1818 Connecticut's at-large congressional district special election explained

In 1818, Uriel Holmes (F) of resigned from the House. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[1]	Percent
	Sylvester Gilbert		Democratic-Republican	4,561	48.6%
	Lyman Law		Federalist	2,232	23.8%
	Asa Bacon, Jr.		Federalist	1,429	15.2%
	Epaphroditus Champion		Federalist	661	7.0%
	Lewis B. Sturges		Federalist	172	1.8%
	Charles Dennison		Federalist	141	1.5%
	Nathan Smith		Federalist	103	1.1%

Gilbert took his seat November 16, 1818^[2] at the start of the Second Session.

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Connecticut 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, Special . January 23, 2019 . . Tufts Digital Collations and Archives . A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825.
2. Web site: Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 . November 2, 2018 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . History.house.gov ., footnote 6