List of Famous people born in Connecticut, United States of America

Louis Powell Harvey was an American politician and the seventh Governor of Wisconsin. He was the first Wisconsin Governor to die in office.

Daniel Russell Brown was an American politician and the 43rd Governor of Rhode Island.

Joseph Trumbull was a U.S. lawyer, banker, and politician from Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in the U.S. Congress and served as the 35th Governor of Connecticut from 1849 to 1850.

John Hart was a public official and politician in colonial New Jersey who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and also signed the Declaration of Independence.

James Coughlin Shannon was an American politician and the 77th Governor of Connecticut.

Charles Emory Smith was an American journalist and political leader.

William Durkee Williamson was the second Governor of the U.S. state of Maine, and one of the first congressmen from Maine in the United States House of Representatives. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party. Williamson was also an early historian of Maine.

Benjamin Ruggles was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.

Henry Roberts Pease was a United States Senator from Mississippi. He also served as the state's first superintendent of education and served one term in the South Dakota Senate.