1813_Connecticut_gubernatorial_election
1813 Connecticut gubernatorial election
1813 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1813 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 12, 1813.[1]
Federalist Lieutenant Governor John Cotton Smith had become acting Governor on the death of Governor Roger Griswold on October 25, 1812. Smith was elected to a term in his own right, defeating Democratic-Republican nominee Elijah Boardman.