Connecticut's 26th State Senate district

Connecticut's 26th Senate District elects one member of the Connecticut Senate. The district consists of the entirety of Westport, Wilton, Ridgefield, and Redding, and parts of Bethel, New Canaan and Weston.[1] Previously, the 26th district comprised Norwalk, Wilton, New Canaan, and Easton. However, in the late 1970s Norwalk and Darien became the 25th District.

Connecticut's 26th State Senate District
Senator	Will Haskell D–Westport

Its current senator is Democrat Will Haskell.

Senators from 1905 to the present

At some point shortly prior to 1905, Connecticut was redistricted. Fairfield County was previously represented in the 12th Senate District.

Senator	Party	Years of Service	Hometown	Notes
Jeremiah Donovan [2]	Democratic	1905–1909	Norwalk	Served in the United States House of Representatives, and as mayor of Norwalk
Joseph F. Silliman [2]	Republican	1909–1911	New Canaan
Jeremiah Donovan [2]	Democratic	1911–1913	Norwalk	Served in the United States House of Representatives, and as mayor of Norwalk
Hanford Weed [2]	Democratic	1913–1915	New Canaan
Hubert Bishop [2]	Republican	1915–1917	Norwalk
Charles Williamson [2]	Republican	1917–1921	Darien
Nehemiah Candee [2]	Republican	1921–1923	Easton
John Behre [2]	Republican	1923–1925	New Canaan
Frank Gregory [2]	Republican	1925–1927	Norwalk
John D. Milne [2]	Republican	1927–1931	Norwalk
Anson F. Keeler [2]	Republican	1931–1933	Norwalk	Served as Connecticut State Comptroller, and mayor of Norwalk
John D. Milne [2]	Republican	1933–1935	Norwalk
Charles Rumpf [2]	Republican	1935–1939	Darien
Nehemiah Candee [2]	Republican	1939–1941	Easton
George Warncke [2]	Republican	1941–1943	Wilton
Stanley P. Mead [2]	Republican	1943–1945	New Canaan	Unexpired term filled by Edward J. Kelley
Edward J. Kelley [2]	Democratic	1943–1945	Norwalk	Special Session Elected to fill unexpired term of S.P. Mead, Served as mayor of Norwalk
Alfred Tweedy [2]	Republican	1945–1947	Darien
Stanley Stroffolino [2]	Republican	1947–1951	Norwalk
Tage Pearson [2]	Republican	1951-1953	Wilton	Served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, 1948
Louis Lemaire [2]	Republican	1953–1957	Norwalk
Abner W. Sibal [2]	Republican	1957 – 1961	Norwalk	Served as a member of the United States House of Representatives
Marjorie Farmer [2]	Republican	1961 – 1963	Darien
Robert L. Bliss [2]	Republican	1963–1967	New Canaan
Jacob Rudolf [2]	Democratic	1967–1973	Norwalk
George Guidera [2]	Republican	1973–1979	Weston
John G. Matthews [2]	Republican	1979–1987	New Canaan
Judith G. Freedman [2]	Republican	1987 – January 7, 2009	Westport
Toni Boucher [2]	Republican	January 7, 2009 – January 7, 2019	Wilton
Will Haskell [2]	Democratic	January 7, 2019 – present	Westport

See also

• Connecticut's 12th Senate district
• Connecticut's 25th Senate district
• History of Norwalk, Connecticut
• History of Wilton, Connecticut
• List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut

References

1. "Map of Connecticut Senate Districts". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
2. Members of the Connecticut General Assembly Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine