List of United States Senators From Connecticut

Class 3

Class 3 Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected to the first three U.S. Congresses in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	William Samuel Johnson	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791	1	1	Elected in 1788/1789 Resigned
Vacant			March 4, 1791 – June 13, 1791	2
2	Roger Sherman	Pro- Administration	June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793	2		Elected to finish Johnson's term Died
2	Roger Sherman	Pro- Administration	June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793	3		Elected to finish Johnson's term Died
Vacant			July 23, 1793 – December 2, 1793	3
3	Stephen Mix Mitchell	Pro- Administration	December 2, 1793 – March 4, 1795	3		Appointed to finish Sherman's term Retired
4	Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – June 10, 1796	4	2	Elected in 1794 Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Vacant			June 10, 1796 – October 13, 1796	4
5	Uriah Tracy	Federalist	October 13, 1796 – July 19, 1807	4		Elected to finish Trumbull's term
				5
				6
				7	3	Re-elected in 1801
				8
				9
				10	4	Re-elected in 1807 Died
Vacant			July 19, 1807 – October 25, 1807	10
6	Chauncey Goodrich	Federalist	October 25, 1807 – May 13, 1813	10		Elected to finish Tracy's term
				11
				12
				13	5	Re-elected in 1813 Resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
7	David Daggett	Federalist	May 13, 1813 – March 4, 1819	13		Elected to finish Goodrich's term Retired
				14
				15
8	James Lanman	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1825	16	6	Elected in 1819 Presented credentials but was not permitted to qualify
		Democratic- Republican		17
		Crawford Republican		18
Vacant			March 4, 1825 – May 4, 1825	19	7
9	Calvin Willey	Anti- Jacksonian	May 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831	19		Elected late to complete Lanman's term
		Adams		20
		Anti- Jacksonian		21
10	Gideon Tomlinson	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1837	22	8	Elected in 1831
				23
				24
11	Perry Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1843	25	9	Elected in 1837
				26
				27
12	John Milton Niles	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1849	28	10	Elected in 1843
				29
				30
13	Truman Smith	Whig	March 4, 1849 – May 24, 1854	31	11	Elected in 1848 Resigned
				32
				33
14	Francis Gillette	Free Soil	May 24, 1854 – March 4, 1855	33		Elected to finish Smith's term Retired
15	Lafayette S. Foster	Republican	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1867	34	12	Elected in 1854
				35
				36
				37	13	Re-elected in 1860 Lost re-election
				38
				39
16	Orris S. Ferry	Republican	March 4, 1867 – November 21, 1875	40	14	Elected in 1866
				41
				42
				43	15	Re-elected in 1872 Died
				44
Vacant			November 21, 1875 – November 27, 1875
17	James E. English	Democratic	November 27, 1875 – May 17, 1876			Appointed to continue Ferry's term Retired when successor elected
18	William Henry Barnum	Democratic	May 18, 1876 – March 4, 1879	44		Elected to finish Ferry's term
18	William Henry Barnum	Democratic	May 18, 1876 – March 4, 1879	45		Elected to finish Ferry's term
19	Orville H. Platt	Republican	March 4, 1879 – April 21, 1905	46	16	Elected in 1879
				47
				48
				49	17	Re-elected 1885
				50
				51
				52	18	Re-elected 1891
				53
				54
				55	19	Re-elected 1897
				56
				57
				58	20	Re-elected in 1903 Died
Vacant			April 21, 1905 – May 10, 1905	58
20	Frank B. Brandegee	Republican	May 10, 1905 – October 14, 1924	58		Elected to finish Platt's term
				59
				60
				61	21	Re-elected in 1908
				62
				63
				64	22	Re-elected in 1914
				65
				66
				67	23	Re-elected in 1920 Died
				68
Vacant			October 14, 1924 – December 15, 1924	68
21	Hiram Bingham III	Republican	December 15, 1924 – March 4, 1933	68		Elected to finish Brandegee's term
				69		Elected to finish Brandegee's term
				70	24	Re-elected in 1926 Lost re-election
				71
				72
22	Augustine Lonergan	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73	25	Elected in 1932 Lost re-election
				74
				75
23	John A. Danaher	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945	76	26	Elected in 1938 Lost re-election
				77
				78
24	Brien McMahon	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – July 28, 1952	79	27	Elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	28	Re-elected in 1950 Died
Vacant			July 28, 1952 – August 29, 1952
25	William A. Purtell	Republican	August 29, 1952 – November 4, 1952			Appointed to continue McMahon's term Retired when successor elected
26	Prescott Bush	Republican	November 4, 1952 – January 3, 1963	82		Elected to finish McMahon's term
				83
				84
				85	29	Re-elected in 1956 Retired
				86
				87
27	Abraham A. Ribicoff	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981	88	30	Elected in 1962
				89
				90
				91	31	Re-elected in 1968
				92
				93
				94	32	Re-elected in 1974 Retired
				95
				96
28	Chris Dodd	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011	97	33	Elected in 1980
				98
				99
				100	34	Re-elected in 1986
				101
				102
				103	35	Re-elected in 1992
				104
				105
				106	36	Re-elected in 1998
				107
				108
				109	37	Re-elected in 2004 Retired
				110
				111
29	Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	January 3, 2011 – Present	112	38	Elected in 2010
				113
				114
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