1818 United States House of Representatives election in Connecticut

Connecticut elected its members September 21, 1818. The delegation changed from seven Federalists to seven Democratic-Republicans due to the retirement of six incumbents and the party-change of the seventh.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[lower-alpha 1]
Connecticut at-large
7 seats on a general ticket
Ebenezer Huntington Federalist 1817 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
James Stevens (Democratic-Republican) 10.3%
Jonathan O. Moseley (Democratic-Republican) 9.8%
Gideon Tomlinson (Democratic-Republican) 9.5%
Elisha Phelps (Democratic-Republican) 8.7%
John Russ (Democratic-Republican) 7.5%
Henry W. Edwards (Democratic-Republican) 7.4%
Samuel A. Foot (Democratic-Republican) 7.3%
David Bolles (Democratic-Republican) 5.9%
Ralph Ingersoll (Democratic-Republican) 5.4%
Noyes Barber (Democratic-Republican) 4.2%
Christopher Manwarring (Democratic-Republican) 4.2%
Orange Merwin (Democratic-Republican) 4.1%
John T. Peters (Democratic-Republican) 4.0%
Calvin Willey (Democratic-Republican) 3.9%
Elisha Tracy (Democratic-Republican) 3.3%
Seth P. Beers (Democratic-Republican) 3.0%
Jonathan O. Moseley Federalist 1804 Incumbent changed parties and re-elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Samuel B. Sherwood Federalist 1816 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Timothy Pitkin Federalist 1805 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Nathaniel Terry Federalist 1817 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Thomas Scott Williams Federalist 1816 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Uriel Holmes Federalist 1816 Incumbent resigned sometime in 1818.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Successor was not elected to finish the term.

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Notes

  1. Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
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