Citizenship Test Answers for Connecticut
Four of the 128 civics questions depend on where you live. Here is how to answer them if you live in Connecticut.
62. What is the capital of your state?
Answer for Connecticut
Hartford
This is the one state-specific answer that does not change. The three below change with elections. Every name on this page is checked each night against the congressional record and, for governors, two independent public records, and a name is left out rather than printed when the sources disagree.
23. Who is one of your state's U.S. senators now?
Answer for Connecticut now
- Christopher Murphy
- Richard Blumenthal
You only need to give one of these names.
Connecticut has two U.S. senators, like every state. You only need to name one of them. Senators are elected to six-year terms, so this answer changes; give the name of a senator serving on the day of your interview.
Look up Connecticut's senators at senate.gov
29. Name your U.S. representative.
Your representative depends on your congressional district, not just your state, so it is different for two people living in the same city. Look it up by ZIP code.
All 5 of Connecticut's representatives, by district
| District | Representative |
|---|---|
| 1 | John B. Larson |
| 2 | Joe Courtney |
| 3 | Rosa L. DeLauro |
| 4 | James A. Himes |
| 5 | Jahana Hayes |
If you do not know your district, the lookup below finds it from your ZIP code.
Find your representative at house.gov
Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) representatives in Congress.
61. Who is the governor of your state now?
Answer for Connecticut now
Ned Lamont
Governors are elected and change, so answer with whoever is serving on the day of your
interview. Your state government's official .gov website is the reliable
place to check.
Background on Connecticut
Hartford is Connecticut's capital, though Bridgeport is the larger city, and until 1875 the state alternated its legislature between Hartford and New Haven. Connecticut is one of the thirteen original states and became the 5th state in 1788 by ratifying the Constitution. Its delegates matter for another question on the test: the Connecticut Compromise, also called the Great Compromise, is the bargain that gave every state two senators while dividing House seats by population. The state now has 5 congressional districts and 7 electoral votes. Note that a resident of a small state answers the senator question exactly as a Californian does, with two senators, because that equality was the price Connecticut and its neighbors set for agreeing to the Constitution at all.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and it names no senator, representative or governor itself: those names change with elections, so they appear only in the answers above, which are checked every night.
The other 124 questions
Everything else on the civics test is the same no matter where you live.