1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election

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1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election
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  1808 April 10, 1809 1810  
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Nominee Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Asa Spalding
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote14,6508,159
Percentage63.81%35.54%

Governor before election

Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Federalist

Elected Governor

Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Federalist

The 1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 10, 1809. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Federalist Governor Jonathan Trumbull Jr. won re-election to a twelfth term, defeating Democratic-Republican nominee Asa Spalding with 63.81% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Results

1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Federalist Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (incumbent) 14,650 63.81%
Democratic-Republican Asa Spalding8,15935.54%
Scattering1490.65%
Majority6,49128.27%
Turnout 22,958
Federalist hold Swing

Notes

  1. All 20th Century sources give Spalding's total as 8,159. Two newspapers from 1809 give Spalding's total as 8,150. [10] [11]

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