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The1851 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1851.[1] It was a rematch of the1850 Connecticut gubernatorial election. Incumbentgovernor andDemocratic Party nomineeThomas H. Seymour defeated former state legislator andWhig nomineeLafayette S. Foster with 48.94% of the vote.
Seymour won a plurality of the vote, but he did not receive a majority. As a result, theConnecticut General Assembly elected the governor, per the state constitution. The Whig Party had a majority in the Connecticut State house, but they were divided over their choice. Seymour won the vote over Foster by a mere one-vote margin, 122 to 121, in the General Assembly, and became the governor.[2]
Major party candidates
Minor party candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas H. Seymour (incumbent) | 30,077 | 48.94% | ||
| Whig | Lafayette S. Foster | 28,856 | 46.95% | ||
| Free Soil | John Boyd | 2,530 | 4.12% | ||
| Plurality | 1,221 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Thomas H. Seymour (incumbent) | 122 | 50.21% | ||
| Whig | Lafayette S. Foster | 121 | 49.79% | ||
| Majority | 1 | ||||
| Democratichold | Swing | ||||
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