1796 Connecticut lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 1796 Connecticut lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on April 11, 1796, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Connecticut. Federalist candidate and former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Jonathan Trumbull Jr. won a plurality of the vote against Democratic-Republican candidate Jonathan Ingersoll and other candidates. However, as no candidate received a majority of the total votes cast as was required by Connecticut law, the election was forwarded to the Connecticut legislature, who chose Trumbull as lieutenant governor.