Mapping Early American Elections


18th Congress: Connecticut 1823

Connecticut elected six Democratic-Republicans to the Eighteenth Congress.

Following the 1820 Census, Connecticut lost 1 seat in the House of Representatives.

Connecticut used a statewide at-large system for electing members to Congress.

District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
At-large Gideon Tomlinson Democratic-Republican 5,304 16.2%
At-large Other candidates 5,261 15.3%
At-large Ebenezer Stoddard Democratic-Republican 5,119 15.6%
At-large Ansel Sterling Democratic-Republican 5,106 15.6%
At-large Lemuel Whitman Democratic-Republican 4,243 12.9%
At-large Noyes Barber Democratic-Republican 4,164 12.7%
At-large Samuel A. Foote Democratic-Republican 3,622 11%

In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.

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