1793 Connecticut's at-large congressional district special elections

Three special elections were held in Connecticut's at-large congressional district in 1793 to fill vacancies caused by the resignation, prior to the start of the 3rd Congress, of three representatives-elect.

First special election

The first special election was held on April 8, 1793, after Jonathan Sturges (P) declined to serve the term for which he'd been elected

Candidate	Party	Votes[1]	Percent
Uriah Tracy	Pro-Administration	2,197	49.8%
Zephaniah Swift	Pro-Administration	817	18.5%
Asher Miller	[2]	708	16.1%
Jonathan Ingersoll	Pro-Administration	436	9.9%
Tapping Reeve	[2]	252	5.7%

Second special election

Benjamin Huntington (P) also resigned his seat before the start of Congress and was replaced by Jonathan Ingersoll in a special election held on September 16, 1793.^[3]

Third special election

A pair of openings lead to a two-seat special election: 1. Member-elect Jonathan Ingersoll declined to serve from the September special election; and 2. Member-elect Stephen M. Mitchell declined to serve from the general election when he was appointed to the U.S. Senate.

A third election was held for their replacements, with the top two winning seats in the 3rd Congress: Joshua Coit (Pro-Administration) and Zephaniah Swift (Pro-Administration).

Candidate	Party	Votes[4]	Percent
Y Joshua Coit	Pro-Administration	2,448	35.7%
Y Zephaniah Swift	Pro-Administration	1,657	24.2%
James Davenport	Pro-Administration	1,183	17.2%
Roger Griswold	Pro-Administration	864	12.6%
Chauncey Goodrich	Pro-Administration	352	5.1%
Nathaniel Smith	Pro-Administration	211	3.1%
Samuel W. Dana	Pro-Administration	144	2.1%

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
• 1792 and 1793 United States House of Representatives elections