1792 United States House of Representatives election in Connecticut

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Connecticut gained two seats in reapportionment following the

1790 census
.

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Connecticut at-large
7 seats on a general ticket
James Hillhouse Pro-Administration
1790
Incumbent re-elected.
Stephen M. Mitchell (Pro-Admin) 7.8%
Uriah Tracy (Pro-Admin) 6.3%
Jonathan Ingersoll 5.4%
Asher Miller 4.3%
Zephaniah Swift
(Pro-Admin) 4.3%
Tapping Reeve 3.0%
Amasa Learned Pro-Administration
1791 (Special)
Incumbent re-elected.
Jonathan Sturges Pro-Administration
1788
Incumbent re-elected.
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.
Pro-Administration
1788
Incumbent re-elected.
Jeremiah Wadsworth Pro-Administration
1788
Incumbent re-elected.
None (Seat created) New seat.
New member elected.
Pro-Administration gain.
None (Seat created) New seat.
New member elected.
Pro-Administration gain.

Three special elections
followed the 1792 elections in Connecticut after Representatives-elect Sturges and Huntington resigned before the start of Congress and Mitchell was elected to the Senate.

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