List of members of the Connecticut General Assembly from Norwalk

This is a list of members of the Connecticut General Assembly from Norwalk, Connecticut since the founding of the settlement in 1651 to the present.

Seventeenth century

Representative Years Note
Richard Olmsted May 1653, October 1654, May 1658, October 1660, May 1662, May 1663, October 1663, May 1664, October 1664, October 1665, May 1666, October 1666, May 1667, May 1668, October 1668, May 1669, May 1671, May 1679[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
Matthew Campfield May 1654, May 1655, May 1656, May 1657, May 1658, May 1659, May 1660, May 1661, May and October 1662, October 1663, May and October 1664, May and October 1665, and May and October 1666[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
Matthew Marvin, Sr. May 1654[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
Richard Webb May 1656[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
Samuel Hales May and October 1656, May and October 1657 and May and October 1660[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
Nathaniel Ely October 1656[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
Isaac Moore October 1657[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
Nathaniel Richards October 1658[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
Walter Hoyt October 1658, May and October 1661, May and October 1667, October 1668, May 1670, May 1671, May 1672, October 1673, October 1674, May 1676, May 1678, October 1681[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
John Gregory October 1659, October 1662, May 1663, May 1665, October 1667, May 1668, May and October 1669, October 1670, October 1671, May 1674, May 1675, October 1677, May 1679, October 1680, May 1681, October 1695[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
John Douglas October 1669[1]
Thomas Benedict May 1670, and May 1675[1] Served as Norwalk Town Clerk
Daniel Kellogg October 1670, May 1672, October 1674, October 1675, May 1677, October 1679, May 1680, and October 1683[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
John Bowton October 1671, October 1673, May 1674, May 1675, October 1676, May and October 1677, May 1678, October 1679, May 1680, May 1681, May and October 1682. May 1683, and May and October 1685[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
Nicholas Hoyt October 1672[1]
Mark Sension October 1672, October 1676, October 1678, May and October 1684[1]
Thomas Fitch May 1673[1] Founding settler of Norwalk, served as Norwalk Town Clerk
John Platt October 1678, October 1680, October 1681, May and October 1682, May and October 1683. May and October 1684, May and October 1685, May and October 1686, May 1691, October 1692, October 1694[1]

Eighteenth century

Representative Years Note
Samuel Hayes May 1686, May and October 1687, October 1689, May 1692, May and October 1693, May 1694, May 1695, May 1696, May and October 1697, May and October 1698, October 1699, May 1700, May 1701, October 1702, October 1703[1]
Christopher Comstock October 1686, May 1689, and May 1690[1]
Thomas Seamer May 1690 Founding settler of Norwalk
Samuel Smith May 1691[1]
Andrew Messenger May 1691, October 1696, October 1700, October 1701, May 1702[1] Mistakenly recorded as "Edward"[2]
John Belding October 1691, May 1705[1]
James Olmsted October 1691, October 1692, October 1693, May 1699[1] Served as town clerk
Thomas Betts May 1692, October 1694, May and October 1704, October 1705, May 1707[1]
Samuel Betts May 1693, May 1710[1]
Matthew Marvin Jr. May 1694, May and October 1697[1] Founding settler of Norwalk
Jachin Gregory May 1695[1]
John Keeler October 1698[1]
Samuel Keeler October 1701, October 1703, May 1704, May 1706, May and October 1709[1]
Joseph Platt May 1705, October 1706, October 1707, October 1708, October 1709, May 1710, October 1711, October 1712, October 1713, October 1714, October 1716, October 1718, May and October 1719, October 1720, May 1721, October 1722, October 1724, October 1725, October 1726, October 1727, May and October 1728, October 1729, October 1730, May and October 1731, May and October 1732, May and October 1733, October 1734, October 1737, October 1738, May 1739, May and October 1745, and October 1746[1] Longest serving representative from Norwalk.
Samuel Hanford October 1705, May 1707, May 1708, May 1711, May 1714, October 1717, October 1719, May 1720, October 1722, October 1733, May and October 1735, May and October 1736, May and October 1737[1] Served as Norwalk Town Clerk
John Copp May 1706, May 1716, October 1718, May 1719[1] served as Norwalk Town Clerk
John Betts October 1708, May 1709, October 1710, May 1715, May 1716[1]
Samuel Comstock October 1711, October 1714, May 1720, October 1723, October 1725, October 1726, October 1727, October 1728, October 1729, October 1730[1]
Matthew Seymour October 1712, October 1713[1]
Samuel Kellogg May 1714[1]
John Read May 1715, October 1717[1]
John Raymond Jr. October 1716[1]
John Bartlett May 1718[1]
Samuel Marvin May 1718[1]
James Brown October 1720, May 1756, May 1757[1]
James Lockwood May 1721, May 1722, October 1723, October 1724, May 1726, May 1727, May 1729, May and October 1732, May 1733, May and October 1735, May 1738, October 1739, May and October 1740, October 1742, May 1746, October 1748, October 1749, October 1751[1]
John Benedict May 1722, May 1725[1]
Eliphalet Lockwood May 1724[1]
Matthew Gregory May 1724[1]
Thomas Fitch May 1726, May 1727, May 1729, May 1730[1] Served on the Council of Assistants, and as Governor
Benjamin Hickox May 1728[1]
Joseph Birchard May 1730, May 1734[1]
John Betts Jr. October 1731, October 1736, May 1739, May and October 1741, May 1742, May 1743[1]
John Marvin May 1734, May 1738[1]
Daniel Hoyt October 1734[1]
Samuel Fitch May 1736, October 1741, May and October 1742, May 1743, May and October 1744, May and October 1745, May and October 1746, May and October 1747, May 1748, May and October 1750, May 1751, May and October 1752, October 1753, May 1754, October 1760, May 1761[1]
Thomas Benedict May 1737, October 1740, October 1744[1]
Joseph Comstock October 1738[1]
Samuel Cluckston October 1739, May 1740[1]
John Belding Jr. May 1741[1]
Elnathan Hanford May and October 1747, May 1748[1] Served as Norwalk Town Clerk
Joseph Platt Jr. October 1748, May and October 1749, May and October 1750, May 1751, May and October 1752, October 1753, October 1754, October 1755, October 1757, May 1758, May and October 1759, May and October 1760, May 1761, May 1762, May and October 1765, May and October 1766, October 1767, and May 1770
Nehemiah Mead May 1749[1]
David Lambert October 1751[1]
James Fitch May 1753, October 1754, May 1755, May and October 1757[1]
Noah Taylor May 1753[1]
Theophilus Fitch May 1754[1]
Peter Lockwood October 1755, October 1761, October 1762, May and October 1763, May and October 1764[1]
Joseph Betts May 1760[1]
Thomas Fitch, V October 1761, May and October 1763, May and October 1764, May and October 1765, May and October 1766, May 1767, October 1768, May and October 1769, October 1770, October 1771, October 1772, October 1773, October 1775, May 1776[1][3]
Nathaniel Benedict October 1762[1]
Joseph Hall May 1767[1]
Asa Spalding May 1768[1]
Thomas Belden October 1768, May and October 1769, May and October 1770, May and October 1771, May and October 1772, May and October 1773, May and October 1774, May 1775, May 1787, May and October 1788, October 1789, May and October 1793[1][3]
Uriah Rogers May 1772[1]
Thaddeus Betts October 1774, October 1775, May and October 1776, May 1784, October 1785, May 1786[1][3]
Moses Comstock May 1777[1][3]
Daniel Betts Jr. May 1777[1][3]
Clapp Raymond May and October 1778, October 1779, and October 1783[1][3]
Stephen St. John May and October 1778, May and October 1780, May 1781, May and October 1782, May 1783, May and October 1784, and May 1785[1][3]
Samuel Silliman May 1779, May 1780, October 1780, October 1781, May 1782, May 1783, October 1783, October 1784, May 1785, October 1785, October 1786, May 1787, October 1787, October 1788, May 1789, October 1789, May 1791, May 1792, October 1792, May 1794, October 1794[1][3]
Matthew Mead May 1779, May and October 1780, May and October 1781[1][3]
James Richards October 1779, October 1782[1][3]
Eliphalet Lockwood May and October 1790, May and October 1791, October 1794, May and October 1795, May and October 1796[1][3]
Hezekiah Rogers May 1786, and October 1787[1][3] Served as a delegate to the convention in Connecticut to ratify the United States Constitution in 1788
Job Bartram May and October 1790[1][3]
Samuel Cook Comstock October 1792, May and October 1793, October 1795[1][3]
Taylor Sherman May 1794, May 1795, and May 1796[1][3]
Matthew Marvin October 1796, May and October 1797, May 1798, May and October 1799[1][3]
John Cannon May 1797[1][3]

Nineteenth century

Representative Years Party Note
Joseph Silliman October 1797, May 1800, May 1801[1][3]
Roger M. Sherman May and October 1798[1][3]
Isaac Richards May and October 1799[1][3]
William M. Betts May and October 1800, May and October 1801, May and October 1802, May and October 1803, October 1804, May and October 1809, May and October 1810[1][3]
Phineas Miller October 1801, May and October 1802, May 1804[1][3]
Jabez Gregory May and October 1804, May 1805, May and October 1806, May and October 1807, October 1808, May and October 1811, May and October 1812[1][3]
Stephen St. John May 1805, May and October 1806[1][3]
John Hanford October 1805[1][3]
George Raymond October 1805, May 1807[1][3]
Stephen Lockwood October 1807[1][3]
Moses Gregory May 1808, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1827[1][3] Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1818
John Taylor May and October 1808[1][3]
Jabob Osborne May and October 1809, May and October 1810, October 1814[1][3]
Samuel Bowton May and October 1811[1][3]
Thomas Reed May and October 1812, May 1813, 1825, 1826[1][3]
Benjamin Isaacs May and October 1813, May and October 1815, May and October 1816, May 1817, October 1818, 1819, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1825, 1827, 1828, 1834[1][3] Served in the Connecticut Senate, and as Norwalk Town Clerk
Moses W. Reed October 1813, May 1814[1][3]
John Eversley May 1814, October 1815, May 1816[1][3] Member of the Constitutional Convention of 1818
Lewis Mallory October 1814[1][3]
Thaddeus Betts May 1815, 1830[1][3] Served in the Connecticut Senate, as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, and as United States Senator
Samuel B. Warren October 1816, 1828[1][3]
William J. Street October 1817, May 1818[1][3] Served as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk
Dan Taylor May and October 1818[1][3]
Andrew Hanford 1819[1][3]
James Quintard 1821[1][3]
Noah Wilcox 1822, 1823, 1825, 1836[1][3]
David Roberts 1826, 1831[1][3]
Charles Wiley Taylor 1829, 1835[1][3]
Clark Bissell 1829, 1841, 1850[1][3] Served in the Connecticut Senate, as an Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, and as Governor
Eli B. Bennett 1830, 1831, 1848[1][3]
John D. Loundsbury 1832, 1833[1][3]
Thomas B. Butler 1832, 1833, 1837, 1843, 1846[1][3] Served in the Connecticut Senate, as President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate, as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and as Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
Samuel Comstock 1834[1][3]
Lewis Gregory 1836, 1837, 1838[1][3]
Timothy T. Merwin 1838[1][3]
Algernon E. Beard 1839, 1840, 1844, 1845, 1850[1][3]
Joseph W. Hubbell 1839, 1840[1][3] Served as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk
Henry Sellick 1841, 1842[1][3]
Matthew Wilcox 1842, 1843[1][3]
Charles Thomas 1844[1][3]
William S. Lockwood 1845, 1846[1][3]
Samuel Jarvis 1847[1][3]
Asa Hill 1847,[1] 1856[3] American
Harvey Pennoyer 1848[1][3]
Gould D. Jennings 1849[1][3] Democratic
William H. Benedict 1849[1][3] Whig
Ebenezer Hill 1851[1][3] 1853, 1862, 1866[3] Union
Henry M. Prowitt 1851[1][3] Whig
Thomas Robinson 1852[3] Whig
Thomas Guyer 1852, 1854, 1872, 1873, 1874[3] Republican
Ira Gregory 1853[3] Whig
Stephen Raymond 1854[3] Whig
David Comstock Jr. 1855[3] Whig
Burr Nash 1855[3] American
Daniel K. Nash 1856, 1858[3] Republican
Josiah Carter 1857, 1861, 1862[3] Republican Served as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1862)
William T. Craw 1857, 1859, 1860[3] Republican
A. Homer Byington 1858, 1859[3] Republican Served in the Connecticut Senate
Samuel E. Olmstead 1860[3] Republican
Peter L. Cunningham 1861[3] Republican Served as mayor of South Norwalk
William C. Street 1863, 1864[3] Union Served as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk
Joseph H. Jennings 1863[3] Union
Chester F. Tolles 1864, 1865[3] Union
Frederick St. John Lockwood 1865, 1866, 1872[3] Republican
Asa Woodward 1867, 1868[3] Republican Served as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, and in the Connecticut Senate
D.H. Webb 1867[3] Republican
George S. Bell 1868[3] Republican
Asa Smith 1869[3] Democratic
Israel Bullock 1869[3] Republican
Martin Craw 1870, 1871[3] Republican
Talmadge Baker 1870, 1877, 1881[3] Republican Served in the Connecticut Senate
Lewis Beers 1871[3] Republican
Moses Hill 1873[3] Republican
Edward P. Weed 1874, 1878[3] Democratic Served as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk
James W. Hyatt 1875, 1876[3] Democratic Served as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk, in the Connecticut Senate, and as Treasurer of the United States
Winfield S. Hanford 1875, 1876[3] Democratic Served as mayor of South Norwalk
Allen Betts 1877, 1878[3] Republican
James G. Gregory 1879[3] Republican Served as a Warden of the Borough of Norwalk
Robert Rowan 1879, 1880,[3] 1895 Republican
Charles H. Street 1880[3] Republican
George R. Cowles 1881,[3] 1882, 1883, 1884 Republican
Charles W. Bell[4] 1882, 1883, 1884 Republican
George Brady[4] 1887 Republican
John H. Ferris[4] 1887, 1889 Republican
Frank Comstock[4] 1891, 1893 Republican
Edwin O. Keeler[4] 1893, 1895 Republican Served as mayor of Norwalk, as President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate and as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
Russell Frost[4] 1897 Republican
Belden Hurlbutt[4] 1897 Republican

Twentieth century

Representative Years Party Note
John H. Light[4] 1899, 1901 Republican Served as Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1901)
Elbert Adams[4] 1901 Republican
Wallace Dann[4] 1903 Democratic Served as mayor of Norwalk
Jeremiah Donovan[4] 1903 Democratic Served as mayor of Norwalk, in the Connecticut Senate, and in the United States House of Representatives
Mortimer M. Lee[4] 1905 Republican Served as mayor of South Norwalk
William Low[4] 1907 Democratic
Fredrick Quintard[4] 1907 Republican
Marcel Bennett[4] 1909 Republican
Henry Matheis[4] 1911, 1913 Democratic
Carl Anderson[4] 1911 Democratic
Harry Rider[4] 1913 Progressive Republican
Cramer Hegeman[4] 1915 Republican
Nehemiah Candee[4] 1917, 1919 Republican
Harvey Kent[4] 1921, 1925 Republican
Frank Gregory[4] 1923 Republican
Lewis H. Nash[4] 1923 Republican
Freeman Light[4] 1925, 1927, 1929 Republican
Emil Hemming[4] 1927, 1929 Republican
Samuel Aller[4] 1931 Democratic
Edward Gans[4] 1933 Republican
Daniel Deering[4] 1935 Republican
Patrick Lyden[4] 1937 Democratic
Elbert Clark[4] 1937 Democratic
William Garafalo[4] 1939 Republican
Sara Maschal[4] 1939 Republican First woman to represent Norwalk
Fred Buckley[4] 1941, 1943 Democratic Unseated by Republican in contested election (1943)
John Cavanaugh[4] 1941 Democratic
Stanley Stroffolino[4] 1943, 1945 Republican
George Sartain[4] 1945 Republican
Louis Lamaire[4] 1947, 1949, 1951 Republican
Louis Padula[4] 1947, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1973 Republican
John Shostak[4] 1957, 1959, 1963, 1965 Republican Served as mayor of Norwalk
Frank Raymond[4] 1949, 1951, 1953 Republican
Fannie Harris[4] 1953, 1955 Republican
John Vallerie[4] 1961 Republican

Creation of districts (1967)

The January 1967 regular session was the first in which its members were elected by district.[5]

Representative Years Party District Note
Thomas Tierney[4] 1967 Democratic 140th
Bernard Breeman[4] 1967 Republican 149th
Howard Newman[4] 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973 Democratic 146th
E. Ronald Bard[4] 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973 Republican 145th, 138th
Otha Brown Jr.[4] 1967, 1969, 1971 Democratic 148th
John Fabrizio[4] 1969, 1971, 1973 Republican 140th
William J. Lyons Jr.[6] 1971 Republican 149th
William A. Collins[4] 1975, 1977 Democratic 140th
John McGuirk[4] 1975, 1979 Democratic 139th
William Lawless[4] 1975, 1977 Democratic 137th
Lawrence Anastasia[4] 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 Democratic 138th
Edward Zamm[4] 1977 Republican 139th
Thomas C. O'Connor[4] 1978 Republican 140th Filled the unexpired term of William Collins in a special election
John Atkin[4] 1979, 1981, 1983 Democratic 140th
Andrew Glickson[4] 1979 Democratic 137th
Frank Esposito[4] 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 Republican 137th
Jacob Rudolf[4] 1981, 1985 Republican 139th
Janet M. Mills[4] 1985 Republican 140th Defeated in general election
Douglas Mintz[4] 1987, 1989, 1991 Democratic 140th Resigned in 1992, upon appointment as judge of the Superior Court
Alex Knopp[4] 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 Democratic 139th, 137th Redistricted from the 139th District to the 137th District. Served as mayor of Norwalk (2001)
Sally Bolster [4] 1988, 1989, 1991 Republican 137th Bolster's residence was redistricted into a newly formed 141st district with part of Darien. She ran against incumbent Reginald L. Jones Jr. as a Democrat but was defeated.
Donnie Sellers [4] 1993, 1995 Democratic 140th Resigned due to conviction of bribery

Twenty-first century

Representative Years Party District Note
Lawrence F. Cafero[4] 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 Republican 142nd
Joseph Clemmons[4] 1997, 1999, 2001 Democratic 140th
Bob Duff[4] 2001, 2003 Democratic 137th Elected to the Connecticut Senate's 25th District
Joseph Mann[4] 2003, 2005 Democratic 140th
Chris Perone[4] 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 Democratic 137th
Bruce Morris[4] 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 Democratic 140th
Friedrich Wilms 2015 Republican 142nd

See also

References

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