Connecticut's 4th Congressional District

Connecticut's 4th Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Connecticut's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

James Himes (Democrat) currently represents Connecticut's 4th Congressional District. See James Himes's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Connecticut's 4th Congressional District:

• Christopher Shays — Republican (until 2009)
• Stewart McKinney — Republican (until 1987)
• Donald Irwin — Democrat (until 1969)
• Abner Sibal — Republican (until 1965)
• Albert Morano — Republican (until 1959)
• John Lodge — Republican (until 1951)
• Clare Luce — Republican (until 1947)
• Le Downs — Democrat (until 1943)
• Albert Austin — Republican (until 1941)
• Alfred Phillips — Democrat (until 1939)

Connecticut U.S. Senators

• Christopher Murphy — Democrat Senator
• Richard Blumenthal — Democrat Senator
• Joseph Lieberman — Independent Senator
• Christopher Dodd — Democrat Senator
• Lowell Weicker — Republican Senator
• Abraham Ribicoff — Democrat Senator
• Thomas Dodd — Democrat Senator
• Prescott Bush — Republican Senator
• William Purtell — Republican Senator
• William Benton — Democrat Senator
• Brien McMahon — Democrat Senator
• Raymond Baldwin — Republican Senator
• Thomas Hart — Republican Senator
• Francis Maloney — Democrat Senator
• John Danaher — Republican Senator
• Augustine Lonergan — Democrat Senator
• Frederic Walcott — Republican Senator
• Hiram Bingham — Republican Senator
• George McLean — Republican Senator
• Frank Brandegee — Republican Senator
• Morgan Bulkeley — Republican Senator
• Orville Platt — Republican Senator
• Joseph Hawley — Republican Senator
• William Barnum — Democrat Senator
• James English — Democrat Senator
• Orris Ferry — Republican Senator
• William Buckingham — Republican Senator
• James Dixon — Republican Senator
• Lafayette Foster — Republican Senator
• Isaac Toucey — Democrat Senator
• Francis Gillette — Free Soil Senator
• Truman Smith — Whig Senator
• Roger Baldwin — Whig Senator
• John Niles — Democrat Senator
• Jabez Huntington — Whig Senator
• Perry Smith — Democrat Senator
• Thaddeus Betts — Whig Senator
• Gideon Tomlinson — Anti-Jacksonian Senator
• Nathan Smith — Anti-Jacksonian Senator
• Calvin Willey — Adams Senator
• Henry Edwards — Jackson Senator
• James Lanman — Republican Senator
• Elijah Boardman — Republican Senator
• Samuel Dana — Federalist Senator
• David Daggett — Federalist Senator
• Chauncey Goodrich — Federalist Senator
• James Hillhouse — Federalist Senator
• Uriah Tracy — Federalist Senator
• Oliver Ellsworth — Federalist Senator
• Jonathan Trumbull — Federalist Senator
• Stephen Mitchell — Pro-Administration Senator
• Roger Sherman — Pro-Administration Senator
• William Johnson — Pro-Administration Senator

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