Elections in Connecticut |
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Connecticut elected its members September 21, 1812.
Its apportionment was unchanged after the 1810 census.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates [lower-alpha 1] | |
Connecticut at-large 7 seats on a general ticket | Benjamin Tallmadge | Federalist | 1801 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Benjamin Tallmadge (Federalist) 14.6% √ Timothy Pitkin (Federalist) 14.2% √ John Davenport (Federalist) 13.9% √ Lewis B. Sturges (Federalist) 13.8% √ Jonathan O. Moseley (Federalist) 13.5% √ Epaphroditus Champion (Federalist) 13.1% √ Lyman Law (Federalist) 13.0% Nathan Smith (Federalist) 1.0% Sylvanus Backus (Federalist) 0.6% Samuel B. Sherwood (Federalist) 0.6% Nathaniel Terry (Federalist) 0.6% James Gould (Federalist) 0.5% Ebenezer Huntington (Federalist) 0.3% |
Timothy Pitkin | Federalist | 1805 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
John Davenport | Federalist | 1798 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Lewis B. Sturges | Federalist | 1805 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Jonathan O. Moseley | Federalist | 1804 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Epaphroditus Champion | Federalist | 1806 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
Lyman Law | Federalist | 1810 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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The 1812 Connecticut gubernatorial election took place on April 13, 1812.