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Capital: Hartford
State Nickname: Constitution State
State Bird: American Robin
State Flower: Mountain Laurel
Admitted to the Union: January 9, 1788
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| Governors |
May 1, 1786 to January 5, 1796:
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Samuel Huntington
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January 5, 1796 to December 1, 1797:
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Oliver Wolcott
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December 1, 1797 to August 7, 1809:
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Jonathan Trumbull
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August 7, 1809 to May 9, 1811:
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John Treadwell
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May 9, 1811 to October 25, 1812:
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Roger Griswold
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October 25, 1812 to May 8, 1817:
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John Cotton Smith
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May 8, 1817 to May 2, 1827:
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Oliver Wolcott Jr.
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May 2, 1827 to March 1831:
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Gideon Tomlinson
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March 1831 to May 4, 1833:
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John Peters
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May 4, 1833 to May 7, 1834:
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Henry W. Edwards
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May 7, 1834 to May 6, 1835:
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Samuel A. Foote
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May 6, 1835 to May 2, 1838:
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Henry W. Edwards
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May 2, 1838 to May 4, 1842:
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William W. Ellsworth
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May 4, 1842 to May 1844:
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Chauncey F. Cleveland
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May 1844 to May 6, 1846:
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Roger S. Baldwin
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May 6, 1846 to May 5, 1847:
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Isaac Toucey
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May 5, 1847 to May 2, 1849:
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Clark Bissell
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May 2, 1849 to May 4, 1850:
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Joseph Trumbull
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May 4, 1850 to October 13, 1863:
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Thomas H. Seymour
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October 13, 1853 to May 3, 1854:
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Charles H. Pond
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May 3, 1854 to May 6, 1857:
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William T. Minor
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May 6, 1857 to May 5, 1858:
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Alexander H. Holley
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May 5, 1868 to May 2, 1866:
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William A. Buckingham
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May 2, 1866 to May 1, 1867:
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Joseph R. Hawley
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May 1, 1867 to May 5, 1869:
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Joseph E. English
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| May 5, 1869 to May 4, 1870:
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Marshall Jewell
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May 4, 1870 to May 16, 1871:
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James E. English
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May 16, 1871 to May 7, 1873:
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Marshall Jewell
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May 7, 1873 to January 3, 1877:
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Charles R. Ingersoll
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January 3, 1877 To January 9, 1879:
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Richard D. Hubbard
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January 9, 1879 to January 5, 1881:
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Charles B. Andrews
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January 5, 1881 to January 3, 1883:
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Hobart B. Bigelow
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January 3, 1883 to January 8, 1885:
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Thomas M. Waller
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January 8, 1885 to January 7, 1887:
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Henry B. Harrison
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January 7, 1887 to January 10, 1889:
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Phineas C. Lounsbury
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January 10, 1889 to Januarty 4, 1893:
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Morgan G. Bulkeley
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January 4, 1893 to January 9, 1895:
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Luzon B. Morris
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January 9, 1895 to January 6, 1897:
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O. Vincent Coffin
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January 6, 1897 to January 4, 1899:
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Lorrin A. Cooke
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January 4, 1899 to January 9, 1901:
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George E. Lounsbury
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January 9, 1901 to January 7, 1903:
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George P. McLean
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January 7, 1903 to January 4, 1905:
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Abiram Chamberlain
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January 4, 1905 to January 9, 1907:
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Henry Roberts
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January 9, 1907 to January 6, 1909:
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Rollin S. Woodruff
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January 6, 1909 to April 21, 1909:
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George L. Lilley
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April 21, 1909 to January 4, 1911:
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Frank B. Weeks
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January 4, 1911 to January 6, 1915:
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Simeon E. Baldwin
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January 6, 1915 to January 5, 1921:
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Marcus H. Holcomb
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January 5, 1921 to January 3, 1923:
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Everett J. Lake
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January 3, 1923 to January 7, 1925:
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Charles A. Templeton
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January 7, 1925 to January 8, 1925:
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Hiram Bingham*
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*Resigned after one day in office |
January 8, 1925 to January 7, 1931:
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John H. Trumbull
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January 8, 1931 to January 4, 1939:
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Wilbur L. Cross
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Janury 4, 1939 to January 8, 1941:
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Raymond E. Baldwin
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January 8, 1941 to January 6, 1943:
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Robert A. Hurley
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January 6, 1943 to December 27, 1946:
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Raymond E. Baldwin
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December 27, 1946 to January 8, 1947:
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Wilbert Snow
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January 7, 1947 to March 7, 1948:
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James L. McConaughy
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March 7, 1948 to January 5, 1949:
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James C. Shannon
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January 5, 1949 to January 3, 1951:
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Chester Bowles
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January 3, 1951 to January 5, 1955:
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John D. Lodge
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January 5, 1955 to January 21, 1961:
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Abraham Ribicoff
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January 21, 1961 to January 6, 1971:
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John Dempsey
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January 6, 1971 to January 8, 1975:
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Thomas J. Meskill
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January 8, 1975 to December 31, 1980:
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Ella T. Grasso
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December 31, 1980 to January 9, 1991:
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William a. O'Neil
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January 9, 1991 to January 4, 1995:
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Lowell P. Weicker Jr.
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January 4, 1995 to July 1, 2004
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John G. Rowland
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July 2, 2004 --
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M. Jodi Rell
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| Senators - Class I |
March 4, 1789 – March 7, 1796
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Oliver Ellsworth
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March 8, 1796 - June 10, 1810
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James Hillhouse
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June 11, 1810 – March 3, 1821
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Samuel Wittlesey Dana
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March 4, 1821 – August 18, 1823
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Elijah Boardman
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October 8, 1823 – March 3, 1827
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Henry Waggaman Edwards
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March 4, 1827 – March 5. 1833
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Samuel Augustus Foot
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March 4, 1833 – December 6, 1835
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Nathan Smith
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December 14, 1835 – March 3, 1839
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John Milton Niles
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March 4, 1839 – April 7, 1840
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Thaddeus Betts
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May 4, 1840– November 1, 1847
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Jabez Williams Huntington
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November 11, 1847 – March 3, 1851
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Roger Sherman Baldwin
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March 7, 1857 – March 4, 1861
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Isaac Toucey
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March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1869
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James Dixon
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March 4, 1869 – February 5, 1875
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William Alfred Buckingham
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February 6, 1875 – March 2, 1881
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William Wallace Eaton
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March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1905
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Joseph Roswell Hawley
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March 4, 1905 – March 2, 1911
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Morgan Gardner Bulkeley
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March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1929
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George Payne McLean
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March 4, 1929 – January 2, 1935
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Frederic Collin Walcott
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January 3, 1935 – January 16, 1945
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Francis Thomas Maloney
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February 15, 1945 – November 5, 1946
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Thomas Charles Hart
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November 5, 1946 – December 16, 1949
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Raymond Earl Baldwin
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December 17, 1949 – January 3, 1953
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William Burnett Benton
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January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959
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William Arthur Purtell
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January 3, 1959 – January 2, 1971
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Thomas Joseph Dodd
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January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989
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Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr.
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January 3, 1989 –
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Joseph Isadore Lieberman
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| Senators - Class III |
March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791
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William Samuel Johnson
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June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793
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Roger Sherman
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July 24, 1793 – March 3, 1795
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Stephen Mix Mitchell
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March 4, 1795 – June 10, 1796
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Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
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October 13, 1796 – July 19, 1807
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Uriah Tracy
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October 25, 1807 – May 13, 1813
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Chauncey Goodrich
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May 13, 1813 – March 3, 1819
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David Daggett
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March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825
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James Lanman
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March 4, 1825 – May 4, 1825
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Vacant
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May 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
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Calvin Willey
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March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837
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Gideon Tomlinson
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March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
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Perry Smith
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March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849
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John Milton Niles
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March 4, 1849 – May 24, 1854
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Truman Smith
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May 24, 1854 – March 3, 1855
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Francis Gillette
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March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1867
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Lafayette S. Foster
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March 4, 1867 – November 21, 1875
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Orris S. Ferry
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November 27, 1875 – May 17, 1876
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James E. English
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May 18, 1876 – March 3, 1879
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William Henry Barnum
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March 4, 1879 – April 21, 1905
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Orville H. Platt
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May 10, 1905 – October 14, 1924
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Frank B. Brandegee
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December 15, 1924 – March 3, 1933
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Hiram Bingham III
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March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
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Augustine Lonergan
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January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945
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John A. Danaher
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January 3, 1945 – July 28, 1952
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Brien McMahon
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August 29, 1952 – November 4, 1952
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William A. Purtell
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November 4, 1952 – January 3, 1963
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Prescott Bush
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January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
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January 3, 1981 –
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Christopher J. Dodd
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| State Song |
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Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle went to town,
Riding on a pony,
Stuck a feather in his hat,
And called it macaroni.
Chorus
Yankee Doodle keep it up,
Yankee Doodle dandy,
Mind the music and the step,
And with the folks be handy. |
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Yankee Doodle was adopted as the official state song in 1978 |
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State Population
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1790: 237,655 |
1800: 251,002 |
1810: 261,942 |
1820: 275,248 |
1830: 297,675 |
1840: 310,015 |
1850: 370,792 |
1860: 460,138 |
1870: 537,454 |
1880: 622,700 |
1890: 746,258 |
1900: 908,420 |
1910: 1,114,756 |
1920: 1,380,631 |
1930: 1,606,903 |
1940: 1,709,242 |
1950: 2,007,280 |
1960: 2,535,234 |
1970: 3,032,217 |
1980: 3,107,576 |
1990: 3,287,116 |
2000: 3,405,584 |
State Capitol Building 19O7
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