Member (Residence) | Party | Years of service | Cong ress(es) | Electoral history | Location |
District created March 4, 1837 |
Thomas T. Whittlesey (Danbury) | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | 25th | Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1837. .[data missing] | |
Thomas B. Osborne (Fairfield) | Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | 26th 27th | Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1840. Retired. |
Samuel Simons (Bridgeport) | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | 28th | Elected in 1843. Retired. |
Truman Smith (Litchfield) | Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 | 29th 30th | Elected in 1845. Re-elected in 1847. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Thomas B. Butler (Norwalk) | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | 31st | Elected in 1849. Lost re-election. |
Origen S. Seymour (Litchfield) | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 | 32nd 33rd | Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Retired to become judge of the Connecticut Superior Court. |
William W. Welch (Norfolk) | American | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | 34th | Elected in 1855. Retired. |
William D. Bishop (Bridgeport) | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | 35th | Elected in 1857. Lost re-election. |
Orris S. Ferry (Norwalk) | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | 36th | Elected in 1859. Lost re-election. |
George C. Woodruff (Litchfield) | Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | 37th | Elected in 1861. Lost re-election. |
John Henry Hubbard (Litchfield) | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 | 38th 39th | Elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. Lost re-election. |
William Henry Barnum (Lime Rock) | Democratic | March 4, 1867 – May 18, 1876 | 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th | Elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1869. Re-elected in 1871. Re-elected in 1873. Re-elected in 1875. Resigned when elected U.S. senator. |
Vacant | May 18, 1876 – Dezember 4, 1876 | 44th | |
Levi Warner (Norwalk) | Democratic | Dezember 4, 1876 – March 3, 1879 | 44th 45th | Elected to finish Barnum's term. Also elected to the next term in 1876. Retired. |
Frederick Miles (Chapinville) | Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | 46th 47th | Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Retired. |
Edward Woodruff Seymour (Litchfield) | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | 48th 49th | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired. |
Miles T. Granger (Canaan) | Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | 50th | Elected in 1886. Retired. |
Frederick Miles (Chapinville) | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | 51st | Elected in 1888. Lost re-election. |
Robert E. De Forest (Bridgeport) | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | 52nd 53rd | Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election. |
Ebenezer J. Hill (Norwalk) | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913 | 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election. |
Jeremiah Donovan (South Norwalk) | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | 63rd | Elected in 1912. Lost re-election. |
Ebenezer J. Hill (Norwalk) | Republican | March 4, 1915 – September 27, 1917 | 64th 65th | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Died. |
Vacant | September 27, 1917 – November 6, 1917 | 65th | |
Schuyler Merritt (Stamford) | Republican | November 6, 1917 – March 3, 1931 | 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st | Elected to finish Hill's term. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Lost re-election. |
William L. Tierney (Greenwich) | Democratic | March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933 | 72nd | Elected in 1930. Lost re-election. |
Schuyler Merritt (Stamford) | Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 | 73rd 74th | Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Lost re-election. |
Alfred N. Phillips (Stamford) | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | 75th | Elected in 1936. Lost re-election. |
Albert E. Austin (Old Greenwich) | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | 76th | Elected in 1938. Lost re-election. |
Le Roy D. Downs (South Norwalk) | Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | 77th | Elected in 1940. Lost re-election. |
Clare Boothe Luce (Greenwich) | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1947 | 78th 79th | Elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Retired. |
John Davis Lodge (Westport) | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951 | 80th 81st | Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Retired to run for Governor of Connecticut. |
Albert P. Morano (Greenwich) | Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1959 | 82nd 83rd 84th 85th | Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost re-election. |
Donald J. Irwin (Norwalk) | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | 86th | Elected in 1958. Lost re-election. |
Abner W. Sibal (Norwalk) | Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965 | 87th 88th | Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election. |
Donald J. Irwin (Norwalk) | Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969 | 89th 90th | Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Lost re-election. |
Lowell Weicker (Greenwich) | Republican | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | 91st | Elected in 1968. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
Stewart McKinney (Westport) | Republican | January 3, 1971 – May 7, 1987 | 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th | Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Died. |
Vacant | May 7, 1987 – August 18, 1987 | 100th | |
Christopher Shays (Bridgeport) | Republican | August 18, 1987 – January 3, 2009 | 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th | Elected to finish McKinney's term. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Lost re-election. |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
2003–2013 |
Jim Himes (Cos Cob) | Democratic | January 3, 2009 – present | 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th | Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
2013–2023 |
2023–present |