Speakers of the House of
Representatives
of Connecticut
Since 1819
Party Affiliations: O= No Party, R= Republican, D=Democrat, U= Union, W=Whig, F=Federalist, A=American
| NAME |
TOWN AND POLITICAL AFFILIATION |
TERM OF SERVICE | ||||
| David Plant | Stratford, O | 1819-20 | ||||
| Elisha Phelps | Simsbury, O | 1821 | ||||
| Seth P. Beers | Litchfield, O | 1822-23 | ||||
| Ralph I. Ingersoll | New Haven, O | 1824 | ||||
| Samuel A. Foot | Cheshire, R | 1825-26 | ||||
| Ebenezer Young | Killingly, O | 1827-28 | ||||
| Elisha Phelps | Simsbury, O | 1829 | ||||
| Henry W. Edwards | New Haven, D | 1830 | ||||
| Martin Welles | Wethersfield, O | 1831-32 | ||||
| Samuel Ingham | Saybrook, O | 1833 | ||||
| Roger Huntington | Norwich, O | 1834 | ||||
| William L. Storrs | Middletown, O | 1834 | ||||
| Samuel Ingham | Saybrook, O | 1835 | ||||
| Chauncey F. Cleveland | Hampton, D | 1835-36 | ||||
| Stillman K. Wightman | Middletown, O | 1837 | ||||
| William W. Boardman | New Haven, W | 1838-39 | ||||
| Charles J. McCurdy | Lyme, O | 1840-41 | ||||
| Stillman K. Wightman | Middletown, O | 1842 | ||||
| Noyes Billings | New London, O | 1843 | ||||
| Charles J. McCurdy | Lyme, O | 1844 | ||||
| William W. Boardman | New Haven, W | 1845 | ||||
| Cyrus H. Beardslee | Monroe, D | 1846 | ||||
| LaFayette S. Foster | Norwich, W | 1847-48 | ||||
| John C. Lewis | Plymouth, F | 1849 | ||||
| Origen S. Seymour | Litchfield, D | 1850 | ||||
| Samuel Ingham | Saybrook, D | 1851 | ||||
| Charles B. Phelps | Woodbury, D | 1852 | ||||
| William W. Eaton | Hartford, D | 1853 | ||||
| LaFayette S. Foster | Norwich, W | 1854 | ||||
| Green Kendrick | Waterbury, W | 1854 | ||||
| Austin Baldwin | Middletown, A | 1855 | ||||
| Green Kendrick | Waterbury, W | 1856 | ||||
| Eliphalet A. Bulkeley | Hartford, D | 1857 | ||||
| Alfred A. Burnham | Windham, R | 1858 | ||||
| Oliver H. Perry | Fairfield, R | 1859-60 | ||||
| Augustus Brandegee | New London, R | 1861 | ||||
| Henry C. Deming | Hartford, D | 1861 | ||||
| Josiah M. Carter | Norwalk, R | 1862 | ||||
| Chauncey F. Cleveland | Hampton, R | 1863 | ||||
| John S. Rice | Farmington, U | 1864 | ||||
| Eleazer K. Foster | New Haven, R | 1865 | ||||
| David Gallup | Plainfield, U | 1866 | ||||
| John T. Wait | Norwich, U | 1867 | ||||
| Charles Ives | East Haven, R | 1868 | ||||
| Orville H. Platt | Meriden, R | 1869 | ||||
| LaFayette S. Foster | Norwich, U | 1870 | ||||
| Alfred A. Burnham | Windham, R | 1870 | ||||
| Edwin H. Bugbee | Killingly, R | 1871 | ||||
| Amos S. Treat | Woodbridge, R | 1872 | ||||
| William W. Eaton | Hartford, D | 1873 | ||||
| Tilton E. Doolittle | New Haven, D | 1874 | ||||
| Charles Durand | Derby, R | 1875 | ||||
| Thomas M. Waller | New London, D | 1876 | ||||
| Lynde Harrison | Guilford, R | 1877 | ||||
| Charles H. Briscoe | Enfield, R | 1878 | ||||
| Dexter R. Wright | New Haven, R | 1879 | ||||
| Dwight Marcy | Vernon, R | 1880 | ||||
| William C. Case | Granby, R | 1881 | ||||
| John M. Hall | Windham, R | 1882 | ||||
| Charles H. Pine | Derby, R | 1883 | ||||
| Henry B. Harrison | New Haven, R | 1884 | ||||
| William Edgar Simonds | Canton, R | 1885 | ||||
| John A. Tibbits | New London, R | 1886 | ||||
| Heusted W. R. Holt | Greenwich, R | 1887 | ||||
| John H. Perry | Fairfield, R | 1889 | ||||
| Allen W. Paige | Huntington, R | 1891 | ||||
| Isaac W. Brooks | Torrington, R | 1893 | ||||
| Samuel Fessenden | Stamford, R | 1895 | ||||
| Joseph L. Barbour | Hartford, R | 1897 | ||||
| Frank B. Brandegee | New London, R | 1899 | ||||
| John H. Light | Norwalk, R | 1901 | ||||
| Michael Kenealy | Stamford, R | 1903 | ||||
| Marcus H. Holcomb | Southington, R | 1905 | ||||
| John Q. Tilson | New Haven, R | 1907 | ||||
| Elmore S. Banks | Fairfield, R | 1909 | ||||
| Frederick A. Scott | Plymouth, R | 1911 | ||||
| Morris C. Webster | Harwinton, R | 1913 | ||||
| Frank E. Healy | Windsor Locks, R | 1915,17 | ||||
| James F. Walsh | Greenwich, R | 1919 | ||||
| Frederick W. Huxford | Stamford, R | 1921 | ||||
| Leonard J. Nickerson | Cornwall, R | 1923 | ||||
| Elbert L. Darbie | Killingly, R | 1925 | ||||
| John H. Hill | Shelton, R | 1927 | ||||
| Samuel A. Eddy | North Canaan, R | 1929 | ||||
| Howard W. Alcorn | Suffield, R | 1931 | ||||
| Willia Hanna | Bethel, R | 1933,35 | ||||
| J. Mortimer Bell | Salisbury, R | 1937 | ||||
| Walter Howe | Litchfield, R | 1939 | ||||
| Hugh Meade Alcorn, Jr. | Suffield, R | 1941 | ||||
| Harold E. Mitchell | West Hartford, R | 1943 | ||||
| E. Lea Marsh, Jr. | Old Lyme, R | 1945 | ||||
| Frederick H. Holbrook | Madison, R | 1947 | ||||
| John R. Thim | Hamden, R | 1949 | ||||
| Mansfield D. Sprague | New Canaan, R | 1951 | ||||
| Arthur E. B. Tanner | Woodbury, R | 1953 | ||||
| W. Sheffield Cowles | Farmington, R | 1955 | ||||
| Nelson C. L. Brown, II | Groton, R | 1957 | ||||
| William J. O'Brian, Jr. | Portland, D | 1959 | ||||
| Anthony E. Wallace | Simsbury, R | 1961 | ||||
| J. Tyler Patterson, Jr. | Old Lyme, R | 1963,65 | ||||
| Robert J. Testo | Bridgeport, D | 1967 | ||||
| William R. Ratchford | Danbury, D | 1969-72 | ||||
| Francis J. Collins | Brookfield Center, R | 1973-74 | ||||
| James J. Kennelly | Hartford, D | 1975-78 | ||||
| Ernest N. Abate | Stamford, D | 1979-82 | ||||
| Irving J. Stolberg | New Haven, D | 1983-84 | ||||
| R.E. Van Norstrand | Darien, R | 1985-86 | ||||
| Irving J. Stolberg | New Haven, D | 1987-88 | ||||
| Richard J. Balducci | Newington, D | 1989-92 | ||||
| Thomas D. Ritter | Hartford, D | 1993-98 | ||||
| Moira K. Lyons | Stamford, D | 1999-04 | ||||
| James A. Amann | Milford, D | 2005-08 | ||||
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