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Connecticut's 2nd congressional district

74 members have held this seat since Sep 4, 1837. Now: Joe Courtney D.

Holders
74
36 D · 31 R · 5 W · 1 FS · 1 A
Longest tenure
12 years
Joe Courtney
Current
12 years
Joe Courtney, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ct-2Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Samuel Ingham · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Lucius Storrs · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigWilliam Whiting Boardman · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJohn Stewart · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Dickinson Hubbard · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigSamuel Dickinson Hubbard · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigWalter Booth · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · Free SoilColin Macrae Ingersoll · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratColin Macrae Ingersoll · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJohn Woodruff · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanSamuel Arnold · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Woodruff · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanJames Edward English · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJames Edward English · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Larkin Warner · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Hotchkiss · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratStephen Wright Kellogg · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Wright Kellogg · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJames Phelps · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJames Phelps · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJames Phelps · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJames Phelps · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratCharles Le Moyne Mitchell · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratCharles Le Moyne Mitchell · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratCarlos French · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratWashington Frederick Willcox · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWashington Frederick Willcox · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJames Protus Pigott · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratNehemiah Day Sperry · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanNehemiah Day Sperry · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanNehemiah Day Sperry · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanNehemiah Day Sperry · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanNehemiah Day Sperry · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanNehemiah Day Sperry · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanNehemiah Day Sperry · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanNehemiah Day Sperry · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Lawrence Reilly · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratBryan Francis Mahan · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratRichard Patrick Freeman · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Patrick Freeman · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Patrick Freeman · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Patrick Freeman · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Patrick Freeman · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Patrick Freeman · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanRichard Patrick Freeman · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Patrick Freeman · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Patrick Freeman · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Lincoln Higgins · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Joseph Fitzgerald · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Joseph Fitzgerald · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJohn Dacher McWilliams · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanHorace Seely-Brown Jr. · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanHorace Seely-Brown Jr. · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanChester Bliss Bowles · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Leon St. Onge · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Leon St. Onge · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRobert Hampton Steele · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher J. Dodd · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratChristopher J. Dodd · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratSam Gejdenson · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratSam Gejdenson · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratSam Gejdenson · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratSam Gejdenson · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · DemocratRobert Ruhl Simmons · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanJoe Courtney · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJoe Courtney · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratJoe Courtney · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratWilliam Whiting Boardman · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigThomas Raymond Ball · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanChase Going Woodhouse · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratChase Going Woodhouse · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratHorace Seely-Brown Jr. · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Hampton Steele · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Ruhl Simmons · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · Republican
Joe Courtney D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Joe Courtney D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Joe Courtney D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Robert Ruhl Simmons R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Robert Ruhl Simmons R
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
Sam Gejdenson D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
Sam Gejdenson D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Sam Gejdenson D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Sam Gejdenson D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Christopher J. Dodd D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Christopher J. Dodd D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Robert Hampton Steele R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Robert Hampton Steele R
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
William Leon St. Onge D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Leon St. Onge D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Chester Bliss Bowles D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
Chase Going Woodhouse D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Chase Going Woodhouse D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
John Dacher McWilliams R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
William Joseph Fitzgerald D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Thomas Raymond Ball R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
William Joseph Fitzgerald D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
William Lincoln Higgins R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Richard Patrick Freeman R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Richard Patrick Freeman R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Richard Patrick Freeman R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Richard Patrick Freeman R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Richard Patrick Freeman R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Richard Patrick Freeman R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Richard Patrick Freeman R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Richard Patrick Freeman R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Richard Patrick Freeman R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Bryan Francis Mahan D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Thomas Lawrence Reilly D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Nehemiah Day Sperry R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Nehemiah Day Sperry R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Nehemiah Day Sperry R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Nehemiah Day Sperry R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Nehemiah Day Sperry R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Nehemiah Day Sperry R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Nehemiah Day Sperry R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Nehemiah Day Sperry R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James Protus Pigott D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Washington Frederick Willcox D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Washington Frederick Willcox D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Carlos French D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
James Phelps D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
James Phelps D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
James Phelps D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
James Phelps D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Stephen Wright Kellogg R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Stephen Wright Kellogg R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Julius Hotchkiss D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Samuel Larkin Warner R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
James Edward English D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
James Edward English D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Woodruff R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Samuel Arnold D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Woodruff A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Colin Macrae Ingersoll D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Walter Booth FS
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Samuel Dickinson Hubbard W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Samuel Dickinson Hubbard W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John Stewart D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
William Whiting Boardman W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
William Lucius Storrs W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
William Whiting Boardman W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Samuel Ingham D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months

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