Connecticut State Comptroller

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State Comptroller of Connecticut
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Seal of the State Comptroller
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Incumbent
Sean Scanlon
since January 4, 2023
Formation1786
First holder James Wadsworth
Website osc.ct.gov

The state comptroller is the chief fiscal guardian of the State of Connecticut. The duties and responsibilities of the state comptroller include, among other things, overseeing state accounting, preparing state financial reports, paying and administering benefits to state employees, settling demands against the state that do not first have to be approved or adjusted by the General Assembly, administering miscellaneous appropriations for employee taxes, insurance, and health services, and administering grants to police, firefighters, and municipalities. [1]

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Comptrollers in Connecticut are elected to a term of four years, their election taking place in the same cycle as gubernatorial elections.

The current state comptroller is Sean Scanlon, a Democrat who has served since January 4, 2023.

List of comptrollers

   A Connecticut    Democratic    Federalist    Democratic-Republican    National Republican    Free Soil    Republican    Whig

ImageNameTownPolitical PartyTerm of Office
James Wadsworth DurhamIndependent1786–1788
Oliver Wolcott.jpg Oliver Wolcott Litchfield1788–1790
Ralph PomeroyCoventry1790–1791
Andrew KingsburyHartford1791–1793
John Porter Lebanon1793–1806
Elisha Colt Hartford1806–1819
James Thomas Hartford1819–1830
Elisha Phelps.jpg Elisha Phelps Simsbury1830–1834
Roger Huntington Norwich1834–1835
GideonWellesPortrait (3x4a).jpg Gideon Welles HartfordDemocratic1835–1836
William Field Pomfret1836–1838
Henry Kilbourn Hartford1838–1842
GideonWellesPortrait (3x4a).jpg Gideon Welles HartfordDemocratic1842–1844
Abijah Carrington New Haven1844–1846
Mason Cleveland Hampton1846–1847
Abijah Catlin Harwinton1847–1850
Rufus G. Pinney StaffordDemocratic1850–1854
John Dunham NorwichWhig1854–1855
Alexander Merrell New LondonAmerican1855–1856
Edward Prentis New LondonAmerican1856–1857
Joseph G. Lamb NorwichAmerican, Republican 1857–1858
William H. Buell ClintonRepublican1858–1861
Leman W. Cutler WatertownRepublican1861–1866
Robbins Battell NorfolkUnion1866–1867
Jesse Olney.png Jesse Olney StratfordDemocratic1867–1869
James W. Manning PutnamRepublican1869–1870
Seth S. Logan WashingtonDemocratic1870–1871
James W. Manning PutnamRepublican1871–1873
Alfred R. Goodrich VernonDemocratic1873–1877
Charles C. Hubbard MiddletownDemocratic1877–1879
Chauncey Howard CoventryRepublican1879–1881
Wheelock Batcheller WinstedRepublican1881–1883
Frank D. Sloat New HavenRepublican1883–1885
Luzerne I. Munson WaterburyRepublican1885–1887
Thomas Clark North StoningtonRepublican1887–1889
John B. Wright ClintonRepublican1889–1891
Nicholas Staub New MilfordDemocratic1891–1895
Benjamin P. Mead.jpg Benjamin P. Mead New CanaanRepublican1895–1899
Thompson S. Grant EnfieldRepublican1899–1901
Abiram Chamberlain (Connecticut Governor) (3x4a).jpg Abiram Chamberlain MeridenRepublican1901–1903
William E. Seeley.png William E. Seeley BridgeportRepublican1903–1905
Asahel W. Mitchell.png Asahel W. Mitchell WoodburyRepublican1905–1907
Thomas D. Bradstreet.png Thomas D. Bradstreet ThomastonRepublican1907–1913
Daniel P. Dunn WindhamDemocratic1913–1915
Morris C. Webster TorringtonRepublican1915–1921
Harvey P. Bissell RidgefieldRepublican1921–1923
Frederick M. Salmon WestportRepublican1923–1933
Anson F. Keeler NorwalkRepublican1933–1935
Charles C. Swartz NorwalkDemocratic1935–1939
Fred R. Zeller, Connecticut State Comptroller, 1948.jpg Fred R. Zeller StoningtonRepublican1939–1941
John M. Dowe (1896-1946), Connecticut State Comptroller, 1946.jpg John M. Dowe KillinglyDemocratic1941–1943
Fred R. Zeller, Connecticut State Comptroller, 1948.jpg Fred R. Zeller StoningtonRepublican1943–1945
John M. Dowe (1896-1946), Connecticut State Comptroller, 1946.jpg John M. Dowe 1KillinglyDemocratic1945–1946
Raymond S. Thatcher, Connecticut State Comptroller, 1950.jpg Raymond S. Thatcher East HamptonDemocratic1946–1947
Fred R. Zeller, Connecticut State Comptroller, 1948.jpg Fred R. Zeller StoningtonRepublican1947–1949
Raymond S. Thatcher, Connecticut State Comptroller, 1950.jpg Raymond S. Thatcher East HamptonDemocratic1949–1951
Fred R. Zeller, Connecticut State Comptroller, 1948.jpg Fred R. Zeller StoningtonRepublican1951–1959
Raymond S. Thatcher, Connecticut State Comptroller, 1950.jpg Raymond S. Thatcher 2East HamptonDemocratic1959–1966
James J. Casey (1926-1989), Connecticut State Comptroller, 1966.jpg James J. Casey 3WinchesterDemocratic1966–1967
Louis I Gladstone.png Louis I. Gladstone BridgeportDemocratic1967–1971
Nathan G. Agostinelli, Connecticut State Comptroller, 1972.jpg Nathan G. Agostinelli ManchesterRepublican1971–1975
J Edward Caldwell.png J. Edward Caldwell BridgeportDemocratic1975–1991
William E. Curry, Jr. FarmingtonDemocratic1991–1995
103rd Air Operations Group Celebrates New Facility 111203-Z-ZR732-030 (cropped).jpg Nancy S. Wyman TollandDemocratic1995–2011
Kevin P. Lembo 4GuilfordDemocratic2011–2021
Natalie Braswell 5BloomfieldDemocratic2021–2023
Sean Scanlon 2023 (cropped).jpg Sean Scanlon GuilfordDemocratic2023–present

Town listed is town of residence at time of election.

Notes

  1. ↑ "State of Connecticut – Overview of the Office of the State Comptroller". Archived from the original on July 1, 2010. Retrieved May 26, 2010.
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