Roger Griswold

★ Governor

Born: May 21, 1762
Died: October 25, 1812
Age at death: 50
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1794–1812

Career timeline

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7-1

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Griswold50,505

Opponents201,215

Elections run

Between 1794 and 1812, Roger Griswold ran in 8 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and Governor), winning 7 and losing 1. Griswold's biggest single-election total was 11,721 votes, in the 1812 governor election in Connecticut. Griswold's closest win came in the 1811 governor election in Connecticut, decided by 1,421 votes.

Browse every governor election in Connecticut, every U.S. House race in Connecticut's at-large district, or all 1812 governor races.

How many votes has Roger Griswold received?

Roger Griswold has received 50,505 popular votes across 8 U.S. elections, with a career record of 7–1.

Election history

Roger Griswold’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1812	GovernorConnecticut	Won	11,72183.99%	Elijah Boardman
1811	GovernorConnecticut	Won	10,14852.37%	John Treadwell (head-to-head)
1810	GovernorConnecticut	Lost	3,11015%	John Treadwell (head-to-head) Asa Spalding
1804	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	9,46514.36%	Calvin Goddard (head-to-head) Samuel Dana (head-to-head) John Davenport (head-to-head) Benjamin Tallmadge (head-to-head) John Smith (head-to-head) Jonathan Moseley Timothy Pitkin Lewis Sturges Theodore Dwight Epaph Champion Nathaniel Rossiter Samuel B Sherwood S Backus S Gilbert E Huntington J Caldwell Simeon Baldwin
1800	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	6,60113.4%	John Smith (head-to-head) Benjamin Tallmadge (head-to-head) Samuel Dana (head-to-head) Elias Perkins Calvin Goddard (head-to-head) John Davenport (head-to-head)
1798	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	4,27911.54%	John Allen (head-to-head) Chauncey Goodrich (head-to-head) Samuel Dana (head-to-head) William Edmond (head-to-head) Jonathan Brace John Davenport (head-to-head) Elizur Goodrich Timothy Pitkin Benjamin Talmadge John Smith (head-to-head) Charles Perkins Calvin Goddard Baldwin John Treadwell (head-to-head) Nathaniel Smith (head-to-head) Silas T Hosmer
1796	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	2,40312.91%	Uriah Tracy (head-to-head) Joshua Coit (head-to-head) Zephaniah Swift (head-to-head) Nathaniel Smith (head-to-head) Chauncey Goodrich (head-to-head) Samuel Dana (head-to-head) James Davenport (head-to-head) David Dagget John Allen (head-to-head) William Edmond (head-to-head) John Treadwell (head-to-head) Gid Granger
1794	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	2,7789.95%	James Hillhouse Joshua Coit (head-to-head) Jonathan Trumbull Uriah Tracy (head-to-head) Zephaniah Swift (head-to-head) Chauncey Goodrich (head-to-head) Nathaniel Smith (head-to-head) Samuel Whittlesey Dana James Davenport (head-to-head) William Edmond Allen John Treadwell (head-to-head) David Daggett

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (G000488) and Wikidata (Q680830). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.