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Connecticut's 3rd congressional district

70 members have held this seat since Sep 4, 1837. Now: Rosa L. DeLauro D.

Holders
70
41 R · 24 D · 4 W · 1 A
Longest tenure
12 years
Rosa L. DeLauro
Current
12 years
Rosa L. DeLauro, since Jan 6, 2015
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Elisha Haley · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratThomas Wheeler Williams · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigThomas Wheeler Williams · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigGeorge Smith Catlin · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Arnold Rockwell · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJohn Arnold Rockwell · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigChauncey Fitch Cleveland · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratChauncey Fitch Cleveland · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratNathan Belcher · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratSidney Dean · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanSidney Dean · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Avery Burnham · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Avery Burnham · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanAugustus Brandegee · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanAugustus Brandegee · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Howard Starkweather · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Howard Starkweather · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Howard Starkweather · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Turner Wait · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Turner Wait · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Turner Wait · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Turner Wait · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Turner Wait · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Addison Russell · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Addison Russell · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Addison Russell · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Addison Russell · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Addison Russell · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Addison Russell · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Addison Russell · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Addison Russell · 1901-12-02 – 1902-10-24 · RepublicanFrank Bosworth Brandegee · 1902-11-04 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Bosworth Brandegee · 1903-11-09 – 1905-05-11 · RepublicanEdwin Werter Higgins · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Werter Higgins · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Werter Higgins · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Werter Higgins · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Lawrence Reilly · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJohn Quillin Tilson · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Quillin Tilson · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Quillin Tilson · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Quillin Tilson · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Quillin Tilson · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Quillin Tilson · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanJohn Quillin Tilson · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Quillin Tilson · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Quillin Tilson · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Thomas Maloney · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratC. H. Ranulf Compton · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanEllsworth Bishop Foote · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert William Cretella · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Nicholas Giaimo · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRobert Nicholas Giaimo · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRobert Nicholas Giaimo · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratRobert Nicholas Giaimo · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRobert Nicholas Giaimo · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRobert Nicholas Giaimo · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratLawrence Joseph DeNardis · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanBruce Andrew Morrison · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · DemocratRosa L. DeLauro · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratRosa L. DeLauro · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratRosa L. DeLauro · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratRosa L. DeLauro · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratRosa L. DeLauro · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratJohn Turner Wait · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJames Andrew Shanley · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJames Patrick Geelan · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratJohn Andrew McGuire · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratBruce Andrew Morrison · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratRosa L. DeLauro · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · Democrat
Rosa L. DeLauro D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Rosa L. DeLauro D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Rosa L. DeLauro D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Rosa L. DeLauro D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Rosa L. DeLauro D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Rosa L. DeLauro D
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
Bruce Andrew Morrison D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
Bruce Andrew Morrison D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Lawrence Joseph DeNardis R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Albert William Cretella R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
John Andrew McGuire D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
Ellsworth Bishop Foote R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
James Patrick Geelan D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
C. H. Ranulf Compton R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
James Andrew Shanley D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Francis Thomas Maloney D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
John Quillin Tilson R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
John Quillin Tilson R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
John Quillin Tilson R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John Quillin Tilson R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John Quillin Tilson R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Quillin Tilson R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Quillin Tilson R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Quillin Tilson R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Quillin Tilson R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Thomas Lawrence Reilly D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Edwin Werter Higgins R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Edwin Werter Higgins R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Edwin Werter Higgins R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Edwin Werter Higgins R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R
Nov 9, 1903 – May 11, 1905 · 18 months
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R
Nov 4, 1902 – Mar 4, 1903 · 4 months
Charles Addison Russell R
Dec 2, 1901 – Oct 24, 1902 · 11 months
Charles Addison Russell R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Charles Addison Russell R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Addison Russell R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Charles Addison Russell R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Charles Addison Russell R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Charles Addison Russell R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Charles Addison Russell R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Turner Wait R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Turner Wait R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Turner Wait R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Turner Wait R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John Turner Wait R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Henry Howard Starkweather R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
John Turner Wait R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Henry Howard Starkweather R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Henry Howard Starkweather R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
Augustus Brandegee R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Augustus Brandegee R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Alfred Avery Burnham R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Alfred Avery Burnham R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Sidney Dean R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Sidney Dean A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Nathan Belcher D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Arnold Rockwell W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Arnold Rockwell W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
George Smith Catlin D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Thomas Wheeler Williams W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Thomas Wheeler Williams W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Elisha Haley D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months

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