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- ↑ Election details from Ourcampaigns.com
- ↑ Note: Source mistakenly gives party as Democratic-Republican; Tillinghast did later become a Democratic-Republican, but in the 5th Congress, he was a Federalist
- ↑ Source does not have full name
- ↑ 5th Congress membership roster Archived December 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine