1790 United States House of Representatives election in Connecticut
Connecticut elected all five of its representatives at-large on a general ticket on September 20, 1790.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut at-large 5 seats |
Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. Winner declined to serve and a new member would later be elected in a special election. |
√ Roger Sherman (Pro-Administration) 2,969 votes √ Pierpont Edwards (Pro-Administration) 2,239 votes √ James Hillhouse (Pro-Administration) 2,035 votes √ Jonathan Sturges (Pro-Administration) 1,730 votes √ Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (Pro-Administration) 1,720 votes Tapping Reeve 1,672 votes Jeremiah Wadsworth (Pro-Administration) 1,658 votes Amasa Learned (Pro-Administration) 1,463 votes Stephen M. Mitchell (Pro-Administration) 1,435 votes Benjamin Huntington 1,372 votes John Chester 881 votes James Davenport (Pro-Administration) 786 votes[1] |
| Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. | ||
| Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | 1788 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Pro-Administration hold. Winner declined to serve and the incumbent was re-elected in a special election. |
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There were two subsequent special elections. The first was held to fill the vacancy left by Pierpont Edwards (Pro-Administration) declining to serve and was won by Jeremiah Wadsworth (Pro-Administration). The second was held September 19, 1791 to fill the vacancy left by Roger Sherman (Pro-Administration)'s election to the Senate and was won by Amasa Learned (Pro-Administration).
See also
References
- "Connecticut 1790 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved March 22, 2018., citing The Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). October 22, 1790.
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