Connecticut 1806 Governor
- Office:
- Governor (State)
- Title:
- Governor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Connecticut 1806 Governor
- Date:
- 1806
- State:
- Connecticut
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Governor/Governor
- Candidates:
- Jonathan Trumbull, William Hart, John Treadwell, Thomas Seymour, Jonathan Bull, scattering
| Candidates: | Jonathan Trumbull[1] | William Hart | John Treadwell | Thomas Seymour | Jonathan Bull | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | ||||
| Final Result: [2] | 13586 | 9589 | - | - | - | 141 |
| Fairfield County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookfield[3] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danbury | 226 | 230 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | 180 | 202 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenwich | 114 | 142 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Huntingdon | 147 | 149 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Canaan | 117 | 74 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Fairfield | 35 | 48 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newtown[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwalk | 49 | 85 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading | 101 | 47 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ridgefield | 129 | 110 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sherman | 37 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stamford | 24 | 94 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratford | 69 | 96 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trumbull | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | 83 | 121 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilton | 70 | 54 | - | - | - | - |
| Hartford County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berlin | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Hartford | 203 | 75 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Windsor | 231 | 80 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enfield | 157 | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Farmington | 256 | 82 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Glastonbury | 100 | 133 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 177 | 166 | - | - | - | - |
| City of Hartford[5] | 312 | 188 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartland | 96 | 42 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlborough | 79 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Simsbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southington | 134 | 66 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Suffield | 83 | 136 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wethersfield | 235 | 57 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Windsor | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Litchfield County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barkhamstead | 98 | 47 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethlehem[6] | 112 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colbrook | 92 | 87 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornwall | 114 | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goshen | 105 | 42 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harwinton | 98 | 41 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kent | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Litchfield[7] | 310 | 277 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of New Hartford | 207 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Milford | 111 | 133 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norfolk | 153 | 33 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth[8] | 108 | 77 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury | 59 | 75 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salisbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southbury | 80 | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Torrington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | 112 | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Watertown | 130 | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winchester | 96 | 57 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbury | 90 | 86 | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chatham | 158 | 202 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Durham | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Haddam | 180 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Haddam | 105 | 43 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Killingworth[9] | 114 | 59 | - | - | - | - |
| City of Middletown | 237 | 141 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saybrook | 259 | 115 | - | - | - | - |
| New Haven County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Branford | 129 | 76 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cheshire | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Derby | 72 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Haven | 78 | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford | 261 | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hamden | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milford | 128 | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| City of New Haven | 236 | 88 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of North Haven | 34 | 111 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Oxford | 51 | 43 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wallingford | 145 | 156 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterbury[10] | 138 | 182 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wolcott | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbridge | 119 | 53 | - | - | - | - |
| New London County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bozrah | 43 | 27 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colchester[11] | 147 | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Franklin | 79 | 54 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | 56 | 160 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lisbon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyme[12] | 175 | 76 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montville | 96 | 46 | - | - | - | - |
| City of New London | 136 | 77 | - | - | - | - |
| City of Norwich | 171 | 97 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Preston | 136 | 139 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stonington | 81 | 215 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterford | 18 | 83 | - | - | - | - |
| Tolland County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bolton | 118 | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | 139 | 95 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellington | 97 | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hebron | 113 | 141 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Somers | 103 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stafford | 114 | 120 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tolland | 106 | 80 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Union | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Willington | 71 | 49 | - | - | - | - |
| Windham County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashford | 164 | 166 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brooklyn | 107 | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canterbury | 153 | 43 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbia[13] | 70 | 62 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hampton | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Killingly | 145 | 119 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mansfield | 184 | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | 116 | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pomfret | 95 | 33 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sterling | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thompson[14] | 103 | 37 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Voluntown | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodstock | 156 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]"The votes for Governor and Lt. Governor stand as follows: For Governor Trumbull, 13413, Hart, 9460. Majority for Trumbull 3953. for Lieut. Governor Treadwell, 11810, Spalding, 7928. Majority for Treadwell, 3882. The scattering votes for governor were 144, and those rejected were, as near as we can learn, about 200 for Hart and upwards of 100 for Trumbull. Had all the votes been counted, Trumbull's majority would have been about 3880." American Mercury (Hartford, CT). May 15, 1806.
[3]"Fed maj. for Gov. 45 - The Democrats in Brookfield were once but 9 in the minority." New England Republican (Danbury, CT). April 16, 1806.
[4]"Fed maj. for Gov. 6." New England Republican (Danbury, CT). April 16, 1806.
[5]The Connecticut Journal (Hartford) lists 324 votes for Jonathan Trumbull.
[6]The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT) lists 15 votes for William Hart.
[7]The Witness (Litchfield, CT) lists 309 votes for Jonathan Trumbull.
[8]The Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT) lists 87 votes for William Hart.
[9]The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT) lists 115 votes for Jonathan Trumbull.
[10]The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT) lists 181 votes for William Hart.
[11]The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT) lists 24 votes for Jonathan Trumbull.
[12]The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT) lists 174 votes for Jonathan Trumbull and 55 votes for William Hart.
[13]"The votes of the towns of Thompson and Columbia being illegally returned, were rejected." Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). May 14, 1806.
[14]"The votes of the towns of Thompson and Columbia being illegally returned, were rejected." Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). May 14, 1806.
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.
Original Election Certificate, Tolland. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
Original Election Certificate, Wethersfield. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT). April 8, 1806.
Litchfield Monitor (Litchfield, CT). April 9, 1806.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). April 9, 1806.
The Courier (Norwich, CT). April 9, 1806.
New England Republican (Danbury, CT). April 9, 1806.
Republican Farmer (Danbury, CT). April 9, 1806.
Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT). April 15, 1806.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). April 16, 1806.
Litchfield Monitor (Litchfield, CT). April 16, 1806.
New England Republican (Danbury, CT). April 16, 1806.
Republican Farmer (Danbury, CT). April 16, 1806.
The Witness (Litchfield, CT). April 16, 1806.
Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT). April 18, 1806.
True Republican (Norwich, CT). April 23, 1806.
The Witness (Litchfield, CT). April 23, 1806.
New England Republican (Danbury, CT). May 13, 1806.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). May 14, 1806.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). May 14, 1806.
Litchfield Monitor (Litchfield, CT). May 14, 1806.
Republican Farmer (Danbury, CT). May 14, 1806.
True Republican (Norwich, CT). May 14, 1806.
The Witness (Litchfield, CT). May 14, 1806.
American Mercury (Hartford, CT). May 15, 1806.
Republican Farmer (Danbury, CT). May 21, 1806.
The Witness (Litchfield, CT). May 21, 1806.
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