1841 Connecticut gubernatorial election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1841 Connecticut gubernatorial election

| country = Connecticut

| type = Presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1840 Connecticut gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 1840

| next_election = 1842 Connecticut gubernatorial election

| next_year = 1842

| election_date = April 5, 1841

| image1 = File:William_Wolcott_Ellsworth (3x4a).jpeg

| nominee1 = William W. Ellsworth

| party1 = Whig Party (United States)

| popular_vote1 = 26,986

| percentage1 = 55.79%

| image2 = File:3x4.svg

| nominee2 = Francis H. Nicoll

| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)

| popular_vote2 = 21,388

| percentage2 = 44.21%

| map_image = 220px

| map_size = 220px

| map_caption = County results

Ellsworth: {{legend0|#FED463|50–60%}}
Nicoll: {{legend0|#7996E2|50–60%}}

| title = Governor

| before_election = William W. Ellsworth

| before_party = Whig Party (United States)

| after_election = William W. Ellsworth

| after_party = Whig Party (United States)

}}

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The 1841 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 5, 1841.{{cite news |author= |date=March 30, 1841 |title=Connecticut |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015015/1841-03-30/ed-1/seq-3/ |work=The Madisonian |location=Washington, D.C. |page=3 |access-date=1 May 2022 }}{{cite news |author= |date=April 1, 1841 |title=Whig State Nominations |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020071/1841-04-01/ed-1/seq-3/ |work=Litchfield enquirer |location=Litchfield, Conn. |page=3 |access-date=1 May 2022 }} Incumbent governor and Whig nominee William W. Ellsworth was re-elected, defeating businessman and Democratic nominee Francis H. Nicoll with 55.79% of the vote.

This was the largest percentage of the vote achieved by the Whig Party in a Connecticut election for governor.

Nicoll had made his fortune in New York City, and moved back to his home town of Stafford some time before 1841. He died on September 27, 1842, at the age of 57.

"[https://books.google.com/books?id=VUc6AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Francis+H.+Nicoll%22+connecticut+1841&pg=PA396 History of Long Island from Its Discovery and Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 2]", Benjamin Franklin Thompson (1843),