1818 Connecticut's at-large congressional district special election

In 1818, Uriel Holmes (F) of Connecticut's at-large district resigned from the House. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Sylvester Gilbert Democratic-Republican 4,561 48.6%
Lyman Law Federalist 2,232 23.8%
Asa Bacon, Jr. Federalist 1,429 15.2%
Epaphroditus Champion Federalist 661 7.0%
Lewis B. Sturges Federalist 172 1.8%
Charles Dennison Federalist 141 1.5%
Nathan Smith Federalist 103 1.1%

Gilbert took his seat November 16, 1818[2] at the start of the Second Session.

See also

References

  1. "Connecticut 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  2. "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 2, 2018 via History.house.gov., footnote 6
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.