1792 United States House of Representatives election in Connecticut explained

Connecticut gained two seats in reapportionment following the 1790 census.

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates

James HillhousePro-Administration1790Incumbent re-elected.Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (Pro-Admin) 14.1%
James Hillhouse (Pro-Admin) 13.0%
Jonathan Sturges (Pro-Admin) 11.5%
Benjamin Huntington (Pro-Admin) 10.6%
Jeremiah Wadsworth (Pro-Admin) 10.4%
Amasa Learned (Pro-Admin) 9.5%
Stephen M. Mitchell (Pro-Admin) 7.8%
Uriah Tracy (Pro-Admin) 6.3%
Jonathan Ingersoll 5.4%
Asher Miller 4.3%
Zephaniah Swift (Pro-Admin) 4.3%
Tapping Reeve 3.0%
Amasa LearnedPro-Administration1791 (Special)Incumbent re-elected.
Jonathan SturgesPro-Administration1788Incumbent re-elected.
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.Pro-Administration1788Incumbent re-elected.
Jeremiah WadsworthPro-Administration1788Incumbent re-elected.
None (Seat created)New seat.
New member elected.
Pro-Administration gain.
None (Seat created)New seat.
New member elected.
Pro-Administration gain.

Three special elections followed the 1792 elections in Connecticut after Representatives-elect Sturges and Huntington resigned before the start of Congress and Mitchell was elected to the Senate.

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