• Governor M. Jodi Rell
• Governor John G. Rowland

Online Resources
• Governors of Connecticut, 1639 - Present (Created and maintained by the staff at the State Library)
  Brief biographical sketches and bibliographies of some of the governors of Connecticut.
• Political Graveyard: Connecticut Governors (Created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum)
  A comprehensive resource for American political biography, with a listing of over 120,000 politicians.

Materials in the State Library
• Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789 - 1994, (SL GIS Ref E176.B573)
• Biographical Directory of American Colonial and Revolutionary Governors, 1607 - 1789, (SL E187.5 .R34)

Clipping Files
• The History and Genealogy Unit's newspaper clipping file collection includes a biographical file arranged by name and a folder for Connecticut Governors.
• The Law and Legislative Reference Unit's newspaper clipping file collection spans 1939 - 1992. Each year includes a folder titled "Governor."
• The Law and Legislative Reference Unit's biographical newspaper clipping file collection spans 1940 - Present

• Also check the State Library Catalog under the subject heading "Governors - Connecticut - Biography"

Executive Orders are issued at the Governors discretion and do not require prior notice or hearing. They carry the full force of law.

Materials in the State Library
• Executive Order, 1955 - Present, (SL Conn Doc G746 ex)

Online Resources
• 1st Company Governor's Footguard
  Organized in October 1771, the 1st Company Governor's Footguard is the oldest military organization in continuous existence in the United States.
• 2nd Company Governor's Footguard
  An historical state military organization from New Haven, Connecticut, founded during the Revolutionary War era.
• 1st Company Governor's Horse Guard
  Chartered in 1788 as the Governor’s Independent Volunteer Troop of Horse Guards. The troop provides a mounted honor guard for the Governor, and ceremonial escort to prominent visitors to Connecticut’s capital city.
• 2nd Company Governor's Horse Guard
  First chartered in 1808, “to attend and escort the Governor in times of peace and war”, today's trooper most often rides in ceremonial functions.

• Also check the State Library Catalog under the subject headings "Connecticut - Governors- Footguard" or "Connecticut - Governors - Horseguard"

Issued as broad ceremonial statements of general interest.

Materials in the State Library
• Official Statements, 1935 - 1966, 1995 - 2000, (SL Conn Doc G746 ofst)

Online Resources
• Connecticut History Online

Archival Resources in the State Library
• Classified Archives, 1631-1995.
• Records of the Office of the Governor of Connecticut, (SL Archives RG 005)

Proclamations are issued as required by Connecticut General Statutes 10-29a to proclaim certain days and weeks.

Materials in the State Library
• Proclamations, 1846 - Present, (SL Conn Doc G746 p)

Also referred to as the Governor's Annual Message to the General Assembly; Delivered in compliance with the Constitution of the State of Connecticut (Conn. Const. art. IV ss 11).

Materials in the State Library
• Connecticut Governors' Messages, 1812 - 1959, (SL Conn Doc G746)
• Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Connecticut, 1846 - Present, (SL Conn Doc G253 jou)

Materials in the State Library
• Connecticut Governor Veto Messages, 1943 - 1969, (SL Conn Doc G746 ve)
• Governor's Press Releases, ... Public Act Signatures, Veto messages, 1981 - 1998 (SL Conn Doc G746 ppv)
• Public and Special Acts, 1972 - Present, (KFC 3625.A24)

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