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 HartTimothy PitkinEpaphroditus ChampionJonathan O. MoseleyTheodore Dwightscattering
Affiliation:FederalistRepublican
Final Result: [2][3][4]110066433----76
Fairfield County14731213----12
Town of Brookfield[5]6410-----
Town of Danbury[6]14476-----
Town of Fairfield165180-----
Town of Greenwich133148-----
Town of Huntington10579-----
Town of New Canaan[7]9131-----
Town of New Fairfield4028-----
Town of Newtown14759-----
Town of Norwalk53112-----
Town of Reading[8]8223-----
Town of Ridgefield1453-----
Town of Sherman354-----
Town of Stamford34142-----
Town of Stratford83108-----
Town of Trumbull3989-----
Town of Weston5693-----
Town of Wilton[9][10]5728-----
Hartford County[11]21631233-----
Town of Berlin138115-----
Town of Bristol-------
Town of East Hartford14439-----
Town of East Windsor18654-----
Town of Enfield11620-----
Town of Farmington20559-1---
Town of Glastonbury96126-----
Town of Granby11732-----
City of Hartford268156-----
Town of Hartland885-----
Town of Simsbury17026-----
Town of Southington11050-----
Town of Suffield70115-----
Town of Wethersfield19220-----
Town of Windsor104133-----
Litchfield County[12]1954556-----
Town of Barkhamstead8422-----
Town of Bethlehem110------
Town of Canaan[13]12151-----
Town of Colbrook-------
Town of Cornwall1001-----
Town of Goshen-------
Town of Harwinton9733-----
Town of Kent-------
Town of Litchfield-------
Town of New Hartford[14]16516-----
Town of New Milford10165-----
Town of Norfolk-------
Town of Plymouth[15]9562-----
Town of Roxbury-------
Town of Salisbury[16]-------
Town of Sharon-------
Town of Southbury626--1--
Town of Torrington9227-----
Town of Warren-------
Town of Washington-------
Town of Watertown-------
Town of Winchester10162-----
Town of Woodbury[17]-------
Middlesex County[18]823406-----
Town of Chatham80105-----
Town of Durham7445-----
Town of East Haddam17118-----
Town of Haddam7215-----
Town of Killingworth7380-----
City of Middletown17886-----
Town of Saybrook17557-----
New Haven County1391826-----
Town of Branford11351-----
Town of Cheshire-------
Town of Derby537-----
Town of East Haven-------
Town of Guilford24628-----
Town of Hamden-------
Town of Milford-------
City of New Haven21370-----
Town of North Haven2276-----
Town of Oxford-------
Town of Wallingford126160-----
Town of Waterbury-------
Town of Wolcott-------
Town of Woodbridge7916-----
New London County[19]925937-----
Town of Bozrah-------
Town of Colchester15439-----
Town of Franklin-------
Town of Groton-------
Town of Lisbon-------
Town of Lyme-------
Town of Montville11249-----
City of New London-------
City of Norwich[20]11355-----
Town of Preston-------
Town of Stonington-------
Town of Waterford-------
Tolland County[21]636438-----
Town of Bolton10818-----
Town of Coventry-------
Town of Ellington7833-----
Town of Hebron99111-----
Town of Somers-------
Town of Stafford-------
Town of Tolland6731---1-
Town of Union[22]-------
Town of Willington-------
Windham County[23]831464-----
Town of Ashford[24]11072-----
Town of Brooklyn-------
Town of Canterbury[25]13926-----
Town of Hampton-------
Town of Killingly[26]-------
Town of Lebanon-------
Town of Mansfield-------
Town of Plainfield7043-----
Town of Pomfret8083----
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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