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1847 Oct 4 :: State of Connecticut :: Question 1 :: Constitutional AmendmentEvery male citizen of the United States, who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, who shall have resided in this state for a term of one year next preceding, and in the town in which he may offer himself to he admitted to the privileges of an elector at least six months next preceding the time he may so offer himself, and shall sustain a good moral character, shall on taking such oath as may be prescribed by law, be an elector.

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1847 Oct 4 :: State of Connecticut :: Question 1 :: Constitutional AmendmentEvery male citizen of the United States, who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, who shall have resided in this state for a term of one year next preceding, and in the town in which he may offer himself to he admitted to the privileges of an elector at least six months next preceding the time he may so offer himself, and shall sustain a good moral character, shall on taking such oath as may be prescribed by law, be an elector.

Ballot Question Results

View results as: # | %  
City/Town
Yes
No
Total Votes Cast
Totals
 
5,353
19,148
24,501
Ashford
 
38
83
121
Avon
 
31
79
110
Barkhamsted
 
31
135
166
Berlin
 
131
205
336
Bethany
 
3
75
78
Bethlehem
 
6
85
91
Bloomfield
 
39
157
196
Bolton
 
8
68
76
Bozrah
 
21
113
134
Branford
 
0
102
102
Bridgeport
 
21
117
138
Bristol
 
83
163
246
Brookfield
 
12
110
122
Brooklyn
 
45
57
102
Burlington
 
25
130
155
Canaan
 
25
162
187
Canterbury
 
22
101
123
Canton
 
59
120
179
Chaplin
 
49
49
98
Chatham
 
25
57
82
Cheshire
 
25
121
146
Chester
 
46
61
107
Clinton
 
12
72
84
Colchester
 
15
180
195
Colebrook
 
33
93
126
Columbia
 
10
89
99
Cornwall
 
30
105
135
Coventry
 
43
159
202
Danbury
 
45
281
326
Darien
 
20
62
82
Derby
 
48
172
220
Durham
 
17
96
113
E. Haddam
 
30
184
214
E. Hartford
 
33
118
151
E. Haven
 
13
49
62
E. Lyme
 
8
87
95
E. Windsor
 
18
110
128
Eastford
 
53
60
113
Easton
 
4
85
89
Ellington
 
0
0
0
Enfield
 
39
112
151
Fairfield
 
1
74
75
Farmington
 
99
96
195
Franklin
 
16
127
143
Glastonbury
 
32
145
177
Goshen
 
6
128
134
Granby
 
19
216
235
Greenwich
 
28
249
277
Griswold
 
13
100
113
Groton
 
5
128
133
Guilford
 
84
160
244
Haddam
 
134
15
149
Hamden
 
6
96
102
Hampton
 
59
30
89
Hartford
 
388
732
1,120
Hartland
 
11
99
110
Harwinton
 
43
107
150
Hebron
 
31
204
235
Huntington
 
8
152
160
Kent
 
4
101
105
Killingly
 
88
148
236
Killingworth
 
9
78
87
Lebanon
 
44
139
183
Ledyard
 
0
132
132
Lisbon
 
22
71
93
Litchfield
 
22
482
504
Lyme
 
31
142
173
Madison
 
28
84
112
Manchester
 
50
129
179
Mansfield
 
56
115
171
Marlborough
 
72
15
87
Meriden
 
145
148
293
Middlebury
 
7
82
89
Middletown
 
118
511
629
Milford
 
42
94
136
Monroe
 
10
82
92
Montville
 
22
85
107
Naugatuck
 
27
148
175
New Canaan
 
17
156
173
New Fairfield
 
1
93
94
New Hartford
 
44
84
128
New Haven
 
462
642
1,104
New London
 
82
259
341
New Milford
 
56
337
393
Newtown
 
20
230
250
Norfolk
 
0
0
0
N. Branford
 
4
58
62
N. Haven
 
10
71
81
N. Stonington
 
3
151
154
Norwalk
 
28
193
221
Norwich
 
101
211
312
Orange
 
8
111
119
Oxford
 
1
158
159
Plainfield
 
24
177
201
Plymouth
 
95
163
258
Pomfret
 
70
36
106
Portland
 
18
137
155
Preston
 
2
193
195
Prospect
 
32
59
91
Redding
 
1
116
117
Ridgefield
 
2
94
96
Rocky Hill
 
13
58
71
Roxbury
 
18
109
127
Salem
 
10
77
87
Salisbury
 
6
158
164
Saybrook
 
65
176
241
Sharon
 
6
180
186
Sherman
 
28
79
107
Simsbury
 
28
166
194
Somers
 
29
90
119
S. Windsor
 
20
133
153
Southbury
 
13
175
188
Southington
 
52
199
251
Stafford
 
66
142
208
Stamford
 
16
161
177
Sterling
 
2
111
113
Stonington
 
33
260
293
Stratford
 
32
38
70
Suffield
 
58
195
253
Thompson
 
121
91
212
Tolland
 
46
70
116
Torrington
 
58
140
198
Trumbull
 
4
119
123
Union
 
21
82
103
Vernon
 
32
66
98
Voluntown
 
15
77
92
Wallingford
 
17
159
176
Warren
 
0
0
0
Washington
 
60
126
186
Waterbury
 
57
171
228
Waterford
 
6
108
114
Watertown
 
50
95
145
Westbrook
 
47
55
102
Weston
 
0
54
54
Westport
 
3
99
102
Wethersfield
 
33
118
151
Willington
 
26
99
125
Wilton
 
1
121
122
Winchester
 
80
167
247
Windham
 
74
132
206
Windsor
 
10
171
181
Wolcott
 
10
74
84
Woodbridge
 
3
85
88
Woodbury
 
7
325
332
Woodstock
 
0
0
0
Totals
 
5,353
19,148
24,501