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.

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.

List of lieutenant governors

+ Lieutenant governors of the State of ConnecticutLieutenant GovernorTerm in officePartyElectionGovernor21 Matthew Griswold–May 13, 1784Federalist1776 177717781779178017811782178322Samuel Huntington–May 11, 1786Federalist1784178523Oliver Wolcott–January 5, 1796Federalist1786178717881789179017911792179317941795—Office vacant from January 5 - May 12, 179624Jonathan Trumbull Jr.–December 1, 1797Federalist17961797—Office vacant from December 1, 1797 - May 10, 179825John Treadwell–August 7, 1809Federalist179817991800180118021803180418051806180718081809—Office vacant from August 7 - October 20, 180926Roger Griswold–May 9, 1811Federalist181027John Cotton Smith–October 25, 1812Federalist18111812—Office vacant from October 25, 1812 - May 13, 181328Chauncey Goodrich–August 18, 1815Federalist181318141815—Office vacant from August 18, 1815 - May 9, 181629 Jonathan Ingersoll–January 12, 1823Democratic-Republican1816Toleration Party181718181819182018211822—Office vacant from January 12 - May 7, 182330David Plant–May 2, 1827NationalRepublican182318241825182631John Samuel Peters–March 2, 1831NationalRepublican1827Gideon Tomlinson182818291830—Office vacant from March 2 - May 4, 1831—John Samuel Peters32Thaddeus Betts–May 1, 1833NationalRepublican1831183233Ebenezer Stoddard–May 7, 1834Democratic1833Henry W. Edwards34Thaddeus Betts–May 6, 1835Whig1834Samuel A. Foot35Ebenezer Stoddard–May 2, 1838Democratic1835Henry W. Edwards1836183736Charles Hawley–May 4, 1842Whig1838William W. Ellsworth18391840184137William S. Holabird–May 1, 1844Democratic1842Chauncey Fitch Cleveland184338Reuben Booth–May 6, 1846Whig1844Roger Sherman Baldwin184539Noyes Billings–May 5, 1847Democratic1846Isaac Toucey40Charles J. McCurdy–May 2, 1849Whig1847Clark Bissell184841Thomas Backus–May 4, 1850Whig1849Joseph Trumbull42Charles H. Pond–May 7, 1851Democratic1850Thomas H. Seymour43Green Kendrick–May 7, 1852Whig185144Charles H. Pond–October 13, 1853Democratic18521853—Office vacant from October 13, 1853 - May 3, 1854—Charles H. Pond45Alexander H. Holley–May 2, 1855Whig1854Henry Dutton46William Field–May 7, 1856Free Soil1855William T. Minor47Albert Day–May 6, 1857American185648Alfred A. Burnham–May 5, 1858Republican1857Alexander H. Holley49Julius Catlin–May 1, 1861Republican1858William Alfred Buckingham1859186050Benjamin Douglas–May 7, 1862Republican186151Roger Averill–May 2, 1866National Union186218631864186552Oliver Winchester–May 1, 1867Republican1866Joseph Roswell Hawley53Ephraim H. Hyde–May 5, 1869Democratic1867James E. English186854Francis Wayland III–May 4, 1870Republican1869Marshall Jewell55Julius Hotchkiss–May 16, 1871Democratic1870James E. English56Morris Tyler–May 7, 1873Republican1871Marshall Jewell187257George G. Sill–January 3, 1877Democratic1873Charles Roberts Ingersoll18741875Apr. 187658Francis Loomis–January 9, 1879DemocraticNov. 1876Richard D. Hubbard59David Gallup–January 5, 1881Republican1878Charles B. Andrews60William H. Bulkeley–January 3, 1883Republican1880Hobart B. Bigelow61George G. Sumner–January 8, 1885Democratic1882Thomas M. Waller62Lorrin A. Cooke–January 7, 1887Republican1884Henry Baldwin Harrison63James L. Howard–January 10, 1889Republican1886Phineas C. Lounsbury64Samuel E. Merwin–January 4, 1893Republican1888Morgan Bulkeley189065Ernest Cady–January 9, 1895Democratic1892Luzon B. Morris66Lorrin A. Cooke–January 6, 1897Republican1894Owen Vincent Coffin67James D. Dewell–January 4, 1899Republican1896Lorrin A. Cooke68Lyman A. Mills–January 9, 1901Republican1898George E. Lounsbury69Edwin O. Keeler–January 7, 1903Republican1900George P. McLean70Henry Roberts–January 4, 1905Republican1902Abiram Chamberlain71Rollin S. Woodruff–January 9, 1907Republican1904Henry Roberts72Everett J. Lake–January 9, 1909Republican1906Rollin S. Woodruff73Frank B. Weeks–April 21, 1909Republican1908George L. Lilley—Office vacant from April 21, 1909 - January 4, 1911—Frank B. Weeks74Dennis A. Blakeslee–January 8, 1913Republican1910Simeon E. Baldwin75Lyman T. Tingier–January 6, 1915Democratic191276Clifford B. Wilson–January 5, 1921Republican1914Marcus H. Holcomb1916191877Charles A. Templeton–January 3, 1923Republican1920Everett J. Lake78Hiram Bingham III–January 7, 1925Republican1922Charles A. Templeton79John H. Trumbull–January 8, 1925Republican1924Hiram Bingham III80J. Edwin Brainard–January 9, 1929RepublicanJohn H. Trumbull192681Ernest E. Rogers–January 7, 1931Republican192882Samuel R. Spencer–January 4, 1933Republican1930Wilbur Lucius Cross83Roy C. Wilcox–January 9, 1935Republican193284T. Frank Hayes–January 4, 1939Democratic1934193685James L. McConaughy–January 8, 1941Republican1938Raymond E. Baldwin86Odell Shepard–January 6, 1943Democratic1940Robert A. Hurley87William L. Hadden–January 3, 1945Republican1942Raymond E. Baldwin88Charles Wilbert Snow–December 27, 1946Democratic1944—Office vacant from December 27, 1946 - January 8, 1947—Charles Wilbert Snow89James C. Shannon–March 7, 1948Republican1946James L. McConaughy90Robert E. Parsons–January 5, 1949RepublicanJames C. Shannon91William T. Carroll–January 3, 1951Democratic1948Chester Bowles92Edward N. Allen–January 5, 1955Republican1950John Davis Lodge93Charles W. Jewett–January 7, 1959Republican1954Abraham Ribicoff94John N. Dempsey–January 21, 1961Democratic195895Anthony J. Armentano–January 9, 1963DemocraticJohn N. Dempsey96Samuel J. Tedesco–January 15, 1966Democratic196297Fred J. Doocy–January 4, 1967Democratic98Attilio R. Frassinelli–January 6, 1971Democratic196699T. Clark Hull–June 1, 1973Republican1970Thomas Meskill100Peter L. Cashman–January 8, 1975Republican101Robert K. Killian–January 3, 1979Democratic1974Ella Grasso102William A. O'Neill–December 31, 1980Democratic1978103Joseph J. Fauliso–January 9, 1991DemocraticWilliam A. O'Neill19821986104Eunice Groark–January 4, 1995A Connecticut Party1990Lowell Weicker105Jodi Rell–July 1, 2004Republican1994John G. Rowland19982002106Kevin Sullivan–January 3, 2007DemocraticJodi Rell107Michael Fedele–January 5, 2011Republican2006108Nancy Wyman–January 9, 2019Democratic2010Dannel Malloy2014109Susan Bysiewicz–IncumbentDemocratic2018Ned Lamont2022

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External links Official website of the Lieutenant Governor