Connecticut 1808 Governor
- Office:
- Governor (State)
- Title:
- Governor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Connecticut 1808 Governor
- Date:
- 1808
- State:
- Connecticut
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Governor/Governor
- Candidates:
- Jonathan Trumbull, William Hart, John Treadwell, Asa Spalding, Jonathan Bull, scattering
| Candidates: | Jonathan Trumbull[1] | William Hart | John Treadwell | Asa Spalding | Jonathan Bull | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | ||||
| Final Result: [2] | 13292 | 8164 | - | - | - | 231 |
| Fairfield County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookfield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danbury | 253 | 271 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | 215 | 187 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenwich | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Huntingdon | 166 | 109 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Canaan | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Fairfield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newtown | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwalk | 43 | 72 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading | 92 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ridgefield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sherman | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stamford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratford | 117 | 101 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trumbull | 38 | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilton | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hartford County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berlin | 187 | 96 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | 110 | 88 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burlington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canton[3] | 141 | 33 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Hartford | 161 | 49 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Windsor | 230 | 72 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enfield | 154 | 42 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Farmington | 226 | 60 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Town of Glastonbury | 99 | 145 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 187 | 87 | - | - | - | - |
| City of Hartford | 316 | 235 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartland | 96 | 51 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlborough | 83 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Simsbury | 69 | 44 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southington | 133 | 53 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Suffield | 82 | 130 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wethersfield | 246 | 37 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Windsor | 140 | 192 | - | - | - | - |
| Litchfield County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barkhamstead | 111 | 68 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethlehem | 100 | 14 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colbrook | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornwall | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goshen | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harwinton | 89 | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kent | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Litchfield | 280 | 210 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Hartford | 199 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Milford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norfolk | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | 119 | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salisbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Torrington | 114 | 38 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | 76 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Watertown | 126 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winchester | 88 | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chatham | 135 | 143 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Durham | 73 | 45 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Haddam | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Haddam | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Killingworth | 119 | 82 | - | - | - | - |
| City of Middletown | 214 | 74 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saybrook | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Haven County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Branford | 102 | 52 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cheshire | 41 | 149 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Derby | 59 | 22 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Haven | 83 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford | 255 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hamden | 38 | 107 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milford | 161 | 39 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Meriden | 66 | 41 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middlebury | 66 | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| City of New Haven | 314 | 127 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of North Haven | 43 | 113 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Oxford | 56 | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southbury | 64 | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wallingford | 86 | 108 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wolcott | 77 | 61 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbridge | 109 | 37 | - | - | - | - |
| New London County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bozrah | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colchester | 135 | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Franklin | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lisbon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyme | 148 | 36 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montville | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of New London[4] | 126 | 75 | - | - | - | - |
| City of Norwich[5][6] | 148 | 99 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of North Stonington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Preston | 179 | 84 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stonington | 70 | 94 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tolland County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bolton | 115 | 15 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | 132 | 65 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellington | 87 | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hebron | 136 | 125 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Somers | 86 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stafford | 103 | 121 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tolland | 94 | 108 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Union | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Willington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Windham County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashford | 182 | 169 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brooklyn | 109 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canterbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbia | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hampton | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Killingly | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon[7] | 167 | 168 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mansfield | 202 | 160 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pomfret | 113 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sterling | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thompson | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Voluntown | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | 171 | 150 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodstock | 170 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]These results include 1146 votes for Jonathan Trumbull and 598 votes for William Hart that were rejected.
[3]The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT) of April 19, 1809 lists 32 votes for William Hart when comparing the votes of various towns for 1808 and 1809.
[4]Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT) lists 73 votes for William Hart.
[5]The Courier (Norwich, CT) lists 146 votes for Jonathan Trumbull.
[6]The Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT) lists 146 votes for Jonathan Trumbull and 99 votes for William Hart.
[7]The Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT) lists Jonathan Trumbull with 168 votes and William Hart with 167 votes.
References:
Original Election Certificate, Farmington. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
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, Southbury. 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 12, 1808.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). April 13, 1808.
The Courier (Norwich, CT). April 13, 1808.
Litchfield Gazette (Litchfield, CT). April 13, 1808.
Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT). April 14, 1808.
Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT). April 14, 1808.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). April 18, 1808.
Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT). April 19, 1808.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). April 20, 1808.
Litchfield Gazette (Litchfield, CT). April 20, 1808.
Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT). April 21, 1808.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). April 22, 1808.
Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT). May 17, 1808.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). May 18, 1808.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). May 18, 1808.
The Courier (Norwich, CT). May 18, 1808.
Litchfield Gazette (Litchfield, CT). May 18, 1808.
American Mercury (Hartford, CT). May 19, 1808.
Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT). May 19, 1808.
Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT). May 19, 1808.
Windham Herald (Windham, CT). May 19, 1808.
The Monitor (Washington, DC). May 24, 1808.
Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT). May 24, 1808.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). May 25, 1808.
New England Republican (Danbury, CT). May 25, 1808.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). April 19, 1809.
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