Representative | Party | Service | Cong ress(es) | Electoral history | Location |
District created March 4, 1837 |
Lancelot Phelps (Hitchcockville) | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | 25th | redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1837. Retired. | |
Truman Smith (Litchfield) | Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 | 26th 27th | Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1840. Retired. |
District eliminated following the 1840 census |
District organized from Connecticut's at-large congressional district in 1913 |
William Kennedy (Naugatuck) | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | 63rd | Elected in 1912. Lost re-election. | |
James P. Glynn (Winsted) | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 | 64th 65th 66th 67th | Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Lost re-election. |
Patrick B. O'Sullivan (Derby) | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | 68th | Elected in 1922. Lost re-election. |
James P. Glynn (Winsted) | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 6, 1930 | 69th 70th 71st | Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Died. |
Vacant | March 6, 1930 – November 4, 1930 | 71st | |
Edward W. Goss (Waterbury) | Republican | November 4, 1930 – January 3, 1935 | 71st 72nd 73rd | Elected to finish Glynn's term. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election. |
J. Joseph Smith (Prospect) | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – November 4, 1941 | 74th 75th 76th 77th | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Resigned when appointed Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals. |
Vacant | November 4, 1941 – January 20, 1942 | 77th |
Joseph E. Talbot (Naugatuck) | Republican | January 20, 1942 – January 3, 1947 | 77th 78th 79th | Elected to finish Smith's term. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Retired to run for Governor of Connecticut. |
James T. Patterson (Watertown) | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959 | 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th | Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost re-election. |
John S. Monagan (Waterbury) | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1973 | 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd | Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Lost re-election. |
Ronald A. Sarasin (Beacon Falls) | Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 | 93rd 94th 95th | Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired to run for Governor of Connecticut. |
William R. Ratchford (Danbury) | Democratic | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985 | 96th 97th 98th | Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Lost re-election. |
John G. Rowland (Waterbury) | Republican | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1991 | 99th 100th 101st | Elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired to run for Governor of Connecticut. |
Gary Franks (Waterbury) | Republican | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997 | 102nd 103rd 104th | Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Lost re-election. |
James H. Maloney (Danbury) | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 | 105th 106th 107th | Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Lost re-election. |
Nancy Johnson (New Britain) | Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 | 108th 109th | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Lost re-election. | 2003–2013 |
Chris Murphy (Cheshire) | Democratic | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 | 110th 111th 112th | Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
Elizabeth Esty (Cheshire) | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019 | 113th 114th 115th | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired. | 2013–2023 |
Jahana Hayes (Wolcott) | Democratic | January 3, 2019 – present | 116th 117th 118th | Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |
2023–present |