Connecticut 1807 Governor
- Office:
- Governor (State)
- Title:
- Governor
- Jurisdiction:
- State
- Label:
- Connecticut 1807 Governor
- Date:
- 1807
- State:
- Connecticut
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- Governor/Governor
- Candidates:
- Jonathan Trumbull, William Hart, John Treadwell, Thomas Seymour, Asa Spalding, scattering
| Candidates: | Jonathan Trumbull[1] | William Hart | John Treadwell | Thomas Seymour | Asa Spalding | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | ||||
| Final Result: [2] | 11959 | 7971 | - | - | - | 90 |
| Fairfield County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookfield | 85 | 43 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danbury | 265 | 186 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | 175 | 155 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenwich | 117 | 113 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Huntingdon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Canaan | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Fairfield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newtown | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwalk | 39 | 65 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ridgefield | 148 | 80 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sherman | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stamford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratford | 64 | 44 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trumbull | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilton | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hartford County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berlin | 183 | 176 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | 119 | 105 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burlington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canton | 136 | 44 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Hartford | 146 | 46 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Windsor | 222 | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enfield | 153 | 41 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Farmington | 214 | 62 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Glastonbury | 84 | 120 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 169 | 101 | - | - | - | - |
| City of Hartford | 322 | 208 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartland | 77 | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlborough | 68 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Simsbury | 71 | 132 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southington | 126 | 58 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Suffield | 81 | 142 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wethersfield[3] | 205 | 48 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windsor | 123 | 173 | - | - | - | - |
| Litchfield County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barkhamstead | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethlehem | 104 | 61 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colbrook | 88 | 91 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornwall | 79 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goshen | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harwinton | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kent | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Litchfield | 321 | 280 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Hartford | 174 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Milford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norfolk | 152 | 29 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Plymouth | 109 | 68 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salisbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southbury | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Torrington | 96 | 62 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | 77 | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Watertown | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winchester | 87 | 49 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbury | 103 | 109 | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County | 926 | 567 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chatham | 107 | 176 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Durham | 79 | 42 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Haddam | 131 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Haddam | 113 | 49 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Killingworth | 64 | 79 | - | - | - | - |
| City of Middletown | 233 | 124 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saybrook | 199 | 79 | - | - | - | - |
| New Haven County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Branford | 76 | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cheshire | 23 | 103 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Derby | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Haven | 68 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford | 146 | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hamden | 35 | 82 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milford | 126 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Meriden | 68 | 62 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middlebury (Oct 1807)[4] | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of New Haven | 230 | 116 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of North Haven | 34 | 99 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Oxford | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wallingford | 78 | 116 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterbury | 118 | 105 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wolcott | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbridge | 108 | 41 | - | - | - | - |
| New London County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bozrah | 39 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colchester[5] | 105 | 12 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Franklin | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lisbon | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyme | 88 | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montville | 110 | 44 | - | - | - | - |
| City of New London | 124 | 89 | - | - | - | - |
| City of Norwich | 139 | 113 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Preston | 135 | 68 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stonington | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterford | 12 | 43 | - | - | - | - |
| Tolland County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bolton | 105 | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellington | 75 | 33 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hebron | 92 | 107 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Somers | 104 | 26 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stafford | 92 | 106 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tolland | 78 | 84 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Union | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Willington | 70 | 72 | - | - | - | - |
| Windham County | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashford | 163 | 148 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brooklyn | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canterbury | 131 | 32 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Columbia | 80 | 68 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hampton | 83 | 33 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Killingly | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | 168 | 163 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mansfield | 182 | 171 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | 98 | 81 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pomfret | 99 | 28 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sterling | 47 | 58 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thompson | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Voluntown | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | 161 | 158 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodstock | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]"In the above statement are included all the votes that were returned for the respective candidates. It is a fact, however, which ought to afford a lesson of admonition to presiding officers, that the votes of no less than six towns were rejected, by the committee, for informality in the returns." Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). May 20, 1807.
[3]"The votes of Weathersfield, which were lost through some informality in the Returns, would have increased the Federal majority about 200." The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). June 2, 1807.
[4]Middlebury incorporated October 1807.
[5]Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT) lists 104 votes for Jonathan Trumbull.
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, New London. 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 14, 1807.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). April 15, 1807.
The Courier (Norwich, CT). April 15, 1807.
Litchfield Monitor (Litchfield, CT). April 15, 1807.
Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT). April 16, 1807.
Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT). April 17, 1807.
The Connecticut Centinel (Norwich, CT). April 21, 1807.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). April 22, 1807.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). April 22, 1807.
The Berkshire Reporter (Pittsfield, MA). April 23, 1807.
Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT). April 24, 1807.
The Connecticut Centinel (Norwich, CT). April 28, 1807.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). April 29, 1807.
The Northern Post (Salem, NY). April 30, 1807.
Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT). May 1, 1807.
Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT). May 19, 1807.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). May 20, 1807.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). May 20, 1807.
American Mercury (Hartford, CT). May 21, 1807.
Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT). May 21, 1807.
Windham Herald (Windham, CT). May 21, 1807.
Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT). May 23, 1807.
The Connecticut Centinel (Norwich, CT). May 26, 1807.
Connecticut Herald (New Haven, CT). May 26, 1807.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). May 27, 1807.
The Courier (Norwich, CT). May 27, 1807.
Litchfield Monitor (Litchfield, CT). May 27, 1807.
The Connecticut Centinel (Norwich, CT). June 2, 1807.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). June 2, 1807.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). April 18, 1808.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). April 20, 1808.
Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT). April 21, 1808.
Tarbox, Increase N., ed. Diary of Thomas Robbins, D.D. Vol. I. Boston: Beacon Press, 1886. 321.
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