1832 Connecticut gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1832 Connecticut gubernatorial election
Country:Connecticut
Type:Presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1831 Connecticut gubernatorial election
Previous Year:1831
Next Election:1833 Connecticut gubernatorial election
Next Year:1833
Election Date:April 13, 1832
Image1:File:JohnSamuelPeters_(cropped).jpg
Nominee1:John S. Peters
Party1:National Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:11,971
Percentage1:71.44%
Nominee2:Calvin Willey
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:4,463
Percentage2:26.63%
Map Size:220px
Governor
Before Election:John S. Peters
Before Party:National Republican Party (United States)
After Election:John S. Peters
After Party:National Republican Party (United States)

The 1832 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 13, 1832. Incumbent governor and National Republican nominee John S. Peters was re-elected, defeating former senator and Democratic nominee Calvin Willey with 71.44% of the vote.

The Anti-Masonic Party in Connecticut was opposed to the platform of the National Republicans, and combined its forces with the Democrats in this race, supporting a ticket of Willey for governor and John M. Holley of Salisbury for lieutenant governor.[1] [2] Willey had previously been affiliated with the Anti-Jacksonians during his term in the United States Senate.

This was the last time the National Republican Party would win a Connecticut gubernatorial election.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Results

Notes and References

  1. "The Anti-Masonic Party in the United States: 1826-1843", William Preston Vaughn (2014),
  2. "Freemasonry in Federalist Connecticut, 1789-1835", Dorothy Ann Lipson (2015),