Connecticut's 2nd congressional district

Connecticut's 2nd congressional district
From 2013 to 2023 From 2023 to 2033 District boundaries
Representative	Joe Courtney D–Vernon
Area	2,143 sq mi (5,550 km2)
Distribution	67.77% urban 33.23% rural
Population (2019)	701,509
Median household income	$80,280[1]
Ethnicity	82.3% White 7.5% Hispanic 3.9% Black 3.3% Asian 2.6% Two or more races 0.3% other
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]

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

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

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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