Connecticut's 26th 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. Previously, the 26th district comprised Norwalk, Wilton, New Canaan, and Easton. However, in the late 1970s Norwalk and Darien became the 25th District.
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 | Democratic | 1905–1909 | Norwalk | Served in the United States House of Representatives, and as mayor of Norwalk |
Joseph F. Silliman | Republican | 1909–1911 | New Canaan | |
Jeremiah Donovan | Democratic | 1911–1913 | Norwalk | Served in the United States House of Representatives, and as mayor of Norwalk |
Hanford Weed | Democratic | 1913–1915 | New Canaan | |
Hubert Bishop | Republican | 1915–1917 | Norwalk | |
Charles Williamson | Republican | 1917–1921 | Darien | |
Nehemiah Candee | Republican | 1921–1923 | Easton | |
John Behre | Republican | 1923–1925 | New Canaan | |
Frank Gregory | Republican | 1925–1927 | Norwalk | |
John D. Milne | Republican | 1927–1931 | Norwalk | |
Anson F. Keeler | Republican | 1931–1933 | Norwalk | Served as Connecticut State Comptroller, and mayor of Norwalk |
John D. Milne | Republican | 1933–1935 | Norwalk | |
Charles Rumpf | Republican | 1935–1939 | Darien | |
Nehemiah Candee | Republican | 1939–1941 | Easton | |
George Warncke | Republican | 1941–1943 | Wilton | |
Stanley P. Mead | Republican | 1943–1945 | New Canaan | Unexpired term filled by Edward J. Kelley |
Edward J. Kelley | Democratic | 1943–1945 | Norwalk | Special Session Elected to fill unexpired term of S.P. Mead, Served as mayor of Norwalk |
Alfred Tweedy | Republican | 1945–1947 | Darien | |
Stanley Stroffolino | Republican | 1947–1951 | Norwalk | |
Tage Pearson | Republican | 1951-1953 | Wilton | Served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, 1948 |
Louis Lemaire | Republican | 1953–1957 | Norwalk | |
Abner W. Sibal | Republican | 1957 – 1961 | Norwalk | Served as a member of the United States House of Representatives |
Marjorie Farmer | Republican | 1961 – 1963 | Darien | |
Robert L. Bliss | Republican | 1963–1967 | New Canaan | |
Jacob Rudolf | Democratic | 1967–1973 | Norwalk | |
George Guidera | Republican | 1973–1979 | Weston | |
John G. Matthews | Republican | 1979–1987 | New Canaan | |
Judith G. Freedman | Republican | 1987 – January 7, 2009 | Westport | |
Toni Boucher | Republican | January 7, 2009 – January 7, 2019 | Wilton | |
Will Haskell | Democratic | January 7, 2019 – present | Westport |