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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 |
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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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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
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