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[[File:Connecticut Congressional Districts, 118th Congress.svg|thumb|upright=1.7|right|alt=refer to caption|Map of Connecticut's five congressional districts for the [[United States House of Representatives]] since 2022]]
Since [[Connecticut]] became a [[U.S. state]] in 1788,<ref name="census-statehood">{{cite web |title=Connecticut 235th Anniversary of Statehood (1788): January 9, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/connecticut-admission-anniversary.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711162412/https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/connecticut-admission-anniversary.html |url-status=live }}</ref> it has sent [[United States Congress|congressional]] delegations to the [[United States Senate]] and [[United States House of Representatives]], beginning with the [[1st United States Congress]] in 1789.<ref name="congress-delegations">{{cite book |title=Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, inclusive |date=2005 |publisher=United States Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C |isbn=0-16-073176-3 |page=54 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc222/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc222.pdf |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=March 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305233357/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc222/pdf/GPO-CDOC-108hdoc222.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Each state elects two senators to serve for six years in general elections, with their re-election staggered. Prior to the ratification of the [[Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Seventeenth Amendment]] in 1913, senators were elected by the [[Connecticut General Assembly]].<ref name="nara-17th-amendment">{{cite web |title=17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913) {{!}} National Archives |url=https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/17th-amendment |website=National Archives |publisher=U.S. National Archives and Records Administration |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-date=April 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408225941/https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/17th-amendment |url-status=live }}</ref> Each state elects varying numbers of members of the House, depending on population, to two-year terms.<ref>{{cite web |title=Congressional elections and midterm elections {{!}} USAGov |url=https://www.usa.gov/midterm-elections |website=USAgov |access-date=April 12, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=April 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406201616/https://www.usa.gov/midterm-elections |url-status=live }}</ref> Connecticut has sent five members to the House in each congressional delegation since the [[2000 United States Census]].<ref name="mirror-ct-districts">{{cite news |last1=Pazniokas |first1=Mark |title=CT's contorted congressional map to get tweaks, not overhaul |url=https://ctmirror.org/2021/12/08/cts-contorted-congressional-map-to-get-tweaks-not-overhaul/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=CT Mirror |publisher=The Connecticut News Project |date=December 8, 2021 |archive-date=December 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203075508/https://ctmirror.org/2021/12/08/cts-contorted-congressional-map-to-get-tweaks-not-overhaul/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
A total of 292 unique individuals have represented Connecticut in Congress; Connecticut has had 57 senators and 259 representatives, and 24 have served in both the House and the Senate. Nine women from Connecticut have served in the House, the first being [[Clare Booth Luce]],<ref name="ctpost-women-house" /> while none have served in the Senate.<ref name="ct-women">{{cite web |title=Connecticut - Center for American Women and Politics |url=https://cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/state-state-information/connecticut |website=Rutgers New-Brunswick Eagleton Institute of Politics |publisher=Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |access-date=April 13, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526205306/https://cawp.rutgers.edu/facts/state-state-information/connecticut |url-status=live }}</ref> Two African-Americans from Connecticut, [[Gary Franks]] and [[Jahana Hayes]], have served in the House.<ref name="franks&hayes">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=December 15, 2020 |title=African American Members of the U.S. Congress: 1870-2020 |location= |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL30378 |publisher=Congressional Research Service |page=}}</ref>
The current [[Dean of the United States House of Representatives|dean]], or longest serving member, of the Connecticut delegation is Representative [[Rosa DeLauro]] of the {{ushr|CT|3|3rd district}}, who has served in the House since 1991. She is the longest-serving House member in Connecticut history, and the second longest-serving member of Congress from Connecticut, behind [[Chris Dodd]], who served 36 years combined in the House and Senate.<ref name="ctinsider-bio">{{cite news |last1=Putterman |first1=Alex |title=Who is Rosa DeLauro? 5 things to know about the CT congresswoman |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/rosa-delauro-connecticut-congress-purple-hair-18707246.php |access-date=April 12, 2024 |work=CT Insider |publisher=Hearst Media Services Connecticut |date=March 7, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=March 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321112918/https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/rosa-delauro-connecticut-congress-purple-hair-18707246.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Dodd is also Connecticut's longest-serving senator.<ref name="cnn-dodd">{{cite news |last1=Keck |first1=Kristi |title=Recent controversies overshadow Chris Dodd's career - CNN.com |url=https://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/06/chris.dodd.bio/index.html |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=CNN |publisher=Cable News Network |date=January 6, 2010 |language=en |archive-date=March 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323213820/http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/06/chris.dodd.bio/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Current delegation ==
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Connecticut's current congressional delegation in the {{USCongressOrdinalCongress|118}} consists of its two senators and its five representatives, all of whom are [[Democratic party (United States)|Democrats]].<ref name="cga-delegation">{{cite web |title=Connecticut Congressional Representation |url=https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/content/congress.asp |website=Connecticut General Assembly |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=April 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408192150/https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/content/congress.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> Connecticut has not had a [[Republican party (United States)|Republican]] member of Congress for more than a decade,<ref name="ap-democrat-dominance">{{cite news |last1=Haigh |first1=Susan |title=Connecticut Democrats complete sweep of US House races |url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-virus-outbreak-connecticut-joe-courtney-c81c0f000957c464cbe92ce1e01aad68 |access-date=April 12, 2024 |work=AP News |publisher=The Associated Press |date=November 4, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=November 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231124150126/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-virus-outbreak-connecticut-joe-courtney-c81c0f000957c464cbe92ce1e01aad68 |url-status=live }}</ref> since Republican representative [[Chris Shays]] lost his race against Democrat [[Jim Himes]] in the state's [[Connecticut's 4th congressional district|4th congressional district]] in 2008.<ref name="shays-out">{{cite news |last1=Moritz |first1=John |title=Who's in and who's out: Connecticut's congressional delegation reveal re-election plans |url=https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/ct-congress-delegation-reelection-plans-18294513.php |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=CT Insider |publisher=Hearst Media Services Connecticut |date=August 15, 2023 |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828182243/https://www.ctinsider.com/politics/article/ct-congress-delegation-reelection-plans-18294513.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
The current [[Dean of the United States House of Representatives|dean]], or longest serving member, of the Connecticut delegation is Representative [[Rosa DeLauro]] of the {{ushr|CT|3|3rd district}}, who has served in the House since 1991. She is the longest-serving House member in Connecticut history, and the second longest-serving member of Congress from Connecticut, behind [[Chris Dodd]], who served 36 years in total.<ref name="ctinsider-bio"
As of August 2023, the [[Cook Partisan Voting Index]], a determination of how strongly partisan a state is,<ref name="cpvi">{{cite journal |last1=Paul |first1=Megan |last2=Zhang |first2=Ruya |last3=Liu |first3=Bian |last4=Saadai |first4=Payam |last5=Coakley |first5=Brian A. |title=State-level political partisanship strongly correlates with health outcomes for US children |journal=European Journal of Pediatrics |date=January 2022 |volume=181 |issue=1 |pages=273–280 |doi=10.1007/s00431-021-04203-y |pmid=34272984 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-021-04203-y |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-date=November 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120044643/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-021-04203-y |url-status=live }}</ref> ranked all districts and senate races in Connecticut as solidly Democratic, except for the [[Connecticut's 5th congressional district|5th House district]], currently represented by [[Jahana Hayes]], which was ranked as leaning Republican.<ref name="shays-out" />
{{#section:Connecticut's congressional districts|Current representatives}}
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{{Main|List of United States senators from Connecticut}}
Senators [[Oliver Ellsworth]], [[William Samuel Johnson|William S. Johnson]], and [[Roger Sherman]] were [[Founding Fathers]].<ref name="nara-founding-fathers">{{cite web |title=Meet the Framers of the Constitution {{!}} National Archives |url=https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/founding-fathers |website=National Archives |publisher=[[U.S. National Archives and Records Administration]] |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827202653/https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/founding-fathers |url-status=live }}</ref> Ellsworth helped write the [[Judiciary Act of 1789]], and later served as [[Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court]].<ref name="oyez-ellsworth">{{cite web |title=Oliver Ellsworth |url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/oliver_ellsworth |website=Oyez |access-date=April 12, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=September 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921002251/http://www.oyez.org/justices/oliver_ellsworth |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Uriah Tracy]] served as [[president pro tempore of the United States Senate|president pro tempore of the Senate]] from May 1800 to November 1800, [[James Hillhouse]] served as president pro tempore from February 1801 to December 1801, [[Lafayette Sabine Foster]] served as president pro tempore from March 1865 to March 1867, and [[Frank Brandegee]] served as president pro tempore from May 1912 to March 1913.<ref name="protempore">{{cite report |date=September 16, 2015 |title=The President Pro Tempore of the Senate: History and Authority of the Office |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL30960 |publisher=Congressional Research Office |page=15-21 |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301065636/https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL30960 |url-status=live }}</ref> Senator [[Orville Platt]], along with [[Nelson Aldrich]], [[William B. Allison|William Allison]], and [[John Coit Spooner]], formed "The Senate Four", a group of powerful legislators who controlled much of the Senate's operations.<ref name="senate-four">{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate: The Senate Four |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/People_SenateFour.htm |website=United States Senate |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119181133/https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/People_SenateFour.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Platt also helped draft the [[Platt Amendment]].<ref name="Platt Amendment">{{cite journal |last1=Cummins |first1=Lejeune |title=The Formulation of the "Platt" Amendment |journal=The Americas |date=1967 |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=370–389 |doi=10.2307/980495 |jstor=980495 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/980495 |access-date=April 12, 2024 |issn=0003-1615}}</ref> Senator [[Joseph Lieberman]] was the [[2000 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection|Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000]].<ref name="lieberman-vp-nom">{{cite news |title=The 2000 Campaign: The Vice President; Lieberman Will Run With Gore; First Jew on a Major U.S. Ticket |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/08/us/2000-campaign-vice-president-lieberman-will-run-with-gore-first-jew-major-us.html |access-date=April 12, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Seelye |first=Katharine Q. |date=August 8, 2000 |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606230227/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/08/us/2000-campaign-vice-president-lieberman-will-run-with-gore-first-jew-major-us.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ct-notable-senators">{{cite web |title=CT - Connecticut |url=https://www.senate.gov/states/CT/timeline.shtml |publisher=United States Senate |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928041639/http://www.senate.gov/states/CT/timeline.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
Senators are elected every six years depending on their [[Classes of United States senators|class]], with each senator serving a six-year term, and elections for senators occurring every two years, rotating through each class such that each election, around one-third of the seats in the Senate are up for election.<ref name="senate-about">{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate: About the Senate and the Constitution |url=https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution.htm |website=United States Senate |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204184956/https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Connecticut's senators are elected in classes I and III.<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate: States in the Senate {{!}} Connecticut Senators |url=https://www.senate.gov/states/CT/senators.htm |website=United States Senate |access-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430190352/https://www.senate.gov/states/CT/senators.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Currently, Connecticut is represented in the Senate by [[Richard Blumenthal]] and [[Chris Murphy]].<ref name="current-senators">{{cite web |title=Who are our United States Senators? {{!}} Town of Cromwell CT |url=https://www.cromwellct.com/town-manager/faq/who-are-our-united-states-senators |website=Town of Cromwell, Connecticut |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210023515/http://www.cromwellct.com/town-manager/faq/who-are-our-united-states-senators |url-status=live }}</ref>
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[[File:Portrait of Oliver Ellsworth, half-length, facing slightly right LCCN2004666056 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|right|alt=refer to caption|[[Oliver Ellsworth]], Connecticut senator who drafted the [[Judiciary Act of 1789]]<ref name="senate-ellsworth-jud.act">{{cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Senator Ellsworth's Judiciary Act |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/landmark-legislation/judiciary-act-1789.htm |website=United States Senate |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-date=February 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203173017/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/landmark-legislation/judiciary-act-1789.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Orville Hitchcock Platt.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|right|alt=refer to caption|[[Orville Platt]], Connecticut senator who helped draft the [[Platt Amendment]]<ref name="Platt Amendment" />]]
[[File:Brien McMahon.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|right|alt=refer to caption|[[Brien McMahon]], Connecticut senator who wrote the [[Atomic Energy Act of 1946]]<ref name="npr-mcmahon-death" />]]
[[File:Joe Lieberman.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|right|alt=refer to caption|[[Joe Lieberman]], Connecticut senator who was the [[2000 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection|2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee]], becoming the first Jewish-American to be a major party nominee<ref name="politico-lieberman-obit">{{cite news |title=Joe Lieberman, 2000 vice presidential nominee, dies at 82 |last=Cohen |first=David |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/27/joe-lieberman-2000-vice-presidential-nominee-obit-033980 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=Politico |date=March 27, 2024 |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327222057/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/27/joe-lieberman-2000-vice-presidential-nominee-obit-033980 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Chris Dodd.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|right|alt=refer to caption|[[Chris Dodd]], Connecticut senator who was a [[Chris Dodd 2008 presidential campaign|candidate]] during the [[2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries]]<ref name="nbc-dodd-2008">{{cite news |title=Dodd announces 2008 presidential bid |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16565744 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=NBC News |agency=The Associated Press |publisher=NBC Universal |date=January 10, 2007 |language=en |archive-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630120056/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16565744 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
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|+Senators from Connecticut<ref name="senate-historical-people">{{cite web |title=States in the Senate {{!}} Connecticut Senators |url=https://www.senate.gov/states/CT/senators.htm |website=United States Senate |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-date=April 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430190352/https://www.senate.gov/states/CT/senators.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! scope="col" colspan="2" | [[Class I senator of the United States|Class I senator]]
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! scope="row" | '''[[1st United States Congress|1st]]''' (1789–1791)
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|{{Party cell|Pro-Administration Party (US)}} rowspan="2"|[[William Samuel Johnson|William Samuel<br/>Johnson]] (PA){{efn|Senator Johnson resigned after Congress moved to [[Philadelphia]], as he wished to continue being the [[president of Columbia University]].<ref name="sjohnson-resigned">{{cite web |title=William Samuel Johnson Papers |url=https://chs.org/finding_aides/finding_aids/Johnson.html |website=Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Library |publisher=Connecticut Historical Society |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804000043/https://chs.org/finding_aides/finding_aids/Johnson.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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|{{Party cell|Federalist Party|right|bottom}} |[[Oliver Ellsworth]] (F){{efn|Senator Ellsworth resigned from the Senate to become the [[chief justice of the United States]].<ref name="ellsworth-resigned">{{cite web |title=To George Washington from Oliver Ellsworth, 6 March 1797 |url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-01-02-0005 |website=Founders Online |publisher=National Historical Publications & Records Commission |access-date=April 14, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911072111/https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-01-02-0005 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
! scope="row" rowspan="2"|'''[[4th United States Congress|4th]]''' (1795–1797)
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|{{Party cell|Federalist Party}}|[[Jonathan Trumbull Jr.]] (F){{efn|Senator Trumbull Jr. resigned to serve as the [[lieutenant governor of Connecticut]] under [[Oliver Wolcott]].<ref name="trumbull-resignation">{{cite web |title=Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Papers |url=https://chs.org/finding_aides/finding_aids/trumj1809.html |website=Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Library |publisher=Connecticut Historical Society |access-date=April 14, 2024}}</ref>}}
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|{{Party cell|Federalist Party|right}} rowspan="9"|[[James Hillhouse]] (F){{efn|Senator Hillhouse resigned to manage the [[Connecticut School Fund]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schiff |first1=Judith Ann |title=James Hillhouse |url=http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/01_10/old_yale.html |access-date=April 14, 2024 |work=Yale Alumni Magazine |publisher=Yale Alumni Publications |date=October 2001 |archive-date=February 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218001533/http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/01_10/old_yale.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|{{Party cell|Federalist Party}} rowspan="7"|[[Uriah Tracy]] (F){{efn|Senator Tracy died while in office.<ref name="tracy-death">{{cite web |title=Tracy, Uriah |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000348 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927060531/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000348 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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|{{Party cell|Democratic-Republican Party|right}} rowspan="2"|[[Elijah Boardman]] (DR){{efn|Senator Boardman died while in office.<ref name="boardman-death">{{cite web |title=Boardman, Elijah |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000577 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-date=November 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107041523/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000577 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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! scope="row" |'''[[17th United States Congress|17th]]''' (1821–1823)
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|{{Party cell|National Republican Party (US)|right}} rowspan="2"|[[Nathan Smith (politician)|Nathan Smith]] (NR){{efn|Senator Smith died while in office.<ref name="smith-death">{{cite web |title=Smith, Nathan |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000594 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-date=June 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611131444/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/s000594 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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! scope="row" |'''[[23rd United States Congress|23rd]]''' (1833–1835)
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|{{Party cell|Whig Party (US)|right}}|[[Thaddeus Betts]] (W){{efn|Senator Betts died while in office.<ref name="betts-death">{{cite web |title=Betts, Thaddeus |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000428 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130173927/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000428 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"|'''[[26th United States Congress|26th]]''' (1839–1841)
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|{{Party cell|Whig Party (US)|right}} rowspan="5"|[[Jabez W. Huntington]] (W){{efn|Senator Huntington died while in office.<ref name="huntington-death">{{cite web |title=Huntington, Jabez Williams |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/H/HUNTINGTON,-Jabez-Williams-(H000997)/ |website=History, Art & Archives |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 13, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112100155/https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/H/HUNTINGTON,-Jabez-Williams-(H000997)/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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! scope="row" |'''[[31st United States Congress|31st]]''' (1849–1851)
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|{{Party cell|Whig Party (US)}} rowspan="3"|[[Truman Smith]] (W){{efn|Senator Truman Smith resigned.<ref name="tsmith-resignation">{{cite web |title=Smith, Truman |url=https://papersofabrahamlincoln.org/persons/SM39037 |website=Papers of Abraham Lincoln Digital Library |publisher=State of Illinois |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=December 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210163501/https://papersofabrahamlincoln.org/persons/SM39037 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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|{{Party cell|Republican Party (US)|right}} rowspan="3"|[[William A. Buckingham|William A.<br/>Buckingham]] (R){{efn|Senator Buckingham died while in office.<ref name="nga-buckingham">{{cite web |title=William Alfred Buckingham |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/william-alfred-buckingham/ |website=National Governors Association |date= |access-date=April 13, 2024 |archive-date=March 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306095350/https://www.nga.org/governor/william-alfred-buckingham/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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! scope="row" |'''[[41st United States Congress|41st]]''' (1869–1871)
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|{{Party cell|Republican Party (US)|right}}|[[Thomas C. Hart]] (R)
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|{{Party cell|Republican Party (US)|right}} rowspan="3"|[[Raymond E. Baldwin]] (R){{efn|Senator Baldwin resigned to become a justice of the [[Connecticut Supreme Court]].<ref name="baldwin-resignation">{{cite web |title=Raymond Early Baldwin |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/raymond-early-baldwin/ |website=National Governors Association |access-date=April 14, 2024 |date=January 7, 2015 |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025032557/https://www.nga.org/governor/raymond-early-baldwin/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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{{Main|List of United States representatives from Connecticut}}
[[John Q. Tilson]] served as the [[House Majority Leader]] for the Republican party from 1925 to 1931.<ref name="tilson-death">{{cite news |title=John Q. Tilson, 92, G.O.P. Legislator |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/08/15/79697653.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=August 15, 1958}}</ref> [[Barbara Kennelly]] was the first woman to become the Democratic [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives#Whips|chief deputy whip]]. [[Ella T. Grasso]] later became the first female governor elected in the United States.<ref name="ctpost-women-house">{{cite news |last1=Kuznitz |first1=Alison |title=Groundbreaking woman politicians throughout Connecticut history |url=https://www.ctpost.com/news/slideshow/Groundbreaking-woman-politicians-throughout-132698.php |access-date=April 12, 2024 |work=Connecticut Post |publisher=Hearst Media Services Connecticut |date=July 26, 2016 |archive-date=October 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018041955/https://www.ctpost.com/news/slideshow/Groundbreaking-woman-politicians-throughout-132698.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
From 1789 to 1837, representatives from Connecticut were elected from [[Connecticut's at-large congressional district]], which was subsequently replaced with [[Connecticut's congressional districts]].<ref name="districts-established">{{cite web |title=Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the repeal of that proviso in the law for the apportionment of representatives among the several states according to the Sixth Census, which directs that the states shall be divided into districts. January 3, 1843. Read, and ordered to be printed |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2022689631/ |website=Library of Congress |access-date=April 13, 2024}}</ref> Connecticut has sent five members to the House in each congressional delegation since the [[2000 United States Census]].<ref name="mirror-ct-districts"
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| {{Party cell|Federalist Party||bottom}} | [[James Hillhouse]] (F)
| rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[Chauncey Goodrich|Chauncey<br/>Goodrich]] (F)
| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Federalist Party||bottom}} | [[Joshua Coit]] (F){{efn|Representative Coit died in office.<ref name="coit-death">{{cite web |title=Coit, Joshua |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/COIT,-Joshua-(C000600)/ |website=History, Art & Archives |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 13, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=June 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610104942/https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/COIT,-Joshua-(C000600)/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=9 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[Roger Griswold]] (F){{efn|Representative Griswold resigned.<ref name="rgriswold-resignation">{{cite web |title=Roger Griswold: A Governor Not Afraid To Challenge Authority - Connecticut History {{!}} a CTHumanities Project |url=https://connecticuthistory.org/roger-griswold-a-governor-not-afraid-to-challenge-authority/ |website=Connecticut History |publisher=Connecticut Humanities |access-date=April 14, 2024 |language=en |date=October 25, 2020 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226105328/https://connecticuthistory.org/roger-griswold-a-governor-not-afraid-to-challenge-authority/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[Nathaniel Smith]] (F)
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Federalist Party||bottom}} | [[Zephaniah Swift]] (F)
| {{Party cell|Federalist Party||bottom}} | [[Uriah Tracy]] (F){{efn|Representative Tracy resigned to become a member of the Senate.<ref name="tracy-death" />}}
|- style="height:1.5em"
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[James Davenport (Connecticut politician)|James Davenport]] (F){{efn|Representative James Davenport died while in office.<ref name="jamesdavenport-death">{{cite web |title=Davenport, James |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/D/DAVENPORT,-James-(D000073)/ |website=History, Art & Archives |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 13, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=January 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103014440/https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/D/DAVENPORT,-James-(D000073)/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=11 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[Samuel W. Dana]] (F){{efn|Representative Dana resigned to become a member of the Senate.<ref name="dana-resignation">{{cite web |title=Dana, Samuel Whittlesey |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000024 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 14, 2024}}</ref>}}
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| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[William Edmond]] (F)
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[Jonathan Brace]] (F){{efn|Representative Brace resigned.<ref name="brace-resigend">{{cite web |title=Brace, Jonathan |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000731 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=April 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427014455/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000731 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|- style="height:1.5em"
! scope="row" rowspan=2 | '''{{USCongressOrdinal|6}}''' (1799–1801)
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[Elizur Goodrich]] (F){{efn|Goldrich resigned to become the customs collector of New Haven, which [[John Adams]] had promoted him to; he was later removed by [[Thomas Jefferson]].<ref name="goldrich-resignation">{{cite web |title=Goldrich, Elizur |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000294 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227181515/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000294 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=12 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[John Davenport (Connecticut politician)|John Davenport]] (F)
|- style="height:1.5em"
| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[John Cotton Smith|John Cotton<br/>Smith]] (F){{efn|Representative John Cotton Smith resigned.<ref name="jcsmith-resigned">{{cite web |title=John Cotton Smith |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/john-cotton-smith/ |website=National Governors Association |access-date=April 14, 2024 |date=January 7, 2015 |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225095155/https://www.nga.org/governor/john-cotton-smith/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|- style="height:2.5em"
! scope="row" | '''{{USCongressOrdinal|7}}''' (1801–1803)
| rowspan=10 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[Benjamin Tallmadge]] (F)
| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[Calvin Goddard (politician)|Calvin Goddard]] (F){{efn|Representative Goddard resigned.<ref name="goddard-resignation">{{cite web |title=Goddard, Calvin |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000248 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728040926/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000248 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| {{Party cell|Federalist Party}} | [[Elias Perkins]] (F)
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| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Anti-Jacksonian Party}} | [[Jabez W. Huntington]] (NR)
| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Anti-Jacksonian Party}} | [[Ebenezer Young]] (NR)
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Anti-Jacksonian Party}} | [[William L. Storrs]] (NR){{efn|Representative Storrs resigned to become an [[associate judge]] of the [[Connecticut Supreme Court]].<ref name="storrs-resignation">{{cite web |title=Storrs, William Lucius |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000977 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203190728/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000977 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | '''{{USCongressOrdinal|23}}''' (1833–1835)
| {{Party cell|Anti-Jacksonian Party}} |[[Samuel A. Foot]] (NR){{efn|Representative Foot resigned to become the [[governor of Connecticut]].<ref name="foot-resignation">{{cite web |title=Foot, Samuel Augustus |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000247 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721174051/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000247 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Anti-Jacksonian Party}} | [[Samuel Tweedy]] (NR)
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| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Jacksonian Party}} | [[Samuel Ingham]] (J)
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Jacksonian Party}} | [[Elisha Haley]] (J)
| {{Party cell|Jacksonian Party}} | [[Zalmon Wildman]] (J){{efn|Representative Wildman died while in office.<ref name="wildman-death">{{cite web |title=Wildman, Zalmon |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/W/WILDMAN,-Zalmon-(W000463)/ |website=History, Art & Archives |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 13, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=February 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205053155/https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/W/WILDMAN,-Zalmon-(W000463)/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Jacksonian Party}} | [[Lancelot Phelps]] (J)
| {{Party cell|Jacksonian Party}} | [[Andrew T. Judson]] (J){{efn|Representative Judson resigned to become a justice of the [[United States District Court for the District of Connecticut]].<ref name="judson-resignation">{{cite web |title=Judson, Andrew Thompson |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000279 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804045631/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000279 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|- style="height:2em"
| {{Party cell|Jacksonian Party}} | [[Thomas T. Whittlesey]] (J)
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| {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[John Woodruff (representative)|John Woodruff]] (R)
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Alfred A. Burnham]] (R)
| {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Orris S. Ferry]] (R){{efn|Representative Ferry died while in office.<ref name="ferry-death">{{cite web |title=Ferry, Orris Sanford |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/F/FERRY,-Orris-Sanford-(F000094)/ |website=History, Art & Archives |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 13, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711163929/https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/F/FERRY,-Orris-Sanford-(F000094)/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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| {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Richard D. Hubbard]] (R)
| {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[Julius Hotchkiss]] (D)
| rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Henry H. Starkweather|Henry H.<br/>Starkweather]] (R){{efn|Representative Starkweather died while in office.<ref name="starkweather-death">{{cite web |title=Starkweather, Henry Howard |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/S/STARKWEATHER,-Henry-Howard-(S000815)/ |website=History, Art & Archives |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 13, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711163930/https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/S/STARKWEATHER,-Henry-Howard-(S000815)/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[William Barnum]] (D){{efn|Representative Barnum resigned to become a member of the Senate.<ref name="barnum-resignation">{{cite web |title=BARNUM, William Henry |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000166 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201121749/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/b000166 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
|- style="height:2.5em"
| '''{{USCongressOrdinal|41}}''' (1869–1871)
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Julius L. Strong]] (R){{efn|Representative Strong died while in office.<ref name="strong-death">{{cite web |title=Strong, Julius Levi |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/S/STRONG,-Julius-Levi-(S001013)/ |website=History, Art & Archives |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=April 13, 2024 |language=en |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711163931/https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/S/STRONG,-Julius-Levi-(S001013)/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Stephen Kellogg (politician)|Stephen Kellogg]] (R)
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| {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[Robert J. Vance]] (D)
| {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[Carlos French]] (D)
| rowspan=8 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Charles Addison Russell|Charles Addison<br/>Russell]] (R){{efn|Representative Russell died while in office.<ref name="theday-russell-death">{{cite news |title=Col. Charles Addison Russell Called to His Rest at 9.50 AM |page=1 |url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-day-carussell-death/145277000/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=[[The Day (New London)]] |date=October 23, 1902 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711163934/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-day-carussell-death/145277000/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[Miles T. Granger]] (D)
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| rowspan="5" {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[E. Stevens Henry]] (R)
| rowspan="5" {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Nehemiah D. Sperry]] (R)
| rowspan="5" {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Ebenezer J. Hill]] (R){{efn|Representative Hill died while in office.<ref name="politico-hill-death">{{cite news |last1=Glass |first1=Andrew |title=GOP Rep. Ebenezer Hill died, Sept. 27, 1917 |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2012/09/this-day-in-politics-081705 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=Politico |date=September 27, 2012 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711164020/https://www.politico.com/story/2012/09/this-day-in-politics-081705 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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=== 1903–1933: 5 seats ===
Following the [[1900 United States census|1900 census]], Connecticut was apportioned five seats. The fifth seat was established at-large from 1901<ref name="hc-1901-5">{{cite news |title=End of the Session |url=https://newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-congressman-at-large/145277036/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |pages=5 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=June 18, 1901 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711164021/https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-congressman-at-large/145277036/ |url-status=live }}</ref> to 1911, when it was converted into a [[Connecticut's 5th congressional district|fifth district]] via a redistricting plan.<ref name="hc-1911-5">{{cite news |title=5 Congressional Districts Laid Out |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-ct-congressional-redist/145277088/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |date=September 13, 1911 |language=en |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711164514/https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-ct-congressional-redist/145277088/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| rowspan="6" {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} |[[E. Stevens Henry]] (R)
| rowspan="5" {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} |[[Nehemiah D. Sperry|Nehemiah D.<br/>Sperry]] (R)
| rowspan="2" {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} |[[Frank B. Brandegee|Frank B.<br/>Brandegee]] (R){{efn|Representative Brandegee resigned to become a member of the Senate.<ref name="brandegee-resigned">{{cite web |title=Brandegee, Frank Bosworth |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000769 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=October 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029172908/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000769 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan="6" {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} |[[Ebenezer J. Hill]] (R)
| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[George L. Lilley]] (R){{efn|Representative Lilley resigned to become the [[governor of Connecticut]].<ref name="lilley-'resignation'">{{cite web |title=Lilley, George Leavens |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000308 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711164454/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000308 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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| {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[P. Davis Oakey]] (R)
| rowspan=11 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Richard P. Freeman|Richard P.<br/>Freeman]] (R)
| rowspan=11 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[John Q. Tilson]] (R){{efn|Representative Tilson resigned.<ref name="tilson-resignation">{{cite news |title=Tilson to Resign Seat in the House; Connecticut Representative Reveals Purpose in Statement in Congressional Record. A Member For 22 Years Was Republican Floor Leader Six Times - Need of Providing for Family His Motive. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/07/27/archives/tilson-to-resign-seat-in-the-house-connecticut-representative.html |access-date=April 14, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=July 27, 1932 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711164455/https://www.nytimes.com/1932/07/27/archives/tilson-to-resign-seat-in-the-house-connecticut-representative.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Ebenezer J. Hill]] (R)
| rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[James P. Glynn]] (R)
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| '''{{USCongressOrdinal|69}}''' (1925–1927)
| rowspan=3 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[James P. Glynn]] (R){{efn|Representative Glynn died while in office.<ref name="billings-glynn-death">{{cite news |title=Death Summons House Member |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-billings-gazette-james-glynn-death/145277108/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=[[The Billings Gazette]] |agency=The Associated Press |date=March 7, 1930 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711164440/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-billings-gazette-james-glynn-death/145277108/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
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===1933–2003: 6 seats===
Following the [[1930 United States census|1930 census]], Connecticut was apportioned six seats. The sixth seat was established at-large from 1931<ref name="mdj-1931-atlarge">{{cite news |title=House and Senate Quit Till Tuesday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-1931-congressman-at-large-cr/145277141/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=The Meriden Daily Journal |date=May 20, 1931 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711164441/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-1931-congressman-at-large-cr/145277141/ |url-status=live }}</ref> to 1964, when it was converted into a [[Connecticut's 6th congressional district|sixth district]] via a reapportioning plan.<ref name="bt-1964-redistricting">{{cite news |title=6 Congressional Districts Set Up For State by the Legislature |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-24-1964-4410279/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=Bridgeport Telegram |date=April 24, 1964 |page=1 |via=[[NewspaperArchive.com]] |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711164513/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-24-1964-4410279/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{legend2|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (D)|border=1px solid #aaaaaa}}
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| '''{{USCongressOrdinal|74}}''' {{nowrap|(1935–1937)}}
| rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[James A. Shanley|James A.<br/>Shanley]] (D)
| rowspan=4 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[J. Joseph Smith|J. Joseph<br/>Smith]] (D){{efn|Representative Smith resigned to become a judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Connecticut]].<ref name="jjsmith-resignation">{{cite web |title=Smith, John Joseph |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000572 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=April 14, 2024 |archive-date=October 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019020858/https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000572 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[William M. Citron]] (D)
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|- style="height:2.5em"
| '''{{USCongressOrdinal|88}}''' {{nowrap|(1963–1965)}}
| rowspan=5 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[William St. Onge]] (D){{efn|Representative St. Onge died while in office.<ref name="aj-onge-death">{{cite news |title=Eastern Congressman Suffers Fatal Attack |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-congressman-st-onge/145277174/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=30 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=May 2, 1970 |language=en |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711164515/https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-congressman-st-onge/145277174/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[Bernard F. Grabowski|Bernard Grabowski]] (D)
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| '''{{USCongressOrdinal|92}}''' {{nowrap|(1971–1973)}}
| rowspan=6 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[William R. Cotter (politician)|William R. Cotter]] (D){{efn|Representative Cotter died while in office.<ref name="nyt-cotter-death">{{cite news |title=Rep. Cotter of Connecticut Dies at 55 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/09/obituaries/rep-cotter-of-connecticut-dies-at-55.html |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=September 9, 1981 |archive-date=December 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226013241/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/09/obituaries/rep-cotter-of-connecticut-dies-at-55.html |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=10 {{Party cell|Republican Party (US)}} | [[Stewart McKinney (politician)|Stewart<br/>McKinney]] (R){{efn|Representative McKinney died while in office.<ref name="wp-mckinney-death">{{cite news |last1=Specter |first1=Michael |last2=Pearson |first2=Richard |title=Rep. Stewart B. McKinney Dies of Aids Complications |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/05/08/rep-stewart-b-mckinney-dies-of-aids-complications/19f9f106-7bde-49e7-b987-b3011d7d7915/ |access-date=April 13, 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=December 30, 2023 |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214211010/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1987/05/08/rep-stewart-b-mckinney-dies-of-aids-complications/19f9f106-7bde-49e7-b987-b3011d7d7915/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| rowspan=2 {{Party cell|Democratic Party (US)}} | [[Ella Grasso]] (D)
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