Denison

(name as recorded in the historical source)

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1816–1894

Career timeline

1816Rep 1821Rep 1823Rep 1894Rep

0-4

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Denison7,527

Opponents164,159

Elections run

Between 1816 and 1894, Denison ran in 4 U.S. House elections, losing all 4. Denison's biggest single-election total was 6,818 votes, in the 1816 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has Denison received?

Denison has received 7,527 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–4.

Election history

Denison’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1894	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	4772.19%	Charles Russell Beckwith Vallette
1823	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	750.23%	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) Asa Bacon (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	1570.32%	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 Asa Bacon (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	6,8189.68%	S Backus Samuel Sherwood Timothy Pitkin Jonathan Moseley Thomas Williams Uriel Holmes Ebenezer Huntington Lyman Law Lewis Sturges Epaphroditus Champion Asa Bacon (head-to-head) 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.