1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election
Country:Connecticut
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1808 Connecticut gubernatorial election
Previous Year:1808
Next Election:1810 Connecticut gubernatorial election
Next Year:1810
Election Date:April 10, 1809
Nominee1:Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Party1:Federalist Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:14,650
Percentage1:63.81%
Nominee2:Asa Spalding
Party2:Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:8,159
Percentage2:35.54%
Map Size:220px
Governor
Before Election:Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Before Party:Federalist Party (United States)
After Election:Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
After Party:Federalist Party (United States)

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

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

Notes and References

  1. News: . April 24, 1809 . Hartford (Con.) April 13. . Portland gazette and Maine advertiser . Portland, Me. . 1 . 19 December 2021 .
  2. Book: Spalding, Samuel J. . 1872 . Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward Spalding, of Massachusetts Bay, and his descendants . Boston . Alfred Mudge & Son . 94–96 .
  3. Book: Pease . John C. . Niles . John M. . 1819 . A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island . Hartford . William S. Marsh . 149 . 9780740427732 .