The state comptroller is the chief fiscal guardian of the State of Connecticut. The duties and responsibilities of the state comptroller include, among other things, overseeing state accounting, preparing state financial reports, paying and administering benefits to state employees, settling demands against the state that do not first have to be approved or adjusted by the General Assembly, administering miscellaneous appropriations for employee taxes, insurance, and health services, and administering grants to police, firefighters, and municipalities.
Comptrollers in Connecticut are elected to a term of four years, their election taking place in the same cycle as gubernatorial elections.
Nancy Wyman became the first woman elected state comptroller in 1994. Natalie Braswell became the first African-American state comptroller in 2021.
The current state comptroller is Sean Scanlon, a Democrat who has served since January 4, 2023.
List of comptrollers
Image Name Town Political Party Term of OfficeJames WadsworthDurhamIndependent1786–1788Oliver WolcottLitchfield1788–1790Ralph PomeroyCoventry1790–1791Andrew KingsburyHartford1791–1793John PorterLebanon1793–1806Elisha ColtHartford1806–1819James ThomasHartford1819–1830Elisha PhelpsSimsbury1830–1834Roger HuntingtonNorwich1834–1835Gideon WellesHartfordDemocratic1835–1836William FieldPomfret1836–1838Henry KilbournHartford1838–1842Gideon WellesHartfordDemocratic1842–1844Abijah CarringtonNew Haven1844–1846Mason ClevelandHampton1846–1847Abijah CatlinHarwinton1847–1850Rufus G. PinneyStaffordDemocratic1850–1854John DunhamNorwichWhig1854–1855Alexander MerrellNew LondonAmerican1855–1856Edward PrentisNew LondonAmerican1856–1857Joseph G. LambNorwichAmerican, Republican1857–1858William H. BuellClintonRepublican1858–1861Leman W. CutlerWatertownRepublican1861–1866Robbins BattellNorfolkUnion1866–1867Jesse OlneyStratfordDemocratic1867–1869James W. ManningPutnamRepublican1869–1870Seth S. LoganWashingtonDemocratic1870–1871James W. ManningPutnamRepublican1871–1873Alfred R. GoodrichVernonDemocratic1873–1877Charles C. HubbardMiddletownDemocratic1877–1879Chauncey HowardCoventryRepublican1879–1881Wheelock BatchellerWinstedRepublican1881–1883Frank D. SloatNew HavenRepublican1883–1885Luzerne I. MunsonWaterburyRepublican1885–1887Thomas ClarkNorth StoningtonRepublican1887–1889John B. WrightClintonRepublican1889–1891Nicholas StaubNew MilfordDemocratic1891–1895Benjamin P. MeadNew CanaanRepublican1895–1899Thompson S. GrantEnfieldRepublican1899–1901Abiram ChamberlainMeridenRepublican1901–1903William E. SeeleyBridgeportRepublican1903–1905Asahel W. MitchellWoodburyRepublican1905–1907Thomas D. BradstreetThomastonRepublican1907–1913Daniel P. DunnWindhamDemocratic1913–1915Morris C. WebsterTorringtonRepublican1915–1921Harvey P. BissellRidgefieldRepublican1921–1923Frederick M. SalmonWestportRepublican1923–1933Anson F. KeelerNorwalkRepublican1933–1935Charles C. SwartzNorwalkDemocratic1935–1939Fred R. ZellerStoningtonRepublican1939–1941John M. DoweKillinglyDemocratic1941–1943Fred R. ZellerStoningtonRepublican1943–1945John M. Dowe1KillinglyDemocratic1945–1946Raymond S. ThatcherEast HamptonDemocratic1946–1947Fred R. ZellerStoningtonRepublican1947–1949Raymond S. ThatcherEast HamptonDemocratic1949–1951Fred R. ZellerStoningtonRepublican1951–1959Raymond S. Thatcher2East HamptonDemocratic1959–1966James J. Casey3WinchesterDemocratic1966–1967Louis I. GladstoneBridgeportDemocratic1967–1971Nathan G. AgostinelliManchesterRepublican1971–1975J. Edward CaldwellBridgeportDemocratic1975–1991William E. Curry, Jr.FarmingtonDemocratic1991–1995Nancy S. WymanTollandDemocratic1995–2011Kevin P. Lembo4GuilfordDemocratic2011–2021Natalie Braswell5BloomfieldDemocratic2021–2023Sean ScanlonGuilfordDemocratic2023–present Town listed is town of residence at time of election. 1 Died in office May 15, 1946, and Raymond S. Thatcher was appointed by the General Assembly to fill the vacancy. 2 Resigned July 19, 1966, to become a member of the Public Utilities Commission. 3 Appointed by governor July 19, 1966, to fill the unexpired term of Raymond S. Thatcher. 4 Resigned December 31, 2021, due to ill health. 5 Appointed by governor December 31, 2021, to fill the unexpired term of Kevin Lembo.
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External links Official website Connecticut Comptrollers