1823 Connecticut lieutenant gubernatorial election

1823 Connecticut lieutenant gubernatorial election
April 7, 1823
 
Nominee David Plant Elias Perkins Zephaniah Swift
Party National Republican National Republican Federalist
Popular vote 5,443 4,147 1,688
Percentage 45.20% 34.50% 14.00%
Plant:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
Perkins:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
Swift:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Pitkin:      50–60%      60–70%
Tie:      40–50%      50%
No Data/Vote:      
Lieutenant Governor before election

Vacant

 Elected Lieutenant Governor

David Plant
National Republican

The 1823 Connecticut lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1823, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Connecticut. National Republican candidate and former Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives David Plant received a plurality of the votes against National Republican candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's at-large district Elias Perkins and Federalist candidate and former Chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court Zephaniah Swift. However, since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, David Plant was elected by the Connecticut General Assembly per the Connecticut Charter of 1662.

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