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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