| 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.
Major party candidates