The 1853 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 4, 1853. Incumbent governor and

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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 ...

defeated former state legislator and Whig nominee

Henry Dutton Henry Dutton may refer to: * Henry Dutton (politician) (1796–1869), American politician, governor of Connecticut * Henry Dutton (pastoralist) (1844–1914), pastoralist in South Australia * Henry Hampden Dutton (1879–1932), his son, South Austra ...

and former state legislator 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

Francis Gillette Francis Gillette (December 14, 1807 – September 30, 1879) was a politician from Connecticut, USA. He was the father of actor and playwright William Gillette and politician and editor Edward H. Gillette. Gillette was born in Old Windsor, ...

with 51.01% of the vote. Seymour would resign on October 13, 1853, to become Minister to Russia, and

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Charles H. Pond served as

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until the following May.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates *Thomas H. Seymour, Democratic *Henry Dutton, Whig Minor party candidates *Francis Gillette, Free Soil

Results

References

1853

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 1853 events United States gubernatorial elections in the 1850s 1853 in Connecticut {{Connecticut-election-stub