1856 Connecticut lieutenant gubernatorial election

On election day, April 2, 1856, Democratic nominee John T. Wait won a plurality of the vote by a margin of 6,747 votes against his foremost opponent Know Nothing nominee Albert Day. However, as no candidate received a majority of the vote, the election was forwarded to the Connecticut General Assembly, who elected Albert Day, thereby gaining Know Nothing control over the office of lieutenant governor. Day was sworn in as the 47th lieutenant governor of Connecticut on May 7, 1856.^[1]

Connecticut lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1856

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Know Nothing	Albert Day	25,910	38.80
	Democratic	John T. Wait	32,657	48.80
	Republican	Henry Baldwin Harrison	6,920	10.40
		Scattering	1,268	2.00
Total votes			66,855	100.00
	Know Nothing gain from Free Soil