U.S. Senators from Connecticut, 1789-2018 (May be
incomplete!)
Oliver
Ellsworth 1789-96
William
Samuel Johnson 1789-91
Roger
Sherman 1791-93
Stephen
M. Mitchell 1793-95
Jonathan
Trumbull, Jr. 1795-96
James
Hillhouse 1796-1810
Uriah
Tracy 1796-1807
Chauncey
Goodrich 1807-13
Samuel
W. Dana 1810-21
David
Daggett 1813-19
James
Lanman 1819-25
Elijah
Boardman 1821-23
Henry
W. Edwards 1823-27
Calvin
Willey 1825-31
Samuel
A. Foot 1827-33
Gideon
Tomlinson 1831-37
Nathan
Smith 1833-35
John
M. Niles 1835-39
Perry
Smith 1837-43
Thaddeus
Betts 1839-40
Jabez
W. Huntington 1840-47
John
M. Niles 1843-49
Roger
S. Baldwin 1847-51
Truman
Smith 1849-54
Isaac
Toucey 1852-57
Francis
Gillette 1854-55
Lafayette
S. Foster 1855-67
James
Dixon 1857-69
Orris
S. Ferry 1867-75
William
A. Buckingham 1869-75
William
W. Eaton 1875-81
James
E. English 1875-76
William
H. Barnum 1876-79
Orville
H. Platt 1879-1905
Joseph
R. Hawley 1881-1905
Morgan
G. Bulkeley 1905-11
Frank
B. Brandegee 1905-24
George
P. McLean 1911-29
Hiram
Bingham 1924-33
Frederic
C. Walcott 1929-35
Augustine
Lonergan 1933-39
Francis
T. Maloney 1935-45
John
A. Danaher 1939-45
Brien
McMahon 1945-52
Thomas
C. Hart 1945-46
Raymond
E. Baldwin 1946-49
William
Benton 1949-53
William
A. Purtell 1952
Prescott
S. Bush 1952-63
William
A. Purtell 1953-59
Thomas
J. Dodd 1959-71
Abraham
A. Ribicoff 1963-81
Lowell
P. Weicker, Jr. 1971-89
Christopher
J. Dodd 1981-2011
Joseph
I. Lieberman 1989-
Richard
Blumenthal 2011-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1793 Jul 23:
Roger
Sherman, died in office.
1807 Jul 19:
Uriah
Tracy, died in office.
1823 Aug 18:
Elijah
Boardman, died in office.
1835 Dec 6:
Nathan
Smith, died in office.
1840 Apr 7:
Thaddeus
Betts, died in office.
1847 Nov 1:
Jabez
W. Huntington, died in office.
1875 Feb 5:
William
A. Buckingham, died in office.
1875 Nov 21:
Orris
S. Ferry, died in office.
1905 Apr 21:
Orville
H. Platt, died in office.
1914 Nov 3:
Frank
B. Brandegee (Rep), elected;
Simeon
E. Baldwin (Dem), defeated;
Herbert
Smith (Progressive), defeated;
George
Spiess (Socialist), defeated;
Frederick
G. Platt (Prohibition), defeated;
Clarence
Warner (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1916 Nov 7:
George
P. McLean (Rep), elected;
Homer
S. Cummings (Dem), defeated;
Martin
F. Plunkett (Socialist), defeated;
Wilbur
G. Manchester (Prohibition), defeated;
Otto
Ruckser (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1920 Nov 2:
Frank
B. Brandegee (Rep), elected;
Augustine
Lonergan (Dem), defeated;
Martin
F. Plunkett (Socialist), defeated;
Emil
L. G. Hohenthal (Prohibition), defeated;
Josephine
B. Bennett (Farmer-Labor), defeated;
Charles
J. Backofen (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1922 Nov 7:
George
P. McLean (Rep), elected;
Thomas
J. Spellacy (Dem), defeated;
Isadore
Polsky (Socialist & Farmer-Labor), defeated;
George
E. Carey (Prohibition), defeated.
1924 Oct 14:
Frank
B. Brandegee, died in office.
1924 Dec 16:
Hiram
Bingham (Rep), elected;
Hamilton
Holt (Dem), defeated;
Martin
F. Plunkett (Socialist), defeated.
1926 Nov 2:
Hiram
Bingham (Rep), elected;
Rollin
U. Tyler (Dem), defeated;
Morris
Rice (Socialist), defeated.
1928 Nov 6:
Frederic
C. Walcott (Rep), elected;
Augustine
Lonergan (Dem), defeated;
Martin
F. Plunkett (Socialist), defeated.
1932 Nov 8:
Augustine
Lonergan (Dem), elected;
Hiram
Bingham (Rep), defeated;
Devere
Allen (Socialist), defeated;
Milton
Conover (Independent Republican), defeated;
John
L. Grennan (Socialist Labor), defeated;
William
Secker (Communist), defeated.
1934 Nov 6:
Francis
T. Maloney (Dem), elected;
Frederic
C. Walcott (Rep), defeated;
Devere
Allen (Socialist), defeated;
Alfred
Morley (Independent Citizen), defeated;
Ronald
H. Loomis (Communist), defeated.
1938 Nov 8:
John
A. Danaher (Rep), elected;
Augustine
Lonergan (Dem & Union), defeated;
Bellani
Trombley (Socialist), defeated;
Joseph
Mackay (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Philip
Brainard (Labor), defeated;
Michael
A. Russo (Communist), defeated.
1940 Nov 5:
Francis
T. Maloney (Dem), elected;
Paul
L. Cornell (Rep & Union), defeated;
Kenneth
W. Thurlow (Socialist), defeated;
James
A. Hutchin (Socialist Labor), defeated;
Isadore
Wofsy (Communist), defeated.
1944 Nov 7:
Brien
McMahon (Dem), elected;
John
A. Danaher (Rep), defeated;
Spencer
Anderson (Socialist), defeated.
1945 Jan 16:
Francis
T. Maloney, died in office.
1946 Nov 5:
Raymond
E. Baldwin (Rep), elected;
Joseph
M. Tone (Dem), defeated;
Frederic
C. Smedley (Socialist), defeated;
John
W. Aiken (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1946 Nov 5:
Raymond
E. Baldwin (Rep), elected;
Wilbur
L. Cross (Dem), defeated;
Frederic
C. Smedley (Socialist), defeated.
1950 Nov 7:
William
Benton (Dem), elected;
Prescott
S. Bush (Rep), defeated.
1950 Nov 7:
Brien
McMahon (Dem), elected;
Joseph
E. Talbot (Rep), defeated.
1952 Jul 28:
Brien
McMahon, died in office.
1952 Aug 29:
William
A. Purtell, appointed.
1952 Nov 4:
William
A. Purtell (Rep), elected;
William
Benton (Dem), defeated;
Vivien
Kellems (Independent Republican), defeated;
Jasper
McLevy (Socialist), defeated.
1952 Nov 4:
Prescott
S. Bush (Rep), elected;
Abraham
A. Ribicoff (Dem), defeated;
William
H. Taft (Socialist), defeated.
1956 Nov 6:
Prescott
S. Bush (Rep), elected;
Thomas
J. Dodd (Dem), defeated;
Suzanne
S. Stevenson (Independent Republican), defeated;
Jasper
McLevy (Socialist), defeated;
Vivien
Kellems (Ind), defeated.
1958 Nov 4:
Thomas
J. Dodd (Dem), elected;
William
A. Purtell (Rep), defeated;
Vivien
Kellems (Ind), defeated.
1962:
Frank
Kowalski (Dem), defeated in primary.
1962 Nov 6:
Abraham
A. Ribicoff (Dem), elected;
Horace
Seely-Brown, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
1964 Nov 3:
Thomas
J. Dodd (Dem), elected;
John
Davis Lodge (Rep), defeated.
1968 Nov 5:
Abraham
A. Ribicoff (Dem), elected;
Edwin
H. May, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
1970 Aug 19:
Joseph
D. Duffey (Dem), nominated;
Alphonse
Donahue, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary;
Edward
L. Marcus (Dem), defeated in primary.
1970 Nov 3:
Lowell
P. Weicker, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Joseph
D. Duffey (Dem), defeated;
Thomas
J. Dodd (Dodd Independent), defeated.
1974 Nov 5:
Abraham
A. Ribicoff (Dem), elected;
James
H. Brannen, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
Arthur
F. Capozzi, Jr. (George Wallace), defeated;
Norman
L. Rochon (American), defeated.
1976 Nov 2:
Lowell
P. Weicker, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Gloria
Schaffer (Dem), defeated;
Robert
Barnabei (George Wallace), defeated.
1980 Nov 4:
Christopher
J. Dodd (Dem), elected;
James
L. Buckley (Rep), defeated;
Gerard
Brennan (Libertarian), defeated;
Lou
Zemel (Citizens), defeated.
1982 Nov 2:
Lowell
P. Weicker, Jr. (Rep), elected;
Toby
Moffett (Dem), defeated;
Lucien
P. DiFazio (Conservative), defeated;
James
A. Lewis (Libertarian), defeated.
1986 Nov 4:
Christopher
J. Dodd (Dem), elected;
Roger
W. Eddy (Rep), defeated;
Edward
J. McCallum (Ind), defeated.
1988 Nov 8:
Joseph
I. Lieberman (Dem), elected;
Lowell
P. Weicker, Jr. (Rep), defeated;
Howard
A. Grayson, Jr. (Libertarian), defeated;
Melissa
M. Fisher (New Alliance), defeated.
1992 Nov 3:
Christopher
J. Dodd (Dem & A Connecticut Party), elected;
Brook
Johnson (Rep), defeated;
Richard
D. Gregory (Concerned Citizens), defeated;
Howard
A. Grayson, Jr. (Libertarian), defeated.
1994 Nov 8:
Joseph
I. Lieberman (Dem & A Connecticut Party), elected;
Jerry
Labriola (Rep), defeated;
Gary
R. Garneau (Concerned Citizens), defeated.
1998 Nov 3:
Christopher
J. Dodd (Dem), elected;
Gary
A. Franks (Rep), defeated;
William
Kozak (Concerned Citizens), defeated;
Lois
A. Grasso (Term Limits), defeated;
Wildey
J. Moore (Libertarian), defeated.
2000 Nov 7:
Joseph
I. Lieberman (Dem), elected;
Philip
A. Giordano (Rep), defeated;
William
Kozak (Concerned Citizens), defeated;
Wildey
J. Moore (Libertarian), defeated.
2004 Nov 2:
Christopher
J. Dodd (Dem), elected;
Jack
C. Orchulli (Rep), defeated;
Timothy
A. Knibbs (Concerned Citizens), defeated;
Leonard
H. Rasch (Libertarian), defeated.
2006:
Ned
Lamont (Dem), defeated.
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