^The Colony of Connecticut and the Colony of New Haven merged by Royal Charter in 1662 and became one government.
^Was governor of the combined Connecticut Colony in 1662. However, the regime change did not include an election for governor; Winthrop was merely retained in his position. The merger took three years to complete, during which time William Leete remained in New Haven.
^ abcdefghAs lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in their own right.
^Prior to the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the vice president was the candidate with the second most electoral votes, thus Thomas Jefferson, the Democratic-Republican candidate for president was elected vice-president.
^With the approval of the Constitution of 1818, elections for the House became annual, with the election being held in April with the Senate for one-year terms.
^The National Republicans formed a coalition with the Anti-Masons to elect Roger Huntington, and later William L. Storrs after Huntington resigned, as Speaker.
^ abLost election, but was appointed by state legislature.
^A Free Soil Democrat, John C. Lewis, was elected in a coalition between the Democrats and Free Soilers, and the coalition organized the chamber.[2]
^After several rounds of balloting, a rule change was passed that allowed the highest voter-getter to be elected, and Origen S. Seymour, a Democrat, was elected, and the Democrats organized the chamber.
^The Free Soilers joined with the Democrats to elect Samuel Ingham, a Democrat, as Speaker and to organize the chamber.
^The Know-Nothings came together with Whigs and Free Soilers to form a coalition which ran the House and elected a Know-Nothing Speaker, Austin Baldwin. For statistical purposes, the Whigs and Free Soilers were subsumed under the American Party banner for this session.
^Bulkeley was technically unelected from 1890 on. He did not run for re-election in 1890, but due to such a close contest and controversies, the results were not certified, and the legislature spent two years debating the issue; Bulkeley essentially served as governor by default.
^Due to the tie-breaking vote of the Lt. Governor, the Democrats elected Frederick W. Holden as President Pro Tempore and organized the chamber.
^A Republican, John F. Lynch, was elected as President Pro Tempore.
^A Republican, Charles J. Arrigoni, was elected as President Pro Tempore.
^Resigned for health reasons on December 31, 2021.[4]
^Republican Sam Belsito was elected in a special election on June 11, 2013, after the session.
^A power-sharing agreement was reached dividing control of the chamber, splitting the committees 50-50 and giving power to the Republicans to call procedural votes to bring legislation to the chamber floor, while Lt. Gov. Wyman retained the ability to break tied votes.[5]
^ abRepublicans picked up a State Senate and State House seat in a series of special elections in February 2019.[citation needed]
^In 2021, Governor Ned Lamont appointed Braswell to fill a vacancy in the comptroller's office.[6]