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1810 Connecticut gubernatorial election Connecticut presidential no 1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1809 1811 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1811 April 9, 1810 120px John Treadwell Federalist Party (United States) 121 10,265 49.50% 100px Asa Spalding Democratic-Republican Party (United States) 42 7,185 34.65% 100px Roger Griswold Federalist Party (United States) 29 3,110 15.00% 220px 220px County results
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The 1810 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 9, 1810. April 25, 1810 Light Dawning! Even upon Connecticut! https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025561/1810-04-25/ed-1/seq-3/ The Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 3 20 December 2021
Federalist Lieutenant Governor John Treadwell had become acting Governor on the death of Governor Jonathan Trumbull Jr. on August 7, 1809.
Treadwell was elected to a term in his own right, defeating Democratic-Republican nominee Asa Spalding and Federalist nominee Roger Griswold.
Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, Treadwell was elected by the Connecticut General Assembly per the Connecticut Charter of 1662.
General election
Candidates
Roger Griswold, Federalist, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Asa Spalding, Democratic-Republican, attorney,Spalding Samuel J. 1872 Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward Spalding, of Massachusetts Bay, and his descendants https://archive.org/details/spaldingmemorialcad00spal/page/n125/mode/2up Boston Alfred Mudge & Son 94–96 Pease John C. Niles John M. 1819 A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island https://books.google.com/books?id=yiUnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA149 Hartford William S. Marsh 149 9780740427732 Democratic-Republican nominee for Governor in 1809
John Treadwell, Federalist, incumbent Governor
Griswold was also a candidate in the concurrent election for Lieutenant Governor.
Results
1810 Connecticut gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=217898 CT Governor, 1810 Our Campaigns 20 December 2021Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books Westport, CT 1979 38–39 0-930466-17-9Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 44 1-56802-396-0 Dubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County McFarland 2003 17 978-0-7864-1439-0 Jefferson, North Carolina Kallenbach Joseph E. Kallenbach Jessamine S. 1977 American State Governors, 1776-1976 I Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Oceana Publications, Inc. 92 0-379-00665-0 Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Connecticut 1810 Governor A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 20 December 2021 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/xd07gt55p May 21, 1810 Connecticut Federalism https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016082/1810-05-21/ed-1/seq-2/ Portland gazette and Maine advertiser Portland, Me. 2 20 December 2021
Federalist Party (United States) John Treadwell (incumbent) 10,265 49.50%
Democratic-Republican Party (United States) Asa Spalding 7,185 34.65%
Federalist Party (United States) Roger Griswold 3,110 15.00%
Scattering 177 0.85%
3,080 14.85%
20,737
Legislative election
As no candidate received a majority of the vote, the Connecticut General Assembly was required to decide the election, the House of Representatives making a choice with the concurrence of the Executive Council. The legislative election was held on May 11, 1810. May 23, 1810 Hartford, May 17 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025561/1810-05-23/ed-1/seq-2/ The Rhode-Island Republican Newport, R.I. 2 20 December 2021
Connecticut House of Representatives election Tufts University Tufts Digital Collations and Archives Connecticut 1810 Governor, Ballot 2 A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 20 December 2021 https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/r781wg74c May 25, 1810 In Connecticut https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024710/1810-05-25/ed-1/seq-3/ Virginia Argus Richmond, Va. 3 20 December 2021
Federalist Party (United States) John Treadwell (incumbent) 121 63.02%
Democratic-Republican Party Asa Spalding 42 21.88%
Federalist Party (United States) Roger Griswold 29 15.10%
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The Executive Council concurred unanimously in the House of Representatives' choice of Treadwell.
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