1813 Connecticut gubernatorial election

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1813 Connecticut gubernatorial election
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Nominee John Cotton Smith Elijah Boardman
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote11,8937,201
Percentage59.12%35.80%
Governor before election

John Cotton Smith
Federalist

Elected Governor

John Cotton Smith
Federalist

The 1813 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 12, 1813. [1]

Contents

Federalist Lieutenant Governor John Cotton Smith had become acting Governor on the death of Governor Roger Griswold on October 25, 1812. Smith was elected to a term in his own right, defeating Democratic-Republican nominee Elijah Boardman.

General election

Candidates

Results

1813 Connecticut gubernatorial election [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Federalist John Cotton Smith (incumbent) 11,893 59.12%
Democratic-Republican Elijah Boardman 7,20135.80%
Scattering [lower-alpha 1] 1,0235.08%
Majority4,69223.32%
Turnout 20,117
Federalist hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Contemporary newspapers list the scattering votes as Federalist. Chauncey Goodrich appears to have received the major share of them and he is often credited by 20th Century sources with these votes. [8] Goodrich was a candidate in the concurrent election for Lieutenant Governor.

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References

  1. ↑ "Northern Elections". Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. Alexandria, Va. April 27, 1813. p. 3. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "BOARDMAN, Elijah, (1760 - 1823)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . United States Senate . Retrieved 2009-07-26.
  3. ↑ "CT Governor, 1813". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 38–39. ISBN   0-930466-17-9.
  5. ↑ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 44. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
  6. ↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 17. ISBN   978-0-7864-1439-0.
  7. ↑ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 93. ISBN   0-379-00665-0.
  8. 1 2 "Connecticut 1813 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University . Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Hartford, (Con.) May 17". Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. Alexandria, Va. May 24, 1813. p. 2. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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