Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives

The Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Connecticut House of Representatives.

Speakers, 1699-1818

A list of speakers of the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1699 to 1818 is available at ^[1]

Speakers since 1818

Name	Town	Political party	Term of service
David Plant	Stratford	Toleration Republican	1819, 1820
Elisha Phelps	Simsbury	Toleration Republican	1821
Seth P. Beers	Litchfield	Toleration Republican	1822, 1823
Ralph I. Ingersoll	New Haven	Toleration Republican	1824
Samuel A. Foot	Cheshire	National Republican	1825, 1826
Ebenezer Young	Killingly	National Republican	1827, 1828
Elisha Phelps	Simsbury	National Republican	1829
Henry W. Edwards	New Haven	Jacksonian	1830
Martin Welles	Wethersfield	National Republican	1831, 1832
Samuel Ingham	Saybrook	Jacksonian	1833
Roger Huntington	Norwich	National Republican	1834 (Resigned May 24, 1834)
William L. Storrs	Middletown	National Republican	1834
Samuel Ingham	Saybrook	Democratic	1835 (Resigned May 15, 1835)
Chauncey F. Cleveland	Hampton	Democratic	1835, 1836
Stillman K. Wightman	Middletown	Democratic	1837
William W. Boardman	New Haven	Whig	1838, 1839
Charles J. McCurdy	Lyme	Whig	1840, 1841
Stillman K. Wightman	Middletown	Democratic	1842
Noyes Billings	New London	Democratic	1843
Charles J. McCurdy	Lyme	Whig	1844
William W. Boardman	NewHaven	Whig	1845
Cyrus H. Beardslee	Monroe	Democratic	1846
Lafayette S. Foster	Norwich	Whig	1847, 1848
John C. Lewis	Plymouth	Free Soil Democratic	1849
Origen S. Seymour	Litchfield	Democratic	1850
Samuel Ingham	Saybrook	Democratic	1851
Charles B. Phelps	Woodbury	Democratic	1852
William W. Eaton	Hartford	Democratic	1853
Lafayette S. Foster	Norwich	Whig	1854 (Resigned June 8, 1854)
Green Kendrick	Waterbury	Whig	1854
Austin Baldwin	Middletown	American	1855
Green Kendrick	Waterbury	Whig	1856
Eliphalet A. Bulkeley	Hartford	Union	1857
Alfred A. Burnham	Windham	Republican	1858
Oliver H. Perry	Fairfield	Republican	1859, 1860
Augustus Brandegee	New London	Republican	1861
Henry C. Deming	Hartford	Democratic	1861 (Elected Oct. 9, 1861)
Josiah M. Carter	Norwalk	Republican	1862
Chauncey F. Cleveland	Hampton	Republican	1863
John S. Rice	Farmington	Union	1864
Eleazer K. Foster	New Haven	Republican	1865
David Gallup	Plainfield	Union	1866
John T. Wait	Norwich	Union	1867
Charles Ives	East Haven	Republican	1868
Orville H. Platt	Meriden	Republican	1869
Lafayette S. Foster	Norwich	Republican	1870 (Resigned June 16, 1870)
Alfred A. Burnham	Windham	Republican	1870
Edwin H. Bugbee	Killingly	Republican	1871
Amos S. Treat	Woodbridge	Republican	1872
William W. Eaton	Hartford	Democratic	1873
Tilton E. Doolittle	New Haven	Democratic	1874
Charles Durand	Derby	Republican	1875
Thomas M. Waller	New London	Democratic	1876
Lynde Harrison	Guilford	Republican	1877
Charles H. Briscoe	Enfield	Republican	1878
Dexter R. Wright	New Haven	Republican	1879
Dwight Marcy	Vernon	Republican	1880
William C. Case	Granby	Republican	1881
John Manning Hall	Windham	Republican	1882
Charles H. Pine	Derby	Republican	1883
Henry B. Harrison	New Haven	Republican	1884
William Edgar Simonds	Canton	Republican	1885
John A. Tibbits	New London	Republican	1886
Heusted W. R. Hoyt	Greenwich	Republican	1887
John H. Perry	Fairfield	Republican	1889
Allen W. Paige	Huntington	Republican	1891
Isaac W. Brooks	Torrington	Republican	1893
Samuel Fessenden	Stamford	Republican	1895
Joseph L. Barbour	Hartford	Republican	1897
Frank B. Brandegee	New London	Republican	1899
John H. Light	Norwalk	Republican	1901
Michael Kenealy	Stamford	Republican	1903
Marcus H. Holcomb	Southington	Republican	1905
John Q. Tilson	New Haven	Republican	1907
Elmore S. Banks	Fairfield	Republican	1909
Frederick A. Scott	Plymouth	Republican	1911
Morris C. Webster	Harwinton	Republican	1913
Frank E. Healy	Windsor Locks	Republican	1915
James F. Walsh	Greenwich	Republican	1917
Frederick W. Huxford	Stamford	Republican	1921
Leonard J. Nickerson	Cornwall	Republican	1923
Elbert L. Darbie	Killingly	Republican	1925
John H. Hill	Shelton	Republican	1927
Samuel A. Eddy	North Canaan	Republican	1929
Howard W. Alcorn	Suffield	Republican	1931
William Hanna	Bethel	Republican	1933, 1935
J. Mortimer Bell	Salisbury	Republican	1937
Walter Howe	Litchfield	Republican	1939
Hugh Meade Alcorn Jr.	Suffield	Republican	1941
Harold E. Mitchell	West Hartford	Republican	1943
E. Lea Marsh Jr.	Old Lyme	Republican	1945
Frederick H. Holbrook	Madison	Republican	1947
John R. Thim	Hamden	Republican	1949
Mansfield D. Sprague	New Canaan	Republican	1951
Arthur E. B. Tanner	Woodbury	Republican	1953
W. Sheffield Cowles	Farmington	Republican	1955
Nelson C. L. Brown, II	Groton	Republican	1957
William J. O'Brien Jr.	Portland	Democratic	1959
Anthony E. Wallace	Simsbury	Republican	1961
J. Tyler Patterson Jr.	Old Lyme	Republican	1963-1965
Robert J. Testo	Bridgeport	Democratic	1967
William R. Ratchford	Danbury	Democratic	1969-1973
Francis J. Collins	Brookfield Center	Republican	1973-1975
James J. Kennelly	Hartford	Democratic	1975-1979
Ernest N. Abate	Stamford	Democratic	1979-1983
Irving J. Stolberg	New Haven	Democratic	1983-1985
R. E. Van Norstrand	Darien	Republican	1985-1987
Irving J. Stolberg	New Haven	Democratic	1987-1989
Richard J. Balducci	Newington	Democratic	1989-1993
Thomas D. Ritter	Hartford	Democratic	1993-1999
Moira K. Lyons	Stamford	Democratic	1999-2005
James A. Amann	Milford	Democratic	2005-2009
Christopher G. Donovan	Meriden	Democratic	2009-2013
J. Brendan Sharkey	Hamden	Democratic	2013-2017
Joe Aresimowicz	Berlin	Democratic	2017-2021
Matthew Ritter	Hartford	Democratic	2021-

References

^ Janicki, Mary M. (14 September 1995). "Two-Term Precedent for Speakers of the House of Representatives of Connecticut". The Office of the House Clerk - Connecticut General Assembly. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

"SOTS: Speakers of the House of Representatives". www.ct.gov. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

[1] Janicki, Mary M. (14 September 1995). "Two-Term Precedent for Speakers of the House of Representatives of Connecticut". The Office of the House Clerk - Connecticut General Assembly. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

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