List of Governors of Connecticut

The following is a list of Governors of the State of Connecticut, from the Colonial period through present day.

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

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)

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

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 incumbents