1866 Connecticut gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1866 Connecticut gubernatorial election
Country:Connecticut
Type:Presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1865 Connecticut gubernatorial election
Previous Year:1865
Next Election:1867 Connecticut gubernatorial election
Next Year:1867
Election Date:April 2, 1866
Image1:Joseph_Roswell_Hawley_-_Brady-Handy (3x4a).jpg
Nominee1:Joseph Roswell Hawley
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:43,974
Percentage1:50.30%
Nominee2:James E. English
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:43,433
Percentage2:49.69%
Map Size:220px
Governor
Before Election:William Alfred Buckingham
Before Party:National Union Party (United States)
After Election:Joseph Roswell Hawley
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1866 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1866. Civil War general and Republican nominee Joseph Roswell Hawley defeated Democratic nominee James E. English with 50.30% of the vote.

As this was the first election held after the American Civil War, some aspects of the National Union Party were still present. The Republican convention held in Hartford on February 14 still sometimes referred to itself as the "Union" convention, and it passed a resolution expressing confidence in President Andrew Johnson.[1] The party would split with Johnson later that same year, and all references to the National Union label were dropped by the end of the 1860s.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Results

Notes and References

  1. "The Connecticut Republican State Convention", The Portland Daily Press (February 15, 1866),