15th Congress: Connecticut 1816
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Connecticut elected seven Federalists to the Fifteenth Congress. Sylvanus Backus received support from both parties.
Mapping this election is not possible because of the lack of returns at the town or county level.
Connecticut used a statewide at-large system for electing members to Congress.
| District | Candidate | Party | Vote | Percentage | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At-large | Sylvanus Backus | Federalist | 9,591 | 13.7% | ✓ Elected |
| At-large | Samuel B. Sherwood | Federalist | 6,301 | 9% | ✓ Elected |
| At-large | Charles Dennison | Federalist | 6,218 | 8.9% | ✓ Elected |
| At-large | Other candidates | 6,197 | 8.8% | Not elected | |
| At-large | Timothy Pitkin, Jr. | Federalist | 6,189 | 8.8% | ✓ Elected |
| At-large | Thomas S. Williams | Federalist | 4,952 | 7.1% | ✓ Elected |
| At-large | Jonathan O. Moseley | Federalist | 4,854 | 6.9% | ✓ Elected |
| At-large | Uriel Holmes, Jr. | Federalist | 4,667 | 6.7% | ✓ Elected |
| At-large | Ebenezer Huntingdon | Federalist | 4,647 | 6.6% | Not elected |
| At-large | Lyman Law | Federalist | 4,453 | 6.3% | Not elected |
| At-large | Lewis B. Sturges | Federalist | 4,375 | 6.2% | Not elected |
| At-large | Epaphroditus Champion | Federalist | 3,913 | 5.6% | Not elected |
| At-large | Asa Bacon, Jr. | Federalist | 3,784 | 5.4% | Not elected |
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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