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Thomas Backus

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Victories

Won 3 out of 11 generals.
Won 0 out of 0 primaries.
Won 3 out of 11 total contests.

Opponents

Thomas Backus

Past Contests

Date Stage Office District Candidates
1851Apr 2 General Election Representative in Congress District 3
Chauncey F. Cleveland won (51%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
winner
6,261 50.9%
5,810 47.3%
211 1.7%
2 0.0%
2 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 12,291  
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1850Apr 3 General Election Lieutenant Governor State of Connecticut
Charles H. Pond won (48%) against 8 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
winner
28,942 48.2%
28,213 46.9%
2,938 4.9%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 60,101  
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1849Apr 4 General Election Lieutenant Governor State of Connecticut
Thomas Backus won (49%) against 7 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
winner
28,036 49.4%
25,235 44.5%
3,493 6.2%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
All Other Votes
0 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 56,769  
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1843Apr 5 General Election Representative in Congress District 3
George S. Catlin won (53%) against 8 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
winner
5,582 52.8%
4,332 41.0%
534 5.1%
116 1.1%
2 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 10,570  
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1843Apr 10 General Election State Senator District 14
William Alexander won (49%) against 8 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
winner
1,133 49.0%
875 37.9%
181 7.8%
116 5.0%
2 0.1%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 2,311  
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1841Apr 7 General Election Representative in Congress District 6
John H. Brockway won (57%) against 7 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
winner
4,121 56.6%
3,076 42.0%
99 1.4%
3 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 7,303  
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1839Apr 2 General Election Representative in Congress District 6
John H. Brockway won (52%) against 6 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
winner
3,997 52.4%
3,565 46.7%
52 0.7%
7 0.1%
3 0.0%
2 0.0%
1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 7,627  
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1838Apr 4 General Election Lieutenant Governor State of Connecticut
Charles Hawley won (54%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
winner
27,076 54.1%
21,449 42.8%
1,501 3.0%
23 0.1%
2 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 50,063  
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1838Apr 9 General Election State Senator District 14
Thomas Backus won (59%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
winner
1,291 58.6%
912 41.4%
1 0.1%
Total Votes Cast 2,204  
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1837Apr 10 General Election State Senator District 14
Ichabod Bulkley won (53%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
winner
1,026 52.8%
915 47.1%
1 0.1%
Total Votes Cast 1,942  
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1835Apr 13 General Election State Senator District 14
Thomas Backus won (50%) against Ichabod Bulkley. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
winner
855 50.3%
844 49.7%
Total Votes Cast 1,699  
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