Connecticut's 26th State Senate district
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Article ImagesConnecticut's 26th State Senate district elects one member of the Connecticut State 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. It is currently represented by Democrat Ceci Maher since 2023.
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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 |
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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 S. Weed | Democratic | 1913–1915 | New Canaan | |
Hubert E. Bishop | Republican | 1915–1917 | Norwalk | |
Charles E. Williamson | Republican | 1917–1921 | Darien | |
Nehemiah Candee | Republican | 1921–1923 | Easton | |
John H. Behre | Republican | 1923–1925 | New Canaan | |
Frank W. 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 P. Rumpf | Republican | 1935–1939 | Darien | |
Nehemiah Candee | Republican | 1939–1941 | Easton | |
George L. Warncke | Republican | 1941–1943 | Wilton | |
Stanley P. Mead | Republican | 1943–1943 | 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 B. Pearson | Republican | 1951-1953 | Wilton | Served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, 1948 |
Louis A. Lemaire | Republican | 1953–1957 | Norwalk | |
Abner W. Sibal | Republican | 1957 – 1961 | Norwalk | Served as a member of the United States House of Representatives |
Majorie D. Farmer | Republican | 1961 – 1963 | Darien | |
Robert L. Bliss | Republican | 1963 – 1967 | Darien | |
John M. Lumpton | Republican | 1967–1971 | New Canaan | |
Edward S. Rimer Jr. | Republican | 1971–1973 | Norwalk | |
George C. Guidera | Republican | 1973–1979 | Weston | |
John G. Matthews | Republican | 1979–1987 | New Canaan | |
Judith G. Freedman | Republican | 1987 – 2009 | Westport | |
Toni Boucher | Republican | 2009 – 2019 | Wilton | |
Will Haskell | Democratic | 2019 – 2023 | Westport | |
Ceci Maher | Democratic | 2023 – present | Wilton |