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U.S. Senate seat, Connecticut (class 3)

43 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Richard Blumenthal D.

Holders
43
19 R · 12 D · 5 F · 3 PA · 1 A · 1 AJ · 1 W · 1 FS
Longest tenure
16 years
Richard Blumenthal
Current
16 years
Richard Blumenthal, since Jan 5, 2011
history/seat/ct-sen-3Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Samuel Johnson · 1789-03-04 – 1792-01-01 · Pro-AdministrationStephen Mix Mitchell · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · Pro-AdministrationJonathan Trumbull Jr. · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistUriah Tracy · 1801-12-07 – 1807-03-04 · FederalistChauncey Goodrich · 1807-10-26 – 1813-03-04 · FederalistDavid Daggett · 1813-05-24 – 1819-03-04 · FederalistJames Lanman · 1819-12-06 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanCalvin Willey · 1825-12-05 – 1831-03-04 · AdamsGideon Tomlinson · 1831-12-05 – 1837-03-04 · Anti-JacksonianPerry Smith · 1837-09-04 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJohn Milton Niles · 1843-12-04 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratTruman Smith · 1849-12-03 – 1855-03-04 · WhigLafayette Sabine Foster · 1855-12-03 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanLafayette Sabine Foster · 1861-07-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanOrris Sanford Ferry · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanOrris Sanford Ferry · 1873-12-01 – 1876-01-01 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Barnum · 1876-01-01 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratOrville Hitchcock Platt · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanOrville Hitchcock Platt · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanOrville Hitchcock Platt · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanOrville Hitchcock Platt · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanOrville Hitchcock Platt · 1903-11-09 – 1905-04-22 · RepublicanFrank Bosworth Brandegee · 1905-05-10 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Bosworth Brandegee · 1909-03-15 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Bosworth Brandegee · 1915-12-06 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanFrank Bosworth Brandegee · 1921-04-11 – 1924-10-15 · RepublicanHiram Bingham · 1925-01-08 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanHiram Bingham · 1927-12-05 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanAugustine Lonergan · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratBrien McMahon · 1945-01-03 – 1952-07-29 · DemocratWilliam Arthur Purtell · 1952-08-29 – 1952-11-05 · RepublicanPrescott Sheldon Bush · 1952-11-05 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanAbraham Alexander Ribicoff · 1963-01-09 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratAbraham Alexander Ribicoff · 1975-01-14 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratChristopher J. Dodd · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratChristopher J. Dodd · 1987-01-06 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratChristopher J. Dodd · 1999-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratRichard Blumenthal · 2011-01-05 – present · DemocratRoger Sherman · 1791-10-24 – 1794-01-01 · Pro-AdministrationUriah Tracy · 1796-10-13 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistFrancis Gillette · 1854-01-01 – 1855-03-04 · Free SoilJames Edward English · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJohn Anthony Danaher · 1939-01-03 – 1945-01-04 · Republican
Richard Blumenthal D
Jan 5, 2011 – present · 16 years
Christopher J. Dodd D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2011 · 12 years
Christopher J. Dodd D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1999 · 12 years
Christopher J. Dodd D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1981 · 6 years
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1975 · 12 years
Prescott Sheldon Bush R
Nov 5, 1952 – Jan 4, 1963 · 10 years
William Arthur Purtell R
Aug 29, 1952 – Nov 5, 1952 · 2 months
Brien McMahon D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jul 29, 1952 · 7.6 years
John Anthony Danaher R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1945 · 6 years
Augustine Lonergan D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Hiram Bingham R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1933 · 5.2 years
Hiram Bingham R
Jan 8, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 2.2 years
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R
Apr 11, 1921 – Oct 15, 1924 · 3.5 years
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1921 · 5.2 years
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1915 · 6 years
Frank Bosworth Brandegee R
May 10, 1905 – Mar 4, 1909 · 3.8 years
Orville Hitchcock Platt R
Nov 9, 1903 – Apr 22, 1905 · 17 months
Orville Hitchcock Platt R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
Orville Hitchcock Platt R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
Orville Hitchcock Platt R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
Orville Hitchcock Platt R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
William Henry Barnum D
Jan 1, 1876 – Mar 4, 1879 · 3.2 years
James Edward English D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Orris Sanford Ferry R
Dec 1, 1873 – Jan 1, 1876 · 2.1 years
Orris Sanford Ferry R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
Lafayette Sabine Foster R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1867 · 5.7 years
Lafayette Sabine Foster R
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1861 · 5.3 years
Francis Gillette FS
Jan 1, 1854 – Mar 4, 1855 · 14 months
Truman Smith W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1855 · 5.2 years
John Milton Niles D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1849 · 5.2 years
Perry Smith D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1843 · 5.5 years
Gideon Tomlinson AJ
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1837 · 5.2 years
Calvin Willey A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1831 · 5.2 years
James Lanman R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1825 · 5.2 years
David Daggett F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1819 · 5.8 years
Chauncey Goodrich F
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1813 · 5.4 years
Uriah Tracy F
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1807 · 5.2 years
Uriah Tracy F
Oct 13, 1796 – Mar 4, 1801 · 4.4 years
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Stephen Mix Mitchell PA
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Roger Sherman PA
Oct 24, 1791 – Jan 1, 1794 · 2.2 years
William Samuel Johnson PA
Mar 4, 1789 – Jan 1, 1792 · 2.8 years

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