With Hartford’s Matthew D. Ritter set to become the next speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives, this is a good time to list the seven previous speakers from Hartford. They include Ritter’s father, Thomas D. Ritter. All lived in the city at the time of their election.
| Name | Political Party | Term of Service |
| William W. Eaton | Democratic | 1853 |
| Henry C. Deming | Democratic | 1861 |
| Eliphalet A. Bulkeley | Union | 1857 |
| William W. Eaton | Democratic | 1873 |
| Joseph L. Barbour | Republican | 1897 |
| James J. Kennelly | Democratic | 1975-78 |
| Thomas D. Ritter | Democratic | 1993-98 |
| Matthew D. Ritter | Democratic | 2020- |