PRESIDENTS PRO TEMPORE OF THE CONNECTICUT
STATE SENATE SINCE 1845
STATE SENATE SINCE 1845
| Name | Town and Party** | Term of Service |
| Aaron N. Skinner | New Haven, W | 1845 |
| Samuel Ingham | Saybrook, D | 1846 |
| Thomas C. Perkins | Hartford, W | 1847 |
| Thomas B. Butler | Norwalk, W | 1848 |
| Henry Dutton | New Haven, W | 1849 |
| Samuel Ingham | Saybrook, D | 1850 |
| Henry E. Peck | New Haven, W | 1851 |
| James T. Pratt | Rocky Hill, D | 1852 |
| Daniel B. Warner | East Haddam, D | 1853 |
| John Boyd | West Winsted, Free Soil Dem. | 1854 |
| James F. Babcock | New Haven, W | 1855 |
| Leman W. Cutler | Watertown, AR | 1856 |
| Ammi Giddings | Plymouth, U | 1857 |
| Elisha Carpenter | Killingly, R | 1858 |
| Thaddeus Welles | Glastonbury, R | 1859 |
| Joseph G. Lamb | Norwich, AR | 1860 |
| Andrew B. Mygatt | New Milford, R | 1861 |
| Hiram Goodwin | Hitchcockville, R (U) | 1862 |
| Gilbert W. Phillips | Putnam, R (U) | 1863 |
| John T. Adams | Norwich, U | 1864 |
| Orlando J. Hodge | Robertsville, U | 1865 |
| John T. Wait | Norwich, U | 1866 |
| Amos J. Gallup | Sterling, R | 1867 |
| Edwin H. Bugbec | Killingly, R | 1868 |
| David Gallup | Plainfield, R | 1869 |
| Edward Harland | Norwich, R | 1870 |
| Ezra Hall | Marlborough, R | 1871 |
| S. Storrs Cotton | Pomfret, R | 1872 |
| Allen Tenny | Norwich, R | 1873 |
| Luzon B. Morris | New Haven, D | 1874 |
| Caleb B. Bowers | New Haven, D | 1875 |
| Ephraim H. Hyde | Stafford, D | 1876 |
| Oliver Hoyt | Stamford, R | 1877-78 |
| Gilbert W. Phillips | Putnam, R (U) | 1879 |
| Lyman W. Coe | Torrington, R | 1880-81 |
| Robert Coit | New London, R | 1882-83 |
| Lorrin A. Cooke | Winsted, R | 1884 |
| Stiles T. Stanton | Stonington, R | 1885-86 |
| Robert J. Walsh | Greenwich, R | 1887-88 |
| John M. Hall | Willimantic, R | 1889-90 |
| David M. Read | Bridgeport, D | 1891-92 |
| Frederick W. Holden | Ansonia, D | 1893-94 |
| John Ferris | So. Norwalk, R | 1895-96 |
| William Marigold | Bridgeport, R | 1897-98 |
| Edwin O. Keeler | Norwalk, R | 1899-1900 |
| Henry Roberts | Hartford, R | 1901-02 |
| Rollin S. Woodruff | New Haven, R | 1903-04 |
| Samuel Fessenden | Stamford, R | 1905-06 |
| Stiles Judson | Stratford, R | 1907-08 |
| Isaac W. Brooks | Torrington, R | 1909-10 |
| Frank C. Woodruff | Orange, R | 1911-12 |
| George Landers | New Britain, D | 1913-14 |
| Frederic A. Bartlett | Bridgeport, R | 1915-16 |
| Henry H. Lyman | Middlefield, R | 1917-18 |
| William H. Heald | Stafford Springs, R | 1919-20 |
| William H. Hall | So. Willington, R | 1921-22 |
| John H. Trumbull | Plainville, R | 1923-24 |
| Edwin Brainard | Branford, R | 1925-26 |
| Frederic C. Walcott | Norfolk, R | 1927-28 |
| Roy C. Wilcox | Meriden, R | 1929-30 |
| Albert E. Lavery | Fairfield, R | 1931-32 |
| David Goldstein | Bridgeport, D | 1933-34 |
| John F. Lynch | West Haven, R | 1935-36 |
| Joseph H. Lawlor | Waterbury, D | 1937-38 |
| Charles J. Arrigoni | Durham, R | 1939-40 |
| Joseph B. Downes | Norwich, D | 1941-42 |
| Frank H. Peet | Kent, R | 1943-44 |
| Samuel H. Malkan | New Haven, D | 1945-46 |
| Robert E. Parsons | Farmington, R | 1947-48 |
| Cornelius Mulvihill, Jr. | Bridgeport, D | 1949-50 |
| William Perry Barber | Putnam, D | 1951-52 |
| Oscar Peterson, Jr. | Stratford, R | 1953-54 |
| Patrick J. Ward | Hartford, D | 1955-56 |
| Theodore S. Ryan | Sharon, R | 1957-58 |
| Anthony Armentano | Hartford, D | 1959-62 |
| Fred J. Doocy1 | Wapping, D | 1963-1/16/66 |
| Paul J. Falsey2 | New Haven, D | 1/26/66-1966 |
| Charles T. Alfano | Suffield, D | 1967-72 |
| Peter L. Cashman3 | Lyme, R | 1973-6/7/73 |
| Florence D. Finney4 | Cos Cob, R | 7/10/73-1974 |
| Joseph J. Fauliso5 | Hartford, D | 1975-80 |
| James J. Murphy, Jr. | Franklin, D | 1981-84 |
| Philip S. Robertson | Cheshire, R | 1985-86 |
| John B. Larson | East Hartford, D | 1987-94 |
| M. Adela Eads | Kent, R | 1995-97 |
| Kevin B. Sullivan6 | West Hartford, D | 1997-7/1/2004 |
| Donald E. Williams, Jr.7 | Brooklyn, D | 7/1/2004-2014 |
| Martin M. Looney | New Haven, D | 2015- |
**Town listed is town of residence at time of election.
1Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor. Took oath of office January 17, 1966.
2Became President Pro Tempore when Fred Doocy became Lieutenant Governor.
3Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor. Took oath of office June 7, 1973.
4Became President Pro Tempore when Peter L. Cashman became Lieutenant Governor.
5Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor. Took oath of office December 31, 1980.
6Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor. Took oath of office July 1, 2004.
7Became President Pro Tempore when Kevin B. Sullivan became Lieutenant Governor.