List of Governors of Connecticut
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The following is a list of Governors of the State of Connecticut, from the Colonial period through present day.
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Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1639-1662
(The colony was initially formed from the towns of Hartford, Windsor and Wethersfield)
- John Haynes 1639-1640
- Edward Hopkins 1640-1641
- John Haynes 1641-1642
- George Wyllys 1642-1643
- John Haynes 1643-1644
- Edward Hopkins 1644-1645
- John Haynes 1645-1646
- Edward Hopkins 1646-1647
- John Haynes 1647-1648
- Edward Hopkins 1648-1649
- John Haynes 1649-1650
- Edward Hopkins 1650-1651
- John Haynes 1651-1652
- Edward Hopkins 1652-1653
- John Haynes 1653-1654
- Edward Hopkins 1654-1655
- Thomas Welles 1655-1656
- John Webster 1656-1657
- John Winthrop, Jr. 1657-1658
- Thomas Welles 1658-1659
- John Winthrop, Jr. 1659-1662
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Governors of the Colony of New Haven, 1639-1665
- Theophilus Eaton 1639-1658
- Francis Newman 1658-1660
- William Leete 1661-1665 (when the Colony of Connecticut and the Colony of New Haven, merged by Royal Charter in 1662, became one government)
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Governors of the Colony of Connecticut, 1662-1776
- John Winthrop, Jr. 1662-1676
- William Leete 1676-1683
- Robert Treat 1683-1687
- Sir Edmond Andros 1687-1689 as part of the Dominion of New England
- Robert Treat 1689-1698
- Fitz-John Winthrop 1698-1707
- Gurdon Saltonstall 1707-1724
- Joseph Talcott 1724-1741
- Jonathan Law 1741-1750
- Roger Wolcott 1750-1754
- Thomas Fitch 1754-1766
- William Pitkin 1766-1769
- Jonathan Trumbull 1769-1776
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Governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776-present
- Jonathan Trumbull 1776-1784
- Matthew Griswold 1784-1786
- Samuel Huntington (Federalist) 1786-1796
- Oliver Wolcott (Federalist) 1796-1797
- Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (Federalist) 1797-1809
- John Treadwell (Federalist) 1809-1811
- Roger Griswold (Federalist)1811-1812
- John Cotton Smith (Federalist) 1812-1817
- Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (Toleration Party) 1817-1827
- Gideon Tomlinson (Republican/Democrat) 1827-1831
- John S. Peters (National Republican) 1831-1833
- Henry W. Edwards (Democrat) 1833-1834
- Samuel A. Foot (Whig) 1834-1835
- Henry W. Edwards (Democrat) 1835-1838
- William W. Ellsworth (Whig) 1838-1842
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Democrat) 1842-1844
- Roger Sherman Baldwin (Whig) 1844-1846
- Isaac Toucey (Democrat) 1846-1847
- Clark Bissell (Whig) 1847-1849
- Joseph Trumbull (Whig) 1849-1850
- Thomas Hart Seymour (Democrat) 1850-1853
- Charles H. Pond (Democrat) 1853-1854
- Henry Dutton (Whig) 1854-1855
- William T. Minor (American Republican) 1855-57
- Alexander H. Holley (Republican) 1857-1858
- William A. Buckingham (Republican) 1858-1866
- Joseph R. Hawley (Republican) 1866-1867
- James E. English (Democrat) 1867-1869
- Marshall Jewell (Republican) 1869-1870
- James E. English (Democrat) 1870-1871
- Marshall Jewell (Republican) 1871-1873
- Charles R. Ingersoll (Democrat) 1873-1877
- Richard D. Hubbard (Democrat) 1877-1879
- Charles B. Andrews (Republican) 1879-1881
- Hobart B. Bigelow (Republican) 1881-1883
- Thomas M. Waller (Democrat) 1883-1885
- Henry B. Harrison (Republican) 1885-1887
- Phineas C. Lounsbury (Republican) 1887-1889
- Morgan G. Bulkeley (Republican) 1889-1893
- Luzon B. Morris (Democrat) 1893-1895
- O. Vincent Coffin (Republican) 1895-1897
- Lorrin A. Cooke (Republican) 1897-1899
- George E. Lounsbury (Republican) 1899-1901
- George P. McLean (Republican) 1901-1903
- Abiram Chamberlain (Republican) 1903-1905
- Henry Roberts (Republican) 1905-1907
- Rollin S. Woodruff (Republican) 1907-1909
- George L. Lilley (Republican) 1909
- Frank B. Weeks (Republican) 1909-1911
- Simeon E. Baldwin (Democrat) 1911-1915
- Marcus H. Holcomb (Republican) 1915-1921
- Everett J. Lake (Republican) 1921-1923
- Charles A. Templeton (Republican) 1923-1925
- Hiram Bingham (Republican) 1925
- John H. Trumbull (Republican) 1925-1931
- Wilbur L. Cross (Democrat) 1931-1939
- Raymond E. Baldwin (Republican) 1939-1941
- Robert A. Hurley (Democrat) 1941-1943
- Raymond E. Baldwin (Republican) 1943-1946
- Wilbert Snow (Democrat) 1946-1947
- James L. McConaughy (Republican) 1947-1948
- James C. Shannon (Republican) 1948-1949
- Chester Bowles (Democrat) 1949-1951
- John Davis Lodge (Republican) 1951-1955
- Abraham A. Ribicoff (Democrat) 1955-1961
- John N. Dempsey (Democrat) 1961-1971
- Thomas J. Meskill (Republican) 1971-1975
- Ella T. Grasso (Democrat) 1975-1980
- William A. O'Neill (Democrat) 1980-1991
- Lowell P. Weicker Jr. (A Connecticut Party) 1991-1995
- John G. Rowland (Republican) 1995-2004
- M. Jodi Rell (Republican) 2004-
See also: lists of incumbentsde:Liste der Gouverneure von Connecticut fr:Liste des gouverneurs du Connecticut nl:Lijst van Gouverneurs van Connecticut
