Elisha Phelps

★ U.S. Representative

Born: November 16, 1779
Died: April 6, 1847
Age at death: 67
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1825–1827

Career timeline

1825Rep 1827Rep

2-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Phelps12,696

Opponents76,125

Elections run

Between 1825 and 1827, Elisha Phelps ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning all 2. Phelps's biggest single-election total was 6,762 votes, in the 1827 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has Elisha Phelps received?

Elisha Phelps has received 12,696 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–0.

Election history

Elisha Phelps’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1827	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	6,76213.8%	Ralph Ingersoll David Plant Orange Merwin (head-to-head) John Baldwin (head-to-head) Noyes Barber (head-to-head) Daniel Stewart Ansel Sterling Andrew Judson Robert Fairchild (head-to-head) Timothy Pitkin (head-to-head) Lyman Law (head-to-head) Joseph Eaton Noah B Benedict Gideon Tomlinson William A Sherman (head-to-head) Nathan Pendleton Williams (head-to-head)
1825	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	5,93414.9%	Gideon Tomlinson Ralph Ingersol Orange Merwin (head-to-head) Noyes Barber (head-to-head) John Baldwin (head-to-head) Daniel Burrows Elisha Tracy Timothy Pitkin (head-to-head) Willey Samuel A Foot Dennis Kimberly Asa Barron George Learnid Samual Church Robert Fairchild (head-to-head) William A Sherman (head-to-head) Lyman Law (head-to-head) Calvin Goddard Williams (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (P000294) and Wikidata (Q1330727). 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 July 28, 2026.