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1856 Apr 2 :: General Election :: Comptroller :: State of Connecticut

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Candidates
 
Thomas Cowles - winner
 
 
Edward Prentis
 
 
John T. Adams
 
 
Albert N. Baldwin
 
 
John T. Wait
 
 
Alfred K. Baldwin
 
 
Albert M. Baldwin
 
 
Abner K. Baldwin
 
 
A. K. Baldwin
 
 
J. A. Hovey
 
 
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1856 Apr 2 :: General Election :: Comptroller :: State of Connecticut

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City/Town
Cowles
Prentis
Adams
Baldwin
Wait
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Hovey
All Other Votes Total Votes Cast
Totals
 
32,552
25,938
6,898
1,174
51
20
11
1
1
1
144
66,791
Andover
 
68
35
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
115
Ashford
 
106
49
72
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
227
Avon
 
66
119
13
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
199
Barkhamsted
 
176
79
11
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
283
Berlin
 
215
137
36
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
389
Bethany
 
132
31
9
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
180
Bethel
 
153
70
43
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
274
Bethlehem
 
90
1
64
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
155
Bloomfield
 
169
98
13
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
281
Bolton
 
84
58
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
146
Bozrah
 
86
82
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
184
Branford
 
199
160
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
364
Bridgeport
 
727
645
58
34
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,464
Bristol
 
291
304
25
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
625
Brookfield
 
143
92
13
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
254
Brooklyn
 
91
128
38
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
264
Burlington
 
125
102
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
234
Canaan
 
205
177
33
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
427
Canterbury
 
155
66
67
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
288
Canton
 
181
124
90
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
397
Chaplin
 
72
49
26
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
147
Chatham
 
161
135
9
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
307
Cheshire
 
196
101
32
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
338
Chester
 
97
134
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
238
Clinton
 
71
141
54
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
268
Colchester
 
210
170
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
420
Colebrook
 
119
16
110
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
249
Columbia
 
110
68
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
191
Cornwall
 
131
150
27
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
313
Coventry
 
184
191
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
382
Cromwell
 
148
86
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
244
Danbury
 
435
69
336
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
843
Darien
 
86
74
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
192
Derby
 
249
268
68
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
600
Durham
 
107
120
10
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
239
E. Haddam
 
234
237
41
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
512
E. Hartford
 
230
267
26
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
528
E. Haven
 
185
177
9
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
378
E. Lyme
 
112
136
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
252
E. Windsor
 
208
173
4
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
404
Eastford
 
91
46
41
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
178
Easton
 
172
98
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
275
Ellington
 
146
80
23
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
249
Enfield
 
278
140
172
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
602
Essex
 
149
117
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
274
Fairfield
 
250
342
4
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
606
Farmington
 
249
224
56
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
532
Franklin
 
78
76
24
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
178
Glastonbury
 
339
216
0
2
51
0
0
0
0
0
0
608
Goshen
 
68
126
22
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
219
Granby
 
261
223
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
487
Greenwich
 
305
213
73
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
597
Griswold
 
69
167
22
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
279
Groton
 
201
174
125
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
500
Guilford
 
253
174
95
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
531
Haddam
 
241
257
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
501
Hamden
 
250
126
38
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
421
Hampton
 
72
36
72
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
180
Hartford
 
1,783
1,267
397
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3,451
Hartland
 
101
93
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
195
Harwinton
 
87
94
24
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
211
Hebron
 
152
140
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
309
Huntington
 
126
89
6
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
225
Kent
 
194
92
21
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
316
Killingly
 
264
315
96
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
675
Killingworth
 
161
34
28
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
224
Lebanon
 
143
169
38
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
360
Ledyard
 
159
105
18
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
283
Lisbon
 
100
60
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
193
Litchfield
 
370
194
108
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
680
Lyme
 
123
152
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
281
Madison
 
166
206
33
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
410
Manchester
 
185
265
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
466
Mansfield
 
195
147
35
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
377
Marlborough
 
68
76
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
147
Meriden
 
363
364
129
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
857
Middlebury
 
48
56
8
23
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
135
Middletown
 
740
341
204
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
1,290
Milford
 
215
247
11
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
506
Monroe
 
152
93
9
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
258
Montville
 
186
205
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
395
Naugatuck
 
233
141
26
0
0
20
0
0
0
0
0
420
New Britain
 
420
243
113
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
777
New Canaan
 
171
68
133
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
390
New Fairfield
 
55
25
41
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
121
New Hartford
 
123
193
3
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
328
New Haven
 
2,307
1,699
414
216
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4,636
New London
 
497
438
133
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,072
New Milford
 
443
216
74
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
758
Newtown
 
329
183
23
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
540
Norfolk
 
90
135
47
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
278
N. Branford
 
99
63
40
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
207
N. Haven
 
141
136
8
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
291
N. Stonington
 
194
252
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
450
Norwalk
 
278
363
0
38
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
703
Norwich
 
738
619
138
39
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1,535
Old Saybrook
 
121
83
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
212
Orange
 
109
89
60
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
265
Oxford
 
177
66
22
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
268
Plainfield
 
259
144
109
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
513
Plymouth
 
210
209
60
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
481
Pomfret
 
99
77
67
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
244
Portland
 
343
156
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
502
Preston
 
221
152
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
385
Prospect
 
62
45
19
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
134
Putnam
 
88
187
39
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
314
Redding
 
132
91
8
26
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
258
Ridgefield
 
133
183
10
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
347
Rocky Hill
 
151
66
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
217
Roxbury
 
120
55
22
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
207
Salem
 
78
71
12
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
162
Salisbury
 
176
258
8
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
444
Saybrook
 
62
175
20
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
263
Seymour
 
169
105
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
278
Sharon
 
151
212
12
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
380
Sherman
 
93
92
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
192
Simsbury
 
167
117
28
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
315
Somers
 
144
98
65
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
311
S. Lyme
 
128
114
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
245
S. Windsor
 
170
147
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
321
Southbury
 
163
118
9
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
294
Southington
 
260
250
34
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
550
Stafford
 
304
233
36
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
577
Stamford
 
460
333
25
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
820
Sterling
 
91
75
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
176
Stonington
 
277
307
63
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
655
Stratford
 
159
115
25
34
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
333
Suffield
 
313
178
129
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
621
Thompson
 
138
236
49
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
423
Tolland
 
167
115
14
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
309
Torrington
 
127
168
61
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
358
Trumbull
 
158
128
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
296
Union
 
67
48
34
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
149
Vernon
 
171
210
71
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
453
Voluntown
 
110
18
42
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
170
Wallingford
 
281
198
9
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
505
Warren
 
86
16
52
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
154
Washington
 
138
121
33
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
304
Waterbury
 
539
423
114
46
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1,122
Waterford
 
135
186
13
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
335
Watertown
 
99
140
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
289
W. Hartford
 
101
98
31
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
230
Westbrook
 
86
85
38
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
216
Weston
 
112
41
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
153
Westport
 
215
77
9
47
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
348
Wethersfield
 
185
210
73
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
468
Willington
 
117
86
46
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
249
Wilton
 
0
153
1
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
114
301
Winchester
 
218
119
110
32
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
479
Windham
 
322
184
114
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
635
Windsor
 
230
124
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
357
Windsor Locks
 
149
70
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
222
Wolcott
 
70
18
19
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
113
Woodbridge
 
88
64
4
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
173
Woodbury
 
191
140
34
32
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
397
Woodstock
 
164
129
224
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
517
Totals
 
32,552
25,938
6,898
1,174
51
20
11
1
1
1
144
66,791