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 Connecticut
Women in Elective Office - Historical Summary
 
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

* ACP= A Connecticut Party

 
State Legislature

   
  
  
  
State
  
  
Senate
Total
Wom./
Total
  
  
House
Total
Wom./
Total
Total
Wom./
Total
  
%
Total
Year 
 Rank 
  D  
  R 
  Senate  
   D  
  R  
  House  
  Legis.  
 Wom. 
                          
2008
15
7
1
8/ 36
31
14
45/ 151 53/ 187
28.3
2007
15
7
1
8/ 36
31
14
45/ 151 53/ 187
28.3
2005
14
7
2
9/ 36
28
18
46/ 151 55/ 187
29.4
2004
7
6
2
8/ 36
29
18
47/ 151 55/ 187
29.4
2003
8
6
2
8/ 36
29
18
47/ 151 55/ 187
29.4
2002
9
6
2
8/ 36
33
15
48/ 151 56/ 187
29.9
2001
9
6
2
8/ 36
33
15
48/ 151 56/ 187
29.9
2000
9
5
4
9/ 36
33
14
47/ 151 56/ 187
29.9
1999
9
5
4
9/ 36
33
13
46/ 151 55/ 187
29.4
1998
10
5
4
9/ 36
32
13
45/ 151 54/ 187
28.9
1997
10
5
4
9/ 36
32
13
45/ 151 54/ 187
28.9
1996
11
4
4
8/ 36
30
12
42/ 151 50/ 187
26.7
1995
11
4
4
8/ 36
30
12
42/ 151 50/ 187
26.7
1994
11
4
4
8/ 36
29
12
41/ 151 49/ 187
26.2
1993
13
4
4
8/ 36
27
12
39/ 151 47/ 187
25.1
1992
16
4
3
7/ 36
21
15
36/ 151 43/ 187
23.0
1991
16
4
3
7/ 36
21
15
36/ 151 43/ 187
23.0
1990
14
4
3
7/ 36
19
15
34/ 151 41/ 187
21.9
1989
13
4
3
7/ 36
19
15
34/ 151 41/ 187
21.9
1988
9
4
2
6/ 36
19
15
34/ 151 40/ 187
21.4
1987
8
4
2
6/ 36
19
16
35/ 151 41/ 187
21.9
1986
7
2
3
5/ 36
12
24
36/ 151 41/ 187
21.9
1985
7
2
3
5/ 36
12
24
36/ 151 41/ 187
21.9
1984
4
5
2
7/ 36
16
20
36/ 151 43/ 187
23.0
1983
3
6
2
8/ 36
16
20
36/ 151 44/ 187
23.5
1981
3
6
2
8/ 36
14
22
36/ 151 44/ 187
23.5
1979
3
-
-
6/ 36
-
-
31/ 151 37/ 187
19.8
1977
-
-
-
5/
NA
-
-
32/
NA
37/
NA
-
1975
-
-
-
4/
NA
-
-
22/
NA
26/
NA
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