U.S. House district for Connecticut
From 2013 to 2023
From 2023 to 2033 District boundaries
Representative Area 2,143 sq mi (5,550 km2 ) Distribution Population (2019) 701,509 Median household income $80,280[1] Ethnicity Cook PVI D+2[2]
Connecticut's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Connecticut . Located in the eastern part of the state, the district includes all of New London County , Tolland County , and Windham County , along with parts of Hartford , Middlesex , and New Haven counties. Principal cities include Enfield , Norwich , New London , and Groton .
The district is currently represented by Democrat Joe Courtney . With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+2, it is one of the least Democratic districts in Connecticut, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.[2]
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Towns in the district
Hartford County – Enfield , Glastonbury (part), Marlborough , and Suffield .
Middlesex County – Chester , Clinton , Deep River , East Haddam , East Hampton , Essex , Haddam , Killingworth , Old Saybrook , and Westbrook .
New Haven County – Madison .
New London County – Bozrah , Colchester , East Lyme , Franklin , Griswold , Groton , Lebanon , Ledyard , Lisbon , Lyme , Montville , New London , North Stonington , Norwich , Old Lyme , Preston , Salem , Sprague , Stonington , Voluntown , and Waterford .
Tolland County – Andover , Bolton , Columbia , Coventry , Ellington , Hebron , Mansfield , Somers , Stafford , Tolland , Union , Vernon , and Willington .
Windham County – Ashford , Brooklyn , Canterbury , Chaplin , Eastford , Hampton , Killingly , Plainfield , Pomfret , Putnam , Scotland , Sterling , Thompson , Windham , and Woodstock .
Voter registration
Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 30, 2012[3]
Party
Active
Inactive
Total
Percentage
Democratic
119,995
5,501
125,496
28.94%
Republican
90,371
4,174
94,545
21.80%
Minor Parties
580
48
628
0.14%
Unaffiliated
201,003
12,027
213,030
49.12%
Total
411,949
21,750
433,699
100%
Recent presidential elections
Recent elections
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
List of members representing the district
District organized from Connecticut's At-large congressional district in 1837.
Member(Residence)
Party
Years of Service
Cong ress
Electoral history
Samuel Ingham (Essex )
Democratic
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
25th
Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1837 . Lost re-election.
William L. Storrs (Middletown )
Whig
March 4, 1839 – June, 1840
26th
Elected in 1839 . Resigned when appointed Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court .
Vacant
June, 1840 – December 7, 1840
William Whiting Boardman (New Haven )
Whig
December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1843
26th 27th
Elected in special election due to Storrs resignation . Retired.
John Stewart (Chatham )
Democratic
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
28th
Elected in 1843 . Lost re-election.
Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (Middletown )
Whig
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849
29th 30th
Elected in 1845 .Re-elected in 1847 . Retired.
Walter Booth (Meriden )
Free Soil
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
31st
Elected in 1849 . Lost re-election.
Colin M. Ingersoll (New Haven )
Democratic
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855
32nd 33rd
Elected in 1851 .Re-elected in 1853 . Retired.
John Woodruff (New Haven )
American
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th
Elected in 1855 . Lost re-election.
Samuel Arnold (Haddam )
Democratic
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
35th
Elected in 1857 . Retired.
John Woodruff (New Haven )
Republican
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
36th
Elected in 1859 . Retired.
James E. English (New Haven )
Democratic
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865
37th 38th
Elected in 1861 .Re-elected in 1863 . Retired.
Samuel L. Warner (Middletown )
Republican
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
39th
Elected in 1865 . Retired.
Julius Hotchkiss (Waterbury )
Democratic
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
40th
Elected in 1867 . Retired.
Stephen Wright Kellogg (Waterbury )
Republican
March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875
41st 42nd 43rd
Elected in 1869 .Re-elected in 1871 .Re-elected in 1873 . Lost re-election.
James Phelps (Essex )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883
44th 45th 46th 47th
Elected in 1875 .Re-elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 . Retired.
Charles Le Moyne Mitchell (New Haven )
Democratic
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
48th 49th
Elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 . Retired.
Carlos French (Seymour )
Democratic
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
50th
Elected in 1886 . Retired.
Washington F. Willcox (Chester )
Democratic
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893
51st 52nd
Elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 . Retired.
James P. Pigott (New Haven )
Democratic
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
53rd
Elected in 1892 . Lost re-election.
Nehemiah D. Sperry (New Haven )
Republican
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1911
54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st
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 . Retired.
Thomas L. Reilly (Meriden )
Democratic
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
62nd
Elected in 1910 .Redistricted to the 3rd district .
Bryan F. Mahan (New London )
Democratic
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
63rd
Elected in 1912 . Lost re-election.
Richard P. Freeman (New London )
Republican
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 . Lost re-election.
William L. Higgins (Coventry )
Republican
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937
73rd 74th
Elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 . Lost re-election.
William J. Fitzgerald (Norwich )
Democratic
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
75th
Elected in 1936 . Lost re-election.
Thomas R. Ball (Old Lyme )
Republican
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
76th
Elected in 1938 . Lost re-election.
William J. Fitzgerald (Norwich )
Democratic
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
77th
Elected in 1940 . Lost re-election.
John D. McWilliams (Norwich )
Republican
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
78th
Elected in 1942 . Lost re-election.
Chase G. Woodhouse (Sprague )
Democratic
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
79th
Elected in 1944 . Lost re-election.
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (Pomfret )
Republican
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
80th
Elected in 1946 . Lost re-election.
Chase G. Woodhouse (Sprague )
Democratic
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
81st
Elected in 1948 . Lost re-election.
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (Pomfret )
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.
Chester Bowles (Essex )
Democratic
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961
86th
Elected in 1958 . Retired when appointed Under Secretary of State
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. (Pomfret )
Republican
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
87th
Elected in 1960 . Retired after running for US Senate
William St. Onge (Putnam )
Democratic
January 3, 1963 – May 1, 1970
88th 89th 90th 91st
Elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 . Died.
Vacant
May 1, 1970 – November 3, 1970
91st
Robert H. Steele (Vernon )
Republican
November 3, 1970 – January 3, 1975
91st 92nd 93rd
Elected to finish St. Onge's term.Re- elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 . Retired after running for Governor of Connecticut .
Chris Dodd (Norwich )
Democratic
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981
94th 95th 96th
Elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 . Retired when elected to the US Senate
Sam Gejdenson (Bozrah )
Democratic
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2001
97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th
Elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 . Lost re-election.
Rob Simmons (Stonington )
Republican
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007
107th 108th 109th
Elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 . Lost re-election.
Joe Courtney (Vernon )
Democratic
January 3, 2007 – Present
110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th
Elected in 2006 .Re-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 .
The district from 2003 to 2013
References
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