The 1805 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 11, 1805. Incumbent FederalistGovernorJonathan Trumbull Jr. won re-election to an eighth full term, defeating Democratic-Republican candidate William Hart in a re-match of the previous year's election.
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^Some sources record the result as Trumbull 13,689, Hart 8,223; this includes 989 votes for Trumbull and 413 for Hart rejected by the General Assembly.