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Connecticut's 4th congressional district

70 members have held this seat since Sep 4, 1837. Now: James A. Himes D.

Holders
70
40 R · 24 D · 5 W · 1 A
Longest tenure
12 years
James A. Himes
Current
12 years
James A. Himes, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ct-4Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Thomas Tucker Whittlesey · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratThomas Burr Osborne · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigThomas Burr Osborne · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigSamuel Simons · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratTruman Smith · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigTruman Smith · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigThomas Belden Butler · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigOrigen Storrs Seymour · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratOrigen Storrs Seymour · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Wickham Welch · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanWilliam Darius Bishop · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratOrris Sanford Ferry · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Catlin Woodruff · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJohn Henry Hubbard · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Hubbard · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Barnum · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Barnum · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratLevi Warner · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratLevi Warner · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratFrederick Miles · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Miles · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Woodruff Seymour · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratEdward Woodruff Seymour · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratMiles Tobey Granger · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratFrederick Miles · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Elliott De Forest · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratRobert Elliott De Forest · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratEbenezer J. Hill · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer J. Hill · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer J. Hill · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer J. Hill · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer J. Hill · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer J. Hill · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer J. Hill · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer J. Hill · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer J. Hill · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJeremiah Donovan · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratEbenezer J. Hill · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer J. Hill · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanSchuyler Merritt · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanSchuyler Merritt · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanSchuyler Merritt · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanSchuyler Merritt · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanSchuyler Merritt · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanSchuyler Merritt · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Laurence Tierney · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratSchuyler Merritt · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanAlfred Noroton Phillips · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratLe Roy Donnelly Downs · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratClare Boothe Luce · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanAlbert Paul Morano · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Jay Irwin · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratAbner Woodruff Sibal · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanDonald Jay Irwin · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratDonald Jay Irwin · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratStewart Brett McKinney · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanStewart Brett McKinney · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanStewart Brett McKinney · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanStewart Brett McKinney · 1987-01-06 – 1987-05-08 · RepublicanChristopher H. Shays · 1987-08-18 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher H. Shays · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher H. Shays · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher H. Shays · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJames A. Himes · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratJames A. Himes · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratSchuyler Merritt · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Elmer Austin · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Davis Lodge · 1947-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · RepublicanAbner Woodruff Sibal · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanLowell Palmer Weicker Jr. · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · Republican
James A. Himes D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
James A. Himes D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Christopher H. Shays R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Christopher H. Shays R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Christopher H. Shays R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Christopher H. Shays R
Aug 18, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 9.4 years
Stewart Brett McKinney R
Jan 6, 1987 – May 8, 1987 · 4 months
Stewart Brett McKinney R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Stewart Brett McKinney R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Stewart Brett McKinney R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Donald Jay Irwin D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Donald Jay Irwin D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Abner Woodruff Sibal R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Abner Woodruff Sibal R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Donald Jay Irwin D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Albert Paul Morano R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
John Davis Lodge R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1951 · 4 years
Clare Boothe Luce R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Le Roy Donnelly Downs D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Albert Elmer Austin R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Alfred Noroton Phillips D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
Schuyler Merritt R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
William Laurence Tierney D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Schuyler Merritt R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Schuyler Merritt R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Schuyler Merritt R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Schuyler Merritt R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Schuyler Merritt R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Schuyler Merritt R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Schuyler Merritt R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Jeremiah Donovan D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Robert Elliott De Forest D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Robert Elliott De Forest D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Frederick Miles R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Miles Tobey Granger D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Edward Woodruff Seymour D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Edward Woodruff Seymour D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Frederick Miles R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Frederick Miles R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Levi Warner D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Levi Warner D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Henry Barnum D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
William Henry Barnum D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
John Henry Hubbard R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
John Henry Hubbard R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
George Catlin Woodruff D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Orris Sanford Ferry R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
William Darius Bishop D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
William Wickham Welch A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Origen Storrs Seymour D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Origen Storrs Seymour D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Thomas Belden Butler W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Truman Smith W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Truman Smith W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Samuel Simons D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Thomas Burr Osborne W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Thomas Burr Osborne W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Thomas Tucker Whittlesey D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months

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