Connecticut 1798 Governor

Office:: Governor (State)
Title:: Governor
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Connecticut 1798 Governor
Date:: 1798
State:: Connecticut
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: Governor/Governor
Candidates:: Jonathan Trumbull

Candidates:	Jonathan Trumbull [1]
Affiliation:	Federalist
Final Result: [2][3]	7075

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Jonathan Trumbull is elected without opposition.

[3]"For Governor, His Excellency, JONATHAN TRUMBULL, Esq. almost unanimously chosen - the number of votes supposed to be 8 or 10,000." Impartial Herald; A Periodical Register of the Times (Suffield, CT). May 16, 1798.

References:

Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). May 14, 1798.

Impartial Herald; A Periodical Register of the Times (Suffield, CT). May 16, 1798.

Windham Herald (Windham, CT). May 17, 1798.

Glashan, Roy. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1979. 38-39.

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