1806 Connecticut gubernatorial election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1806 Connecticut gubernatorial election

| country = Connecticut

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1805 Connecticut gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1805

| next_election = 1807 Connecticut gubernatorial election

| next_year = 1807

| election_date = April 10, 1806

| image1 = 100px

| nominee1 = Jonathan Trumbull Jr.

| party1 = Federalist Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 13,413

| percentage1 = 58.27%

| image2 = 100px

| nominee2 = William Hart

| party2 = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 9,460

| percentage2 = 41.10%

| map_image = 1806 Connecticut gubernatorial election results map by county.svg

| map_size = 250px

| map_caption = County results
Trumbull: {{legend0|#8DA9E2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#678CD7|60–70%}}
Hart: {{legend0|#73D873|50–60%}}

| title = Governor

| before_election = Jonathan Trumbull Jr.

| before_party = Federalist Party (United States)

| after_election = Jonathan Trumbull Jr.

| after_party = Federalist Party (United States)

}}

The 1806 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 10, 1806. Incumbent Federalist Governor Jonathan Trumbull Jr. won re-election to a ninth full term, defeating Democratic-Republican candidate William Hart in a re-match of the previous year's election.

Results

{{Election box begin | title=1806 Connecticut gubernatorial election{{efn|Some sources record the result as Trumbull 13,586, Hart 9,589; this includes 173 votes for Trumbull and 129 for Hart rejected by the General Assembly.}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=218389 |title=CT Governor, 1806 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=31 May 2021}}{{cite book |last=Glashan |first=Roy R. |title=American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 |publisher=Meckler Books |location=Westport, CT |year=1979 |pages=38–39 |isbn=0-930466-17-9}}{{cite book |title=Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 |year=1998 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Congressional Quarterly Inc. |publication-date=1998 |page=44 |isbn=1-56802-396-0 }}{{cite book |last=Dubin |first=Michael J. |title=United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County |publisher=McFarland |year=2003 |page=17 |isbn=978-0-7864-1439-0 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina }}{{cite book |editor1-last=Kallenbach |editor1-first=Joseph E. |editor2-last=Kallenbach |editor2-first=Jessamine S. |date=1977 |title=American State Governors, 1776-1976 |volume=I |location=Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. |publisher=Oceana Publications, Inc. |page=92 |isbn=0-379-00665-0 }}{{cite web |publisher= Tufts University |work=Tufts Digital Collations and Archives |title=Connecticut 1806 Governor |series=A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 |access-date=31 May 2021 |url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/3j3333177 }}{{cite news |author= |title=In Connecticut |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024710/1806-05-30/ed-1/seq-3/ |work=Virginia Argus |location=Richmond, Va. |date=May 30, 1806 |page=3 |access-date=31 May 2021 }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

| party = Federalist Party (United States)

| candidate = Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (incumbent)

| votes = 13,413

| percentage = 58.27%

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

| party = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = William Hart

| votes = 9,460

| percentage = 41.10%

| change =

}}

{{Election box candidate|

| party = Scattering

| candidate =

| votes = 144

| percentage = 0.63%

| change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

| votes = 3,953

| percentage = 17.17%

| change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

| votes = 23,017

| percentage = 100.00%

| change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

| winner = Federalist Party (United States)

| loser =

| swing =

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