A special election was held in Connecticut's at-large district in 1817[lower-alpha 1] 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.

Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
Ebenezer Huntington Federalist 5,449 29.2%
Nathaniel Terry Federalist 4,201 22.5%
Sylvester Gilbert[2] Democratic-Republican 3,115 16.7%
Lyman Law Federalist 2,240 12.0%
Lewis B. Sturges Federalist 1,829 9.8%
Epaphroditus Champion Federalist 1,248 6.7%
Asa Bacon, Jr. Federalist 593 3.2%

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

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The exact election date is unknown but must have been held between the death of Backus on February 15, 1817 and the May 12, 1817 publication of a news story on the election.

References

  1. ↑ "A New Nation Votes".
  2. ↑ Later elected in a second special election
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