1810 Connecticut's at-large congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on September 17, 1810^[1] to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Samuel W. Dana (F) in May, 1810 after being elected to the Senate.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	Ebenezer Huntington		Federalist	2,765	42.5%
	Lyman Law^[3]		Federalist	2,503	38.4%
	Samuel B. Sherwood		Federalist	813	12.5%
	Nathaniel Terry		Federalist	184	2.8%
	Others		(All Federalist)	248	3.8%

Ebenezer Huntington had also run for a seat in the 12th Congress, but lost. He took his seat in the 11th Congress on October 11, 1810^[4]

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Notes and References

1. United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company, 1998).
2. http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=ct.special.congress.1810 A New Nation votes
3. Elected to 12th Congress
4. Web site: 11th Congress membership roster . 2012-12-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121213141131/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/11.pdf . 2012-12-13 . dead .