1854 Connecticut gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1854 Connecticut gubernatorial election Connecticut Presidential no 1853 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1853 1855 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1855 April 3, 1854 Governor Henry Dutton (3x4a).jpg Henry Dutton Whig Party (United States) 19,465 31.89% 140 3x4.svg Samuel Ingham Democratic Party (United States) 28,338 46.43% 93 Charles Chapman (Connecticut Congressman) (3x4a).jpg Charles Chapman Temperance 10,672 17.49% 220px County results 220px Municipality results Dutton: #FEF4B4 30–40% #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70%English: #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%Chapman: #f2dffc 30–40% #dcb7ef 40–50% #c88fe4 50–60% Governor Charles H. Pond (acting) Democratic Party (United States) Henry Dutton Whig Party (United States) The 1854 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 3, 1854. April 2, 1854 The Election in Connecticut https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82003410/1854-04-02/ed-1/seq-2/ The daily union Washington, D.C. 2 1 May 2022 April 3, 1854 The Connecticut election https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1854-04-03/ed-1/seq-4/ The New York herald New York, N.Y. 4 1 May 2022 April 3, 1854 Personal https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045461/1854-04-03/ed-1/seq-2/ Daily evening star Washington, D.C. 2 1 May 2022 Former state legislator and Whig Party nominee Henry Dutton defeated former congressman and Democratic nominee Samuel Ingham and former congressman Charles Chapman with 31.89% of the vote. Although Ingham won a large plurality of the vote, he did not receive a majority. As a result, the Connecticut General Assembly elected the governor, per the state constitution. Dutton won the vote over Ingham, 140 to 93, in the General Assembly, and became the governor. This was the first of two elections in which Ingham would receive a plurality of more than 10% in the popular vote and lose the election, the second being 1856. Dutton won even though he earned a smaller percentage of the popular vote than the previous four elections that the Whigs lost, winning with fewer than one third of the votes. The deterioration of the Whig vote share was similar to the national party collapse, as part of the political transition from the Second Party System to the Third Party System. This was the last time the Whigs won election to the governor's office, the last time the Whigs would finish second in the popular vote, and the last such election in which the Free Soil Party participated. General election Candidates Major party candidates Henry Dutton, Whig Samuel Ingham, Democratic Minor party candidates Charles Chapman, Temperance John Hooker, Free Soil Results 1854 Connecticut gubernatorial electionDubin Michael J. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County McFarland & Company 2003 9780786414390 Jefferson 24 Democratic Party (United States) Samuel Ingham 28,338 46.43% Whig Party (United States) Henry Dutton 19,465 31.89% Temperance Charles Chapman 10,672 17.49% Free Soil Party (United States) John Hooker 2,560 4.19% 8,873 1854 Connecticut gubernatorial election, contingent General Assembly election Whig Party (United States) Henry Dutton 140 60.09% Democratic Party (United States) Samuel Ingham 93 39.91% 47 Whig Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References 1854 Connecticut Gubernatorial Category:April 1854