SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
CONNECTICUT SINCE 1819
CONNECTICUT SINCE 1819
Name | Town and Party** | Term of Service |
David Plant | Stratford, O | 1819,20 |
Elisha Phelps | Simsbury, O | 1821 |
Seth P. Beers | Litchfield, O | 1822,23 |
Ralph I. Ingersoll | New Haven, O | 1824 |
Samuel A. Foot | Cheshire, R | 1825,26 |
Ebenezer Young | Killingly, O | 1827,28 |
Elisha Phelps | Simsbury, O | 1829 |
Henry W. Edwards | New Haven, D | 1830 |
Martin Welles | Wethersfield, O | 1831,32 |
Samuel Ingham2 | Saybrook, O | 1833 |
Roger Huntington1 | Norwich, O | 1834 |
William L. Storrs | Middletown, O | 1834 |
Samuel Ingham | Saybrook, O | 1835 |
Chauncey F. Cleveland | Hampton, D | 1835,36 |
Stillman K. Wightman | Middletown, O | 1837 |
William W. Boardman | New Haven, W | 1838,39 |
Charles J. McCurdy | Lyme, O | 1840,41 |
Stillman K. Wightman | Middletown, O | 1842 |
Noyes Billings | New London, O | 1843 |
Charles J. McCurdy | Lyme, O | 1844 |
William W. Boardman | New Haven, W | 1845 |
Cyrus H. Beardslee | Monroe, D | 1846 |
LaFayette S. Foster | Norwich, W | 1847,48 |
John C. Lewis | Plymouth, F | 1849 |
Origen S. Seymour | Litchfield, D | 1850 |
Samuel Ingham | Saybrook, D | 1851 |
Charles B. Phelps | Woodbury, D | 1852 |
William W. Eaton | Hartford, D | 1853 |
LaFayette S. Foster3 | Norwich, W | 1854 |
Green Kendrick | Waterbury, W | 1854 |
Austin Baldwin | Middletown, A | 1855 |
Green Kendrick | Waterbury, W | 1856 |
Eliphalet A. Bulkeley | Hartford, U | 1857 |
Alfred A. Burnham | Windham, R | 1858 |
Oliver H. Perry | Fairfield, R | 1859,60 |
Augustus Brandegee4 | New London, R | 1861 |
Henry C. Deming | Hartford, D | 1861 |
Josiah M. Carter | Norwalk, R | 1862 |
Chauncey F. Cleveland | Hampton, R | 1863 |
John S. Rice | Farmington, U | 1864 |
Eleazer K. Foster | New Haven, R | 1865 |
David Gallup | Plainfield, U | 1866 |
John T. Wait | Norwich, U | 1867 |
Charles Ives | East Haven, R | 1868 |
Orville H. Platt | Meriden, R | 1869 |
LaFayette S. Foster5 | Norwich, R | 1870 |
Alfred A. Burnham | Windham, R | 1870 |
Edwin H. Bugbee | Killingly, R | 1871 |
Amos S. Treat | Woodbridge, R | 1872 |
William W. Eaton | Hartford, D | 1873 |
Tilton E. Doolittle | New Haven, D | 1874 |
Charles Durand | Derby, R | 1875 |
Thomas M. Waller | New London, D | 1876 |
Lynde Harrison | Guilford, R | 1877 |
Charles H. Briscoe | Enfield, R | 1878 |
Dexter R. Wright | New Haven, R | 1879 |
Dwight Marcy | Vernon, R | 1880 |
William C. Case | Granby, R | 1881 |
John M. Hall | Windham, R | 1882 |
Charles H. Pine | Derby, R | 1883 |
Henry B. Harrison | New Haven, R | 1884 |
William Edgar Simonds | Canton, R | 1885 |
John A. Tibbits | New London, R | 1886 |
Heusted W. R. Hoyt | Greenwich, R | 1887 |
John H. Perry | Fairfield, R | 1889 |
Allen W. Paige | Huntington, R | 1891 |
Isaac W. Brooks | Torrington, R | 1893 |
Samuel Fessenden | Stamford, R | 1895 |
Joseph L. Barbour | Hartford, R | 1897 |
Frank B. Brandegee | New London, R | 1899 |
John H. Light | Norwalk, R | 1901 |
Michael Kenealy | Stamford, R | 1903 |
Marcus H. Holcomb | Southington, R | 1905 |
John Q. Tilson | New Haven, R | 1907 |
Elmore S. Banks | Fairfield, R | 1909 |
Frederick A. Scott | Plymouth, R | 1911 |
Morris C. Webster | Harwinton, R | 1913 |
Frank E. Healy | Windsor Locks, R | 1915,17 |
James F. Walsh | Greenwich, R | 1919 |
Frederick W. Huxford | Stamford, R | 1921 |
Leonard J. Nickerson | Cornwall, R | 1923 |
Elbert L. Darbie | Killingly, R | 1925 |
John H. Hill | Shelton, R | 1927 |
Samuel A. Eddy | North Canaan, R | 1929 |
Howard W. Alcorn | Suffield, R | 1931 |
William Hanna | Bethel, R | 1933,35 |
J. Mortimer Bell | Salisbury, R | 1937 |
Walter Howe | Litchfield, R | 1939 |
Hugh Meade Alcorn, Jr. | Suffield, R | 1941 |
Harold E. Mitchell | West Hartford, R | 1943 |
E. Lea Marsh, Jr. | Old Lyme, R | 1945 |
Frederick H. Holbrook | Madison, R | 1947 |
John R. Thim | Hamden, R | 1949 |
Mansfield D. Sprague | New Canaan, R | 1951 |
Arthur E. B. Tanner | Woodbury, R | 1953 |
W. Sheffield Cowles | Farmington, R | 1955 |
Nelson C. L. Brown, II | Groton, R | 1957 |
William J. O'Brien, Jr. | Portland, D | 1959 |
Anthony E. Wallace | Simsbury, R | 1961 |
J. Tyler Patterson, Jr. | Old Lyme, R | 1963-65 |
Robert J. Testo | Bridgeport, D | 1967 |
William R. Ratchford | Danbury, D | 1969-72 |
Francis J. Collins | Brookfield Center, R | 1973-74 |
James J. Kennelly | Hartford, D | 1975-78 |
Ernest N. Abate | Stamford, D | 1979-82 |
Irving J. Stolberg | New Haven, D | 1983-84 |
R. E. Van Norstrand | Darien, R | 1985-86 |
Irving J. Stolberg | New Haven, D | 1987-88 |
Richard J. Balducci | Newington, D | 1989-92 |
Thomas D. Ritter | Hartford, D | 1993-98 |
Moira K. Lyons | Stamford, D | 1999-04 |
James A. Amann | Milford, D | 2005-08 |
Christopher G. Donovan | Meriden, D | 2009-12 |
Sharkey, J. Brendan | Hamden, D | 2013-16 |
Joe Aresimowicz | Berlin, D | 2017-20 |
Matthew D. Ritter | Hartford, D | 2021- |
**Town listed is town of residence at time of election.
1Resigned May 24, 1834, having been appointed Comptroller, and William L. Storrs was appointed to fill the vacancy.
2Resigned May 15, 1835, and Chauncey F. Cleveland was chosen to fill the vacancy.
3Resigned June 8, 1854, having been elected U.S. Senator, and Green Kendrick was chosen to fill the vacancy.
4At a special session held Oct. 9, 1861, the speaker, Mr. Brandegee, being detained from the House by illness, Mr. Deming was chosen speaker, pro tempore.
5Resigned June 16, 1870, having been chosen Judge of Supreme Court of Errors and Alfred A. Burnham of Windham was chosen to fill the vacancy.