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Presidents pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate

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The Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut serves as the President of the Connecticut Senate, but only casts a vote if required to break a tie. In his or her absence, the President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate presides. The President pro tempore is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the entire Senate through a Senate Resolution. The President pro tempore is the chief leadership position in the Senate. The Senate majority and minority leaders are elected by their respective party caucuses.

The current President pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate is Martin M. Looney, a Democrat who has served since 2015.

List of presidents pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate

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Name

| Town and political party

| Term of service

{{Party shading/Whig}}

| Aaron N. Skinner

| New Haven, (W)

| 1845

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Samuel Ingham

| Saybrook, (D)

| 1846

{{Party shading/Whig}}

| Thomas C. Perkins

| Hartford, (W)

| 1847

{{Party shading/Whig}}

| Thomas B. Butler

| Norwalk, (W)

| 1848

{{Party shading/Whig}}

| Henry Dutton

| New Haven, (W)

| 1849

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Samuel Ingham

| Saybrook, (D)

| 1850

{{Party shading/Whig}}

| Henry E. Peck

| New Haven, (W)

| 1851

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| James T. Pratt

| Rocky Hill, (D)

| 1852

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Daniel B. Warner

| East Haddam, (D)

| 1853

{{Party shading/Free Soil}}

| John Boyd

| West Winsted, (Free Soil Dem)

| 1854

{{Party shading/Whig}}

| James F. Babcock

| New Haven, (W)

| 1855

Leman W. Cutler

| Watertown, (AR)

| 1856

{{Party shading/Unionist}}

| Ammi Giddings

| Plymouth, (U)

| 1857

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Elisha Carpenter

| Killingly, (R)

| 1858

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Thaddeus Welles

| Glastonbury, (R)

| 1859

Joseph G. Lamb

| Norwich, (AR)

| 1860

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Andrew B. Mygatt

| New Milford, (R)

| 1861

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Hiram Goodwin

| Hitchcockville, (R) (U)

| 1862

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Gilbert W. Phillips

| Putnam, (R) (U)

| 1863

{{Party shading/Unionist}}

| John T. Adams

| Norwich, (U)

| 1864

{{Party shading/Unionist}}

| Orlando J. Hodge

| Robertsville, (U)

| 1865

{{Party shading/Unionist}}

| John T. Wait

| Norwich, (U)

| 1866

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Amos J. Gallup

| Sterling, (R)

| 1867

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Edwin H. Bugbec

| Killingly, (R)

| 1868

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| David Gallup

| Plainfield, (R)

| 1869

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Edward Harland

| Norwich, (R)

| 1870

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Ezra Hall

| Marlborough, (R)

| 1871

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| S. Storrs Cotton

| Pomfret, (R)

| 1872

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Allen Tenny

| Norwich, (R)

| 1873

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Luzon B. Morris

| New Haven, (D)

| 1874

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Caleb B. Bowers

| New Haven, (D)

| 1875

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Ephraim H. Hyde

| Stafford, (D)

| 1876

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Oliver Hoyt

| Stamford, (R)

| 1877,78

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Gilbert W. Phillips

| Putnam, (R)

| 1879

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Lyman W. Coe

| Torrington, (R)

| 1880,81

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Robert Coit

| New London, (R)

| 1882,83

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Lorrin A. Cooke

| Winsted, (R)

| 1884

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Stiles T. Stanton

| Stonington, (R)

| 1885,86

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Robert J. Walsh

| Greenwich, (R)

| 1887,88

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| John Manning Hall

| Willimantic, (R)

| 1889,90

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| David M. Read

| Bridgeport, (D)

| 1891,92

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Frederick W. Holden

| Ansonia, (D)

| 1893,94

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| John Ferris

| South Norwalk, (R)

| 1895,96

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| William Marigold

| Bridgeport, (R)

| 1897,98

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Edwin O. Keeler

| Norwalk, (R)

| 1899,1900

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Henry Roberts

| Hartford, (R)

| 1901,02

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Rollin S. Woodruff

| New Haven, (R)

| 1903,04

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Samuel Fessenden

| Stamford, (R)

| 1905,06

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Stiles Judson

| Stratford, (R)

| 1907,08

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Isaac W. Brooks

| Torrington, (R)

| 1909,10

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Frank C. Woodruff

| Orange, (R)

| 1911,12

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| George Landers

| New Britain, (D)

| 1913,14

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Frederic A. Bartlett

| Bridgeport, (R)

| 1915,16

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Henry H. Lyman

| Middlefield, (R)

| 1917,18

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| William H. Heald

| Stafford Springs, (R)

| 1919,20

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| William H. Hall

| South Willington, (R)

| 1921,22

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| John H. Trumbull

| Plainville, (R)

| 1923,24

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Edwin Brainard

| Branford, (R)

| 1925,26

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Frederic C. Walcott

| Norfolk, (R)

| 1927,28

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Roy C. Wilcox

| Meriden, (R)

| 1929,30

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Albert E. Lavery

| Fairfield, (R)

| 1931,32

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| David Goldstein

| Bridgeport, (D)

| 1933,34

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| John F. Lynch

| West Haven, (R)

| 1935,36

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Joseph H. Lawlor

| Waterbury, (D)

| 1937,38

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Charles J. Arrigoni

| Durham, (R)

| 1939,40

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Joseph B. Downes

| Norwich, (D)

| 1941,42

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Frank H. Peet

| Kent, (R)

| 1943,44

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Samuel H. Malkan

| New Haven, (D)

| 1945,46

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Robert E. Parsons

| Farmington, (R)

| 1947,48

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Cornelius Mulvihill, Jr.

| Bridgeport, (D)

| 1949,50

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| William Perry Barber

| Putnam, (D)

| 1951,52

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Oscar Peterson, Jr.

| Stratford, (R)

| 1953,54

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Patrick J. Ward

| Hartford, (D)

| 1955,56

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Theodore S. Ryan

| Sharon, (R)

| 1957,58

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Anthony Armentano

| Hartford, (D)

| 1959–62

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Fred J. Doocy1

| Wapping, (D)

| 1963–1/16/66

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Paul J. Falsey2

| New Haven, (D)

| 1/26/66–1966

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Charles T. Alfano

| Suffield, (D)

| 1967–72

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Peter L. Cashman3

| Lyme, (R)

| 1973–6/7/73

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Florence Finney4

| Cos Cob, (R)

| 7/10/73–1974

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Joseph J. Fauliso5

| Hartford, (D)

| 1975–80

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| James J. Murphy, Jr.

| Franklin, (D)

| 1981–84

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| Philip S. Robertson

| Cheshire, (R)

| 1985–86

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| John B. Larson

| East Hartford, (D)

| 1987–94

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| M. Adela Eads

| Kent, (R)

| 1995–97

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Kevin B. Sullivan6

| West Hartford, (D)

| 1997–7/1/2004

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Donald E. Williams, Jr. 7

| Brooklyn, (D)

| 7/1/2004–2014

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| Martin M. Looney

| New Haven, (D)

| 2015–

  • 1 Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor. Took oath of office January 17, 1966.
  • 2 Became President Pro Tempore when Fred Doocy became Lieutenant Governor.
  • 3 Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor. Took oath of office June 7, 1973.
  • 4 Became President Pro Tempore when Peter L. Cashman became Lieutenant Governor.
  • 5 Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor. Took oath of office December 31, 1980.
  • 6 Succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor. Took oath of office July 1, 2004.
  • 7 Became President Pro Tempore when Kevin B. Sullivan became Lieutenant Governor.

Notes

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20170113204329/http://www.sots.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392296 Presidents pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate]

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