List of Governors of Connecticut
The following is a list of Governors of the State of Connecticut, from the Colonial period through present day.
Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639-1662
(The colony was initially formed from the towns of Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield)John Haynes 1639-1640Edward Hopkins 1640-1641John Haynes 1641-1642George Wyllys 1642-1643John Haynes 1643-1644Edward Hopkins 1644-1645John Haynes 1645-1646Edward Hopkins 1646-1647John Haynes 1647-1648Edward Hopkins 1648-1649John Haynes 1649-1650Edward Hopkins 1650-1651John Haynes 1651-1652Edward Hopkins 1652-1653John Haynes 1653-1654Edward Hopkins 1654-1655 Thomas Welles 1655-1656John Webster 1656-1657John Winthrop, Jr 1657-1658Thomas Welles 1658-1659John Winthrop, Jr. 1659-1662
Governors of the Colony of New Haven, 1639-1665Theophilus Eaton 1639-1658Francis Newman 1658-1660William Leete 1661-1665 (when the Colony of Connecticut and the Colony of New Haven, merged by Royal Charter in 1662, became one government)
Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1662-1776John Winthrop, Jr. 1662-1676William Leete 1676-1683Robert Treat 1683-1687Sir Edmond Andros 1687-1689 as part of the Dominion of New EnglandRobert Treat 1689-1698Fitz-John Winthrop 1698-1707 Gurdon Saltonstall 1707-1724 Joseph Talcott 1724-1741 Jonathan Law 1741-1750Roger Wolcott 1750-1754Thomas Fitch 1754-1766William Pitkin 1766-1769 Jonathan Trumbull 1769-1776
Governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776-presentJonathan Trumbull 1776-1784Matthew Griswold 1784-1786 Samuel Huntington (Federalist) 1786-1796 Oliver Wolcott (Federalist) 1796-1797 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr (Federalist) 1797-1809 John Treadwell (Federalist) 1809-1811 Roger Griswold (Federalist)1811-1812 John Cotton Smith (Federalist) 1812-1817 Oliver Wolcott, Jr (Toleration Party) 1817-1827 Gideon Tomlinson (Republican/Democrat) 1827-1831 John S. Peters (National Republican) 1831-1833 Henry W. Edwards (Democrat) 1833-1834 Samuel A. Foot (Whig) 1834-1835 Henry W. Edwards (Democrat) 1835-1838 William W. Ellsworth (Whig) 1838-1842 Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Democrat) 1842-1844Roger Sherman Baldwin (Whig) 1844-1846Isaac Toucey (Democrat) 1846-1847Clark Bissell (Whig) 1847-1849Joseph Trumbull (Whig) 1849-1850Thomas Hart Seymour (Democrat) 1850-1853Charles H. Pond (Democrat) 1853-1854Henry Dutton (Whig) 1854-1855William T. Minor (American Republican) 1855-57 Alexander H. Holley (Republican) 1857-1858William A. Buckingham (Republican) 1858-1866Joseph R. Hawley (Republican) 1866-1867James E. English (Democrat) 1867-1869Marshall Jewell (Republican) 1869-1870James E. English (Democrat) 1870-1871 Marshall Jewell (Republican) 1871-1873Charles R. Ingersoll (Democrat) 1873-1877Richard D. Hubbard (Democrat) 1877-1879Charles B. Andrews (Republican) 1879-1881Hobart B. Bigelow (Republican) 1881-1883Thomas M. Waller (Democrat) 1883-1885Henry B. Harrison (Republican) 1885-1887Phineas C. Lounsbury (Republican) 1887-1889Morgan G. Bulkeley (Republican) 1889-1893Luzon B. Morris (Democrat) 1893-1895O. Vincent Coffin (Republican) 1895-1897Lorrin A. Cooke (Republican) 1897-1899George E. Lounsbury (Republican) 1899-1901George P. McLean (Republican) 1901-1903Abiram Chamberlain (Republican) 1903-1905Henry Roberts (Republican) 1905-1907Rollin S. Woodruff (Republican) 1907-1909George L. Lilley (Republican) 1909Frank B. Weeks (Republican) 1909-1911Simeon E. Baldwin (Democrat) 1911-1915Marcus H. Holcomb (Republican) 1915-1921Everett J. Lake (Republican) 1921-1923Charles A. Templeton (Republican) 1923-1925Hiram Bingham (Republican) 1925 John H. Trumbull (Republican) 1925-1931 Wilbur L. Cross (Democrat) 1931-1939Raymond E. Baldwin (Republican) 1939-1941Robert A. Hurley (Democrat) 1941-1943Raymond E. Baldwin (Republican) 1943-1946Wilbert Snow (Democrat) 1946-1947James L. McConaughy (Republican) 1947-1948James C. Shannon (Republican) 1948-1949Chester Bowles (Democrat) 1949-1951John Davis Lodge (Republican) 1951-1955Abraham A. Ribicoff (Democrat) 1955-1961John N. Dempsey (Democrat) 1961-1971Thomas J. Meskill (Republican) 1971-1975Ella T. Grasso (Democrat) 1975-1980William A. O'Neill (Democrat) 1980-1991Lowell P. Weicker Jr (A Connecticut Party) 1991-1995John G. Rowland (Republican) 1995-2004M. Jodi Rell (Republican) 2004- See also: lists of incumbents
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