John Davenport

★ U.S. Representative

Born: January 16, 1752
Died: November 28, 1830
Age at death: 78
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
Years in office: 17 years in the U.S. House
On the ballot: 1798–1816

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Davenport17,490

Opponents205,193

Elections run

Between 1798 and 1816, John Davenport ran in 4 U.S. House elections, winning 3 and losing 1. Davenport's biggest single-election total was 9,484 votes, in the 1804 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has John Davenport received?

John Davenport has received 17,490 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 3–1.

Election history

John Davenport’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1816	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	400.06%	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 Smith Benjamin Tallmadge (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	9,48414.39%	Calvin Goddard (head-to-head) Samuel Dana (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head) Benjamin Tallmadge (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	5,39010.94%	John Smith (head-to-head) Benjamin Tallmadge (head-to-head) Samuel Dana (head-to-head) Elias Perkins Calvin Goddard (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head)
1798	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	2,5766.95%	John Allen Chauncey Goodrich Samuel Dana (head-to-head) William Edmond Roger Griswold (head-to-head) Jonathan Brace Elizur Goodrich Timothy Pitkin Benjamin Talmadge John Smith (head-to-head) Charles Perkins Calvin Goddard Baldwin John Treadwell Nathaniel Smith Silas T Hosmer

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (D000075) and Wikidata (Q1312341). 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.