Connecticut 1803 U.S. House of Representatives, Special
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Connecticut 1803 U.S. House of Representatives, Special
- Date:
- 1803
- State:
- Connecticut
- Type:
- Special
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Simeon Baldwin, William Hart, Timothy Pitkin, Epaphroditus Champion, Jonathan O. Moseley, Theodore Dwight, scattering
| Candidates: | Simeon Baldwin[1] | William Hart | Timothy Pitkin | Epaphroditus Champion | Jonathan O. Moseley | Theodore Dwight | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | |||||
| Final Result: [2][3][4] | 11006 | 6433 | - | - | - | - | 76 |
| Fairfield County | 1473 | 1213 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Town of Brookfield[5] | 64 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danbury[6] | 144 | 76 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | 165 | 180 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greenwich | 133 | 148 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Huntington | 105 | 79 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Canaan[7] | 91 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Fairfield | 40 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newtown | 147 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwalk | 53 | 112 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading[8] | 82 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ridgefield | 145 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sherman | 35 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stamford | 34 | 142 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratford | 83 | 108 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Trumbull | 39 | 89 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | 56 | 93 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilton[9][10] | 57 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hartford County[11] | 2163 | 1233 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berlin | 138 | 115 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Hartford | 144 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Windsor | 186 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enfield | 116 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Farmington | 205 | 59 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Glastonbury | 96 | 126 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 117 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Hartford | 268 | 156 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartland | 88 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Simsbury | 170 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southington | 110 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Suffield | 70 | 115 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wethersfield | 192 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windsor | 104 | 133 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Litchfield County[12] | 1954 | 556 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barkhamstead | 84 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethlehem | 110 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan[13] | 121 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colbrook | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornwall | 100 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Goshen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Harwinton | 97 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kent | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Litchfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Hartford[14] | 165 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Milford | 101 | 65 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norfolk | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth[15] | 95 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salisbury[16] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Southbury | 62 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Torrington | 92 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Warren | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Watertown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winchester | 101 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbury[17] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Middlesex County[18] | 823 | 406 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chatham | 80 | 105 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Durham | 74 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Haddam | 171 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Haddam | 72 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Killingworth | 73 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Middletown | 178 | 86 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saybrook | 175 | 57 | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Haven County | 1391 | 826 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Branford | 113 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cheshire | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Derby | 53 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of East Haven | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford | 246 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hamden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of New Haven | 213 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of North Haven | 22 | 76 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Oxford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wallingford | 126 | 160 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wolcott | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbridge | 79 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - |
| New London County[19] | 925 | 937 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bozrah | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colchester | 154 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Franklin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lisbon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyme | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montville | 112 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of New London | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Norwich[20] | 113 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Preston | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stonington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tolland County[21] | 636 | 438 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bolton | 108 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ellington | 78 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hebron | 99 | 111 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Somers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stafford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tolland | 67 | 31 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Union[22] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Willington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Windham County[23] | 831 | 464 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ashford[24] | 110 | 72 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brooklyn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canterbury[25] | 139 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hampton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Killingly[26] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lebanon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mansfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | 70 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pomfret | 80 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sterling | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thompson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Voluntown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Election to fill the seat of Elias Perkins, who resigned before the 8th Congress convened.
[3]"The votes for Members of Congress were as follows: Simeon Baldwin - Votes Admitted 9884, Rejected 1122, Total 11006. William Hart - Votes Admitted 5807, Rejected 626, Total 6433. Scattering - Votes Admitted 70, Rejected 6, Total 76. The 1754 votes rejected was on account of irregularity in the certificates." American Mercury (Hartford, CT). October 20, 1803.
[4]The Windham Herald (Windham, CT) lists Simeon Baldwin with 11008 votes.
[5]The votes from Brookfield were rejected.
[6]The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT) lists 154 votes for Simeon Baldwin.
[7]The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT) lists 99 votes for Simeon Baldwin and 57 votes for William Hart.
[8]The votes from Reading were rejected.
[9]The votes from Wilton were rejected.
[10]The Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT) lists 60 votes for Simeon Baldwin and 25 votes for William Hart.
[11]Legal vote totals only.
[12]Legal vote totals only.
[13]The votes from Canaan were rejected.
[14]The votes from New Hartford were rejected.
[15]The votes from Plymouth were rejected.
[16]The votes from Salisbury were rejected.
[17]The votes from Woodbury were rejected.
[18]Legal vote totals only.
[19]Legal vote totals only.
[20]The votes from Norwich were rejected.
[21]Legal vote totals only.
[22]The votes from Union were rejected.
[23]Legal vote totals only.
[24]The votes from Ashford were rejected.
[25]The votes from Canterbury were rejected.
[26]The votes from Killingly were rejected.
References:
Original Election Certificate, Farmington. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
Original Election Certificate, Hartland. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
Original Election Certificate, Pomfret. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
Original Election Certificate, Southbury. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
Original Election Certificate, Tolland. State Archives, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.
The Connecticut Centinel (Norwich, CT). September 20, 1803.
The Visitor (New Haven, CT). September 20, 1803.
New-York Evening Post (New York, NY). September 22, 1803.
New-England Repertory (Newburyport, MA). September 24, 1803.
The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). September 26, 1803.
Middlesex Gazette (Middletown, CT). September 26, 1803.
The Albany Centinel (Albany, NY). September 27, 1803.
The Visitor (New Haven, CT). September 27, 1803.
Connecticut Courant (Hartford, CT). September 28, 1803.
National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC). September 28, 1803.
New-England Repertory (Newburyport, MA). September 28, 1803.
The Federal Spy (Springfield, MA). October 4, 1803.
The Visitor (New Haven, CT). October 4, 1803.
Washington Federalist (Georgetown, DC). October 7, 1803.
The Visitor (New Haven, CT). October 18, 1803.
Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). October 19, 1803.
American Mercury (Hartford, CT). October 20, 1803.
Connecticut Journal (New Haven, CT). October 20, 1803.
Gazette of the United States (Philadelphia, PA). October 20, 1803.
Columbian Centinel and Massachusetts Federalist (Boston, MA). October 22, 1803.
The Connecticut Centinel (Norwich, CT). October 25, 1803.
Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). October 26, 1803.
The Courier (Norwich, CT). October 26, 1803.
Windham Herald (Windham, CT). October 27, 1803.
Republican Farmer (Danbury, CT). November 23, 1803.
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