Connecticut's 5th Congressional District

Connecticut's 5th 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

Jahana Hayes (Democrat) currently represents Connecticut's 5th Congressional District. See Jahana Hayes's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Connecticut's 5th Congressional District:

• Elizabeth Esty — Democrat (until 2019)
• Nancy Johnson — Republican (until 2007)
• James Maloney — Democrat (until 2003)
• Gary Franks — Republican (until 1997)
• John Rowland — Republican (until 1991)
• William Ratchford — Democrat (until 1985)
• Ronald Sarasin — Republican (until 1979)
• John Monagan — Democrat (until 1973)
• James Patterson — Republican (until 1959)
• Joseph Talbot — Republican (until 1947)

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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