List of members of the Connecticut General Assembly from Norwalk explained

This is a list of members of the Connecticut General Assembly from Norwalk, Connecticut since the founding of the settlement in 1651 to the present.

Seventeenth century

RepresentativeYearsNote
May 1653, October 1654, May 1658, October 1660, May 1662, May 1663, October 1663, May 1664, October 1664, October 1665, May 1666, October 1666, May 1667, May 1668, October 1668, May 1669, May 1671, May 1679[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
Matthew CampfieldMay 1654, May 1655, May 1656, May 1657, May 1658, May 1659, May 1660, May 1661, May and October 1662, October 1663, May and October 1664, May and October 1665, and May and October 1666Founding settler of Norwalk
Matthew Marvin, Sr.May 1654Founding settler of Norwalk
May 1656Founding settler of Norwalk
Samuel HalesMay and October 1656, May and October 1657 and May and October 1660Founding settler of Norwalk
Nathaniel ElyOctober 1656Founding settler of Norwalk
Isaac MooreOctober 1657Founding settler of Norwalk
Nathaniel RichardsOctober 1658Founding settler of Norwalk
Walter HoytOctober 1658, May and October 1661, May and October 1667, October 1668, May 1670, May 1671, May 1672, October 1673, October 1674, May 1676, May 1678, October 1681Founding settler of Norwalk
John GregoryOctober 1659, October 1662, May 1663, May 1665, October 1667, May 1668, May and October 1669, October 1670, October 1671, May 1674, May 1675, October 1677, May 1679, October 1680, May 1681, October 1695Founding settler of Norwalk
John DouglasOctober 1669
Thomas BenedictMay 1670, and May 1675Served as Norwalk Town Clerk
Daniel KelloggOctober 1670, May 1672, October 1674, October 1675, May 1677, October 1679, May 1680, and October 1683Founding settler of Norwalk
John BowtonOctober 1671, October 1673, May 1674, May 1675, October 1676, May and October 1677, May 1678, October 1679, May 1680, May 1681, May and October 1682. May 1683, and May and October 1685Founding settler of Norwalk
Nicholas HoytOctober 1672
Mark SensionOctober 1672, October 1676, October 1678, May and October 1684
Thomas FitchMay 1673Founding settler of Norwalk, served as Norwalk Town Clerk
John PlattOctober 1678, October 1680, October 1681, May and October 1682, May and October 1683. May and October 1684, May and October 1685, May and October 1686, May 1691, October 1692, October 1694

Eighteenth century

RepresentativeYearsNote
Samuel HayesMay 1686, May and October 1687, October 1689, May 1692, May and October 1693, May 1694, May 1695, May 1696, May and October 1697, May and October 1698, October 1699, May 1700, May 1701, October 1702, October 1703
Christopher ComstockOctober 1686, May 1689, and May 1690
Thomas SeamerMay 1690Founding settler of Norwalk
Samuel SmithMay 1691
Andrew MessengerMay 1691, October 1696, October 1700, October 1701, May 1702Mistakenly recorded as "Edward"[2]
John BeldingOctober 1691, May 1705
James OlmstedOctober 1691, October 1692, October 1693, May 1699Served as town clerk
Thomas BettsMay 1692, October 1694, May and October 1704, October 1705, May 1707
Samuel BettsMay 1693, May 1710
Matthew Marvin Jr.May 1694, May and October 1697Founding settler of Norwalk
Jachin GregoryMay 1695
John KeelerOctober 1698
Samuel KeelerOctober 1701, October 1703, May 1704, May 1706, May and October 1709
Joseph PlattMay 1705, October 1706, October 1707, October 1708, October 1709, May 1710, October 1711, October 1712, October 1713, October 1714, October 1716, October 1718, May and October 1719, October 1720, May 1721, October 1722, October 1724, October 1725, October 1726, October 1727, May and October 1728, October 1729, October 1730, May and October 1731, May and October 1732, May and October 1733, October 1734, October 1737, October 1738, May 1739, May and October 1745, and October 1746Longest serving representative from Norwalk.
Samuel HanfordOctober 1705, May 1707, May 1708, May 1711, May 1714, October 1717, October 1719, May 1720, October 1722, October 1733, May and October 1735, May and October 1736, May and October 1737Served as Norwalk Town Clerk
John CoppMay 1706, May 1716, October 1718, May 1719served as Norwalk Town Clerk
John BettsOctober 1708, May 1709, October 1710, May 1715, May 1716
Samuel ComstockOctober 1711, October 1714, May 1720, October 1723, October 1725, October 1726, October 1727, October 1728, October 1729, October 1730
Matthew SeymourOctober 1712, October 1713
Samuel KelloggMay 1714
John ReadMay 1715, October 1717
John Raymond Jr.October 1716
John BartlettMay 1718
Samuel MarvinMay 1718
James BrownOctober 1720, May 1756, May 1757
May 1721, May 1722, October 1723, October 1724, May 1726, May 1727, May 1729, May and October 1732, May 1733, May and October 1735, May 1738, October 1739, May and October 1740, October 1742, May 1746, October 1748, October 1749, October 1751
John BenedictMay 1722, May 1725
Eliphalet LockwoodMay 1724
Matthew GregoryMay 1724
Thomas FitchMay 1726, May 1727, May 1729, May 1730Served on the Council of Assistants, and as Governor
Benjamin HickoxMay 1728
Joseph BirchardMay 1730, May 1734
John Betts Jr.October 1731, October 1736, May 1739, May and October 1741, May 1742, May 1743
John MarvinMay 1734, May 1738
Daniel HoytOctober 1734
Samuel FitchMay 1736, October 1741, May and October 1742, May 1743, May and October 1744, May and October 1745, May and October 1746, May and October 1747, May 1748, May and October 1750, May 1751, May and October 1752, October 1753, May 1754, October 1760, May 1761
Thomas BenedictMay 1737, October 1740, October 1744
Joseph ComstockOctober 1738
Samuel CluckstonOctober 1739, May 1740
John Belding Jr.May 1741
Elnathan HanfordMay and October 1747, May 1748Served as Norwalk Town Clerk
Joseph Platt Jr.October 1748, May and October 1749, May and October 1750, May 1751, May and October 1752, October 1753, October 1754, October 1755, October 1757, May 1758, May and October 1759, May and October 1760, May 1761, May 1762, May and October 1765, May and October 1766, October 1767, and May 1770
Nehemiah MeadMay 1749
David LambertOctober 1751
James FitchMay 1753, October 1754, May 1755, May and October 1757
Noah TaylorMay 1753
Theophilus FitchMay 1754
Peter LockwoodOctober 1755, October 1761, October 1762, May and October 1763, May and October 1764
Joseph BettsMay 1760
Thomas Fitch, VOctober 1761, May and October 1763, May and October 1764, May and October 1765, May and October 1766, May 1767, October 1768, May and October 1769, October 1770, October 1771, October 1772, October 1773, October 1775, May 1776[3]
Nathaniel BenedictOctober 1762
Joseph HallMay 1767
Asa SpaldingMay 1768
October 1768, May and October 1769, May and October 1770, May and October 1771, May and October 1772, May and October 1773, May and October 1774, May 1775, May 1787, May and October 1788, October 1789, May and October 1793
Uriah RogersMay 1772
Thaddeus BettsOctober 1774, October 1775, May and October 1776, May 1784, October 1785, May 1786
Moses ComstockMay 1777
Daniel Betts Jr.May 1777
May and October 1778, October 1779, and October 1783
Stephen St. JohnMay and October 1778, May and October 1780, May 1781, May and October 1782, May 1783, May and October 1784, and May 1785
Samuel SillimanMay 1779, May 1780, October 1780, October 1781, May 1782, May 1783, October 1783, October 1784, May 1785, October 1785, October 1786, May 1787, October 1787, October 1788, May 1789, October 1789, May 1791, May 1792, October 1792, May 1794, October 1794
Matthew MeadMay 1779, May and October 1780, May and October 1781
James RichardsOctober 1779, October 1782
Eliphalet LockwoodMay and October 1790, May and October 1791, October 1794, May and October 1795, May and October 1796
Hezekiah RogersMay 1786, and October 1787Served as a delegate to the convention in Connecticut to ratify the United States Constitution in 1788
Job BartramMay and October 1790
Samuel Cook ComstockOctober 1792, May and October 1793, October 1795
Taylor ShermanMay 1794, May 1795, and May 1796
Matthew MarvinOctober 1796, May and October 1797, May 1798, May and October 1799
John CannonMay 1797

Nineteenth century

RepresentativeYearsPartyNote
Joseph SillimanOctober 1797, May 1800, May 1801
Roger M. ShermanMay and October 1798
Isaac RichardsMay and October 1799
William M. BettsMay and October 1800, May and October 1801, May and October 1802, May and October 1803, October 1804, May and October 1809, May and October 1810
Phineas MillerOctober 1801, May and October 1802, May 1804
Jabez GregoryMay and October 1804, May 1805, May and October 1806, May and October 1807, October 1808, May and October 1811, May and October 1812
Stephen St. JohnMay 1805, May and October 1806
John HanfordOctober 1805
George RaymondOctober 1805, May 1807
October 1807
Moses GregoryMay 1808, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1827Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1818
John TaylorMay and October 1808
Jabob OsborneMay and October 1809, May and October 1810, October 1814
Samuel BowtonMay and October 1811
Thomas ReedMay and October 1812, May 1813, 1825, 1826
Benjamin IsaacsMay and October 1813, May and October 1815, May and October 1816, May 1817, October 1818, 1819, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1825, 1827, 1828, 1834Served in the Connecticut Senate, and as Norwalk Town Clerk
Moses W. ReedOctober 1813, May 1814
John EversleyMay 1814, October 1815, May 1816Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1818
October 1814
Thaddeus BettsMay 1815, 1830Served in the Connecticut Senate, as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, and as United States Senator
Samuel B. WarrenOctober 1816, 1828
William J. StreetOctober 1817, May 1818Served as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk
Dan TaylorMay and October 1818
Andrew Hanford1819
James Quintard1821
Noah Wilcox1822, 1823, 1825, 1836
David Roberts1826, 1831
Charles Wiley Taylor1829, 1835
1829, 1841, 1850Served in the Connecticut Senate, as an Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, and as Governor
Eli B. Bennett1830, 1831, 1848
John D. Loundsbury1832, 1833
Thomas B. Butler1832, 1833, 1837, 1843, 1846Served in the Connecticut Senate, as President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate, as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and as Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
Samuel Comstock1834
Lewis Gregory1836, 1837, 1838
Timothy T. Merwin1838
Algernon E. Beard1839, 1840, 1844, 1845, 1850
Joseph W. Hubbell1839, 1840Served as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk
Henry Sellick1841, 1842
Matthew Wilcox1842, 1843
Charles Thomas1844
William S. Lockwood1845, 1846
Samuel Jarvis1847
Asa Hill1847, 1856American
Harvey Pennoyer1848
Gould D. Jennings1849Democratic
William H. Benedict1849Whig
Ebenezer Hill1851 1853, 1862, 1866 Union
Henry M. Prowitt1851Whig
Thomas Robinson1852Whig
Thomas Guyer1852, 1854, 1872, 1873, 1874 Republican
Ira Gregory1853Whig
Stephen Raymond1854Whig
David Comstock Jr.1855Whig
Burr Nash1855American
Daniel K. Nash1856, 1858Republican
Josiah Carter1857, 1861, 1862RepublicanServed as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1862)
William T. Craw1857, 1859, 1860Republican
A. Homer Byington1858, 1859RepublicanServed in the Connecticut Senate
Samuel E. Olmstead1860Republican
Peter L. Cunningham1861RepublicanServed as mayor of South Norwalk
William C. Street1863, 1864UnionServed as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk
Joseph H. Jennings1863Union
Chester F. Tolles1864, 1865Union
Frederick St. John Lockwood1865, 1866, 1872Republican
Asa Woodward1867, 1868RepublicanServed as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, and in the Connecticut Senate
D.H. Webb1867Republican
George S. Bell1868Republican
1869Democratic
Israel Bullock1869Republican
Martin Craw1870, 1871Republican
Talmadge Baker1870, 1877, 1881RepublicanServed in the Connecticut Senate
Lewis Beers1871Republican
Moses Hill1873Republican
Edward P. Weed1874, 1878DemocraticServed as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk
James W. Hyatt1875, 1876DemocraticServed as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, in the Connecticut Senate, and as Treasurer of the United States
Winfield S. Hanford1875, 1876DemocraticServed as mayor of South Norwalk
Allen Betts1877, 1878Republican
James G. Gregory1879RepublicanServed as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk
Robert Rowan1879, 1880, 1895Republican
Charles H. Street1880Republican
George R. Cowles1881, 1882, 1883, 1884Republican
Charles W. Bell[4] 1882, 1883, 1884Republican
George Brady1887Republican
John H. Ferris1887, 1889Republican
Frank Comstock1891, 1893Republican
Edwin O. Keeler1893, 1895RepublicanServed as mayor of Norwalk, as President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate and as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Russell Frost1897Republican
Belden Hurlbutt1897Republican

Twentieth century

RepresentativeYearsPartyNote
John H. Light1899, 1901RepublicanServed as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1901)
Elbert Adams1901Republican
Wallace Dann1903DemocraticServed as mayor of Norwalk
Jeremiah Donovan1903DemocraticServed as mayor of Norwalk, in the Connecticut Senate, and in the United States House of Representatives
Mortimer M. Lee1905RepublicanServed as mayor of South Norwalk
William Low1907Democratic
Fredrick Quintard1907Republican
Marcel Bennett1909Republican
Henry Matheis1911, 1913Democratic
Carl Anderson1911Democratic
Harry Rider1913Progressive Republican
Cramer Hegeman1915Republican
Nehemiah Candee1917, 1919Republican
Harvey Kent1921, 1925Republican
Frank Gregory1923Republican
Lewis H. Nash1923Republican
Freeman Light1925, 1927, 1929Republican
Emil Hemming1927, 1929Republican
Samuel Aller1931Democratic
Edward Gans1933Republican
Daniel Deering1935Republican
Patrick Lyden1937Democratic
Elbert Clark1937Democratic
William Garafalo1939Republican
Sara Maschal1939RepublicanFirst woman to represent Norwalk
Fred Buckley1941, 1943 DemocraticUnseated by Republican in contested election (1943)
John Cavanaugh1941Democratic
Stanley Stroffolino1943, 1945Republican
George Sartain1945Republican
Louis Lamaire1947, 1949, 1951Republican
Louis Padula1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1973Republican
John Shostak1957, 1959, 1963, 1965 RepublicanServed as mayor of Norwalk
Frank Raymond1949, 1951, 1953Republican
Fannie Harris1953, 1955Republican
John Vallerie1961Republican

Creation of districts (1967)

The January 1967 regular session was the first in which its members were elected by district.[5]

RepresentativeYearsPartyDistrictNote
Thomas Tierney1967Democratic140th
Bernard Breeman1967Republican149th
Howard Newman1967, 1969, 1971, 1973Democratic146th
E. Ronald Bard1967, 1969, 1971, 1973Republican145th, 138th
Otha Brown Jr.1967, 1969, 1971Democratic148th
John Fabrizio1969, 1971, 1973Republican140th
William J. Lyons Jr.[6] 1971Republican149th
William A. Collins1975, 1977Democratic140th
John McGuirk1975, 1979Democratic139th
William Lawless1975, 1977Democratic137th
Lawrence Anastasia1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991Democratic138th
Edward Zamm1977Republican139th
Thomas C. O'Connor1978Republican140thFilled the unexpired term of William Collins in a special election
John Atkin1979, 1981, 1983Democratic140th
Andrew Glickson1979Democratic137th
Frank Esposito1981, 1983, 1985, 1987Republican137th
Jacob Rudolf1981, 1985Republican139th
Janet M. Mills1985Republican140thDefeated in general election
Douglas Mintz1987, 1989, 1991Democratic140thResigned in 1992, upon appointment as judge of the Superior Court
Alex Knopp1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999139th, 137thRedistricted from the 139th District to the 137th District. Served as mayor of Norwalk (2001)
1988, 1989, 1991Republican137thBolster's residence was redistricted into a newly formed 141st district with part of Darien. She ran against incumbent Reginald L. Jones Jr. as a Democrat but was defeated.
1993, 1995Democratic140thResigned due to conviction of bribery

Twenty-first century

RepresentativeYearsPartyDistrictNote
1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013142nd
Joseph Clemmons1997, 1999, 2001Democratic140th
Bob Duff2001, 2003Democratic137thElected to the Connecticut Senate's 25th District
Joseph Mann2003, 2005140th
Chris Perone2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013Democratic137th
Bruce Morris2007, 2009, 2011, 2013140th
Friedrich Wilms2015Republican142nd

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&dq=Samuel+Hales+norwalk&pg=PA78 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Connecticut
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=5xYVpaBmRnEC&dq=Andrew%20Messenger%20norwalk&pg=PA408 History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=ul0EAAAAYAAJ Roll of State Officers and Members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881
  4. http://www.cslib.org/conngares.asp Members of the Connecticut General Assembly
  5. Web site: Mary Janicki . Legislators Serving Different Districts . Cga.ct.gov . 2022-08-13.
  6. http://www.fultonhistory.com/Process%20small/Newspapers/Newspapers%20%20Out%20of%20NY/Wilton%20CT.%20Bulletin/Wilton%20CT%20%20Bulletin%201972%20Grayscale%20split/Wilton%20CT%20%20Bulletin%201972%20Grayscale%20split%20-%201039.pdf Wilton Bulletin