List of lieutenant governors of Connecticut

The lieutenant governor of Connecticut is the second highest executive officer of the government of the U.S. State of Connecticut. The lieutenant governor acts as President of the State Senate, presiding over the Senate and casting votes in the event of a tie. They are elected to serve four-year terms and run on the same ticket as the governor as running mate with no term limits. They are the first in the gubernatorial line of succession of Connecticut and serve as acting governor in the absence of the governor and as governor for the remainder of the term in the event the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office.^[1]^[2]

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Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Seal of the lieutenant governor
Incumbent Susan Bysiewicz since January 9, 2019
Government of Connecticut
Style	Her Excellency
Term length	Four years, No term limits
Precursor	Deputy Governor of Connecticut Colony
Inaugural holder	Matthew Griswold State of Connecticut 1776
Formation	Constitution of Connecticut
Website	Office of the Lt. Governor

The incumbent lieutenant governor is Democrat Susan Bysiewicz since 2019, after winning the 2018 gubernatorial election and winning reelection in the 2022 gubernatorial election. Her second and current term is set to expire on January 6, 2027.

List of lieutenant governors

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Lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut
No.	Lieutenant Governor		Term in office	Party	Election
21		Matthew Griswold	October 10, 1776 – May 13, 1784	Federalist	1776	Jonathan Trumbull^[c]
					1777
					1778
					1779
					1780
					1781
					1782
					1783
22		Samuel Huntington	May 13, 1784 – May 11, 1786	Federalist	1784	Matthew Griswold
22		Samuel Huntington	May 13, 1784 – May 11, 1786	Federalist	1785	Matthew Griswold
23		Oliver Wolcott	May 11, 1786 – January 5, 1796	Federalist	1786	Samuel Huntington (died January 5, 1796)
					1787
					1788
					1789
					1790
					1791
					1792
					1793
					1794
					1795
—	**Office vacant from January 5 - May 12, 1796**			Office vacated by succession to governor		Oliver Wolcott (died December 1, 1797)
24		Jonathan Trumbull Jr.	May 12, 1796 – December 1, 1797	Federalist	1796
24		Jonathan Trumbull Jr.	May 12, 1796 – December 1, 1797	Federalist	1797
—	**Office vacant from December 1, 1797 - May 10, 1798**			Office vacated by succession to governor		Jonathan Trumbull Jr (died August 7, 1809)
25		John Treadwell	May 10, 1798 – August 7, 1809	Federalist	1798
					1799
					1800
					1801
					1802
					1803
					1804
					1805
					1806
					1807
					1808
					1809
—	**Office vacant from August 7 - October 20, 1809**			Office vacated by succession to governor		John Treadwell
26		Roger Griswold	October 20, 1809^[4] – May 9, 1811	Federalist	1810	John Treadwell
27		John Cotton Smith	May 9, 1811 – October 25, 1812	Federalist	1811	Roger Griswold (died October 25, 1812)
27		John Cotton Smith	May 9, 1811 – October 25, 1812	Federalist	1812	Roger Griswold (died October 25, 1812)
—	**Office vacant from October 25, 1812 - May 13, 1813**			Office vacated by succession to governor		John Cotton Smith^[d]
28		Chauncey Goodrich	May 13, 1813 – August 18, 1815	Federalist	1813
					1814
					1815
—	**Office vacant from August 18, 1815 - May 9, 1816**			Office vacated by death
29		Jonathan Ingersoll	May 9, 1816 – January 12, 1823	Democratic- Republican	1816
				Toleration Party	1817	Oliver Wolcott Jr^[e]
					1818
					1819
					1820
					1821
					1822
—	**Office vacant from January 12 - May 7, 1823**			Office vacated by death
30		David Plant	May 7, 1823 – May 2, 1827	National Republican	1823
					1824
					1825
					1826
31		John Samuel Peters	May 2, 1827 – March 2, 1831	National Republican	1827	Gideon Tomlinson^[f]
					1828
					1829
					1830 ^[g]
—	Office vacant from March 2 - May 4, 1831			—	1830 ^[g]	John Samuel Peters
32		Thaddeus Betts	March 2, 1831 – May 1, 1833	National Republican	1831
32		Thaddeus Betts	March 2, 1831 – May 1, 1833	National Republican	1832
33		Ebenezer Stoddard	May 1, 1833 – May 7, 1834	Democratic	1833	Henry W. Edwards
34		Thaddeus Betts	May 7, 1834 – May 6, 1835	Whig	1834	Samuel A. Foot
35		Ebenezer Stoddard	May 6, 1835 – May 2, 1838	Democratic	1835	Henry W. Edwards
					1836
					1837
36		Charles Hawley	May 2, 1838 – May 4, 1842	Whig	1838	William W. Ellsworth
					1839
					1840
					1841
37		William S. Holabird	May 4, 1842 – May 1, 1844	Democratic	1842	Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
37		William S. Holabird	May 4, 1842 – May 1, 1844	Democratic	1843	Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
38		Reuben Booth	May 1, 1844 – May 6, 1846	Whig	1844	Roger Sherman Baldwin
38		Reuben Booth	May 1, 1844 – May 6, 1846	Whig	1845	Roger Sherman Baldwin
39		Noyes Billings	May 6, 1846 – May 5, 1847	Democratic	1846	Isaac Toucey
40		Charles J. McCurdy	May 5, 1847 – May 2, 1849	Whig	1847	Clark Bissell
40		Charles J. McCurdy	May 5, 1847 – May 2, 1849	Whig	1848	Clark Bissell
41		Thomas Backus	May 2, 1849 – May 4, 1850	Whig	1849	Joseph Trumbull
42		Charles H. Pond	May 5, 1850 – May 7, 1851	Democratic	1850	Thomas H. Seymour^[h]
43		Green Kendrick	May 7, 1851 – May 7, 1852	Whig	1851
44		Charles H. Pond	May 7, 1852 – October 13, 1853	Democratic	1852
44		Charles H. Pond	May 7, 1852 – October 13, 1853	Democratic	1853 ^[i]
—	Office vacant from October 13, 1853 - May 3, 1854			—	1853 ^[i]	Charles H. Pond
45		Alexander H. Holley	May 3, 1854 – May 2, 1855	Whig	1854	Henry Dutton
46		William Field	May 2, 1855 – May 7, 1856	Free Soil	1855	William T. Minor
47		Albert Day	May 7, 1856 – May 6, 1857	American	1856	William T. Minor
48		Alfred A. Burnham	May 6, 1857 – May 5, 1858	Republican	1857	Alexander H. Holley
49		Julius Catlin	May 5, 1858 – May 1, 1861	Republican	1858	William Alfred Buckingham
					1859
					1860
50		Benjamin Douglas	May 1, 1861 – May 7, 1862	Republican	1861
51		Roger Averill	May 7, 1862 – May 2, 1866	National Union	1862
					1863
					1864
					1865
52		Oliver Winchester	May 2, 1866 – May 1, 1867	Republican	1866	Joseph Roswell Hawley
53		Ephraim H. Hyde	May 1, 1867 – May 5, 1869	Democratic	1867	James E. English
53		Ephraim H. Hyde	May 1, 1867 – May 5, 1869	Democratic	1868	James E. English
54		Francis Wayland III	May 5, 1869 – May 4, 1870	Republican	1869	Marshall Jewell
55		Julius Hotchkiss	May 4, 1870 – May 16, 1871	Democratic	1870	James E. English
56		Morris Tyler	May 16, 1871 – May 7, 1873	Republican	1871	Marshall Jewell
56		Morris Tyler	May 16, 1871 – May 7, 1873	Republican	1872	Marshall Jewell
57		George G. Sill	May 7, 1873 – January 3, 1887	Democratic	1873	Charles Roberts Ingersoll
					1874
					1875 ^[j]
58		Francis Loomis	January 3, 1877 – January 9, 1879	Democratic	1876 ^[k]	Richard D. Hubbard
59		David Gallup	January 9, 1879 – January 5, 1881	Republican	1878	Charles B. Andrews
60		William H. Bulkeley	January 5, 1881 – January 3, 1883	Republican	1880	Hobart B. Bigelow
61		George G. Sumner	January 3, 1883 – January 8, 1885	Democratic	1882	Thomas M. Waller
62		Lorrin A. Cooke	January 8, 1885 – January 7, 1887	Republican	1884	Henry Baldwin Harrison
63		James L. Howard	January 7, 1887 – January 10, 1889	Republican	1886	Phineas C. Lounsbury
64		Samuel E. Merwin	January 10, 1889 – January 4, 1893	Republican	1888	Morgan Bulkeley^[l]
64		Samuel E. Merwin	January 10, 1889 – January 4, 1893	Republican	1890	Morgan Bulkeley^[l]
65		Ernest Cady	January 4, 1893 – January 9, 1895	Democratic	1892	Luzon B. Morris
66		Lorrin A. Cooke	January 9, 1895 – January 6, 1897	Republican	1894	Owen Vincent Coffin
67		James D. Dewell	January 6, 1897 – January 4, 1899	Republican	1896	Lorrin A. Cooke
68		Lyman A. Mills	January 4, 1899 – January 9, 1901	Republican	1898	George E. Lounsbury
69		Edwin O. Keeler	January 9, 1901 – January 7, 1903	Republican	1900	George P. McLean
70		Henry Roberts	January 7, 1903 – January 4, 1905	Republican	1902	Abiram Chamberlain
71		Rollin S. Woodruff	January 4, 1905 – January 9, 1907	Republican	1904	Henry Roberts
72		Everett J. Lake	January 9, 1907 – January 9, 1909	Republican	1906	Rollin S. Woodruff
73		Frank B. Weeks	January 6, 1909 – April 21, 1909	Republican	1908 ^[m]	George L. Lilley
—	Office vacant from April 21, 1909 - January 4, 1911			—	1908 ^[m]	Frank B. Weeks
74		Dennis A. Blakeslee	January 4, 1911 – January 8, 1913	Republican	1910	Simeon E. Baldwin^[h]
75		Lyman T. Tingier	January 8, 1913 – January 6, 1915	Democratic	1912	Simeon E. Baldwin^[h]
76		Clifford B. Wilson	January 6, 1915 – January 5, 1921	Republican	1914	Marcus H. Holcomb
					1916
					1918
77		Charles A. Templeton	January 5, 1921 – January 3, 1923	Republican	1920	Everett J. Lake
78		Hiram Bingham III	January 3, 1923 – January 7, 1925	Republican	1922	Charles A. Templeton
79		John H. Trumbull	January 7, 1925 – January 8, 1925	Republican	1924 ^[n]	Hiram Bingham III
80		J. Edwin Brainard	January 8, 1925 – January 9, 1929	Republican	1924 ^[n]	John H. Trumbull
80		J. Edwin Brainard	January 8, 1925 – January 9, 1929	Republican	1926
81		Ernest E. Rogers	January 9, 1929 – January 7, 1931	Republican	1928
82		Samuel R. Spencer	January 7, 1931 – January 4, 1933	Republican	1930	Wilbur Lucius Cross^[h]
83		Roy C. Wilcox	January 4, 1933 – January 9, 1935	Republican	1932
84		T. Frank Hayes	January 9, 1935 – January 4, 1939	Democratic	1934
84		T. Frank Hayes	January 9, 1935 – January 4, 1939	Democratic	1936
85		James L. McConaughy	January 4, 1939 – January 8, 1941	Republican	1938	Raymond E. Baldwin
86		Odell Shepard	January 8, 1941 – January 6, 1943	Democratic	1940	Robert A. Hurley
87		William L. Hadden	January 6, 1943 – January 3, 1945	Republican	1942	Raymond E. Baldwin^[o]
88		Charles Wilbert Snow	January 3, 1945 – December 27, 1946	Democratic	1944 ^[p]	Raymond E. Baldwin^[o]
—	Office vacant from December 27, 1946 - January 8, 1947			—	1944 ^[p]	Charles Wilbert Snow
89		James C. Shannon	January 8, 1947 – March 7, 1948	Republican	1946 ^[q]	James L. McConaughy
90		Robert E. Parsons	March 7, 1948 – January 5, 1949	Republican	1946 ^[q]	James C. Shannon
91		William T. Carroll	January 5, 1949 – January 3, 1951	Democratic	1948	Chester Bowles
92		Edward N. Allen	January 3, 1951 – January 5, 1955	Republican	1950 ^[r]	John Davis Lodge
93		Charles W. Jewett	January 5, 1955 – January 7, 1959	Republican	1954	Abraham Ribicoff
94		John N. Dempsey	January 7, 1959 – January 21, 1961	Democratic	1958 ^[s]	Abraham Ribicoff
95		Anthony J. Armentano	January 21, 1961 – January 9, 1963	Democratic	1958 ^[s]	John N. Dempsey
96		Samuel J. Tedesco	January 9, 1963 – January 15, 1966	Democratic	1962 ^[t]
97		Fred J. Doocy	January 15, 1966 – January 4, 1967	Democratic	1962 ^[t]
98		Attilio R. Frassinelli	January 4, 1967 – January 6, 1971	Democratic	1966
99		T. Clark Hull	January 6, 1971 – June 1, 1973	Republican	1970 ^[u]	Thomas Meskill
100		Peter L. Cashman	June 1, 1973 – January 8, 1975	Republican	1970 ^[u]	Thomas Meskill
101		Robert K. Killian	January 8, 1975 – January 3, 1979	Democratic	1974	Ella Grasso
102		William A. O'Neill	January 3, 1979 – December 31, 1980	Democratic	1978 ^[v]	Ella Grasso
103		Joseph J. Fauliso	December 31, 1980 – January 9, 1991	Democratic	1978 ^[v]	William A. O'Neill
					1982
					1986
104		Eunice Groark	January 9, 1991 – January 4, 1995	A Connecticut Party	1990	Lowell Weicker
105		Jodi Rell	January 4, 1995 – July 1, 2004	Republican	1994	John G. Rowland
					1998
					2002 ^[w]
106		Kevin Sullivan	July 1, 2004 – January 3, 2007	Democratic	2002 ^[w]	Jodi Rell
107		Michael Fedele	January 3, 2007 – January 5, 2011	Republican	2006	Jodi Rell
108		Nancy Wyman	January 5, 2011 – January 9, 2019	Democratic	2010	Dannel Malloy
108		Nancy Wyman	January 5, 2011 – January 9, 2019	Democratic	2014	Dannel Malloy
109		Susan Bysiewicz	January 9, 2019 – Incumbent	Democratic	2018	Ned Lamont
109		Susan Bysiewicz	January 9, 2019 – Incumbent	Democratic	2022	Ned Lamont

Notes

The office of Lieutenant Governor was known as Deputy-Governor under the colonial charter, but the name 'Lieutenant Governor' was predominantly used after independence.^[3]
Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
Represented no party.
Represented the Federalist Party
Represented the Toleration Party through the 1818 election, and the Democratic-Republican Party after that.
Represented the Democratic-Republican Party in his first year, and the National Republican Party after that.
Tomlinson resigned and Peters acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
Represented the Democratic Party.
Seymour resigned and Pond acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
This term was lengthened by 7 months due to a constitutional amendment moving the election schedule.
First term under a constitutional amendment which lengthened terms to two years.
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.^[5]
Lilley died and Weeks acted as governor, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
Bingham resigned and Trumbull acted as governor for the remainder of the term; as president pro tempore of the senate, Brainard succeeded Trumbull.
Represented the Republican Party.
Baldwin resigned and Snow acted as governor; the office remained vacant for the remainder of the term.
McConaughy died and Shannon acted as governor; as president pro tempore of the senate, Parsons succeeded Shannon.
First term under a constitution amendment which lengthened terms to four years.
Ribicoff resigned and Dempsey acted as governor for the remainder of his term; as president pro tempore of the senate, Armentano succeeded Dempsey.
Tedesco resigned to take a seat on the Connecticut Superior Court; as president pro tempore of the senate, Doocy succeeded him.
Hull resigned to take a seat on the Connecticut Superior Court; as president pro tempore of the senate, Cashman succeeded him.
Grasso resigned and O'Neill succeeded her; as president pro tempore of the senate, Fauliso succeeded O'Neill.
Rowland resigned and Rell succeeded him; as president pro tempore of the senate, Sullivan succeeded Rell.

References

Constitutions

"Constitution of the State of Connecticut". Connecticut State Library. 1965. Archived from the original on March 23, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
"Constitution of the State of Connecticut". Secretary of the State of Connecticut. 1818. Archived from the original on April 22, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
"Charter of the Colony of Connecticut". National Humanities Institute. 1662. Retrieved February 21, 2009.

Specific

[1]
"Constitution of the State of Connecticut". CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
[2]
"What does a Lieutenant Governor do in Connecticut?". CT.gov. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
[3]
1662 Charter
[4]
"Hartford. Oct. 24". The enquirer. Richmond, Va. November 14, 1809. p. 2. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
[5]
"Morgan Gardner Bulkeley". National Governors Association. Retrieved August 29, 2016.

External links

Official website of the Lieutenant Governor

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