Benjamin Tallmadge

★ U.S. Representative

Born: February 25, 1754
Died: March 7, 1835
Age at death: 81
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
Years in office: 15 years in the U.S. House
On the ballot: 1800–1816

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Tallmadge16,155

Opponents169,437

Elections run

Between 1800 and 1816, Benjamin Tallmadge ran in 3 U.S. House elections, winning 2 and losing 1. Tallmadge's biggest single-election total was 8,771 votes, in the 1804 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has Benjamin Tallmadge received?

Benjamin Tallmadge has received 16,155 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–1.

Election history

Benjamin Tallmadge’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1816	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	140.02%	S Backus (head-to-head) Denison Samuel Sherwood Timothy Pitkin (head-to-head) Jonathan Moseley (head-to-head) Thomas Williams Uriel Holmes Ebenezer Huntington Lyman Law Lewis Sturges (head-to-head) Epaphroditus Champion Asa Bacon Nathaniel Terry Sylvester Gilbert James Gould John Davenport (head-to-head) Smith
1804	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	8,77113.31%	Calvin Goddard (head-to-head) Samuel Dana (head-to-head) John Davenport (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head) John Smith (head-to-head) Jonathan Moseley (head-to-head) Timothy Pitkin (head-to-head) Lewis Sturges (head-to-head) Theodore Dwight Epaph Champion Nathaniel Rossiter Samuel B Sherwood S Backus (head-to-head) S Gilbert E Huntington J Caldwell Simeon Baldwin
1800	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	7,37014.96%	John Smith (head-to-head) Samuel Dana (head-to-head) Elias Perkins Calvin Goddard (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head) John Davenport (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (T000029) and Wikidata (Q817708). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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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 September 25, 2026.