The April 1876 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 3, 1876. Incumbent

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and

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nominee

Charles R. Ingersoll Charles Roberts Ingersoll (September 16, 1821 – January 25, 1903) was an American lawyer and the 47th Governor of Connecticut from 1873 to 1877.''Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased during the Academical Year ending in ...

defeated Republican nominee H. Robinson with 51.85% of the vote. This was the last gubernatorial election held in April, and the only one to elect the

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to a term just short of eight months, from May 7, 1876, to January 3, 1877.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates *Charles R. Ingersoll, Democratic *H. Robinson, Republican Other candidates *Charles Atwater, Greenback *Henry D. Smith, Prohibition

Results

References

Connecticut gubernatorial elections

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