Connecticut's 7th State Senate district
Connecticut's 7th State Senate district elects one member of the Connecticut State Senate. Its current senator is Republican John Kissel, who was first elected in 1994. The district is centered on the town of Enfield and also contains the towns of Suffield, Windsor Locks, East Granby, Somers and parts of Granby and Windsor.
List of senators
[edit]Senator | Party | Years | District home | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
James R. Rabbett | Democratic | 1937 – 1939 | Windsor Locks | Defeated for reelection |
Frank A. Simmons | Republican | 1939 – 1943 | Enfield | Did not run for reelection |
John Christensen | Republican | 1943 – 1945 | Windsor | Did not run for reelection |
Charles H. Vincent | Republican | 1945 – 1947 | Simsbury | Did not run for reelection |
Ernest E. Carpenter | Republican | 1947 – 1949 | Bloomfield | Did not run for reelection |
Frank J. Monchun | Democratic | 1949 – 1953 | Windsor | Defeated for reelection |
James B. Lowell | Republican | 1953 – 1955 | Canton | Did not run for reelection |
Phillip P. Laing | Democratic | 1955 – 1957 | Windsor | Did not run for reelection |
Albert C. Snyder | Republican | 1957 – 1959 | Bloomfield | Did not run for reelection |
Charles T. Alfano | Democratic | 1959 – 1977 | Suffield | Did not run for reelection |
Cornelius P. O'Leary | Democratic | 1977 – 1993 | Windsor Locks | Stepped down prior to 1993 swearing in |
John A. Kissel | Republican | 1993 – present | Enfield | Incumbent |