1867 Connecticut gubernatorial election

1867 Connecticut gubernatorial election
April 1, 1867
 
Nominee James E. English Joseph Roswell Hawley
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 47,565 46,578
Percentage 50.52% 49.47%
English:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Hawley:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Joseph Roswell Hawley
Republican

 Elected Governor

James E. English
Democratic

The 1867 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 1, 1867. It was a rematch of the 1866 Connecticut gubernatorial election. Democratic nominee James E. English defeated incumbent governor, former Civil War general and Republican nominee Joseph Roswell Hawley with 50.52% of the vote.

As this was held shortly after the end of American Civil War, some aspects of the National Union Party were still present. The Republican convention held in New Haven on January 25 still sometimes referred to itself as the "Union Republican" convention.[1] All references to the National Union label were dropped by the end of the 1860s.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

  • James E. English, Democratic
  • Joseph Roswell Hawley, Republican/National Union

Results

1867 Connecticut gubernatorial election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic James E. English 47,565 50.52%
Republican Joseph Roswell Hawley (incumbent) 46,578 49.47%
Other Others 11 0.01%
Majority 987
Turnout
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Connecticut; The Republican State Convention", The New York Times (January 24, 1867),
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns". Retrieved September 13, 2020.


This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.