1854 Connecticut gubernatorial election
id:
1854-connecticut-gubernatorial-election-298-16204347
title:
1854 Connecticut gubernatorial election
text:
The 1854 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 3, 1854. Former state legislator and Whig Party nominee Henry Dutton defeated former congressman and Democratic nominee Samuel Ingham and former congressman Charles Chapman with 31.89% of the vote. Although Ingham won a large plurality of the vote, he did not receive a majority. As a result, the Connecticut General Assembly elected the governor, per the state constitution. Dutton won the vote over Ingham, 140 to 93, in the General Ass
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1854_Connecticut_gubernatorial_election
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-03T23:15:17Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q104856815","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q104856815"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/1854_Connecticut_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg","width":800,"height":582}
fields total:
13
integrity:
14