Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids 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
Inaugural holder	Matthew Griswold State of Connecticut 1776
Formation	Constitution of Connecticut
Website	Office of the Lt. Governor

The following is a list of lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut.

Lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776–present

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	Trumbull, JonathanJonathan Trumbull
					1777
					1778
					1779
					1780
					1781
					1782
					1783
22		Samuel Huntington	May 13, 1784 – May 11, 1786	Federalist	1784	Griswold, MatthewMatthew Griswold
22		Samuel Huntington	May 13, 1784 – May 11, 1786	Federalist	1785	Griswold, MatthewMatthew Griswold
23		Oliver Wolcott	May 11, 1786 – January 5, 1796	Federalist	1786	Huntington, SamuelSamuel Huntington (died January 5, 1796)
					1787
					1788
					1789
					1790
					1791
					1792
					1793
					1794
					1795
—	Vacant		January 5, 1796 – May 12, 1796	Office vacated by succession to governor		Wolcott, OliverOliver 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
—	Vacant		December 1, 1797 – May 10, 1798	Office vacated by succession to governor		Trumbull Jr, JonathanJonathan 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
—	Vacant		August 7, 1809 – October 20, 1809	Office vacated by succession to governor		Treadwell, JohnJohn Treadwell
26		Roger Griswold	October 20, 1809 – May 9, 1811	Federalist	1810	Treadwell, JohnJohn Treadwell
27		John Cotton Smith	May 9, 1811 – October 25, 1812	Federalist	1811	Griswold, RogerRoger Griswold (died October 25, 1812)
27		John Cotton Smith	May 9, 1811 – October 25, 1812	Federalist	1812	Griswold, RogerRoger Griswold (died October 25, 1812)
—	Vacant		October 25, 1812 – May 13, 1813	Office vacated by succession to governor		Smith, John CottonJohn Cotton Smith
28		Chauncey Goodrich	May 13, 1813 – August 18, 1815	Federalist	1813
					1814
					1815
—	Vacant		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	Wolcott Jr, OliverOliver Wolcott Jr
					1818
					1819
					1820
					1821
					1822
—	Vacant		January 12, 1823 – 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
					1828
					1829
					1830
—	Vacant		March 2, 1831 – May 4, 1831	—	1830	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
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
—	Vacant		October 13, 1853 – May 3, 1854	—	1853	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
58		Francis Loomis	January 3, 1877 – January 9, 1879	Democratic	1876	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
64		Samuel E. Merwin	January 10, 1889 – January 4, 1893	Republican	1890	Morgan Bulkeley
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	George L. Lilley
—	Vacant		April 21, 1909 – January 4, 1911	—	1908	Frank B. Weeks
74		Dennis A. Blakeslee	January 4, 1911 – January 8, 1913	Republican	1910	Simeon E. Baldwin
75		Lyman T. Tingier	January 8, 1913 – January 6, 1915	Democratic	1912	Simeon E. Baldwin
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	Hiram Bingham III
80		J. Edwin Brainard	January 8, 1925 – January 9, 1929	Republican	1924	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
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
88		Charles Wilbert Snow	January 3, 1945 – December 27, 1946	Democratic	1944	Raymond E. Baldwin
—	Vacant		December 27, 1946 – January 8, 1947	—	1944	Charles Wilbert Snow
89		James C. Shannon	January 8, 1947 – March 7, 1948	Republican	1946	James L. McConaughy
90		Robert E. Parsons	March 7, 1948 – January 5, 1949	Republican	1946	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	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	Abraham Ribicoff
95		Anthony J. Armentano	January 21, 1961 – January 9, 1963	Democratic	1958	John N. Dempsey
96		Samuel J. Tedesco	January 9, 1963 – January 15, 1966	Democratic	1962
97		Fred J. Doocy	January 15, 1966 – January 4, 1967	Democratic	1962
98		Attilio R. Frassinelli	January 4, 1967 – January 6, 1971	Democratic	1966
99		T. Clark Hull	January 6, 1971 – June 1, 1973	Republican	1970	Thomas Meskill
100		Peter L. Cashman	June 1, 1973 – January 8, 1975	Republican	1970	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	Ella Grasso
103		Joseph J. Fauliso	December 31, 1980 – January 9, 1991	Democratic	1978	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
106		Kevin Sullivan	July 1, 2004 – January 3, 2007	Democratic	2002	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 – Present	Democratic	2018	Ned Lamont

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Lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776–present