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United States congressional delegations from Connecticut

United States congressional delegations from Connecticut

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Since Connecticut became a U.S. state in 1788,[1] it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, beginning with the 1st United States Congress in 1789.[2] Each state elects two senators to serve for six years in general elections, with their re-election staggered. Prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were elected by the Connecticut General Assembly.[3] Each state elects varying numbers of members of the House, depending on population, to two-year terms.[4] Connecticut has sent five members to the House in each congressional delegation since the 2000 United States Census.[5]

Map of Connecticut's five congressional districts for the United States House of Representatives since 2022

A total of 292 unique individuals have represented Connecticut in Congress; Connecticut has had 57 senators and 259 representatives, and 24 have served in both the House and the Senate. Nine women from Connecticut have served in the House, the first being Clare Booth Luce,[6] while none have served in the Senate.[7] Two African-Americans from Connecticut, Gary Franks and Jahana Hayes, have served in the House.[8]

The current dean, or longest serving member, of the Connecticut delegation is Representative Rosa DeLauro of the 3rd district, who has served in the House since 1991. She is the longest-serving House member in Connecticut history, and the second longest-serving member of Congress from Connecticut, behind Chris Dodd, who served 36 years combined in the House and Senate.[9] Dodd is also Connecticut's longest-serving senator.[10]

Current delegation

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Connecticut's current congressional delegation in the 118th Congress consists of its two senators and its five representatives, all of whom are Democrats.[12] Connecticut has not had a Republican member of Congress for more than a decade,[13] since Republican representative Chris Shays lost his race against Democrat Jim Himes in the state's 4th congressional district in 2008.[14]

The current dean, or longest serving member, of the Connecticut delegation is Representative Rosa DeLauro of the 3rd district, who has served in the House since 1991. She is the longest-serving House member in Connecticut history, and the second longest-serving member of Congress from Connecticut, behind Chris Dodd, who served 36 years in total.[9]

As of August 2023, the Cook Partisan Voting Index, a determination of how strongly partisan a state is,[15] ranked all districts and senate races in Connecticut as solidly Democratic, except for the 5th House district, currently represented by Jahana Hayes, which was ranked as leaning Republican.[14]

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United States Senate

Main article: List of United States senators from Connecticut

Senators Oliver Ellsworth, William S. Johnson, and Roger Sherman were Founding Fathers.[18] Ellsworth helped write the Judiciary Act of 1789, and later served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.[19] Uriah Tracy served as president pro tempore of the Senate from May 1800 to November 1800, James Hillhouse served as president pro tempore from February 1801 to December 1801, Lafayette Sabine Foster served as president pro tempore from March 1865 to March 1867, and Frank Brandegee served as president pro tempore from May 1912 to March 1913.[20] Senator Orville Platt, along with Nelson Aldrich, William Allison, and John Spooner, formed "The Senate Four", a group of powerful legislators who controlled much of the Senate's operations.[21] Platt also helped draft the Platt Amendment.[22] Senator Joseph Lieberman was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000.[23][24]

Senators are elected every six years depending on their class, with each senator serving a six-year term, and elections for senators occurring every two years, rotating through each class such that each election, around one-third of the seats in the Senate are up for election.[25] Connecticut's senators are elected in classes I and III.[26] Currently, Connecticut is represented in the Senate by Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy.[27]

Oliver Ellsworth, Connecticut senator who drafted the Judiciary Act of 1789[28]
Orville Platt, Connecticut senator who helped draft the Platt Amendment[29]
Brien McMahon, Connecticut senator who wrote the Atomic Energy Act of 1946[30]
Joe Lieberman, Connecticut senator who was the 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, becoming the first Jewish-American to be a major party nominee[31]
Chris Dodd, Connecticut senator who was a candidate during the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries[32]

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United States House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives from Connecticut

John Q. Tilson served as the House Majority Leader for the Republican party from 1925 to 1931.[51] Barbara Kennelly was the first woman to become the Democratic chief deputy whip. Ella T. Grasso later became the first female governor elected in the United States.[6]

From 1789 to 1837, representatives from Connecticut were elected from Connecticut's at-large congressional district, which was subsequently replaced with Connecticut's congressional districts.[52] Connecticut has sent five members to the House in each congressional delegation since the 2000 United States Census.[5] One member of the House of Representatives is sent from each district via a popular vote.[53] Districts are redrawn every ten years, after data from the US Census is collected.[54]

Walter Booth, the only member of the Free Soil party elected to the House from Connecticut
Clare Boothe Luce, the first female member of the House from Connecticut[55]
Chris Shays, the last Republican to have represented Connecticut in Congress[14]

1789–1793: 5 seats

Connecticut was granted five seats in the House until the first US census in 1790.

  Pro-Administration (PA)

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1793–1823: 7 seats

Following the 1790 census, Connecticut was apportioned seven seats.

  Democratic-Republican (DR)   Federalist (F)   Pro-Administration (PA)

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1823–1843: 6 seats

Following the 1820 census, Connecticut was apportioned six seats.

  Democratic (D)   Democratic-Republican (DR)   Jacksonian (J)   National Republican (NR)   Whig (W)

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1843–1903: 4 seats

Following the 1840 census, Connecticut was apportioned four seats.

  Democratic (D)   Free Soil (FS)   Know Nothing (KN)   Republican (R)   Whig (W)

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1903–1933: 5 seats

Following the 1900 census, Connecticut was apportioned five seats. The fifth seat was established at-large from 1901[76] to 1911, when it was converted into a fifth district via a redistricting plan.[77]

  Democratic (D)   Republican (R)

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1933–2003: 6 seats

Following the 1930 census, Connecticut was apportioned six seats. The sixth seat was established at-large from 1931[82] to 1964, when it was converted into a sixth district via a reapportioning plan.[83]

  Democratic (D)   Republican (R)

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2003–present: 5 seats

Following the 2000 census, Connecticut was apportioned five seats.

  Democratic (D)   Republican (R)

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See also

Notes

  1. Senator Johnson resigned after Congress moved to Philadelphia, as he wished to continue being the president of Columbia University.[34]
  2. Senator Sherman died while in office.[35]
  3. Senator Ellsworth resigned from the Senate to become the chief justice of the United States.[36]
  4. Senator Trumbull Jr. resigned to serve as the lieutenant governor of Connecticut under Oliver Wolcott.[37]
  5. Senator Hillhouse resigned to manage the Connecticut School Fund.[38]
  6. Senator Tracy died while in office.[39]
  7. Senator Goodrich resigned to become the lieutenant governor of Connecticut.[40]
  8. Senator Boardman died while in office.[41]
  9. Senator Smith died while in office.[42]
  10. Senator Betts died while in office.[43]
  11. Senator Huntington died while in office.[44]
  12. Senator Truman Smith resigned.[45]
  13. Senator Buckingham died while in office.[46]
  14. Senator Platt died while in office.[47]
  15. Senator Brandegee died while in office.[48]
  16. Senator Maloney died while in office.[49]
  17. Senator McMahon died while in office.[30]
  18. Senator Baldwin resigned to become a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.[50]
  19. Representative Coit died in office.[56]
  20. Representative Griswold resigned.[57]
  21. Representative Tracy resigned to become a member of the Senate.[39]
  22. Representative James Davenport died while in office.[58]
  23. Representative Dana resigned to become a member of the Senate.[59]
  24. Representative Brace resigned.[60]
  25. Goldrich resigned to become the customs collector of New Haven, which John Adams had promoted him to; he was later removed by Thomas Jefferson.[61]
  26. Representative John Cotton Smith resigned.[62]
  27. Representative Goddard resigned.[63]
  28. Representatives Holmes resigned.[64]
  29. Supported the Adams-Clay ticket in the 1824 United States presidential election.
  30. Representative Ellsworth resigned.[65]
  31. Representative Storrs resigned to become an associate judge of the Connecticut Supreme Court.[66]
  32. Representative Foot resigned to become the governor of Connecticut.[67]
  33. Representative Wildman died while in office.[68]
  34. Representative Judson resigned to become a justice of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.[69]
  35. Representative Ferry died while in office.[70]
  36. Representative Starkweather died while in office.[71]
  37. Representative Barnum resigned to become a member of the Senate.[72]
  38. Representative Strong died while in office.[73]
  39. Representative Russell died while in office.[74]
  40. Representative Hill died while in office.[75]
  41. Representative Brandegee resigned to become a member of the Senate.[78]
  42. Representative Lilley resigned to become the governor of Connecticut.[79]
  43. Representative Tilson resigned.[80]
  44. Representative Glynn died while in office.[81]
  45. Representative Smith resigned to become a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut.[84]
  46. Representative St. Onge died while in office.[85]
  47. Representative Cotter died while in office.[86]
  48. Representative McKinney died while in office.[87]

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