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U.S. Senate seat, Connecticut (class 1)

38 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Christopher Murphy D.

Holders
38
17 R · 7 D · 5 F · 4 W · 1 PA · 1 J · 1 A · 1 AJ · 1 I
Longest tenure
24 years
Joseph I. Lieberman
Current
14 years
Christopher Murphy, since Jan 3, 2013
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Oliver Ellsworth · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · Pro-AdministrationOliver Ellsworth · 1791-10-24 – 1796-03-09 · FederalistJames Hillhouse · 1796-05-18 – 1809-03-04 · FederalistJames Hillhouse · 1809-05-22 – 1810-06-11 · FederalistSamuel Whittlesey Dana · 1810-12-04 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistSamuel Whittlesey Dana · 1815-12-04 – 1821-03-04 · FederalistElijah Boardman · 1821-03-04 – 1823-08-19 · RepublicanHenry Waggaman Edwards · 1823-10-08 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonSamuel Augustus Foot · 1827-12-03 – 1833-03-04 · AdamsNathan Smith · 1833-03-04 – 1835-12-07 · Anti-JacksonianJohn Milton Niles · 1835-12-14 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratThaddeus Betts · 1839-03-04 – 1840-04-08 · WhigJabez Williams Huntington · 1840-05-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigJabez Williams Huntington · 1845-12-01 – 1847-11-03 · WhigRoger Sherman Baldwin · 1847-12-06 – 1851-03-04 · WhigIsaac Toucey · 1852-01-01 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJames Dixon · 1857-12-07 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanJames Dixon · 1863-12-07 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Alfred Buckingham · 1869-03-04 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Wallace Eaton · 1875-12-06 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Roswell Hawley · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Roswell Hawley · 1887-12-05 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Roswell Hawley · 1893-08-07 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Roswell Hawley · 1899-12-04 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanMorgan Gardner Bulkeley · 1905-12-04 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Payne McLean · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Payne McLean · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Payne McLean · 1923-12-03 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanFrederic Collin Walcott · 1929-04-15 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanThomas Charles Hart · 1945-02-15 – 1946-11-06 · RepublicanRaymond Earl Baldwin · 1946-12-27 – 1949-12-17 · RepublicanWilliam Benton · 1949-12-17 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratThomas Joseph Dodd · 1959-01-07 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratLowell Palmer Weicker Jr. · 1971-01-21 – 1989-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher Murphy · 2013-01-03 – present · DemocratFrancis Thomas Maloney · 1935-01-03 – 1945-01-17 · DemocratWilliam Arthur Purtell · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph I. Lieberman · 1989-01-03 – 2013-01-04 · Democrat → Independent
Christopher Murphy D
Jan 3, 2013 – present · 14 years
Joseph I. Lieberman D→I
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 2013 · 24 years
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1989 · 18 years
Thomas Joseph Dodd D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971 · 12 years
William Arthur Purtell R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
William Benton D
Dec 17, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 3 years
Raymond Earl Baldwin R
Dec 27, 1946 – Dec 17, 1949 · 3 years
Thomas Charles Hart R
Feb 15, 1945 – Nov 6, 1946 · 21 months
Francis Thomas Maloney D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 17, 1945 · 10 years
Frederic Collin Walcott R
Apr 15, 1929 – Jan 4, 1935 · 5.7 years
George Payne McLean R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1929 · 5.3 years
George Payne McLean R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
George Payne McLean R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1911 · 5.2 years
Joseph Roswell Hawley R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1905 · 5.2 years
Joseph Roswell Hawley R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899 · 5.6 years
Joseph Roswell Hawley R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1893 · 5.2 years
Joseph Roswell Hawley R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
William Wallace Eaton D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 · 5.2 years
William Alfred Buckingham R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1875 · 6 years
James Dixon R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1869 · 5.2 years
James Dixon R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1863 · 5.2 years
Isaac Toucey D
Jan 1, 1852 – Mar 4, 1857 · 5.2 years
Roger Sherman Baldwin W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1851 · 3.2 years
Jabez Williams Huntington W
Dec 1, 1845 – Nov 3, 1847 · 23 months
Jabez Williams Huntington W
May 4, 1840 – Mar 4, 1845 · 4.8 years
Thaddeus Betts W
Mar 4, 1839 – Apr 8, 1840 · 13 months
John Milton Niles D
Dec 14, 1835 – Mar 4, 1839 · 3.2 years
Nathan Smith AJ
Mar 4, 1833 – Dec 7, 1835 · 2.8 years
Samuel Augustus Foot A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1833 · 5.3 years
Henry Waggaman Edwards J
Oct 8, 1823 – Mar 4, 1827 · 3.4 years
Elijah Boardman R
Mar 4, 1821 – Aug 19, 1823 · 2.5 years
Samuel Whittlesey Dana F
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1821 · 5.2 years
Samuel Whittlesey Dana F
Dec 4, 1810 – Mar 4, 1815 · 4.2 years
James Hillhouse F
May 22, 1809 – Jun 11, 1810 · 13 months
James Hillhouse F
May 18, 1796 – Mar 4, 1809 · 13 years
Oliver Ellsworth F
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 9, 1796 · 4.4 years
Oliver Ellsworth PA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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