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1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election

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1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election

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Nominee Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Asa Spalding
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Popular vote 14,650 8,159
Percentage 63.81% 35.54%

County results
Trumbull:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Spalding:      50–60%

Governor before election

Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Federalist

Elected Governor

Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
Federalist

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

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Candidates

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Results

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1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election[4][5][6][7][8][9][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Federalist Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (incumbent) 14,650 63.81%
Democratic-Republican Asa Spalding 8,159 35.54%
Scattering 149 0.65%
Majority 6,491 28.27%
Turnout 22,958
Federalist hold Swing

Notes

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  1. ^ All 20th Century sources give Spalding's total as 8,159. Two newspapers from 1809 give Spalding's total as 8,150.[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Hartford (Con.) April 13". Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. Portland, Me. April 24, 1809. p. 1. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Spalding, Samuel J. (1872). Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward Spalding, of Massachusetts Bay, and his descendants. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son. pp. 94–96.
  3. ^ Pease, John C.; Niles, John M. (1819). A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island. Hartford: William S. Marsh. p. 149. ISBN 9780740427732.
  4. ^ "CT Governor, 1809". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  5. ^ Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books. pp. 38–39. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
  6. ^ Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. p. 44. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
  7. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  8. ^ Kallenbach, Joseph E.; Kallenbach, Jessamine S., eds. (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Vol. I. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc. p. 92. ISBN 0-379-00665-0.
  9. ^ "Connecticut 1809 Governor". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  10. ^ "Washington City. Friday, May 19". The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. Washington City, D.C. May 19, 1809. p. 2. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  11. ^ "The total votes given in for Governor of Connecticut". The enquirer. Richmond, Va. May 23, 1809. p. 2. Retrieved December 19, 2021.