1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election

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1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election
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  1850 April 7, 1851 1852  
  ThomasHartSeymour (3x4b).jpg L.F.S. Foster, Senator from Connecticut, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649217 (3x4a).jpg
Nominee Thomas H. Seymour Lafayette S. Foster
Party Democratic Whig
Electoral vote122121
Popular vote30.07728,856
Percentage48.94%46.95%

Governor before election

Thomas H. Seymour
Democratic

Elected Governor

Thomas H. Seymour
Democratic

The 1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1851. [1] It was a rematch of the 1850 Connecticut gubernatorial election. Incumbent governor and Democratic Party nominee Thomas H. Seymour defeated former state legislator and Whig nominee Lafayette S. Foster with 48.94% of the vote.

Contents

Seymour won a plurality of the vote, but he did not receive a majority. As a result, the Connecticut General Assembly elected the governor, per the state constitution. The Whig Party had a majority in the Connecticut State house, but they were divided over their choice. Seymour won the vote over Foster by a mere one-vote margin, 122 to 121, in the General Assembly, and became the governor. [2]

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Minor party candidates


Results

1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Thomas H. Seymour (incumbent)30,07748.94%
Whig Lafayette S. Foster 28,85646.95%
Free Soil John Boyd 2,5304.12%
Plurality1,221
Turnout
1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election, contingent General Assembly election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Thomas H. Seymour (incumbent) 122 50.21%
Whig Lafayette S. Foster 12149.79%
Majority1
Democratic hold Swing

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References

  1. "Correspondence of The Republic". The republic. Washington, D.C. April 5, 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. "Memorial Sketch of Lafayette S. Foster", Franklin Press (1881),
  3. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. p. 24. ISBN   9780786414390.