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Members of the U.S. Senate from Connecticut

Class 1 | Class 3.


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