| U.S.
Congress |
| |
Rosa
L. DeLauro (D)
Nancy L. Johnson (R)
Barbara B. Kennelly (D) |
U.S.
Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep. |
1991-present
1983-2007
1982-1999 |
| |
Kennelly
initially won a special election to fill a vacancy; she was subsequently
re-elected. |
| |
Ella T.
Grasso (D)
Chase Going Woodhouse (D)
Clare Boothe Luce (R)
|
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep. |
1971-1975
1945-1947; 1949-1951
1943-1947 |
Statewide Elective Executives |
| |
M.
Jodi Rell (R)
|
Governor
|
2004-present |
| |
Rell
became governor when her predecessor resigned; she was elected to a full term in 2006. |
| |
Susan
Bysiewicz (D)
Denise Nappier (D)
Nancy Wyman (D)
M. Jodi Rell (R)
Eunice Groark (ACP)*
Pauline Kezer (R)
Clarine Nardie Riddle (D) |
Secretary
of State
State Treasurer
State Comptroller
Lt. Governor
Lt. Governor
Secretary of State
Attorney General |
1999-present
1999-present
1995-present
1995-2004
1991-1995
1991-1995
1988-1990 |
| |
Riddle was appointed to fill a vacancy. |
| |
Julia H.
Tashjian (D)
Maura Melley (D) |
Secretary
of State
Secretary of State |
1983-1991
1982-1983 |
| |
Melley
was appointed to fill a vacancy. |
| |
Barbara
Kennelly (D) |
Secretary
of State |
1979-1982 |
| |
Kennelly
was first elected in a special election to fill a vacancy. She
resigned in January 1982 to assume her seat in the U.S. House
of Representatives. |
| |
Ella T.
Grasso (D) |
Governor |
1975-1980 |
| |
Grasso
was the first woman governor to be elected in her own right. |
| |
Gloria Shaffer
(D)
Ella T. Grasso (D)
Mildred P. Allen (R)
Alice K. Leopold (R) |
Secretary
of State
Secretary of State
Secretary of State
Secretary of State |
1971-1978
1959-1970
1955-1958
1951-1953 |
| |
Leopold
resigned in November 1953. |
| |
Winifred McDonald (D)
Francis Burke Redick (R)
Chase Going Woodhouse (D)
Sara B. Crawford (R) |
Secretary
of State
Secretary of State
Secretary of State
Secretary of State |
1949-1950
1943-1944; 1947-1948
1941-1942
1939-1940 |