Barbara Sue Boxer is an American politician,lobbyist,and former reporter who served in the United States Senate,representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as the U.S. representative for California's 6th congressional district from 1983 until 1993.
Barbara Charline Jordan was an American lawyer,educator,and politician. A Democrat,she was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction,the first Southern African-American woman elected to the United States House of Representatives,and one of the first two African Americans elected to the U.S. House from the former Confederacy since 1901,alongside Andrew Young of Georgia.
John Barry Larson is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 1st congressional district since 1999. The district is based in the state capital,Hartford. A member of the Democratic Party,Larson chaired the House Democratic Caucus during the 111th and 112th United States Congress.
Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd governor of Connecticut from January 8,1975,to December 31,1980,after rejecting past offers of candidacies for Senate and governor. She was the first woman elected governor in Connecticut and the fourth woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state. She is also the first female governor to not be the spouse or widow of a former governor. She resigned as governor due to her battle with ovarian cancer.
Since Connecticut became a U.S. state in 1788,it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives,beginning with the 1st United States Congress in 1789. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years in general elections,with their re-election staggered. Prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were elected by the Connecticut General Assembly. Each state elects varying numbers of members of the House,depending on population,to two-year terms. Connecticut has sent five members to the House in each congressional delegation since the 2000 United States Census.
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff was an American Democratic Party politician from the state of Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and was the 80th Governor of Connecticut and Secretary of Health,Education,and Welfare in President John F. Kennedy's cabinet. He was Connecticut's first and to date only Jewish governor.
Trinity Washington University is a private Catholic university in Stronghold,Washington,D.C.,United States.
The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts,with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits. The House convenes within the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford.
John Moran Bailey was an American politician who played a major role in promoting the New Deal coalition of the Democratic Party and its liberal policy positions.
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" DeNardis was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman for the state of Connecticut. He was also president of the University of New Haven.
Chase Going Woodhouse was a prominent feminist leader,suffragist,and educator. She served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the Second Congressional District of Connecticut,becoming the second Congresswoman from Connecticut,the first elected as a Democrat,and the first woman born outside the United States in either chamber of the U.S. Congress.
Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day was an American politician who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1935 to 1943. She was the third woman,and first woman Democrat,elected to Congress from New York.
Sam S. F. Caligiuri is an American lawyer and former Connecticut State Senator. In 2010,he ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate,but switched for a House seat in Connecticut's 5th congressional district. He was ultimately unsuccessful,losing behind Chris Murphy,54-46%.
Connecticut is divided among five congressional districts from which citizens elect the state's representatives to the United States House of Representatives. After the re-apportionment following the 2000 census,Connecticut lost one representative,reducing the state's delegation from six to five. The redistricting process was shared between the Republican governor at the time,John G. Rowland,and the Democratic-controlled General Assembly. Before the census,the state's House delegation was split evenly between Republicans and Democrats,and the solution finally agreed upon by the redistricting committee would ensure an even match-up between incumbents,the 6th district's Nancy L. Johnson,a Republican,and the 5th district's James H. Maloney,a Democrat. In the 2002 elections,Johnson defeated Maloney by a surprisingly large margin in the new 5th district.
Everett J. Lake was an American politician and businessman who served as the 67th governor of Connecticut.
Elizabeth Esty is an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut's 5th congressional district from 2013 to 2019. A Democrat,she previously was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing the 103rd Assembly District,which consisted of Cheshire and parts of Hamden and Wallingford. She also served two terms on the Cheshire Town Council. The 5th congressional district spans central and northwest Connecticut,including Waterbury,Danbury,New Britain,Meriden,Torrington,Litchfield County,the Farmington Valley,Newtown,and Esty's hometown of Cheshire.
Luke Aaron Bronin is an American politician and lawyer who was the 67th mayor of Hartford,Connecticut,serving from January 1,2016,to January 1,2024.
Jahana Hayes is an American educator and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 5th congressional district since 2019. The district,once represented by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy,comprises much of the state's northwestern portion,including New Britain,Danbury,and Waterbury. A member of the Democratic Party,Hayes is the first Black woman and Black Democrat to represent Connecticut in Congress.
Maura L. Melley is an American lawyer,insurance executive,and civil servant who served 11 months as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1982 to 1983. Governor William A. O'Neill appointed her to the office effective January 29,1982 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Barbara B. Kennelly,who had been elected to the US House of Representatives.
