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Connecticut: Governors: 1776-1866

Governor, Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State of Connecticut, in America [1]
10? Oct 1776 - 14 May 1784 Jonathan Trumbull
14 May 1784 - 12 May 1786 Matthew Griswold
12 May 1786 - 5 Jan 1796 Samuel Huntington [2]
Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of (in and over) the State of Connecticut (ex officio)
5 Jan 1796 - 13 May 1796 Oliver Wolcott [3]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of (in and over) the State of Connecticut
13 May 1796 - 1 Dec 1797 Oliver Wolcott 
Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of (in and over) the State of Connecticut (ex officio)
1 Dec 1797 - 10 May 1798 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. [4]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of (in and over) the State of Connecticut
10 May 1798 - 7 Aug 1809 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. 
Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of (in and over) the State of Connecticut (ex officio)
7 Aug 1809 - 20 Oct 1809 John Treadwell [5]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of (in and over) the State of Connecticut
20 Oct 1809 - 10 May 1811 John Treadwell 
10 May 1811 - 25 Oct 1812 Roger Griswold
Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of (in and over) the State of Connecticut (ex officio)
25 Oct 1812 - 13 May 1813 John Cotton Smith [6]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of (in and over) the State of Connecticut
13 May 1813 - 13 May 1817 John Cotton Smith 
13 May 1817 - 2 May 1827 Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
2 May 1827 - 2 Mar 1831 Gideon Tomlinson
Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of (in and over) the State of Connecticut (ex officio)
2 Mar 1831 - 4 May 1831 John Samuel Peters [7]
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of (in and over) the State of Connecticut
4 May 1831 - 4 May 1833 John Samuel Peters 
4 May 1833 - 8 May 1834 Henry Waggaman Edwards
8 May 1834 - 6 May 1835 Samuel Augustus Foot
6 May 1835 - 3 May 1838 Henry Waggaman Edwards 
3 May 1838 - 6 May 1842 William Wolcott Ellsworth
6 May 1842 - 2 May 1844 Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
2 May 1844 - 8 May 1846 Roger Sherman Baldwin
8 May 1846 - 5 May 1847 Isaac Toucey
5 May 1847 - 3 May 1849 Clark Bissell
3 May 1849 - 2 May 1850 Joseph Trumbull
2 May 1850 - 13 Oct 1853 Thomas Hart Seymour
13 Oct 1853 - 4 May 1854 Charles Hobby Pond
4 May 1854 - 3 May 1855 Henry Dutton
3 May 1855 - 6 May 1857 William Thomas Minor
6 May 1857 - 5 May 1858 Alexander Hamilton Holley
5 May 1858 - 2 May 1866 William Alfred Buckingham
  1. "Captain-General" and "in America" are frequently omitted.
  2. Also in the United States.
  3. Following the death of Governor Huntington, the functions of the office devolved upon Lieutenant Governor Oliver Wolcott (in office as Lieutenant Governor 12 May 1786 - 13 May 1796).
  4. Following the death of Governor Wolcott, the functions of the office devolved upon Lieutenant Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (in office as Lieutenant Governor 13 May 1796 - 10 May 1798).
  5. Following the death of Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., the functions of the office devolved upon Lieutenant Governor Treadwell (in office as Lieutenant Governor 11 May 1798 - 20 Oct 1809).
  6. Following the death of Governor Griswold, the functions of the office devolved upon Lieutenant Governor Smith (in office as Lieutenant Governor 14 May 1811 - 13 May 1813).
  7. Following the resignation of Governor Tomlinson, the functions of the office devolved upon Lieutenant Governor Peters (in office as Lieutenant Governor 2 May 1827 - 4 May 1831).