1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election

| country = Connecticut

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1808 Connecticut gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1808

| next_election = 1810 Connecticut gubernatorial election

| next_year = 1810

| election_date = April 10, 1809

| image1 = 120px

| nominee1 = Jonathan Trumbull Jr.

| party1 = Federalist Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 14,650

| percentage1 = 63.81%

| image2 = 100px

| nominee2 = Asa Spalding

| party2 = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 8,159

| percentage2 = 35.54%

| map_image = 220px

| map_size = 220px

| map_caption = County results

Trumbull: {{legend0|#8DA9E2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#678CD7|60–70%}} {{legend0|#4170CD|70–80%}}
Spalding: {{legend0|#73bc84|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 1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 10, 1809.{{cite news |author= |date=April 24, 1809 |title=Hartford (Con.) April 13. |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016082/1809-04-24/ed-1/seq-1/ |work=Portland gazette and Maine advertiser |location=Portland, Me. |page=1 |access-date=19 December 2021 }}

Incumbent Federalist Governor Jonathan Trumbull Jr. won re-election to a twelfth term, defeating Democratic-Republican nominee Asa Spalding with 63.81% of the vote.

General election

=Candidates=

Asa Spalding, Democratic-Republican, attorney,{{cite book |last=Spalding |first=Samuel J. |date=1872 |title=Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward Spalding, of Massachusetts Bay, and his descendants |url=https://archive.org/details/spaldingmemorialcad00spal/page/n125/mode/2up |location=Boston |publisher=Alfred Mudge & Son |pages=94–96 }}{{cite book |last1=Pease |first1=John C. |last2=Niles |first2=John M. |date=1819 |title=A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yiUnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA149 |location=Hartford |publisher=William S. Marsh |page=149 |isbn=9780740427732 }} Democratic-Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807 and 1808, Democratic-Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 1807 special election
Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Federalist, incumbent Governor

=Results=

{{Election box begin | title=1809 Connecticut gubernatorial election{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=218384 |title=CT Governor, 1809 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=19 December 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 1809 Governor |series=A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825 |access-date=19 December 2021 |url=https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/ft848r10n }}{{efn|All 20th Century sources give Spalding's total as 8,159. Two newspapers from 1809 give Spalding's total as 8,150.{{cite news |author= |date=May 19, 1809 |title=Washington City. Friday, May 19 |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045242/1809-05-19/ed-1/seq-2/ |work=The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser |location=Washington City, D.C. |page=2 |access-date=19 December 2021 }}{{cite news |author= |date=May 23, 1809 |title=The total votes given in for Governor of Connecticut |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024736/1809-05-23/ed-1/seq-2/ |work=The enquirer |location=Richmond, Va. |page=2 |access-date=19 December 2021 }} }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

| party = Federalist Party (United States)

| candidate = Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (incumbent)

| votes = 14,650

| percentage = 63.81%

| change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

| party = Democratic-Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Asa Spalding

| votes = 8,159

| percentage = 35.54%

| change =

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{{Election box candidate|

| party = Scattering

| candidate =

| votes = 149

| percentage = 0.65%

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{{Election box majority|

| votes = 6,491

| percentage = 28.27%

| change =

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{{Election box turnout|

| votes = 22,958

| percentage =

| change =

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{{Election box hold with party link|

| winner = Federalist Party (United States)

| loser =

| swing =

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