GOVERNORS OF CONNECTICUT

The supreme executive power of the state is vested by the Constitution in the Governor. The Governor has the power to administer oaths, sign writs, issue processes, and to see that the laws of the state are faithfully executed. In case of emergency, the Governor may convene the General Assembly in special session. The Governor is commander-in-chief of the militia of the state and has jurisdiction in the matter of requisitions from other states for criminals. The Governor has power to veto any bills passed by the General Assembly, but the veto may be overridden by at least a two-thirds majority vote of each house upon reconsideration. Any bill that is neither signed nor vetoed within five days after being presented to the Governor (Sundays and legal holidays excepted) during the session of the General Assembly becomes a law, in like manner as if signed. After adjournment of the General Assembly, the Governor is allowed fifteen calendar days after bills have been presented in which to act. In each odd-numbered year, the Governor must also present a biennial budget for the state to the General Assembly and has control over the quarterly allotments granted after the budget has been acted on by the General Assembly. The Governor must from time to time give to the General Assembly information concerning the state and recommend such measures as deemed expedient. The Governor may adjourn the General Assembly in case of disagreement between the two houses, respecting the time of adjournment to such time as the Governor thinks proper, but not beyond the day of the next stated session.

The Governor nominates to the General Assembly the Judges of the Supreme, Appellate, and the Superior Courts and the Chief Court Administrator; and appoints the members of several boards and commissions, at times with the consent of either House of the General Assembly, and appoints, with the advice and consent of either House of the General Assembly, the Commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services, the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, the Commissioner of the Department of Banking, the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, the Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Protection, the Commissioner of the Department of Correction, the Commissioner of the Department of Developmental Services, the Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, the Commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Commissioner of the Department of Housing, the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, the Commissioner of the Department of Labor, the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health, the Commissioner of the Department of Rehabilitative Services, the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue Services, the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services, the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, the Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Commissioner of the Office of Early Childhood Education, the Claims Commissioner, the Consumer Counsel, the Executive Administrator of the Office of Governmental Accountability, the Executive Director of the Office of Health Strategy, the Healthcare Advocate, the Executive Director of the Office of Military Affairs, the Executive Director of the State Contracting Standards Board, the Child Advocate, and the Victim Advocate. The Governor also appoints, with the consent of both houses, members of the State Board of Education, the New England Board of Higher Education, members of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and other boards and commissions. The Governor also appoints, with advice and consent of either House of the General Assembly, the Board of Trustees of the University of Connecticut.  The Governor is an ex officio member of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, State Bond Commission, Finance Advisory Committee, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Board of Trustees of the University of Connecticut, and the Corporation of Yale University.

The Governor presided over the General Assembly before it was divided into two houses in 1698; from that date until the adoption of the Constitution of 1818, the Governor presided in the council or upper house, with a casting vote, but no veto power. At the present time, the Lieutenant Governor presides over the Senate.

The Governor holds office for four years. The Governor's Residence is located at 990 Prospect Avenue, Hartford 06105.

Abbreviations for political parties denote the following: A, American; ACP, A Connecticut Party; AD, American Democrat; AR, American Republican; D, Democrat; F, Federalist; FSA, Free Soil American; NR, National Republican; O, No record; R, Republican; R*, Jeffersonian Republican; U, Union; W, Whig. Prior to 1660, state law prohibited governors from serving successive terms.

Governor	Town and Party**	Term of Service	Years of Service
John Haynes	Hartford, O	1639, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53	8 yrs.
Edward Hopkins	Hartford, O	1640, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54	7 yrs.
George Wyllys	Hartford, O	1642	1 yr.
Thomas Welles	Hartford, O	1655, 58	2 yrs.
John Webster	Hartford, O	1656	1 yr.
John Winthrop	New London, O	1657, 59-76	18 yrs.
William Leete	Guilford, O	1676-83	7 yrs.
Robert Treat1	Milford, O	1683-98	15 yrs.
Fitz-John Winthrop	New London, O	1698-1707	9 yrs. 6 m.
Gurdon Saltonstall	New London, O	1708-24	17 yrs. 4 m.
Joseph Talcott2	Hartford, O	1724-41	16 yrs. 5 m.
Jonathan Law3	Milford, O	1741-50	9 yrs. 1 m.
Roger Wolcott	Windsor, O	1750-54	3 yrs. 6 m.
Thomas Fitch	Norwalk, O	1754-66	12 yrs.
William Pitkin4	Hartford, O	1766-69	3 yrs. 5 m.
Jonathan Trumbull	Lebanon, O	1769-84	14 yrs. 7 m.
Matthew Griswold	Lyme, F	1784-86	2 yrs.
Samuel Huntington5	Norwich, F	1786-96	9 yrs. 8 m.
Oliver Wolcott6	Litchfield, F	1796-97	1 yr. 11 m.
Jonathan Trumbull, 2nd7	Lebanon, F	1797-1809	11 yrs. 8 m.
John Treadwell	Farmington, F	1809-11	1 yr. 9 m.
Roger Griswold8	Lyme, F	1811-12	1 yr. 5 m.
John Cotton Smith	Sharon, F	1812-17	4 yrs. 7 m.
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.	Litchfield, R*	1817-27	10 yrs.
Gideon Tomlinson9	Fairfield, R*	1827-31	4 yrs.
John S. Peters	Hebron, NR	1831-33	2 yrs.
Henry W. Edwards	New Haven, D	1833-34	1 yr.
Samuel A. Foot	Cheshire, W	1834-35	1 yr.
Henry W. Edwards	New Haven, D	1835-38	3 yrs.
Wm. W. Ellsworth	Hartford, W	1838-42	4 yrs.
Chauncey F. Cleveland	Hampton, D	1842-44	2 yrs.
Roger S. Baldwin	New Haven, W	1844-46	2 yrs.
Isaac Toucey	Hartford, D	1846-47	1 yr.
Clark Bissell	Norwalk, W	1847-49	2 yrs.
Joseph Trumbull	Hartford, W	1849-50	1 yr.
Thomas H. Seymour	Hartford, D	1850-53	3 yrs. 1 m.
Charles H. Pond10	Milford, D	1853-54	11 m.
Henry Dutton	New Haven, W	1854-55	1 yr.
William T. Minor	Stamford, A	1855-57	2 yrs.
Alexander H. Holley	Salisbury, AR	1857-58	1 yr.
Wm. A. Buckingham	Norwich, R	1858-66	8 yrs.
Joseph R. Hawley	Hartford, R	1866-67	1 yr.
James E. English	New Haven, D	1867-69	2 yrs.
Marshall Jewell	Hartford, R	1869-70	2 yrs.
James E. English	New Haven, D	1870-71	1 yr.
Marshall Jewell	Hartford, R	1871-72	2 yrs.
Charles R. Ingersoll11	New Haven, D	1873-77	3 yrs. 9 m.
Richard D. Hubbard	Hartford, D	1877-79	2 yrs.
Charles B. Andrews	Litchfield, R	1879-81	2 yrs.
Hobart B. Bigelow	New Haven, R	1881-83	2 yrs.
Thomas M. Waller	New London, D	1883-85	2 yrs.
Henry B. Harrison	New Haven, R	1885-87	2 yrs.
Phineas C. Lounsbury	Ridgefield, R	1887-89	2 yrs.
Morgan G. Bulkeley	Hartford, R	1889-93	4 yrs.
Luzon B. Morris	New Haven, D	1893-95	2 yrs.
O. Vincent Coffin	Middletown, R	1895-97	2 yrs.
Lorrin A. Cooke	Winsted, R	1897-99	2 yrs.
George E. Lounsbury	Ridgefield, R	1899-1901	2 yrs.
George P. McLean	Simsbury, R	1901-03	2 yrs.
Abiram Chamberlain	Meriden, R	1903-05	2 yrs.
Henry Roberts	Hartford, R	1905-07	2 yrs.
Rollin S. Woodruff	New Haven, R	1907-09	2 yrs.
George L. Lilley12	Waterbury, R	1909	3 m. 15 d.
Frank B. Weeks	Middletown, R	1909-11	1 yr. 8 m. 15 d.
Simeon E. Baldwin	New Haven, D	1911-15	4 yrs.
Marcus H. Holcomb	Southington, R	1915-21	6 yrs.
Everett J. Lake	Hartford, R	1921-23	2 yrs.
Chas. A. Templeton	Waterbury, R	1923-25	2 yrs.
Hiram Bingham13	New Haven, R	1925	1 d.
John H. Trumbull14	Plainville, R	1925-31	6 yrs.
Wilbur L. Cross	New Haven, D	1931-39	8 yrs.
Raymond E. Baldwin	Stratford, R	1939-41	2 yrs.
Robert A. Hurley	Bridgeport, D	1941-42	2 yrs.
Raymond E. Baldwin15	Stratford, R	1943-46	3 yrs. 11 m. 21 d.
Wilbert Snow16	Middletown, D	1946-47	13 d.
James L. McConaughy17	Cornwall, R	1947-48	1 yr. 2 m.
James C. Shannon	Bridgeport, R	1948-49	9 m. 29 d.
Chester Bowles	Essex, D	1949-51	2 yrs.
John Lodge	Westport, R	1951-55	4 yrs.
Abraham Ribicoff18	Hartford, D	1955-61	6 yrs. 16 d.
John Dempsey19	Putnam, D	1961-71	9 yrs. 11 m. 15 d.
Thomas J. Meskill	New Britain, R	1971-75	4 yrs.
Ella T. Grasso20	Windsor Locks, D	1975-80	5 yrs. 11 m. 28 d.
William A. O'Neill21	East Hampton, D	1980-91	10 yrs. 10 d.
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	Greenwich, ACP	1991-95	4 yrs.
John G. Rowland22	Waterbury, R	1995-2004	9 yrs. 6 m.
M. Jodi Rell23	Brookfield, R	2004-11	6 yrs. 6 m.
Dannel P. Malloy	Stamford, D	2011-19	8 yrs.
Ned Lamont	Greenwich, D	2019-

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**Town listed is town of residence at time of election.

¹Gov. Treat's term includes the period when Sir Edmund Andros served as royal governor with de facto executive.

²Died in office October 11, 1741. The General Assembly, then being in session, elected Jonathan Law, Governor.

³Died in office November 6, 1750. At a special session of November 21-22 the General Assembly elected Roger Wolcott, Governor.

⁴Died October 1, 1769. At its October 1769 session the General Assembly elected Jonathan Trumbull, Sr., Governor.

⁵Died January 5, 1796. At the regular May 1796 election the freemen failed to give any candidate a majority. The General Assembly then elected Oliver Wolcott, Governor.

⁶Died December 1, 1797. At the regular May 1798 election the freemen elected Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Governor.

⁷Died August 7, 1809. At the regular October 1809 session the General Assembly elected John Treadwell, Governor.

⁸Died October 25, 1812. At the regular October 1812 session the General Assembly refused to elect a Governor. At the regular May 1813 election the freemen elected John Cotton Smith, Governor.

⁹Resigned to become United States Senator.

¹⁰Governor Pond was elected Lieutenant-Governor in April, 1853, and became Governor by resignation of Governor Seymour on October 13, 1853, when the latter was appointed Minister to Russia.

¹¹By Constitutional Amendment of 1875, the term for 1876-7 was made to expire January, 1877.

¹²Died in office, April 21, 1909, and Frank B. Weeks became Governor.

¹³Resigned January 8, 1925 to become United States Senator.

¹⁴Succeeded Hiram Bingham.

¹⁵Resigned December 27, 1946 to become U.S. Senator.

¹⁶Became Governor December 27, 1946.

¹⁷Died in office, March 7, 1948 and James C. Shannon became Governor.

¹⁸Resigned January 21, 1961 to become Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.

¹⁹Became Governor January 21, 1961, in succession to Abraham Ribicoff. Elected Governor for a full term beginning January 9, 1963; reelected November 8, 1966.

²⁰Resigned December 31, 1980 because of ill health.

²¹Became Governor December 31, 1980, in succession to Ella Grasso. Elected Governor for a full term beginning January 5, 1983; reelected November 4, 1986.

²²Resigned July 1, 2004 at 12:00 Noon.
²³Became Governor July 1, 2004 at 12:00 Noon, in succession to John G. Rowland, who resigned. Elected Governor for a full term beginning January 3, 2007.

 

DEPUTY OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNORS

Before the Constitution of 1818, Connecticut had a Deputy Governor who presided in council, or the upper house of the General Assembly, in the absence of the Governor. When the Governor was present, the Deputy Governor had a voice in council. Until 1818 the Deputy Governor could exercise the office of a justice of the peace throughout the State, and could sign writs until 1879.

Today, the Lieutenant Governor is President of the State Senate, presides over its deliberations, rules on procedures, and may cast a vote in the event of a tie. The Lieutenant Governor may only enter debate when the State Senate meets as Committee of the Whole. Under the Constitution, the Lieutenant Governor becomes Governor in case of the death, resignation, refusal to serve or removal from office of the Governor. If the Governor is impeached or absent from the state, the Lieutenant Governor "shall exercise the powers and authority and perform the duties appertaining to the office of Governor until, if the Governor has been impeached, he is acquitted, or if absent, he has returned."

The Constitution also provides that the Lieutenant Governor shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of Governor if the Governor informs the Lieutenant Governor in writing that he is unable to do so, "until the Governor transmits to the Lieutenant Governor a written declaration to the contrary."

The Constitution also establishes procedures, under a Council on Gubernatorial Incapacity, whereby the Lieutenant Governor may assume the powers and duties of the Governor in the absence of a written declaration of incapacity by the Governor until it is determined that the Governor is able to resume the powers and duties of his office.

The Lieutenant Governor is a member of the Finance Advisory Committee, the Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation and the Corporation of Yale University.

The Lieutenant Governor shall have the same qualifications for office as the Governor, is elected for four-year terms and receives an annual salary of $110,000.

Lieutenant Governor	Town and Party**	Term of Service	Years of Service
Roger Ludlow	Windsor, O	1639, 42, 48	3 yrs.
John Haynes	Hartford, O	1640, 44, 46, 50, 52	5 yrs.
George Wyllys	Hartford, O	1641	1 yr.
Edward Hopkins	Hartford, O	1643, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53	6 yrs.
Thomas Welles	Hartford, O	1654, 56, 57, 59	4 yrs.
John Webster	Hartford, O	1655	1 yr.
John Winthrop	New London, O	1658-59	1 yr.
John Mason	Norwich, O	1660-69	9 yrs.
William Leete	Guilford, O	1669-76	7 yrs.
Robert Treat	Milford, O	1676-83	7 yrs.
James Bishop	New Haven, O	1683-92	9 yrs.
William Jones	New Haven, O	1692-98	6 yrs.
Robert Treat	Milford, O	1698-1708	10 yrs.
Nathan Gold	Fairfield, O	1708-24	16 yrs.
Joseph Talcott	Hartford, O	1724-25	1 yr.
Jonathan Law	Milford, O	1725-41	16 yrs. 5 m.
Roger Wolcott	Windsor, O	1741-50	9 yrs. 10 m.
Thomas Fitch	Norwalk, O	1750-54	3 yrs. 1 m.
William Pitkin	Hartford, O	1754-66	12 yrs.
Jonathan Trumbull, Sr.	Lebanon, O	1766-69	3 yrs. 5 m.
Matthew Griswold	Lyme, F	1769-84	15 yrs.
Samuel Huntington	Norwich, O	1784-86	2 yrs.
Oliver Wolcott	Litchfield, F	1786-96	9 yrs. 8 m.
Jonathan Trumbull, 2nd	Lebanon, F	1796-97	1 yr. 7 m.
John Treadwell1	Farmington, F	1797-1809	11 yrs. 5 m.
Roger Griswold2	Lyme, F	1809-11	1 yr. 7 m.
John Cotton Smith3	Sharon, F	1811-13	2 yrs.
Chauncey Goodrich4	Hartford, F	1813-15	2 yrs. 3 m.
Jonathan Ingersoll5	New Haven, R*	1816-23	6 yrs. 8 m.
David Plant	Stratford, O	1823-27	4 yrs.
John S. Peters	Hebron, NR	1827-31	4 yrs.
No election		1831-32
Thaddeus Betts	Norwalk, O	1832-33	1 yr.
Ebenezer Stoddard	Woodstock, O	1833-34	1 yr.
Thaddeus Betts	Norwalk, O	1834-35	1 yr.
Ebenezer Stoddard	Woodstock, O	1835-38	3 yrs.
Charles Hawley	Stamford, O	1838-42	4 yrs.
William S. Holabird	Winsted, O	1842-44	2 yrs.
Reuben Booth	Danbury, O	1844-46	2 yrs.
Noyes Billings	New London, O	1846-47	1 yr.
Charles J. McCurdy	Lyme, O	1847-49	2 yrs.
Thomas Backus	Killingly, O	1849-50	1 yr.
Charles H. Pond	Milford, D	1850-51	1 yr.
Green Kendrick	Waterbury, W	1851-52	1 yr.
Charles H. Pond	Milford, D	1852-54	2 yrs.
Alexander H. Holley	Salisbury, W	1854-55	1 yr.
William Field	Pomfret, FSA	1855-56	1 yr.
Albert Day	Hartford, AR	1856-57	1 yr.
Alfred A. Burnham	Windham, R	1857-58	1 yr.
Julius Catlin	Hartford, R	1858-61	3 yrs.
Benjamin Douglas	Middletown, R	1861-62	1 yr.
Roger Averill	Danbury, U	1862-66	4 yrs.
Oliver F. Winchester	New Haven, R	1866-67	1 yr.
Ephraim H. Hyde	Stafford, D	1867-69	2 yrs.
Francis Wayland	New Haven, R	1869-70	1 yr.
Julius Hotchkiss	Middletown, D	1870-71	1 yr.
Morris Tyler	New Haven, R	1871-73	2 yrs.
George G. Sill	Hartford, R	1873-77	4 yrs.
Francis B. Loomis	New London, D	1877-79	2 yrs.
David Gallup	Plainfield, R	1879-81	2 yrs.
William H. Bulkeley	Hartford, R	1881-83	2 yrs.
George G. Summer	Hartford, D	1883-85	2 yrs.
Lorrin A. Cooke	Winsted, R	1885-87	2 yrs.
James L. Howard	Hartford, R	1887-89	2 yrs.
Samuel E. Merwin	New Haven, R	1889-93	4 yrs.
Ernest Cady	Hartford, D	1893-95	2 yrs.
Lorrin A. Cooke	Winsted, R	1895-97	2 yrs.
James D. Dewell	New Haven, R	1897-99	2 yrs.
Lyman A. Mills	Middlefield, R	1899-1901	2 yrs.
Edwin O. Keeler	Norwalk, R	1901-03	2 yrs.
Henry Roberts	Hartford, R	1903-05	2 yrs.
Rollin S. Woodruff	New Haven, R	1905-07	2 yrs.
Everett J. Lake	Hartford, R	1907-09	2 yrs.
Frank B. Weeks6	Middletown, R	1909	3 m. 15 d.
Dennis A. Blakeslee	New Haven, R	1911-13	2 yrs.
Lyman T. Tingier	Vernon, D	1913-15	2 yrs.
Clifford B. Wilson	Bridgeport, R	1915-21	6 yrs.
Charles A. Templeton	Waterbury, R	1921-23	2 yrs.
Hiram Bingham	New Haven, R	1923-25	2 yrs.
John H. Trumbull	Plainville, R	1925	1 d.
J. Edwin Brainard7	Branford, R	1925-29	4 yrs.
Ernest E. Rogers	New London, R	1929-31	2 yrs.
Samuel R. Spencer	Suffield, R	1931-33	2 yrs.
Roy C. Wilcox	Meriden, R	1933-35	2 yrs.
T. Frank Hayes	Waterbury, D	1935-39	4 yrs.
James L. McConaughy	Middletown, R	1939-41	2 yrs.
Odell Shepard	Hartford, D	1941-43	2 yrs.
William L. Hadden	West Haven, R	1943-45	2 yrs.
Wilbert Snow8	Middletown, D	1945-46	1 yr. 11 m. 25 d.
James C. Shannon9	Bridgeport, R	1947-48	1 yr. 2 m.
Robert E. Parsons10	Farmington, R	1948-49	9 m. 29 d.
William T. Carroll	Torrington, D	1949-51	2 yrs.
Edward N. Allen	Hartford, R	1951-55	4 yrs.
Charles W. Jewett	Lyme, R	1955-59	4 yrs.
John N. Dempsey11	Putnam, D	1959-61	2 yrs. 16 d.
Anthony J. Armentano12	Hartford, D	1961-63	1 yr. 11 m. 15 d.
Samuel J. Tedesco13	Bridgeport, D	1963-66	3 yrs. 6 d.
Fred J. Doocy14	South Windsor, D	1966-67	11 m. 19 d.
Attilio R. Frassinelli	Stafford, D	1967-71	4 yrs.
T. Clark Hull15	Danbury, R	1971-73	2 yrs. 4 m. 25 d.
Peter L. Cashman16	Lyme, R	1973-75	1 yr. 7 m. 1 d.
Robert K. Killian	Hartford, D	1975-79	4 yrs.
William A. O'Neill17	East Hampton, D	1979-80	1 yr. 11 m. 28 d.
Joseph J. Fauliso18	Hartford, D	1980-91	10 yrs. 8 d.
Eunice S. Groark	Hartford, ACP	1991-95	4 yrs.
M. Jodi Rell19	Brookfield, R	1995-2004	9 yrs. 6 m.
Kevin B. Sullivan20	West Hartford, D	2004-07	2 yrs. 6 m. 2 d.
Michael Fedele	Stamford, R	2007-11	4 yrs.
Nancy Wyman	Tolland, D	2011-19	8 yrs.
Susan Bysiewicz	Middletown, D	2019-

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**Town listed is town of residence at time of election.

¹Was appointed Governor by the General Assembly in October, 1809, Governor Trumbull having died August 7, 1809.

²Was appointed by the General Assembly in October, 1809, in place of Lieutenant Governor Treadwell.

³Was Acting-Governor from time of Governor Griswold's death, October 25, 1812, until May, 1813.

⁴Died August 18, 1815, while in office.

⁵Died January 12, 1823.

⁶Governor Weeks was elected Lieutenant Governor and became Governor on the death of Governor Lilley, taking the oath of office, April 22, 1909.

⁷Lieutenant Governor Brainard was chosen President Pro Tem of the Senate and succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor, to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Governor Trumbull, January 8, 1925.

⁸Became Governor December 27, 1946, when Governor Baldwin resigned to become U.S. Senator.

⁹Became Governor upon the death of Governor McConaughy. Took oath of office March 8, 1948.

¹⁰Became Lieutenant Governor when Lieutenant Governor Shannon became Governor. Term began March 8, 1948.

¹¹Became Governor January 21, 1961 in succession to Abraham Ribicoff who resigned to become Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.

¹²Was chosen president pro tempore of the Senate and succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor when John Dempsey became Governor, January 21, 1961.

¹³Resigned January 15, 1966 to become Judge of the Superior Court on August 13, 1966.

¹⁴Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor by virtue of being President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Took oath of office on January 17, 1966.

¹⁵Resigned June 1, 1973 to become Judge of the Superior Court.

¹⁶Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor by virtue of being President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Took oath of office on June 7, 1973.

¹⁷Became Governor December 31, 1980 in succession to Ella T. Grasso who resigned because of ill health.

¹⁸Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor by virtue of being President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Took oath of office on December 31, 1980.

¹⁹Became Governor July 1, 2004 at 12:00 Noon, in succession to John G. Rowland who resigned.
²⁰Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor by virtue of being President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Took oath of office on July 1, 2004.