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John Boyd

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Victories

Won 16 out of 36 generals.
Won 0 out of 0 primaries.
Won 16 out of 36 total contests.

Opponents

R. C. Abernathy 1830 General
Andrew Abernathy 1837 General
Normand Adams 1858 General
N Adams 1858 General
William Alexander 1854 General
William Alexander Jr 1854 General
Roger Averill 1856 General
Thomas Backus 1849 General
George H. Baldwin 1868 General
Henry S. Barbour 1862 General
James Bebee 1837 General
R S Beecher 1859 General
Seth P. Beers 1850 General
John D. Boyd 1856 General
Thomas H Brooks 1849 General
John Camp 1859 General
Josiah M. Carter 1856 General
Josiah B Carter 1856 General
Joseph M Carter 1856 General
Joshua M Carter 1856 General
Lewis Catlin, Jr. 1854 General
Lewis Catlin 1854 General
Charles R. Chapman 1849 General
Julius Clark 1851 General
Mason Cleveland 1845 General
Samuel W. Coe 1851 General
Israel Coe 1840 General
Frederick P. Coe 1856 General
Edward S Cone 1849 General
Talcott Crosby 1856 General
W. D. Curtis 1860 General
Albert Day 1856 General
Whitney Elliot 1860 General
William Field 1851 General
Lafayette S. Foster 1851 General
L. S. Foster 1851 General
Lafayette Foster 1850 General
H. M. Foster 1851 General
Daniel Garnett 1830 General
Joseph B. Gay 1856 General
Joseph Gay 1856 General
Giles A. Gaylord 1840 General
V. R. C. Giddings 1862 General
John Gilbert 1830 General
Alvin Gilbert 1851 General
Francis Gillett 1853 General
Hiram Goodwin 1862 General
Miles Grant 1851 General
Gideon Hall 1851 General
John R Harper 1859 General
Francis E. Harrison 1859 General
Henry B. Harrison 1856 General
Lucius J. Hendee 1860 General
Hosea Hiresdah 1840 General
Lambert Hitchcock 1840 General
Roland Hitchcock 1859 General
Roland Hoitchcok 1851 General
Alexander W Holley 1854 General
Charles Huffard 1849 General
Roland Hutchcock 1856 General
Thomas Jarman 1851 General
Silas B. Jerry 1860 General
Daniel B. Kamer 1858 General
Isaac Kellogg 1830 General
Nathaniel I Kellogg 1853 General
Green Kendrick 1851 General
Thomas H. C. Kingsbury 1860 General
Thomas C. Kingsbury 1860 General
Thos. M. C. Kingsbury 1862 General
Erastus Lester 1854 General
Leister Loomis 1840 General
Horace Lord 1851 General
David Marsh 1837 General
Harvey Miller 1862 General
Roger H. Mills 1849 General
Phinhus Minor 1830 General
Frederick Morgan 1853 General
Edward S. Moseley 1868 General
Samuel A. Moss 1849 General
Daniel K. Nash 1845 General
William P. Nash 1860 General
Stephen D. Pardee 1856 General
Stephen D. Pardre 1856 General
William K. Peck 1858 General
William K. Peck, Jr. 1859 General
W. K. Peck, Jr. 1859 General
William B. Peck 1858 General
Wm. K. Peck 1859 General
Edmund Perkins 1849 General
Hiram Perkins 1868 General
Lancelot Phelps 1830 General
Warren Phelps 1840 General
William C. Phelps 1864 General
D. W. Plumb 1849 General
Frederick A. Poe 1856 General
Charles H. Pond 1854 General
C H Pond 1851 General
Burling D. Purdy 1845 General
George Read 1849 General
Thomas Seymour 1851 General
Thomas H. Seymour 1849 General
T. H. Seymour 1851 General
Ths. H. Seymour 1850 General
Tom H. Seymour 1850 General
Thomas S. Seymour 1851 General
T. Seymour 1851 General
Francis Sheffield 1849 General
John C. Smith Sign 1845 General
George G. Sill 1860 General
Samuel Simons 1845 General
Nathan Smith 1849 General
John Cotton Smith 1845 General
Truman Smith 1845 General
John Smith 1845 General
John Cotton Smith, Jr. 1845 General
J.C. Smith, Jr. 1845 General
Nehemiah D. Sperry 1856 General
Stiles G. Sperry 1858 General
Nehemiah Sperry 1856 General
Jeremiah D. Sperry 1856 General
Nathaniel B. Stevens 1862 General
Nathaniel S. Stevens 1860 General
Leman Stone, II 1840 General
Whelock Thager 1840 General
Gideon Tomlinson 1830 General
Isaac Toucey 1850 General
J. Hammond Trumbull 1862 General
Jonathan H. Trumbull 1856 General
Narnmore Trumbull 1856 General
H A Vanderbilt 1851 General
John T. Wait 1856 General
J. T. Wait 1854 General
Luman Wakefield 1840 General
Daniel D. Warner 1858 General
Miriam Weed 1849 General
Leverett W Wessells 1868 General
Henry White 1851 General
George W. Whitmore 1851 General
Frederick D. Whittlesey 1859 General
Francis D. Whittlesey 1859 General
Francis C. Whittlesey 1859 General
Ephraim Williams, Jr. 1860 General
Ephraim Williams 1859 General
Edward Williams, Jr 1858 General
John G. Witmore 1862 General
Daniel Wood 1856 General
Erastus S. Woodford 1859 General
Morris Woodruff 1830 General
Ashbel Woodward 1853 General
Levi Yale 1849 General

John Boyd

Past Contests

Date Stage Office District Candidates
1868Apr 6 General Election Treasurer State of Connecticut
Edward S. Moseley won (51%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Edward S. Moseley
winner
50,456 50.8%
Leverett W Wessells
 48,823 49.2%
George H. Baldwin
 1 0.0%
John Boyd
 1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 99,281  
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1868Apr 6 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (56%) against Hiram Perkins. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
606 56.4%
Hiram Perkins
 468 43.6%
Total Votes Cast 1,074  
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1867Apr 1 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (54%) against Hiram Perkins. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
550 54.5%
Hiram Perkins
 460 45.5%
Total Votes Cast 1,010  
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1866Apr 2 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (57%) against Normand Adams. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
521 56.6%
Normand Adams
 399 43.4%
Total Votes Cast 920  
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1865Apr 3 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (65%) against Hiram Perkins. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
508 65.0%
Hiram Perkins
 274 35.0%
Total Votes Cast 782  
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1864Apr 4 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (58%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
482 58.4%
Hiram Perkins
 342 41.5%
William C. Phelps
 1 0.1%
Total Votes Cast 825  
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1863Apr 6 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (59%) against Hiram Perkins. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
519 58.9%
Hiram Perkins
 362 41.1%
Total Votes Cast 881  
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1862Apr 7 General Election Secretary of the State State of Connecticut
J. Hammond Trumbull won (56%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
J. Hammond Trumbull
winner
39,719 56.3%
Nathaniel B. Stevens
 30,810 43.7%
John Boyd
 1 0.0%
Thos. M. C. Kingsbury
 1 0.0%
Harvey Miller
 1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 70,532  
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1862Apr 14 General Election State Senator District 15
Hiram Goodwin won (59%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Hiram Goodwin
winner
1,615 58.5%
Roland Hitchcock
 1,142 41.4%
Henry S. Barbour
 1 0.0%
John Boyd
 1 0.0%
V. R. C. Giddings
 1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 2,760  
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1862Apr 7 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (88%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
494 87.6%
Hiram Perkins
 69 12.2%
John G. Witmore
 1 0.2%
Total Votes Cast 564  
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1861Apr 1 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Camp won (50%) against John Boyd. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Camp
winner
505 50.2%
John Boyd
 501 49.8%
Total Votes Cast 1,006  
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1860Apr 4 General Election Secretary of the State State of Connecticut
John Boyd won (50%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
44,074 50.1%
Nathaniel B. Stevens
 43,456 49.4%
Nathaniel S. Stevens
 285 0.3%
Thomas H. C. Kingsbury
 93 0.1%
Lucius J. Hendee
 92 0.1%
Ephraim Williams, Jr.
 2 0.0%
W. D. Curtis
 1 0.0%
Whitney Elliot
 1 0.0%
...and 2 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 88,050  
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1860Apr 4 General Election Treasurer State of Connecticut
Lucius J. Hendee won (50%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Lucius J. Hendee
winner
44,425 50.3%
Thomas H C Kingsbury
 43,177 48.9%
Thomas C. Kingsbury
 521 0.6%
Nathaniel B. Stevens
 93 0.1%
John Boyd
 92 0.1%
Silas B. Jerry
 1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 88,309  
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1860Apr 4 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (52%) against John Camp. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
517 51.9%
John Camp
 479 48.1%
Total Votes Cast 996  
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1859Apr 6 General Election Secretary of the State State of Connecticut
John Boyd won (51%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
39,785 50.6%
Ephraim Williams, Jr.
 37,362 47.5%
Ephraim Williams
 1,282 1.6%
Francis D. Whittlesey
 145 0.2%
William K. Peck, Jr.
 54 0.1%
Francis E. Harrison
 35 0.0%
W. K. Peck, Jr.
 13 0.0%
Frederick D. Whittlesey
 10 0.0%
...and 2 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 78,708  
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1859Apr 6 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (50%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
483 50.5%
John R Harper
 422 44.1%
Erastus S. Woodford
 47 4.9%
R S Beecher
 2 0.2%
Roland Hitchcock
 2 0.2%
John Camp
 1 0.1%
Total Votes Cast 957  
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1858Apr 7 General Election Secretary of the State State of Connecticut
John Boyd won (45%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
31,423 44.9%
Ephraim Williams, Jr.
 31,070 44.4%
William K. Peck
 4,080 5.8%
Ephraim Williams
 1,742 2.5%
William K. Peck, Jr.
 825 1.2%
Daniel D. Warner
 594 0.9%
Daniel B. Kamer
 133 0.2%
Edward Williams, Jr
 125 0.2%
...and 2 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 70,063  
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1858Apr 22 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (57%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
502 57.0%
Normand Adams
 376 42.7%
N Adams
 3 0.3%
Total Votes Cast 881  
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1857Apr 23 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (53%) against Roland Hitchcock. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
428 52.8%
Roland Hitchcock
 382 47.2%
Total Votes Cast 810  
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1856Apr 2 General Election Lieutenant Governor State of Connecticut
John T. Wait won (49%) against 8 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John T. Wait
winner
32,657 48.9%
Albert Day
 25,910 38.8%
Henry B. Harrison
 6,920 10.4%
Josiah M. Carter
 1,215 1.8%
John Boyd
 15 0.0%
Josiah B Carter
 14 0.0%
Joshua M Carter
 10 0.0%
Joseph M Carter
 5 0.0%
...and 1 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 66,855  
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1856Apr 2 General Election Secretary of the State State of Connecticut
Roger Averill won (49%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Roger Averill
winner
32,645 49.1%
Nehemiah D. Sperry
 25,434 38.3%
John Boyd
 6,833 10.3%
J. Hammond Trumbull
 1,115 1.7%
Jeremiah D. Sperry
 140 0.2%
Joseph B. Gay
 94 0.1%
Nehemiah Sperry
 85 0.1%
Stephen D. Pardre
 35 0.1%
...and 2 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 66,464  
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1856Apr 2 General Election Treasurer State of Connecticut
Talcott Crosby won (61%) against 8 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Talcott Crosby
winner
32,643 61.4%
Frederick P. Coe
 25,703 48.4%
Joseph B. Gay
 6,850 12.9%
Stephen D. Pardee
 1,137 2.1%
Frederick A. Poe
 183 0.3%
John Boyd
 83 0.2%
J. Hammond Trumbull
 75 0.1%
Jonathan H. Trumbull
 6 0.0%
...and 1 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 53,164  
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1856Apr 2 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
John Boyd won (51%) against Roland Hutchcock. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
360 50.9%
Roland Hutchcock
 347 49.1%
Total Votes Cast 707  
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1854Apr 5 General Election Lieutenant Governor State of Connecticut
John T. Wait won (46%) against 7 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John T. Wait
winner
28,397 45.8%
Alexander W Holley
 19,274 31.1%
Erastus Lester
 11,332 18.3%
William Alexander
 2,563 4.1%
J. T. Wait
 4 0.0%
William Alexander Jr
 1 0.0%
John Boyd
 1 0.0%
Charles H. Pond
 1 0.0%
All Other Votes
 112 0.2%
Total Votes Cast 61,974  
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1854Apr 10 General Election State Senator District 15
John Boyd won (54%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
John Boyd
winner
1,445 54.2%
Lewis Catlin, Jr.
 1,220 45.8%
Lewis Catlin
 1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 2,666  
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1853Apr 6 General Election Lieutenant Governor State of Connecticut
Charles H. Pond won (51%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Charles H. Pond
winner
30,926 51.2%
Nathaniel I Kellogg
 20,815 34.4%
John Boyd
 8,695 14.4%
Francis Gillett
 1 0.0%
Frederick Morgan
 1 0.0%
Ashbel Woodward
 1 0.0%
All Other Votes
 0 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 60,439  
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1851Apr 2 General Election Governor State of Connecticut
Thomas H. Seymour won (49%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Thomas H. Seymour
winner
30,077 48.9%
Lafayette S. Foster
 28,856 46.9%
John Boyd
 2,530 4.1%
Thomas Seymour
 3 0.0%
L. S. Foster
 2 0.0%
T. H. Seymour
 2 0.0%
Thomas S. Seymour
 2 0.0%
Horace Lord
 1 0.0%
...and 2 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 61,482  
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1851Apr 2 General Election Lieutenant Governor State of Connecticut
Charles H. Pond won (49%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Charles H. Pond
winner
30,065 48.9%
Green Kendrick
 28,905 47.0%
William Field
 2,559 4.2%
John Boyd
 6 0.0%
Julius Clark
 1 0.0%
Thomas Jarman
 1 0.0%
Roger H. Mills
 1 0.0%
C H Pond
 1 0.0%
...and 2 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 61,545  
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1851Apr 2 General Election Judge of Probate District Winchester
Roland Hoitchcok won (67%) against 7 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Roland Hoitchcok
winner
336 66.5%
Samuel W. Coe
 118 23.4%
John Camp
 38 7.5%
Gideon Hall
 7 1.4%
Miles Grant
 3 0.6%
John Boyd
 1 0.2%
Alvin Gilbert
 1 0.2%
George W. Whitmore
 1 0.2%
Total Votes Cast 505  
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1850Apr 3 General Election Governor State of Connecticut
Thomas H. Seymour won (47%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Thomas H. Seymour
winner
28,428 47.4%
Lafayette S. Foster
 27,780 46.3%
John Boyd
 2,877 4.8%
Lafayette Foster
 428 0.7%
Ths. H. Seymour
 378 0.6%
Thomas Seymour
 115 0.2%
Julius Clark
 5 0.0%
Seth P. Beers
 2 0.0%
...and 2 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 60,026  
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1849Apr 4 General Election Lieutenant Governor State of Connecticut
Thomas Backus won (49%) against 7 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Backus
winner
28,036 49.4%
Charles H. Pond
 25,235 44.5%
John Boyd
 3,493 6.2%
Thomas H Brooks
 1 0.0%
Edward S Cone
 1 0.0%
Charles Huffard
 1 0.0%
Thomas H. Seymour
 1 0.0%
Levi Yale
 1 0.0%
All Other Votes
 0 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 56,769  
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1849Apr 4 General Election Secretary of the State State of Connecticut
Roger H. Mills won (49%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Roger H. Mills
winner
28,059 49.4%
Miriam Weed
 25,210 44.4%
Edmund Perkins
 3,487 6.1%
Francis Sheffield
 18 0.0%
George Read
 2 0.0%
John Boyd
 1 0.0%
Charles Chapman
 1 0.0%
Samuel A. Moss
 1 0.0%
...and 2 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 56,784  
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1845Apr 2 General Election Representative in Congress District 4
Truman Smith won (52%) against 10 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Truman Smith
winner
8,957 51.7%
John Cotton Smith, Jr.
 7,166 41.4%
Daniel K. Nash
 658 3.8%
John Cotton Smith
 270 1.6%
John Smith
 137 0.8%
Mason Cleveland
 129 0.7%
J.C. Smith, Jr.
 5 0.0%
Samuel Simons
 3 0.0%
...and 3 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 17,328  
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1840Apr 13 General Election State Senator District 15
Lambert Hitchcock won (53%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Lambert Hitchcock
winner
1,451 53.0%
Warren Phelps
 1,207 44.1%
Giles A. Gaylord
 38 1.4%
Luman Wakefield
 36 1.3%
Whelock Thager
 2 0.1%
John Boyd
 1 0.0%
Israel Coe
 1 0.0%
Hosea Hiresdah
 1 0.0%
...and 2 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 2,739  
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1837Apr 10 General Election State Senator District 15
James Bebee won (53%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
James Bebee
winner
1,291 52.8%
David Marsh
 1,151 47.1%
Andrew Abernathy
 1 0.0%
John Boyd
 1 0.0%
Total Votes Cast 2,444  
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1830Apr 12 General Election State Senator District 15
Phinhus Minor won (67%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
Candidate Votes %
Phinhus Minor
winner
936 67.4%
R. C. Abernathy
 393 28.3%
Lancelot Phelps
 50 3.6%
John Boyd
 2 0.1%
Morris Woodruff
 2 0.1%
Andrew Abernathy
 1 0.1%
Daniel Garnett
 1 0.1%
John Gilbert
 1 0.1%
...and 2 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast 1,389  
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