Asa Bacon

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1816–1823

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Bacon3,988

Opponents145,929

Elections run

Between 1816 and 1823, Asa Bacon ran in 3 U.S. House elections, losing all 3. Bacon's biggest single-election total was 3,781 votes, in the 1816 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has Asa Bacon received?

Asa Bacon has received 3,988 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–3.

Election history

Asa Bacon’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1823	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	770.23%	Gideon Tomlinson (head-to-head) Ebenezer Stoddard (head-to-head) Ansel Sterling (head-to-head) Lemuel Whitman Noyes Barber (head-to-head) Ellsworth B Foote Henry W Edwards Daniel Burrows John Rufs Lyman Law (head-to-head) Timothy Pitkin (head-to-head) Williams (head-to-head) Denison (head-to-head) Willey (head-to-head) Joseph Eaton Hubbard Phelps (head-to-head) William A Sherman David Daggett Frederick Wolcott Beers Noah B Benedict Calvin Goddard Nathaniel Griffen Seth P Staples (head-to-head) Hall Zephaniah Swift (head-to-head) Wells Epaph Champion Nathaniel Terry Jacob B Gurley John S Peters William Bristol David Plant (head-to-head) Johnson (head-to-head) Eli Todd Nicholas Moseley
1821	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	1300.26%	Gideon Tomlinson (head-to-head) Noyes Barber (head-to-head) Henry Edwards John Russ Ebenezer Stoddard (head-to-head) Ansel Sterling (head-to-head) Daniel Burrows Willey (head-to-head) Elisha Tracy Timothy Pitkin (head-to-head) Lyman Law (head-to-head) Williams (head-to-head) Phelps (head-to-head) Samuel B Sherwood James Stevens Ogden Moreley Samuel A Foot Denison (head-to-head) Zephaniah Swift (head-to-head) Seth P Staples (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) E Huntington Ingersoll Henry W Ellsworth Johnson (head-to-head) David Plant (head-to-head) Lemuel Whitman
1816	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	3,7815.37%	S Backus Denison (head-to-head) Samuel Sherwood Timothy Pitkin Jonathan Moseley Thomas Williams Uriel Holmes Ebenezer Huntington Lyman Law Lewis Sturges Epaphroditus Champion Nathaniel Terry Sylvester Gilbert James Gould John Davenport Smith (head-to-head) Benjamin Tallmadge

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.