Connecticut 1804 Governor
- Office:
- Governor (State)
- Title:
- Governor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Connecticut 1804 Governor
- Date:
- 1804
- State:
- Connecticut
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Governor/Governor
- Candidates:
- Jonathan Trumbull, William Hart, Jonathan Treadwell, Benjamin Risley, Ephraim Kirby, scattering
| Candidates: | Jonathan Trumbull[1] | William Hart | Jonathan Treadwell | Benjamin Risley | Ephraim Kirby | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | ||||
| Final Result: [2][3][4] | 11968 | 7376 | - | - | - | 156 |
| Fairfield County[5] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookfield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danbury | 150 | 139 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | 156 | 218 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenwich | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Huntingdon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Canaan | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Fairfield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newtown[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwalk | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading | 68 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ridgefield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sherman | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stamford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trumbull | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilton | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hartford County[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berlin | 168 | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Hartford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Windsor | 182 | 69 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enfield | 121 | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Farmington | 229 | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Glastonbury | 80 | 94 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 152 | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| City of Hartford | 261 | 140 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartland | 92 | 21 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlborough | 69 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Simsbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Suffield | 70 | 110 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wethersfield | 186 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windsor | 138 | 160 | - | - | - | - |
| Litchfield County[8] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barkhamstead | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethlehem | 116 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | 130 | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colbrook | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornwall | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goshen | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harwinton | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kent | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Litchfield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Hartford | 159 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Milford | 108 | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norfolk | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | 104 | 59 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salisbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Torrington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | 67 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Watertown | 134 | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winchester | 83 | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County[9] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chatham | 117 | 126 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Durham | 77 | 46 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Haddam | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Haddam | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Killingworth | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Middletown | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saybrook | 202 | 52 | - | - | - | - |
| New Haven County[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Branford | 126 | 67 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cheshire | 41 | 95 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Derby | 67 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Haven | 71 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford | 260 | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hamden | 33 | 77 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milford | 131 | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| City of New Haven[11][12] | 223 | 70 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Town of North Haven | 25 | 73 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Oxford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wallingford | 111 | 159 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterbury | 112 | 135 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wolcott | 80 | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbridge | 111 | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| New London County[13] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bozrah | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colchester | 142 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Franklin | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lisbon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyme | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montville | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of New London | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Norwich | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Preston | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stonington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tolland County[14] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bolton | 96 | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | 127 | 84 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellington | 100 | 25 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hebron | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Somers | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stafford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tolland | 110 | 86 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Town of Union | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Willington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Windham County[15] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashford | 160 | 128 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brooklyn | 86 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canterbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hampton | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Killingly | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mansfield | 105 | 87 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pomfret | 106 | 40 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Sterling | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thompson | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Voluntown | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | 172 | 100 | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]"855 Votes for Governor Trumbull and 305 for Gen. Hart were rejected, because not properly certified, and probably about the same proportion for the other candidates." Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). May 16, 1804.
[3]"Votes at May Election, 1804: Governor Trumbull 11108, rejected 855, 11,968. General Hart 6871, rejected 505, 7376. Majority - 4587." Litchfield Monitor (Litchfield, CT). May 15, 1805.
[4]"In May 1804 the whole number of votes were for Trumbull 11963, Hart 7376, Majority 4587." Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). May 15, 1805.
[5]"In Fairfield County, Gen. Hart had a majority of 174." Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). June 6, 1804.
[6]"The republican ticket for Governor and Lieut. Governor, and nomination for Congress, was supported with a becoming zeal and firmness." Republican Farmer (Danbury, CT). April 11, 1804.
[7]"Governor Trumbull's majorites stand thus: In Hartford County 982." Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). June 6, 1804.
[8]"Governor Trumbull's majorites stand thus: In Litchfield County 1521." Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). June 6, 1804.
[9]"Governor Trumbull's majorites stand thus: In Middlesex County 435." Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). June 6, 1804.
[10]"Governor Trumbull's majorites stand thus: In New Haven County 566." Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). June 6, 1804.
[11]The Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT) lists 2 scattering votes.
[12]"The diminition of Governor Trumbull's votes is ascribable to the neglect of the federalists - Thus in New Haven and Guilford only he had 200 less votes than last year, and yet no man will pretend that there is a single additional democrat in either town. It may be worth the while of the democrats to tell us how it happens that their votes for governor have lessened if democracy be increasing." Windham Herald (Windham, CT). June 7, 1804.
[13]"Governor Trumbull's majorites stand thus: In New London County 163." Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). June 6, 1804.
[14]"Governor Trumbull's majorites stand thus: In Tolland County 321." Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). June 6, 1804.
[15]"Governor Trumbull's majorites stand thus: In Windham County 684." Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). June 6, 1804.
References:
Original Election Certificate, Glastonbury. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
Original Election Certificate, Hartland. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
Original Election Certificate, Pomfret. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT). April 10, 1804.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). April 11, 1804.
Republican Farmer (Danbury, CT). April 11, 1804.
Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT). April 12, 1804.
Connecticut Post and New Haven Visitor (New Haven, CT). April 12, 1804.
Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT). April 17, 1804.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). April 18, 1804.
Litchfield Monitor (Litchfield, CT). April 18, 1804.
Republican Farmer (Danbury, CT). April 18, 1804.
Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT). April 19, 1804.
The Connecticut Centinel (Norwich, CT). May 15, 1804.
Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT). May 15, 1804.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). May 16, 1804.
The Courier (Norwich, CT). May 16, 1804.
Republican Farmer (Danbury, CT). May 16, 1804.
American Mercury (Hartford, CT). May 17, 1804.
Windham Herald (Windham, CT). May 17, 1804.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). May 19, 1804.
Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). May 23, 1804.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). May 30, 1804.
American Telegraphe (Bridgeport, CT). June 6, 1804.
Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). June 6, 1804.
Windham Herald (Windham, CT). June 7, 1804.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). May 15, 1805.
Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). May 15, 1805.
Litchfield Monitor (Litchfield, CT). May 15, 1805.
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