Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut explained

Post:	Lieutenant Governor
Body:	Connecticut
Insigniacaption:	Seal of the lieutenant governor
Incumbent:	Susan Bysiewicz
Incumbentsince:	January 9, 2019
Style:	Her Excellency
Department:	Government of Connecticut
Termlength:	Four years, No term limits
Formation:	Constitution of Connecticut
Inaugural:	Matthew Griswold State of Connecticut 1776
Website:	Office of the Lt. Governor
Precursor:	Deputy Governor of Connecticut Colony

The lieutenant governor of Connecticut is the second highest executive officer of the government of the U.S. State of Connecticut. The lieutenant governor acts as President of the State Senate, presiding over the Senate and casting votes in the event of a tie. They are elected to serve four-year terms and run on the same ticket as the governor as running mate with no term limits. They are the first in the gubernatorial line of succession of Connecticut and serve as acting governor in the absence of the governor and as governor for the remainder of the term in the event the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office.^{[1] [2]}

The incumbent lieutenant governor is Democrat Susan Bysiewicz since 2019, after winning the 2018 gubernatorial election and winning reelection in the 2022 gubernatorial election. Her second and current term is set to expire on January 6, 2027.

The following is a list of lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut:

Lieutenant governors of the State of Connecticut, 1776–present

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Lieutenant Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Governor
21			Matthew Griswold	- May 13, 1784	Federalist	1776
						1777
						1778
						1779
						1780
						1781
						1782
						1783
22			Samuel Huntington	- May 11, 1786	Federalist	1784
						1785
23			Oliver Wolcott	- January 5, 1796	Federalist	1786
						1787
						1788
						1789
						1790
						1791
						1792
						1793
						1794
						1795
-	Vacant			- May 12, 1796
24			Jonathan Trumbull Jr.	- December 1, 1797	Federalist	1796
						1797
-	Vacant			- May 10, 1798
25			John Treadwell	- August 7, 1809	Federalist	1798
						1799
						1800
						1801
						1802
						1803
						1804
						1805
						1806
						1807
						1808
						1809
-	Vacant			- October 20, 1809
26	data-sort-value="Griswold, Roger"			Roger Griswold	^[3]  - May 9, 1811	Federalist			1810
27		John Cotton Smith		- October 25, 1812	Federalist	1811
						1812
-	Vacant			- May 13, 1813
28			Chauncey Goodrich	- August 18, 1815	Federalist	1813
						1814
						1815
-	Vacant			- May 9, 1816
29		bgcolor=		Jonathan Ingersoll	- January 12, 1823	Democratic- Republican			1816
			Toleration Party			1817
						1818
						1819
						1820
						1821
						1822
-	Vacant			- May 7, 1823
30			David Plant	- May 2, 1827	National Republican	1823
						1824
						1825
						1826
31			John Samuel Peters	- March 2, 1831	National Republican	1827		Gideon Tomlinson
						1828
						1829
						1830
-	Vacant			- May 4, 1831	-			John Samuel Peters
32			Thaddeus Betts	- May 1, 1833	National Republican	1831
						1832
33	data-sort-value="Stoddard, Ebenezer"		bgcolor=		Ebenezer Stoddard	- May 7, 1834	Democratic	1833	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Edwards, Henry"	Henry W. Edwards
34	data-sort-value="Betts, Thaddeus"		bgcolor=		Thaddeus Betts	- May 6, 1835	Whig	1834	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Foot, Samuel"	Samuel A. Foot
35			Ebenezer Stoddard	- May 2, 1838	Democratic	1835		Henry W. Edwards
						1836
						1837
36			Charles Hawley	- May 4, 1842	Whig	1838		William W. Ellsworth
						1839
						1840
						1841
37			William S. Holabird	- May 1, 1844	Democratic	1842		Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
						1843
38			Reuben Booth	- May 6, 1846	Whig	1844		Roger Sherman Baldwin
						1845
39	data-sort-value="Billings, Noyes"		bgcolor=		Noyes Billings	- May 5, 1847	Democratic	1846	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Toucey, Isaac"	Isaac Toucey
40			Charles J. McCurdy	- May 2, 1849	Whig	1847		Clark Bissell
						1848
41	data-sort-value="Backus, Thomas"			Thomas Backus	- May 4, 1850	Whig		1849	data-sort-value="Trumbull, Joseph"	Joseph Trumbull
42	data-sort-value="Pond, Charles"		bgcolor=		Charles H. Pond	- May 7, 1851	Democratic	1850		Thomas H. Seymour
43	data-sort-value="Kendrick, Green"		bgcolor=		Green Kendrick	- May 7, 1852	Whig	1851
44			Charles H. Pond	- October 13, 1853	Democratic	1852
						1853
-	Vacant			- May 3, 1854	-		data-sort-value="Pond, Charles"	Charles H. Pond
45	data-sort-value="Holley, Alexander"		bgcolor=		Alexander H. Holley	- May 2, 1855	Whig	1854	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Dutton, Henry"	Henry Dutton
46	data-sort-value="Field, William"			William Field	- May 7, 1856	Free Soil	1855		William T. Minor
47	data-sort-value="Day, Albert"			Albert Day	- May 6, 1857	American	1856
48	data-sort-value="Burnham, Alfred"			Alfred A. Burnham	- May 5, 1858	Republican	1857		data-sort-value="Holley, Alexander"	Alexander H. Holley
49		Julius Catlin		- May 1, 1861	Republican	1858	William Alfred Buckingham
						1859
						1860
50	data-sort-value="Douglas, Benjamin"			Benjamin Douglas	- May 7, 1862	Republican			1861
51			Roger Averill	- May 2, 1866	National Union	1862
						1863
						1864
						1865
52	data-sort-value="Winchester, Oliver"			Oliver Winchester	- May 1, 1867	Republican	1866		data-sort-value="Hawley, Joseph"	Joseph Roswell Hawley
53			Ephraim H. Hyde	- May 5, 1869	Democratic	1867		James E. English
						1868
54	data-sort-value="Wayland, Francis"		bgcolor=		Francis Wayland III	- May 4, 1870	Republican	1869	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Jewell, Marshall"	Marshall Jewell
55	data-sort-value="Hotchkiss, Julius"		bgcolor=		Julius Hotchkiss	- May 16, 1871	Democratic	1870	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="English, James"	James E. English
56			Morris Tyler	- May 7, 1873	Republican	1871		Marshall Jewell
						1872
57			George G. Sill	- January 3, 1887	Democratic	1873		Charles Roberts Ingersoll
						1874
						1875
58	data-sort-value="Loomis, Francis"			Francis Loomis	- January 9, 1879	Democratic		1876	data-sort-value="Hubbard, Richard"	Richard D. Hubbard
59	data-sort-value="Gallup, David"			David Gallup	- January 5, 1881	Republican	1878		data-sort-value="Andrews, Charles"	Charles B. Andrews
60	data-sort-value="Bulkeley, William"			William H. Bulkeley	- January 3, 1883	Republican	1880		data-sort-value="Bigelow, Hobart"	Hobart B. Bigelow
61	data-sort-value="Sumner, George"		bgcolor=		George G. Sumner	- January 8, 1885	Democratic	1882	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Waller, Thomas"	Thomas M. Waller
62	data-sort-value="Cooke, Lorrin"			Lorrin A. Cooke	- January 7, 1887	Republican	1884		data-sort-value="Harrison, Henry"	Henry Baldwin Harrison
63	data-sort-value="Howard, James"			James L. Howard	- January 10, 1889	Republican	1886		data-sort-value="Lounsbury, Phineas"	Phineas C. Lounsbury
64		Samuel E. Merwin		- January 4, 1893	Republican	1888	Morgan Bulkeley
						1890
65	data-sort-value="Cady, Ernest"		bgcolor=		Ernest Cady	- January 9, 1895	Democratic	1892	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Morris, Luzon"	Luzon B. Morris
66	data-sort-value="Cooke, Lorrin"			Lorrin A. Cooke	- January 6, 1897	Republican	1894		data-sort-value="Coffin, Owen"	Owen Vincent Coffin
67	data-sort-value="Dewell, James"			James D. Dewell	- January 4, 1899	Republican	1896		data-sort-value="Cooke, Lorrin"	Lorrin A. Cooke
68	data-sort-value="Mills, Lyman"			Lyman A. Mills	- January 9, 1901	Republican	1898		data-sort-value="Lounsbury, George"	George E. Lounsbury
69	data-sort-value="Keeler, Edwin"			Edwin O. Keeler	- January 7, 1903	Republican	1900		data-sort-value="McLean, George"	George P. McLean
70	data-sort-value="Roberts, Henry"			Henry Roberts	- January 4, 1905	Republican	1902		data-sort-value="Chamberlain, Abiram"	Abiram Chamberlain
71	data-sort-value="Woodruff, Rollin"			Rollin S. Woodruff	- January 9, 1907	Republican	1904		data-sort-value="Roberts, Henry"	Henry Roberts
72	data-sort-value="Lake, Everett"			Everett J. Lake	- January 9, 1909	Republican	1906		data-sort-value="Woodruff, Rollin"	Rollin S. Woodruff
73	data-sort-value="Weeks, Frank"			Frank B. Weeks	- April 21, 1909	Republican	1908		data-sort-value="Lilley, George"	George L. Lilley
-	Vacant			- January 4, 1911	-	data-sort-value="Weeks, Frank"			Frank B. Weeks
74	data-sort-value="Blakeslee, Dennis"		bgcolor=		Dennis A. Blakeslee	- January 8, 1913	Republican	1910		Simeon E. Baldwin
75	data-sort-value="Tingier, Lyman"		bgcolor=		Lyman T. Tingier	- January 6, 1915	Democratic	1912
76			Clifford B. Wilson	- January 5, 1921	Republican	1914		Marcus H. Holcomb
						1916
						1918
77	data-sort-value="Templeton, Charles"			Charles A. Templeton	- January 3, 1923	Republican		1920	data-sort-value="Lake, Everett"	Everett J. Lake
78	data-sort-value="Bingham, Hiram"			Hiram Bingham III	- January 7, 1925	Republican		1922	data-sort-value="Templeton, Charles"	Charles A. Templeton
79	data-sort-value="Trumbull, John"			John H. Trumbull	- January 8, 1925	Republican		1924	data-sort-value="Bingham, Hiram"	Hiram Bingham III
80			J. Edwin Brainard	- January 9, 1929	Republican	John H. Trumbull
								1926
81	data-sort-value="Rogers, Ernest"			Ernest E. Rogers	- January 7, 1931			Republican	1928
82	data-sort-value="Spencer, Samuel"			Samuel R. Spencer	- January 4, 1933	Republican	1930		Wilbur Lucius Cross
83	data-sort-value="Wilcox, Roy"			Roy C. Wilcox	- January 9, 1935	Republican	1932
84			T. Frank Hayes	- January 4, 1939	Democratic	1934
						1936
85	data-sort-value="McConaughy, James"		bgcolor=		James L. McConaughy	- January 8, 1941	Republican	1938	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Baldwin, Raymond"	Raymond E. Baldwin
86	data-sort-value="Shepard, Odell"		bgcolor=		Odell Shepard	- January 6, 1943	Democratic	1940	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Hurley, Robert"	Robert A. Hurley
87	data-sort-value="Hadden, William"		bgcolor=		William L. Hadden	- January 3, 1945	Republican	1942		Raymond E. Baldwin
88	data-sort-value="Snow, Charles"		bgcolor=		Charles Wilbert Snow	- December 27, 1946	Democratic	1944
-	Vacant			- January 8, 1947	-	bgcolor=			data-sort-value="Snow, Charles"	Charles Wilbert Snow
89	data-sort-value="Shannon, James"			James C. Shannon	- March 7, 1948	Republican	1946		data-sort-value="McConaughy, James"	James L. McConaughy
90	data-sort-value="Parsons, Robert"			Robert E. Parsons	- January 5, 1949	Republican			data-sort-value="Shannon, James"	James C. Shannon
91	data-sort-value="Carroll, William"		bgcolor=		William T. Carroll	- January 3, 1951	Democratic	1948	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Bowles, Chester"	Chester Bowles
92	data-sort-value="Allen, Edward"		bgcolor=		Edward N. Allen	- January 5, 1955	Republican	1950	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Lodge, John"	John Davis Lodge
93	data-sort-value="Jewett, Charles"			Charles W. Jewett	- January 7, 1959	Republican	1954		Abraham Ribicoff
94	data-sort-value="Dempsey, John"			John N. Dempsey	- January 21, 1961	Democratic	1958
95	data-sort-value="Armentano, Anthony"			Anthony J. Armentano	- January 9, 1963	Democratic			John N. Dempsey
96	data-sort-value="Tedesco, Samuel"			Samuel J. Tedesco	- January 15, 1966	Democratic	1962
97	data-sort-value="Doocy, Fred"			Fred J. Doocy	- January 4, 1967	Democratic
98	data-sort-value="Frassinelli, Attilio"			Attilio R. Frassinelli	- January 6, 1971	Democratic	1966
99	data-sort-value="Hull, T. Clark"			T. Clark Hull	- June 1, 1973	Republican	1970		Thomas Meskill
100	data-sort-value="Cashman, Peter"			Peter L. Cashman	- January 8, 1975	Republican
101	data-sort-value="Killian, Robert"			Robert K. Killian	- January 3, 1979	Democratic	1974		Ella Grasso
102	data-sort-value="O'Neill, William"			William A. O'Neill	- December 31, 1980	Democratic	1978
103		Joseph J. Fauliso		- January 9, 1991	Democratic	William A. O'Neill
							1982
							1986
104	data-sort-value="Groark, Eunice"		bgcolor=		Eunice Groark	- January 4, 1995	A Connecticut Party	1990	bgcolor=		data-sort-value="Weicker, Lowell"	Lowell Weicker
105			Jodi Rell	- July 1, 2004	Republican	1994		John G. Rowland
						1998
						2002
106	data-sort-value="Sullivan, Kevin"		bgcolor=		Kevin Sullivan			- January 3, 2007	Democratic	Jodi Rell
107	data-sort-value="Fedele, Michael"		bgcolor=		Michael Fedele	- January 5, 2011		Republican	2006
108			Nancy Wyman	- January 9, 2019	Democratic	2010		Dannel Malloy
						2014
109			Susan Bysiewicz	- Incumbent	Democratic	2018		Ned Lamont
						2022

References

Constitutions

• Web site: Constitution of the State of Connecticut . 1965 . . February 21, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090323081743/http://www.cslib.org/constitutionalAmends/constitution.htm . March 23, 2009 .
• Web site: Constitution of the State of Connecticut . 1818 . . February 21, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090422221840/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392280 . 2009-04-22 . dead .
• Web site: Charter of the Colony of Connecticut . 1662 . National Humanities Institute . February 21, 2009.

Specific

External links

• Official website of the Lieutenant Governor

Notes and References

1. Web site: Constitution of the State of Connecticut . 2024-11-27 . CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website . en.
2. Web site: What does a Lieutenant Governor do in Connecticut? . 2024-11-27 . CT.gov . en.
3. News: . November 14, 1809 . Hartford. Oct. 24. . The enquirer . Richmond, Va. . 2 . 20 December 2021 .