| Election Name: | 1849 Connecticut gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Connecticut |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1848 Connecticut gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1848 |
| Next Election: | 1850 Connecticut gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1850 |
| Election Date: | April 2, 1849 |
| Image1: | Joseph Trumbull Connecticut Governor (3x4a).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Joseph Trumbull |
| Party1: | Whig Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 27,800 |
| Percentage1: | 49.35% |
| Electoral Vote1: | 122 |
| Nominee2: | Thomas H. Seymour |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 25,018 |
| Percentage2: | 44.41% |
| Electoral Vote2: | 110 |
| Image3: | JohnMiltonNiles (3x4a).jpg |
| Nominee3: | John M. Niles |
| Party3: | Free Soil Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote3: | 3,520 |
| Percentage3: | 6.25% |
| Map Size: | 220px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Clark Bissell |
| Before Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Joseph Trumbull |
| After Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
The 1849 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1849.[1] Former congressman and Whig nominee Joseph Trumbull defeated former congressman and Democratic nominee Thomas H. Seymour as well as former Senator and Free Soil nominee John M. Niles with 49.35% of the vote. Niles had previously been the Democratic nominee for this same office in 1840.
Trumbull won a plurality of the vote, but fell short of a majority. As a result, the Connecticut General Assembly elected the governor, per the state constitution. Trumbull won the vote over Seymour 122 to 110 in the General Assembly, and became the governor.[2] This was the first of six consecutive elections in which the Free Soil Party participated.
Major party candidates
Minor party candidates