Above image from portrait of Oliver Wolcott
(Connecticut Governor from 1796-1797)

This and other portraits hanging at the
Museum of Connecticut History in Hartford, CT

Governors of Connecticut

The State of Connecticut is rich in political history and has many close ties with the establishment of the United States of America. Prior to becoming the 5th state in the Union, Governors led the growth of the Connecticut Colony for 137. Many of the names of these Colonial leaders have been preserved in the names of the cities, towns, and other well-known locations throught the State of Connecticut.

Following is a chronological list of the Governors of Connecticut.

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