The 1849 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 2, 1849. Former congressman and Whig nominee Joseph Trumbull defeated former congressman and Democratic nominee

Thomas H. Seymour Thomas Hart Seymour (September 29, 1807September 3, 1868) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who served as the 36th governor of Connecticut from 1850 to 1853 and as minister to Russia from 1853 to 1858. He was the leader of ...

as well as former

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and

Free Soil The Free Soil Party was a short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican Party. The party was largely focused on the single issue of opposing the expansion of slavery into ...

nominee John M. Niles with 49.35% of the vote. Niles had previously been the Democratic nominee for this same office in 1840. Trumbull won a plurality of the vote, but fell short of a majority. As a result, the

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elected the governor, per the state constitution. Trumbull won the vote over Seymour 122 to 110 in the General Assembly, and became the governor.
Gov. Joseph Trumbull
, ''National Governors Association'', retrieved 09-15-2020 This was the first of six consecutive elections in which the

Free Soil Party The Free Soil Party was a short-lived coalition political party in the United States active from 1848 to 1854, when it merged into the Republican Party. The party was largely focused on the single issue of opposing the expansion of slavery into ...

participated.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates *Joseph Trumbull, Whig *Thomas H. Seymour, Democratic Minor party candidates *John M. Niles, Free Soil

Results

References

1849

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

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April 1849 events United States gubernatorial elections in the 1840s 1849 in Connecticut {{Connecticut-election-stub