Joshua Coit

★ U.S. Representative

Born: October 7, 1758
Died: September 5, 1798
Age at death: 39
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1792–1796

Career timeline

1792Rep 1794Rep 1796Rep

3-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Coit5,147

Opponents61,370

Elections run

Between 1792 and 1796, Joshua Coit ran in 3 U.S. House elections, winning all 3. Coit's biggest single-election total was 2,948 votes, in the 1794 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has Joshua Coit received?

Joshua Coit has received 5,147 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 3–0.

Election history

Joshua Coit’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1796	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	2,19911.81%	Uriah Tracy (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head) Zephaniah Swift (head-to-head) Nathaniel Smith (head-to-head) Chauncey Goodrich (head-to-head) Samuel Dana James Davenport (head-to-head) David Dagget John Allen William Edmond John Treadwell (head-to-head) Gid Granger
1794	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	2,94810.55%	James Hillhouse (head-to-head) Jonathan Trumbull (head-to-head) Uriah Tracy (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head) Zephaniah Swift (head-to-head) Chauncey Goodrich (head-to-head) Nathaniel Smith (head-to-head) Samuel Whittlesey Dana James Davenport (head-to-head) William Edmond Allen John Treadwell (head-to-head) David Daggett
1792	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	—	Jonathan Trumbull (head-to-head) James Hillhouse (head-to-head) Jonathan Sturges Jeremiah Wadsworth Amasa Learned Stephen M Mitchell Uriah Tracy (head-to-head) Ingersoll Zephaniah Swift (head-to-head) Tapping Reeve

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (C000600) and Wikidata (Q1701028). 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.