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Connecticut's 1st congressional district

70 members have held this seat since Sep 4, 1837. Now: John B. Larson D.

Holders
70
33 D · 31 R · 5 W · 1 A
Longest tenure
12 years
John B. Larson
Current
12 years
John B. Larson, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ct-1Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Isaac Toucey · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Trumbull · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJoseph Trumbull · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigThomas Hart Seymour · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJames Dixon · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJames Dixon · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigLoren Pinckney Waldo · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratCharles Chapman · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJames Timothy Pratt · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratEzra Clark Jr. · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanEzra Clark Jr. · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanDwight Loomis · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanDwight Loomis · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Champion Deming · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Champion Deming · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Dudley Hubbard · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratJulius Levi Strong · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Roswell Hawley · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Marcellus Landers · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Marcellus Landers · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Roswell Hawley · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Ransom Buck · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wallace Eaton · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Ransom Buck · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Johnstone Vance · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Edgar Simonds · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanLewis Sperry · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratLewis Sperry · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratEdward Stevens Henry · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Stevens Henry · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Stevens Henry · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Stevens Henry · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Stevens Henry · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Stevens Henry · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Stevens Henry · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Stevens Henry · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Stevens Henry · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanAugustine Lonergan · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratPeter Davis Oakey · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanAugustine Lonergan · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratAugustine Lonergan · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratEdward Hart Fenn · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hart Fenn · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hart Fenn · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanEdward Hart Fenn · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Hart Fenn · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanAugustine Lonergan · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratHerman Paul Kopplemann · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratHerman Paul Kopplemann · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Jennings Miller · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Jennings Miller · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Joseph Dodd · 1953-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · DemocratEmilio Quincy Daddario · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratEmilio Quincy Daddario · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratEmilio Quincy Daddario · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Ross Cotter · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Ross Cotter · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Ross Cotter · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratBarbara Bailey Kennelly · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratBarbara Bailey Kennelly · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratJohn B. Larson · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratJohn B. Larson · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJohn B. Larson · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratJohn B. Larson · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratJoseph Roswell Hawley · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Jennings Miller · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanHerman Paul Kopplemann · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratAbraham Alexander Ribicoff · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratEdwin Hyland May Jr. · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanBarbara Bailey Kennelly · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · Democrat
John B. Larson D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
John B. Larson D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
John B. Larson D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
John B. Larson D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Barbara Bailey Kennelly D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
William Ross Cotter D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
William Ross Cotter D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
William Ross Cotter D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Emilio Quincy Daddario D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Emilio Quincy Daddario D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Emilio Quincy Daddario D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Edwin Hyland May Jr. R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Thomas Joseph Dodd D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1957 · 4 years
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
William Jennings Miller R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Herman Paul Kopplemann D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
William Jennings Miller R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Herman Paul Kopplemann D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
William Jennings Miller R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Herman Paul Kopplemann D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Augustine Lonergan D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Edward Hart Fenn R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Edward Hart Fenn R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Edward Hart Fenn R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Edward Hart Fenn R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Edward Hart Fenn R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Augustine Lonergan D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Augustine Lonergan D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Peter Davis Oakey R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Augustine Lonergan D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Edward Stevens Henry R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Edward Stevens Henry R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Edward Stevens Henry R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Edward Stevens Henry R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Edward Stevens Henry R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Edward Stevens Henry R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Edward Stevens Henry R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Edward Stevens Henry R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Edward Stevens Henry R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Lewis Sperry D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Lewis Sperry D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William Edgar Simonds R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Robert Johnstone Vance D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Ransom Buck R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
William Wallace Eaton D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Ransom Buck R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Joseph Roswell Hawley R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
George Marcellus Landers D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
George Marcellus Landers D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Joseph Roswell Hawley R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Joseph Roswell Hawley R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Julius Levi Strong R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Richard Dudley Hubbard D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Henry Champion Deming R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Henry Champion Deming R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Dwight Loomis R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Dwight Loomis R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Ezra Clark Jr. R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Ezra Clark Jr. A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
James Timothy Pratt D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Charles Chapman W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Loren Pinckney Waldo D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
James Dixon W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
James Dixon W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Thomas Hart Seymour D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Joseph Trumbull W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Joseph Trumbull W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Isaac Toucey D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.