Surf Wiki
Save to docs
politics

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1817 Connecticut's at-large congressional district special election

none

none

A special election was held in in 1817 to fill two vacancies in the 15th Congress, both of which had occurred before the start of that Congress. The vacancies were left by the death of members-elect Sylvanus Backus (F) on February 15, 1817, and Charles Dennison (F) who declined the seat.

Election results

As there were two vacancies in an at-large district, the top two candidates were elected to represent Connecticut.

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Ebenezer HuntingtonFederalist5,44929.2%
Nathaniel TerryFederalist4,20122.5%
Sylvester GilbertDemocratic-Republican3,11516.7%
Lyman LawFederalist2,24012.0%
Lewis B. SturgesFederalist1,8299.8%
Epaphroditus ChampionFederalist1,2486.7%
Asa Bacon Jr.Federalist5933.2%

Huntington and Terry took their seats with the rest of the 15th Congress.

Notes

References

References

  1. "A New Nation Votes".
  2. Later elected in [[Connecticut's at-large congressional district special election, 1818. a second special election]]
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

special-elections-to-the-15th-united-states-congress united-states-house-of-representatives-elections-in-connecticut united-states-house-of-representatives-special-elections 1817-united-states-house-of-representatives-elections 1817-connecticut-elections connecticut-special-elections
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1817 Connecticut's at-large congressional district special election — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report