U.S. Senators from Connecticut
Member of the United States Senate (Class 1) from Connecticut
Oliver Ellsworth
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1745; d. November 26 1807.
Pro-Administration Party
1789 – 1796
James Hillhouse
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1754; d. December 29 1832.
Federalist Party
1796 – 1810
Samuel Whittlesey Dana
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1760; d. July 21 1830.
Federalist Party
1810 – 1821
John Milton Niles
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1787; d. May 31 1856.
Democratic Party
1835 – 1839
Isaac Toucey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1792; d. July 30 1869.
Democratic Party
1852 – 1857
James Dixon
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1814; d. March 27 1873.
Republican Party
1857 – 1869
Thomas Joseph Dodd
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1907; d. May 24 1971.
Democratic Party
1959 – 1971
Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1931; d. June 28 2023.
Republican Party
1971 – 1989
Joseph Isadore “Joe” Lieberman
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1942; d. March 27 2024.
Democratic Party (1989 – 2006); Independent (2006 – 2013)
1989 – 2013
Christopher Scott “Chris” Murphy
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1973.
Democratic Party
2013 – present
Member of the United States Senate (Class 3) from Connecticut
William Samuel Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 7 1727; d. November 14 1819.
Pro-Administration Party
1789 – 1791
Roger Sherman
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1721; d. July 23 1793.
Pro-Administration Party
1791 – 1793
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1740; d. August 7 1809.
Federalist Party
1795 – 1796
Uriah Tracy
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1755; d. July 19 1807.
Federalist Party
1796 – 1807
Chauncey Goodrich
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1759; d. August 18 1815.
Federalist Party
1807 – 1813
John Milton Niles
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1787; d. May 31 1856.
Democratic Party
1843 – 1849
Truman Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1791; d. May 3 1884.
Whig Party
1849 – 1854
William Henry Barnum
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1818; d. April 30 1889.
Democratic Party
1876 – 1879
Prescott Sheldon Bush, Sr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1895; d. October 8 1972.
Republican Party
1952 – 1963
Christopher John “Chris” Dodd
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1944.
Democratic Party
1981 – 2011