1885

Democratic

1882


Thomas M. Waller
42



Lorrin A. Cooke

January 8, 1885

January 7, 1887

Republican

1884


Henry Baldwin Harrison
43


James L. Howard

January 7, 1887

January 10, 1889

Republican

1886

Phineas C. Lounsbury
44


Samuel E. Merwin

January 10, 1889

January 4, 1893

Republican

1888

Morgan Bulkeley[q]

1890
45



Ernest Cady

January 4, 1893

January 9, 1895

Democratic

1892


Luzon B. Morris
46



Lorrin A. Cooke

January 9, 1895

January 6, 1897

Republican

1894


Owen Vincent Coffin
47


James D. Dewell

January 6, 1897

January 4, 1899

Republican

1896

Lorrin A. Cooke
48


Lyman A. Mills

January 4, 1899

January 9, 1901

Republican

1898

George E. Lounsbury
49


Edwin O. Keeler

January 9, 1901

January 7, 1903

Republican

1900

George P. McLean
50


Henry Roberts

January 7, 1903

January 4, 1905

Republican

1902

Abiram Chamberlain
51


Rollin S. Woodruff

January 4, 1905

January 9, 1907

Republican

1904

Henry Roberts
52


Everett J. Lake

January 9, 1907

January 9, 1909

Republican

1906

Rollin S. Woodruff
53


Frank B. Weeks

January 6, 1909

April 21, 1909

Republican

1908
[r]

George L. Lilley


Vacant

April 21, 1909

January 4, 1911



Frank B. Weeks
54



Dennis A. Blakeslee

January 4, 1911

January 8, 1913

Republican

1910


Simeon Eben Baldwin[m]
55



Lyman T. Tingier

January 8, 1913

January 6, 1915

Democratic

1912
56



Clifford B. Wilson

January 6, 1915

January 5, 1921

Republican

1914


Marcus H. Holcomb

1916

1918
57


Charles A. Templeton

January 5, 1921

January 3, 1923

Republican

1920

Everett J. Lake
58


Hiram Bingham III

January 3, 1923

January 7, 1925

Republican

1922

Charles A. Templeton
59


John H. Trumbull

January 7, 1925

January 8, 1925

Republican

1924
[s]

Hiram Bingham III
60


J. Edwin Brainard

January 8, 1925

January 9, 1929

Republican

John H. Trumbull

1926
61


Ernest E. Rogers

January 9, 1929

January 7, 1931

Republican

1928
62


Samuel R. Spencer

January 7, 1931

January 4, 1933

Republican

1930


Wilbur Lucius Cross[m]
63


Roy C. Wilcox

January 4, 1933

January 9, 1935

Republican

1932
64



T. Frank Hayes

January 9, 1935

January 4, 1939

Democratic

1934

1936
65



James L. McConaughy

January 4, 1939

January 8, 1941

Republican

1938


Raymond E. Baldwin
66



Odell Shepard

January 8, 1941

January 6, 1943

Democratic

1940


Robert A. Hurley
67



William L. Hadden

January 6, 1943

January 3, 1945

Republican

1942


Raymond E. Baldwin[t]
68



Charles Wilbert Snow

January 3, 1945

December 27, 1946

Democratic

1944
[u]


Vacant

December 27, 1946

January 8, 1947




Charles Wilbert Snow
69



James C. Shannon

January 8, 1947

March 7, 1948

Republican

1946
[v]


James L. McConaughy
70


Robert E. Parsons

March 7, 1948

January 5, 1949

Republican

James C. Shannon
71



William T. Carroll

January 5, 1949

January 3, 1951

Democratic

1948


Chester Bowles
72



Edward N. Allen

January 3, 1951

January 5, 1955

Republican

1950
[w]


John Davis Lodge
73



Charles W. Jewett

January 5, 1955

January 7, 1959

Democratic

1954


Abraham Ribicoff
74


John N. Dempsey

January 7, 1959

January 21, 1961

Democratic

1958
[x]
75


Anthony J. Armentano

January 21, 1961

January 9, 1963

Democratic

John N. Dempsey
76


Samuel J. Tedesco

January 9, 1963

January 15, 1966

Democratic

1962
[y]
77


Fred J. Doocy

January 15, 1966

January 4, 1967

Democratic
78


Attilio R. Frassinelli

January 4, 1967

January 6, 1971

Democratic

1966
79



T. Clark Hull

January 6, 1971

June 1, 1973

Republican

1970
[z]


Thomas Meskill
80


Peter L. Cashman

June 1, 1973

January 8, 1975

Republican
81



Robert K. Killian

January 8, 1975

January 3, 1979

Democratic

1974


Ella Grasso
82


William A. O'Neill

January 3, 1979

December 31, 1980

Democratic

1978
[aa]
83


Joseph J. Fauliso

December 31, 1980

January 9, 1991

Democratic

William A. O'Neill

1982

1986
84



Eunice Groark

January 9, 1991

January 4, 1995

A Connecticut Party

1990


Lowell Weicker
85



Jodi Rell

January 4, 1995

July 1, 2004

Republican

1994


John G. Rowland

1998

2002
[ab]
86



Kevin Sullivan

July 1, 2004

January 3, 2007

Democratic

Jodi Rell
87



Michael Fedele

January 3, 2007

January 5, 2011

Republican

2006
88



Nancy Wyman

January 5, 2011

Present

Democratic

2010


Dannel Malloy

2014
[ac]

89


Susan Bysiewicz

Lieutenant Governor-elect
takes office
January 9, 2019


Democratic

2018
[ad]

Ned Lamont


Notes[edit]





  1. ^ The office of Lieutenant Governor was known as Deputy-Governor under the colonial charter, but the name 'Lieutenant Governor' was predominantly used after independence.[1]


  2. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.


  3. ^ Represented no party.


  4. ^ Huntington died and Wolcott acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.


  5. ^ Wolcott died and Trumbull acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.


  6. ^ Trumbull died and Treadwell acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.


  7. ^ Griswold died and Smith acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.


  8. ^ Represented the Federalist Party.


  9. ^ Smith died in office; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.


  10. ^ ab Represented the Democratic-Republican Party.


  11. ^ Ingersoll died in office; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.


  12. ^ Tomlinson resigned and Peters acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.


  13. ^ abc Represented the Democratic Party.


  14. ^ Seymour resigned and Pond acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.


  15. ^ This term was lengthened by 7 months due to a constitutional amendment moving the election schedule.


  16. ^ First term under a constitutional amendment which lengthened terms to two years.


  17. ^ Morgan Bulkeley did not run for re-election in 1890, but due to such a close contest and controversies, the results were not certified, and the legislature spent two years debating the issue; Bulkeley essentially served as governor by default.[2]


  18. ^ Lilley died and Weeks acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.


  19. ^ Bingham resigned and Trumbull acted as governor for the remainder of the term; as president pro tempore of the senate, Brainard succeeded Trumbull.


  20. ^ Represented the Republican Party.


  21. ^ Baldwin resigned and Snow acted as governor; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.


  22. ^ McConaughy died and Shannon acted as governor; as president pro tempore of the senate, Parsons succeeded Shannon.


  23. ^ First term under a constitution amendment which lengthened terms to four years.


  24. ^ Ribicoff resigned and Dempsey acted as governor for the remainder of his term; as president pro tempore of the senate, Armentano succeeded Dempsey.


  25. ^ Tedesco resigned to take a seat on the Connecticut Superior Court; as president pro tempore of the senate, Doocy succeeded him.


  26. ^ Hull resigned to take a seat on the Connecticut Superior Court; as president pro tempore of the senate, Cashman succeeded him.


  27. ^ Grasso resigned and O'Neill succeeded her; as president pro tempore of the senate, Fauliso succeeded O'Neill.


  28. ^ Rowland resigned and Rell succeeded him; as president pro tempore of the senate, Sullivan succeeded Rell.


  29. ^ Lieutenant Governor Wyman's second term expires on January 9, 2019.


  30. ^ Lieutenant Governor-elect Bysiewicz's first term begins on January 9, 2019, and expires on January 4, 2023.




References[edit]


Constitutions

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  • "Constitution of the State of Connecticut". Secretary of the State of Connecticut. 1818. Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved February 21, 2009.


  • "Charter of the Colony of Connecticut". National Humanities Institute. 1662. Retrieved February 21, 2009.



Specific




  1. ^ 1662 Charter


  2. ^ "Morgan Gardner Bulkeley". National Governors Association. Retrieved August 29, 2016.




External links[edit]


  • Official website of incumbent Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman













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