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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

May 1, 1786 to January 5, 1796:

Samuel Huntington

January 5, 1796 to December 1, 1797:

Oliver Wolcott

December 1, 1797 to August 7, 1809:

Jonathan Trumbull

August 7, 1809 to May 9, 1811:

John Treadwell

May 9, 1811 to October 25, 1812:

Roger Griswold

October 25, 1812 to May 8, 1817:

John Cotton Smith

May 8, 1817 to May 2, 1827:

Oliver Wolcott Jr.

May 2, 1827 to March 1831:

Gideon Tomlinson

March 1831 to May 4, 1833:

John Peters

May 4, 1833 to May 7, 1834:

Henry W. Edwards

May 7, 1834 to May 6, 1835:

Samuel A. Foote

May 6, 1835 to May 2, 1838:

Henry W. Edwards

May 2, 1838 to May 4, 1842:

William W. Ellsworth

May 4, 1842 to May 1844:

Chauncey F. Cleveland

May 1844 to May 6, 1846:

Roger S. Baldwin

May 6, 1846 to May 5, 1847:

Isaac Toucey

May 5, 1847 to May 2, 1849:

Clark Bissell

May 2, 1849 to May 4, 1850:

Joseph Trumbull

May 4, 1850 to October 13, 1863:

Thomas H. Seymour

October 13, 1853 to May 3, 1854:

Charles H. Pond

May 3, 1854 to May 6, 1857:

William T. Minor

May 6, 1857 to May 5, 1858:

Alexander H. Holley

May 5, 1868 to May 2, 1866:

William A. Buckingham

May 2, 1866 to May 1, 1867:

Joseph R. Hawley

May 1, 1867 to May 5, 1869:

Joseph E. English

Marshall Jewell

May 4, 1870 to May 16, 1871:

James E. English

May 16, 1871 to May 7, 1873:

Marshall Jewell

May 7, 1873 to January 3, 1877:

Charles R. Ingersoll

January 3, 1877 To January 9, 1879:

Richard D. Hubbard

January 9, 1879 to January 5, 1881:

Charles B. Andrews

January 5, 1881 to January 3, 1883:

Hobart B. Bigelow

January 3, 1883 to January 8, 1885:

Thomas M. Waller

January 8, 1885 to January 7, 1887:

Henry B. Harrison

January 7, 1887 to January 10, 1889:

Phineas C. Lounsbury

January 10, 1889 to Januarty 4, 1893:

Morgan G. Bulkeley

January 4, 1893 to January 9, 1895:

Luzon B. Morris

January 9, 1895 to January 6, 1897:

O. Vincent Coffin

January 6, 1897 to January 4, 1899:

Lorrin A. Cooke

January 4, 1899 to January 9, 1901:

George E. Lounsbury

January 9, 1901 to January 7, 1903:

George P. McLean

January 7, 1903 to January 4, 1905:

Abiram Chamberlain

January 4, 1905 to January 9, 1907:

Henry Roberts

January 9, 1907 to January 6, 1909:

Rollin S. Woodruff

January 6, 1909 to April 21, 1909:

George L. Lilley

April 21, 1909 to January 4, 1911:

Frank B. Weeks

January 4, 1911 to January 6, 1915:

Simeon E. Baldwin

January 6, 1915 to January 5, 1921:

Marcus H. Holcomb

January 5, 1921 to January 3, 1923:

Everett J. Lake

January 3, 1923 to January 7, 1925:

Charles A. Templeton

January 7, 1925 to January 8, 1925:

Hiram Bingham*

*Resigned after one day in office

January 8, 1925 to January 7, 1931:

John H. Trumbull

January 8, 1931 to January 4, 1939:

Wilbur L. Cross

Janury 4, 1939 to January 8, 1941:

Raymond E. Baldwin

January 8, 1941 to January 6, 1943:

Robert A. Hurley

January 6, 1943 to December 27, 1946:

Raymond E. Baldwin

December 27, 1946 to January 8, 1947:

Wilbert Snow

January 7, 1947 to March 7, 1948:

James L. McConaughy

March 7, 1948 to January 5, 1949:

James C. Shannon

January 5, 1949 to January 3, 1951:

Chester Bowles

January 3, 1951 to January 5, 1955:

John D. Lodge

January 5, 1955 to January 21, 1961:

Abraham Ribicoff

January 21, 1961 to January 6, 1971:

John Dempsey

January 6, 1971 to January 8, 1975:

Thomas J. Meskill

January 8, 1975 to December 31, 1980:

Ella T. Grasso

December 31, 1980 to January 9, 1991:

William a. O'Neil

January 9, 1991 to January 4, 1995:

Lowell P. Weicker Jr.

January 4, 1995 to July 1, 2004

John G. Rowland

July 2, 2004 --

M. Jodi Rell

March 4, 1789 – March 7, 1796

Oliver Ellsworth

March 8, 1796 - June 10, 1810

James Hillhouse

June 11, 1810 – March 3, 1821

Samuel Wittlesey Dana

March 4, 1821 – August 18, 1823

Elijah Boardman

October 8, 1823 – March 3, 1827

Henry Waggaman Edwards

March 4, 1827 – March 5. 1833

Samuel Augustus Foot

March 4, 1833 – December 6, 1835

Nathan Smith

December 14, 1835 – March 3, 1839

John Milton Niles

March 4, 1839 – April 7, 1840

Thaddeus Betts

May 4, 1840– November 1, 1847

Jabez Williams Huntington

November 11, 1847 – March 3, 1851

Roger Sherman Baldwin

March 7, 1857 – March 4, 1861

Isaac Toucey

March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1869

James Dixon

March 4, 1869 – February 5, 1875

William Alfred Buckingham

February 6, 1875 – March 2, 1881

William Wallace Eaton

March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1905

Joseph Roswell Hawley

March 4, 1905 – March 2, 1911

Morgan Gardner Bulkeley

March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1929

George Payne McLean

March 4, 1929 – January 2, 1935

Frederic Collin Walcott

January 3, 1935 – January 16, 1945

Francis Thomas Maloney

February 15, 1945 – November 5, 1946

Thomas Charles Hart

November 5, 1946 – December 16, 1949

Raymond Earl Baldwin

December 17, 1949 – January 3, 1953

William Burnett Benton

January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959

William Arthur Purtell

January 3, 1959 – January 2, 1971

Thomas Joseph Dodd

January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1989

Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr.

January 3, 1989 –

Joseph Isadore Lieberman

March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791

William Samuel Johnson

June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793

Roger Sherman

July 24, 1793 – March 3, 1795

Stephen Mix Mitchell

March 4, 1795 – June 10, 1796

Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.

October 13, 1796 – July 19, 1807

Uriah Tracy

October 25, 1807 – May 13, 1813

Chauncey Goodrich

May 13, 1813 – March 3, 1819

David Daggett

March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825

James Lanman

March 4, 1825 – May 4, 1825

Vacant

May 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831

Calvin Willey

March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837

Gideon Tomlinson

March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843

Perry Smith

March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849

John Milton Niles

March 4, 1849 – May 24, 1854

Truman Smith

May 24, 1854 – March 3, 1855

Francis Gillette

March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1867

Lafayette S. Foster

March 4, 1867 – November 21, 1875

Orris S. Ferry

November 27, 1875 – May 17, 1876

James E. English

May 18, 1876 – March 3, 1879

William Henry Barnum

March 4, 1879 – April 21, 1905

Orville H. Platt

May 10, 1905 – October 14, 1924

Frank B. Brandegee

December 15, 1924 – March 3, 1933

Hiram Bingham III

March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939

Augustine Lonergan

January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945

John A. Danaher

January 3, 1945 – July 28, 1952

Brien McMahon

August 29, 1952 – November 4, 1952

William A. Purtell

November 4, 1952 – January 3, 1963

Prescott Bush

January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1981

Abraham A. Ribicoff

January 3, 1981 –

Christopher J. Dodd

Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle went to town,
Riding on a pony,
Stuck a feather in his hat,
And called it macaroni.

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