1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election Connecticut Presidential no 1850 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1850 1852 Connecticut gubernatorial election 1852 April 7, 1851 ThomasHartSeymour (3x4b).jpg Thomas H. Seymour Democratic Party (United States) 30,077 48.94% 122 L.F.S. Foster, Senator from Connecticut, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length portrait LCCN2010649217 (3x4a).jpg Lafayette S. Foster Whig Party (United States) 28,856 46.95% 121 220px County results 220px Municipality results Seymour: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%Foster: #FEE391 40–50% #FED463 50–60% #FE9929 60–70% #EC7014 70–80% Governor Thomas H. Seymour Democratic Party (United States) Thomas H. Seymour Democratic Party (United States) The 1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1851. April 5, 1851 Correspondence of The Republic https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014434/1851-04-05/ed-1/seq-3/ The republic Washington, D.C. 3 1 May 2022 It was a rematch of the 1850 Connecticut gubernatorial election. Incumbent governor and Democratic Party nominee Thomas H. Seymour defeated former state legislator and Whig nominee Lafayette S. Foster with 48.94% of the vote. Seymour won a plurality of the vote, but he did not receive a majority. As a result, the Connecticut General Assembly elected the governor, per the state constitution. The Whig Party had a majority in the Connecticut State house, but they were divided over their choice. Seymour won the vote over Foster by a mere one-vote margin, 122 to 121, in the General Assembly, and became the governor."Memorial Sketch of Lafayette S. Foster", Franklin Press (1881), General election Candidates Major party candidates Thomas H. Seymour, Democratic Lafayette S. Foster, Whig Minor party candidates John Boyd, Free Soil Results 1851 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) Thomas H. Seymour (incumbent) 30,077 48.94% Whig Party (United States) Lafayette S. Foster 28,856 46.95% Free Soil Party (United States) John Boyd 2,530 4.12% 1,221 1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election, contingent General Assembly election Democratic Party (United States) Thomas H. Seymour (incumbent) 122 50.21% Whig Party (United States) Lafayette S. Foster 121 49.79% 1 Democratic Party (United States) Whig Party (United States) References 1851 Connecticut Gubernatorial Category:April 1851