John Smith

★ U.S. Representative

Born: February 12, 1765
Died: December 7, 1845
Age at death: 80
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1798–1804

Career timeline

1798Rep 1800Rep 1804Rep

2-1

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Smith17,528

Opponents134,742

Elections run

Between 1798 and 1804, John Smith ran in 3 U.S. House elections, winning 2 and losing 1. Smith's biggest single-election total was 8,742 votes, in the 1800 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has John Smith received?

John Smith has received 17,528 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–1.

Election history

John Smith’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1804	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	7,50511.39%	Calvin Goddard (head-to-head) Samuel Dana (head-to-head) John Davenport (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head) Benjamin Tallmadge (head-to-head) Jonathan Moseley Timothy Pitkin Lewis Sturges Theodore Dwight Epaph Champion Nathaniel Rossiter Samuel B Sherwood S Backus S Gilbert E Huntington J Caldwell Simeon Baldwin
1800	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	8,74217.74%	Benjamin Tallmadge (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)
1798	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	1,2813.45%	John Allen Chauncey Goodrich Samuel Dana (head-to-head) William Edmond Roger Griswold (head-to-head) Jonathan Brace John Davenport (head-to-head) Elizur Goodrich Timothy Pitkin Benjamin Talmadge Charles Perkins Calvin Goddard Baldwin John Treadwell Nathaniel Smith Silas T Hosmer

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S000570) and Wikidata (Q884572). 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.