Capital: Hartford

State Nickname: Constitution State

State Bird: American Robin

State Flower: Mountain Laurel

Admitted to the Union: January 9, 1788

May 1, 1786 to January 5, 1796:

Samuel Huntington

January 5, 1796 to December 1, 1797:

Oliver Wolcott

December 1, 1797 to August 7, 1809:

Jonathan Trumbull

August 7, 1809 to May 9, 1811:

John Treadwell

May 9, 1811 to October 25, 1812:

Roger Griswold

October 25, 1812 to May 8, 1817:

John Cotton Smith

May 8, 1817 to May 2, 1827:

Oliver Wolcott Jr.

May 2, 1827 to March 1831:

Gideon Tomlinson

March 1831 to May 4, 1833:

John Peters

May 4, 1833 to May 7, 1834:

Henry W. Edwards

May 7, 1834 to May 6, 1835:

Samuel A. Foote

May 6, 1835 to May 2, 1838:

Henry W. Edwards

May 2, 1838 to May 4, 1842:

William W. Ellsworth

May 4, 1842 to May 1844:

Chauncey F. Cleveland

May 1844 to May 6, 1846:

Roger S. Baldwin

May 6, 1846 to May 5, 1847:

Isaac Toucey

May 5, 1847 to May 2, 1849:

Clark Bissell

May 2, 1849 to May 4, 1850:

Joseph Trumbull

May 4, 1850 to October 13, 1863:

Thomas H. Seymour

October 13, 1853 to May 3, 1854:

Charles H. Pond

May 3, 1854 to May 6, 1857:

William T. Minor

May 6, 1857 to May 5, 1858:

Alexander H. Holley

May 5, 1868 to May 2, 1866:

William A. Buckingham

May 2, 1866 to May 1, 1867:

Joseph R. Hawley

May 1, 1867 to May 5, 1869:

Joseph E. English

Marshall Jewell

May 4, 1870 to May 16, 1871:

James E. English

May 16, 1871 to May 7, 1873:

Marshall Jewell

May 7, 1873 to January 3, 1877:

Charles R. Ingersoll

January 3, 1877 To January 9, 1879:

Richard D. Hubbard

January 9, 1879 to January 5, 1881:

Charles B. Andrews

January 5, 1881 to January 3, 1883:

Hobart B. Bigelow

January 3, 1883 to January 8, 1885:

Thomas M. Waller

January 8, 1885 to January 7, 1887:

Henry B. Harrison

January 7, 1887 to January 10, 1889:

Phineas C. Lounsbury

January 10, 1889 to Januarty 4, 1893:

Morgan G. Bulkeley

January 4, 1893 to January 9, 1895:

Luzon B. Morris

January 9, 1895 to January 6, 1897:

O. Vincent Coffin

January 6, 1897 to January 4, 1899:

Lorrin A. Cooke

January 4, 1899 to January 9, 1901:

George E. Lounsbury

January 9, 1901 to January 7, 1903:

George P. McLean

January 7, 1903 to January 4, 1905:

Abiram Chamberlain

January 4, 1905 to January 9, 1907:

Henry Roberts

January 9, 1907 to January 6, 1909:

Rollin S. Woodruff

January 6, 1909 to April 21, 1909:

George L. Lilley

April 21, 1909 to January 4, 1911:

Frank B. Weeks

January 4, 1911 to January 6, 1915:

Simeon E. Baldwin

January 6, 1915 to January 5, 1921:

Marcus H. Holcomb

January 5, 1921 to January 3, 1923:

Everett J. Lake

January 3, 1923 to January 7, 1925:

Charles A. Templeton

January 7, 1925 to January 8, 1925:

Hiram Bingham*

*Resigned after one day in office

January 8, 1925 to January 7, 1931:

John H. Trumbull

January 8, 1931 to January 4, 1939:

Wilbur L. Cross

Janury 4, 1939 to January 8, 1941:

Raymond E. Baldwin

January 8, 1941 to January 6, 1943:

Robert A. Hurley

January 6, 1943 to December 27, 1946:

Raymond E. Baldwin

December 27, 1946 to January 8, 1947:

Wilbert Snow

January 7, 1947 to March 7, 1948:

James L. McConaughy

March 7, 1948 to January 5, 1949:

James C. Shannon

January 5, 1949 to January 3, 1951:

Chester Bowles

January 3, 1951 to January 5, 1955:

John D. Lodge

January 5, 1955 to January 21, 1961:

Abraham Ribicoff

January 21, 1961 to January 6, 1971:

John Dempsey

January 6, 1971 to January 8, 1975:

Thomas J. Meskill

January 8, 1975 to December 31, 1980:

Ella T. Grasso

December 31, 1980 to January 9, 1991:

William a. O'Neil

January 9, 1991 to January 4, 1995:

Lowell P. Weicker Jr.

January 4, 1995 --

John G. Rowland

Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle went to town,
Riding on a pony,
Stuck a feather in his hat,
And called it macaroni.

1790: 237,655

1800: 251,002

1810: 261,942

1820: 275,248

1830: 297,675

1840: 310,015

1850: 370,792

1860: 460,138

1870: 537,454

1880: 622,700

1890: 746,258

1900: 908,420

1910: 1,114,756

1920: 1,380,631

1930: 1,606,903

1940: 1,709,242

1950: 2,007,280

1960: 2,535,234

1970: 3,032,217

1980: 3,107,576

1990: 3,287,116

2000: 3,405,584