Connecticut's 1st congressional district
U.S. House district for Connecticut
Connecticut's 1st congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative Area 673 sq mi (1,740 km2 ) Distribution Population (2023) 716,454 Median household income $83,329[ 1] Ethnicity Cook PVI D+12[ 2]
Connecticut's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Connecticut . Located in the north-central part of the state, the district is anchored by the state capital of Hartford . It encompasses much of central Connecticut and includes towns within Hartford , Litchfield , and Middlesex counties.
Principal cities include: Bristol , Hartford , and Torrington . The district has been represented by Democrat John B. Larson since 1999.
Composition
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census ), Connecticut's 1st district contains portions of four planning regions and 27 municipalities.
Capitol Planning Region : (17)
Berlin (including Kensington ), Bloomfield (including Blue Hills ), East Granby , East Hartford , East Windsor (including Broad Brook ), Glastonbury (part; also 2nd ; including Glastonbury Center ), Granby (including North Granby and Salmon Brook ), Hartford , Kensington (including Plantsville ), Manchester (includes Manchester CDP ), Newington , Rocky Hill , South Windsor , West Hartford , Wethersfield , Windsor , Windsor Locks
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region : (3)
Cromwell , Middletown (part; also 3rd ), Portland (including Portland CDP )
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region : (1)
Bristol
Northwest Hills Planning Region : (6)
Barkhamsted (including Pleasant Valley and Riverton ), Colebrook , Hartland , New Hartford (including New Hartford Center ), Torrington (part; also 5th ), Winchester (including Winsted )
Voter registration
Voter Registration and Party Enrollment as of October 30, 2012[ 3]
Party
Active Voters
Inactive Voters
Total Voters
Percentage
Democratic
156,784
11,392
168,176
40.39%
Republican
71,932
3,348
75,280
18.08%
Minor Parties
301
29
330
0.07%
Unaffiliated
161,327
11,299
172,626
41.46%
Total
390,334
26,068
416,412
100%
Recent statewide election results
Recent elections
The district has the lowest Republican voter performance of the five Connecticut house seats. It has been in Democratic hands without interruption since 1957, and for all but six years since 1931.
List of members representing the district
Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
Location
District created March 4, 1837
Isaac Toucey (Hartford )
Democratic
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
25th
Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1837 . Lost re-election.
Joseph Trumbull (Hartford )
Whig
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843
26th 27th
Elected in 1839 .Re-elected in 1840 . Retired.
Thomas H. Seymour (Hartford )
Democratic
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
28th
Elected in 1843 . Retired.
James Dixon (Hartford )
Whig
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849
29th 30th
Elected in 1845 .Re-elected in 1847 . Retired.
Loren P. Waldo (Tolland )
Democratic
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
31st
Elected in 1849 . Lost re-election.
Charles Chapman (Hartford )
Whig
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
32nd
Elected in 1851 . Retired to run for Governor .
James T. Pratt (Rocky Hill )
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
33rd
Elected in 1853 . Lost re-election.
Ezra Clark Jr. (Hartford )
American
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th 35th
Elected in 1855 .Re-elected in 1857 . Lost re-election.
Republican
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Dwight Loomis (Rockville )
Republican
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
36th 37th
Elected in 1859 .Re-elected in 1861 . Retired.
Henry C. Deming (Hartford )
Republican
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867
38th 39th
Elected in 1863 .Re-elected in 1865 . Lost re-election.
Richard D. Hubbard (Hartford )
Democratic
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
40th
Elected in 1867 . Retired.
Julius L. Strong (Hartford )
Republican
March 4, 1869 – September 7, 1872
41st 42nd
Elected in 1869 .Re-elected in 1871 . Died.
Vacant
September 7, 1872 – December 2, 1872
42nd
Joseph Roswell Hawley (Hartford )
Republican
December 2, 1872 – March 3, 1875
42nd 43rd
Elected to finish Strong's term .Re-elected in 1873 . Lost re-election.
George M. Landers (New Britain )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
44th 45th
Elected in 1875 .Re-elected in 1876 . Retired.
Joseph Roswell Hawley (Hartford )
Republican
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
46th
Elected in 1878 . Retired when elected U.S. Senator .
John R. Buck (Hartford )
Republican
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
47th
Elected in 1880 . Lost re-election.
William W. Eaton (Hartford )
Democratic
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
48th
Elected in 1882 . Lost re-election.
John R. Buck (Hartford )
Republican
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
49th
Elected in 1884 . Lost re-election.
Robert J. Vance (New Britain )
Democratic
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
50th
Elected in 1886 . Lost re-election.
William E. Simonds (Canton )
Republican
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
51st
Elected in 1888 . Lost re-election.
Lewis Sperry (Hartford )
Democratic
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
52nd 53rd
Elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 . Lost re-election.
E. Stevens Henry (Rockville )
Republican
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913
54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd
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 .Re-elected in 1910 . Retired.
Augustine Lonergan (Hartford )
Democratic
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
63rd
Elected in 1912 . Lost re-election.
P. Davis Oakey (Hartford )
Republican
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917
64th
Elected in 1914 . Lost re-election.
Augustine Lonergan (Hartford )
Democratic
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921
65th 66th
Elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
E. Hart Fenn (Wethersfield )
Republican
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st
Elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 . Retired.
Augustine Lonergan (Hartford )
Democratic
March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
72nd
Elected in 1930 . Retired when elected to the US Senate
Herman P. Kopplemann (Hartford )
Democratic
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
73rd 74th 75th
Elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 . Lost re-election.
William J. Miller (Wethersfield )
Republican
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
76th
Elected in 1938 . Lost re-election.
Herman P. Kopplemann (Hartford )
Democratic
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
77th
Elected in 1940 . Lost re-election.
William J. Miller (Wethersfield )
Republican
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
78th
Elected in 1942 . Lost re-election.
Herman P. Kopplemann (Hartford )
Democratic
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
79th
Elected in 1944 . Lost re-election.
William J. Miller (Wethersfield )
Republican
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
80th
Elected in 1946 . Lost re-election.
Abraham Ribicoff (Hartford )
Democratic
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953
81st 82nd
Elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
Thomas J. Dodd (West Hartford )
Democratic
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957
83rd 84th
Elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
Edwin H. May Jr. (Wethersfield )
Republican
January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959
85th
Elected in 1956 . Lost re-election.
Emilio Q. Daddario (Hartford )
Democratic
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971
86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st
Elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 . Retired to run for Governor .
William R. Cotter (Hartford )
Democratic
January 3, 1971 – September 8, 1981
92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th
Elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 . Died.
Vacant
September 9, 1981 – January 11, 1982
97th
Barbara B. Kennelly (Hartford )
Democratic
January 12, 1982 – January 3, 1999
97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th
Elected to finish Cotter's term .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 . Retired to run for Governor .
John B. Larson (East Hartford )
Democratic
January 3, 1999 – present
106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th
Elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-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 .Re-elected in 2022 .
2003–2013
2013–2023
2023–present
References
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