United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Connecticut,_1790

1790 United States House of Representatives election in Connecticut

1790 United States House of Representatives election in Connecticut

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Connecticut elected all five of its representatives at-large on a general ticket on September 20, 1790.

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There were two subsequent special elections. The first was held to fill the vacancy left by Pierpont Edwards (Pro-Administration) declining to serve and was won by Jeremiah Wadsworth (Pro-Administration). The second was held September 19, 1791 to fill the vacancy left by Roger Sherman (Pro-Administration)'s election to the Senate and was won by Amasa Learned (Pro-Administration).

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    "Connecticut 1790 U.S. House of Representatives". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved March 22, 2018., citing The Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). October 22, 1790.


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