This is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Connecticut.
United States senators are popularly elected, for a six-year term, beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, they were chosen by the Connecticut General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Richard Blumenthal (serving since 2011) and Chris Murphy (serving since 2013). Chris Dodd is Connecticut's longest-serving senator (1981âÂÂ2011).
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 1 | rowspan=7 align=left | <br/>Oliver Ellsworth<br /> | rowspan=6 | Pro-Administration | rowspan=7 nowrap | Mar 4, 1789 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 8, 1796 | Elected in 1788. | 1 | | rowspan=6 | 1 | Elected in 1788.Resigned. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1789 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1791 | | Pro-Administration | align=right | <br/>William S. Johnson<br /> ! 1
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1791.Resigned to become Chief Justice of the United States. | rowspan=10 | 2 | rowspan=2 | | nowrap | Mar 4, 1791 âÂÂ<br/>Jun 13, 1791 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Johnson's term.Died. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Jun 13, 1791 âÂÂ<br/>Jul 23, 1793 | rowspan=2 | Pro-Administration | rowspan=2 align=right | <br/>Roger Sherman<br /> ! rowspan=2 | 2
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|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Jul 23, 1793 âÂÂ<br/>Dec 2, 1793 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Sherman's term.Retired. | nowrap | Dec 2, 1793 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1795 | | Pro-Administration | align=right | <br/>Stephen Mix Mitchell<br /> ! 3
|- style="height:2em" | | Federalist | rowspan=5 | rowspan=7 | 2 | rowspan=2 | Election date unknown.Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1795 âÂÂ<br/>Jun 10, 1796 | rowspan=2 | Federalist | rowspan=2 align=right | <br/>Jonathan Trumbull Jr.<br /> ! rowspan=2 | 4
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 colspan=3 | Vacant | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 8, 1796 âÂÂ<br/>May 12, 1796 | rowspan=3 |
|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Jun 10, 1796 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 13, 1796 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Elected to finish Trumbull's term. | rowspan=8 nowrap | Oct 13, 1796 âÂÂ<br/>Jul 19, 1807 | rowspan=8 | Federalist | rowspan=8 align=right | <br/>Uriah Tracy<br /> ! rowspan=8 | 5
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 2 | rowspan=10 align=left | <br/>James Hillhouse<br /> | rowspan=10 | Federalist | rowspan=10 nowrap | May 12, 1796 âÂÂ<br/>Jun 10, 1810 | Elected to finish Ellsworth's term.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1797. | rowspan=3 | 3 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 3 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1801.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1802. | rowspan=5 | 4 |
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | rowspan=7 | 4 | Re-elected in 1807.Died.
|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Jul 19, 1807 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 25, 1807 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Elected to finish Tracy's term. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Oct 25, 1807 âÂÂ<br/>May 13, 1813 | rowspan=6 | Federalist | rowspan=6 align=right | <br/>Chauncey Goodrich<br /> ! rowspan=6 | 6
|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1809.Resigned. | rowspan=6 | 5 | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jun 10, 1810 âÂÂ<br/>Dec 4, 1810 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 3 | rowspan=7 align=left nowrap | <br/>Samuel W. Dana<br /> | rowspan=7 | Federalist | rowspan=7 nowrap | Dec 4, 1810 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1821 | rowspan=4 | Elected to finish Hillhouse's term.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | rowspan=4 | 5 | Re-elected in 1813.Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Goodrich's term.Retired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | May 13, 1813 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1819 | rowspan=3 | Federalist | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>David Daggett<br /> ! rowspan=3 | 7
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1814. | rowspan=3 | 6 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 6 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1818.Re-elected in 1824 and presented his credentials but was not permitted to qualify. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 4, 1819 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1825 | rowspan=5 | Democratic-Republican | rowspan=5 align=right | <br/>James Lanman<br /> ! rowspan=5 | 8
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 4 | rowspan=2 align=left | <br/>Elijah Boardman<br /> | rowspan=2 | Democratic-Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1821 âÂÂ<br/>Aug 18, 1823 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1821.Died. | rowspan=6 | 7 |
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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Aug 18, 1823 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 8, 1823 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 5 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Henry W. Edwards<br /> | | Democratic-Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Oct 8, 1823 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1827 | rowspan=3 | Appointed to continue Boardman's term.Elected in 1824 to finish Boardman's term.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Jacksonian | rowspan=2 | rowspan=4 | 7 | | nowrap | Mar 4, 1825 âÂÂ<br/>May 4, 1825 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected late to complete Lanman's term. | rowspan=3 nowrap | May 4, 1825 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1831 | rowspan=3 | National<br/>Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>Calvin Willey<br /> ! rowspan=3 | 9
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Samuel A. Foot<br /> | rowspan=3 | National<br/>Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1827 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1833 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1826.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 8 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 8 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1831. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 4, 1831 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1837 | rowspan=5 | National<br/>Republican | rowspan=5 align=right | <br/>Gideon Tomlinson<br /> ! rowspan=5 | 10
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 7 | rowspan=2 align=left | <br/>Nathan Smith<br /> | rowspan=2 | National<br/>Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1833 âÂÂ<br/>Dec 6, 1835 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1832.Died. | rowspan=5 | 9 |
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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Dec 6, 1835 âÂÂ<br/> Dec 21, 1835 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 8 | rowspan=2 align=left | <br/>John Milton Niles<br /> | | Jacksonian | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 21, 1835 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1839 | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Smith's term.Retired.
|- style="height:2em" | | Democratic | | rowspan=5 | 9 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1837. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 4, 1837 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1843 | rowspan=5 | Democratic | rowspan=5 align=right |Perry Smith<br /> ! rowspan=5 | 11
|- style="height:2em" ! 9 | align=left nowrap | Thaddeus Betts<br /> | | Whig | nowrap | Mar 4, 1839 âÂÂ<br/>Apr 7, 1840 | Elected in 1838 or 1839.Died. | rowspan=5 | 10 | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Apr 7, 1840 âÂÂ<br/>May 4, 1840 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 10 | rowspan=5 align=left | <br/>Jabez W. Huntington<br /> | rowspan=5 | Whig | rowspan=5 nowrap | May 4, 1840 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 1, 1847 | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Betts's term.
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 10 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1842.Retired. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 4, 1843 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1849 | rowspan=5 | Democratic | rowspan=5 align=right | <br/>John Milton Niles<br /> ! rowspan=5 | 12
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1844 or 1845.Died. | rowspan=5 | 11 |
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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Nov 1, 1847 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 11, 1847 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 11 | rowspan=2 align=left | <br/>Roger Sherman Baldwin<br /> | rowspan=2 | Whig | rowspan=2 nowrap | Nov 11, 1847 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1851 | rowspan=2 | Appointed to continue Huntington's term.Elected in 1848 to finish Huntington's term.
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 11 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1848 or 1849.Resigned. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1849 âÂÂ<br/>May 24, 1854 | rowspan=4 | Whig | rowspan=4 align=right | <br/>Truman Smith<br /> ! rowspan=4 | 13
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 4, 1851 âÂÂ<br/>May 12, 1852 | | rowspan=5 | 12 | rowspan=2
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 12 | rowspan=4 align=left | <br/>Isaac Toucey<br /> | rowspan=4 | Democratic | rowspan=4 nowrap | May 12, 1852 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1857 | rowspan=4 | Elected late in 1852.Retired.
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|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Smith's term.Retired. | nowrap | May 24, 1854 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1855 | | Free Soil | align=right | <br/>Francis Gillette<br /> ! 14
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1854. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1855 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1867 | rowspan=6 | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | <br/>Lafayette S. Foster<br /> ! rowspan=6 | 15
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 13 | rowspan=6 align=left | <br/>James Dixon<br /> | rowspan=6 | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1857 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1869 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1856. | rowspan=3 | 13 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 13 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1860.Lost re-election.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1862.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 14 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1866. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1867 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 21, 1875 | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | <br/>Orris S. Ferry<br /> ! rowspan=6 | 16
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>William A. Buckingham<br /> | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1869 âÂÂ<br/>Feb 5, 1875 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1868 or 1869.Lost re-election and died before end of term. | rowspan=4 | 15 |
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | rowspan=7 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1872.Died. | rowspan=2 | Liberal Republican
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 15 | rowspan=7 align=left | <br/>William W. Eaton<br /> | rowspan=7 | Democratic | rowspan=7 nowrap | Feb 5, 1875 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1881 | Appointed to finish Buckingham's term, having been elected to the next term.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 | Elected in 1874.Unknown if retired or lost re-election. | rowspan=6 | 16 | rowspan=4 | | Republican
|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Nov 21, 1875 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 27, 1875 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Ferry's term.Retired when successor elected. | nowrap | Nov 27, 1875 âÂÂ<br/>May 17, 1876 | | Democratic | align=right | <br/>James E. English<br /> ! 17
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Ferry's term. | rowspan=2 nowrap | May 17, 1876 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1879 | rowspan=2 | Democratic | rowspan=2 align=right | <br/>William Barnum<br /> ! rowspan=2 | 18
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1879. | rowspan=13 nowrap | Mar 4, 1879 âÂÂ<br/>Apr 21, 1905 | rowspan=13 | Republican | rowspan=13 align=right | <br/>Orville H. Platt<br /> ! rowspan=13 | 19
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 | 16 | rowspan=13 align=left | <br/>Joseph R. Hawley<br /> | rowspan=13 | Republican | rowspan=13 nowrap | Mar 4, 1881 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1905 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1881. | rowspan=3 | 17 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 17 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1885.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1887. | rowspan=3 | 18 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 |18 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1891.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1893. | rowspan=3 | 19 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1897.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1899.Retired. | rowspan=4 | 20 |
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | rowspan=5 | 20 | Re-elected in 1903.Died.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | | rowspan=2 nowrap | Apr 21, 1905 âÂÂ<br/>May 10, 1905 | rowspan=2 colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 17 | rowspan=4 align=left | <br/>Morgan Bulkeley<br /> | rowspan=4 | Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1905 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1911 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1905.Lost re-election. | rowspan=4 | 21 | rowspan=2
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Platt's term. | rowspan=10 nowrap | May 10, 1905 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 14, 1924 | rowspan=10 | Republican | rowspan=10 align=right | <br/>Frank B. Brandegee<br /> ! rowspan=10 | 20
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1909.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 18 | rowspan=11 align=left | <br/>George P. McLean<br /> | rowspan=11 | Republican | rowspan=11 nowrap | Mar 4, 1911 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1929 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1911. | rowspan=3 | 22 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1914.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1916. | rowspan=3 | 23 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 23 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1920.Died.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1922.Retired. | rowspan=5 | 24 | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Oct 14, 1924 âÂÂ<br/>Dec 17, 1924 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Brandegee's term and seated Jan 8, 1925. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Dec 17, 1924 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1933 | rowspan=5 | Republican | rowspan=5 align=right | <br/>Hiram Bingham III<br /> ! rowspan=5 | 21
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 24 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1926.Lost re-election.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Frederic C. Walcott<br /> | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1929 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1935 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1928.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 25 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1932.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1933 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1939 | rowspan=3 | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>Augustine Lonergan<br /> ! rowspan=3 | 22
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 20 | rowspan=6 align=left | <br/>Francis T. Maloney<br /> | rowspan=6 | Democratic | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 1935 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 16, 1945 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1934. | rowspan=3 | 26 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 26 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1938.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1939 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1945 | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>John A. Danaher<br /> ! rowspan=3 | 23
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1940.Died. | rowspan=7 | 27 |
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | rowspan=8 | 27 | rowspan=8 | Elected in 1944. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 1945 âÂÂ<br/>Jul 28, 1952 | rowspan=9 | Democratic | rowspan=9 align=right | <br/>Brien McMahon<br /> ! rowspan=9 | 24
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jan 16, 1945 âÂÂ<br/>Feb 15, 1945 |
|- style="height:2em" ! 21 | align=left | <br/>Thomas C. Hart<br /> | | Republican | nowrap | Feb 15, 1945 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 5, 1946 | Appointed to continue Maloney's term.Successor qualified.
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Nov 5, 1946 âÂÂ<br/>Dec 27, 1946 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Raymond E. Baldwin<br /> | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Dec 27, 1946 âÂÂ<br/>Dec 16, 1949 | Elected to finish Maloney's term.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to full term in 1946.Resigned. | rowspan=7 | 28 |
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 23 | rowspan=5 align=left nowrap | <br/>William Benton<br /> | rowspan=5 | Democratic | rowspan=5 nowrap | Dec 17, 1949 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1953 | rowspan=5 | Appointed to continue Baldwin's term.Elected to finish Baldwin's term.Lost re-election.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | rowspan=6 | 28 | Re-elected in 1950.Died.
|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Jul 28, 1952 âÂÂ<br/>Aug 29, 1952 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue McMahon's term.Retired when successor elected, and elected to the class 1 seat. | nowrap | Aug 29, 1952 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 4, 1952 | | Republican | align=right | <br/>William A. Purtell<br /> ! 25
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish McMahon's term. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Nov 4, 1952 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1963 | rowspan=6 | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | <br/>Prescott Bush<br /> ! rowspan=6 | 26
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 24 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>William A. Purtell<br /> | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1953 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1959 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1952.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 29 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 29 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1956.Retired.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 25 | rowspan=6 align=left | <br/>Thomas J. Dodd<br /> | rowspan=6 | Democratic | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 1959 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1971 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1958. | rowspan=3 | 30 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 30 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1962. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 1963 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1981 | rowspan=9 | Democratic | rowspan=9 align=right | <br/>Abraham Ribicoff<br /> ! rowspan=9 | 27
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1964.Lost renomination, and lost re-election as an independent. | rowspan=3 | 31 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 31 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1968.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 26 | rowspan=9 align=left | <br/>Lowell Weicker<br /> | rowspan=9 | Republican | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 1971 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1989 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1970. | rowspan=3 | 32 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 32 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1974.Retired.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1976. | rowspan=3 | 33 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 33 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1980. | rowspan=15 nowrap | Jan 3, 1981 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 2011 | rowspan=15 | Democratic | rowspan=15 align=right | <br/>Chris Dodd<br /> ! rowspan=15 | 28
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1982.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 34 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 34 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1986.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 27 | rowspan=12 align=left | <br/>Joe Lieberman<br /> | rowspan=9 | Democratic | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jan 3, 1989 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 2013 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1988. | rowspan=3 | 35 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 35 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1992.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1994. | rowspan=3 | 36 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 36 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1998.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2000. | rowspan=3 | 37 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 37 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2004.Retired.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Independent | rowspan=3 | Lost re-nomination, but re-elected in 2006 as an Independent.Retired. | rowspan=3 | 38 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 38 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2010. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 2011 âÂÂ<br/>present | rowspan=9 | Democratic | rowspan=9 align=right | <br/>Richard Blumenthal<br /> ! rowspan=9 | 29
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 28 | rowspan=9 align=left | <br/>Chris Murphy<br /> | rowspan=9 | Democratic | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 2013 âÂÂ<br/>present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2012. | rowspan=3 | 39 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 39 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2016.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2018. | rowspan=3 | 40 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 40 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2022.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2024. | rowspan=3 | 41 |
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|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=2 | 41 | rowspan=2 colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2028 election.
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2030 election. | 42 |