Lewis Sturges

U.S. House candidate

Born: March 15, 1763
Died: March 30, 1844
Age at death: 81
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
Years in office: 11 years in the U.S. House
On the ballot: 1804–1816

Career timeline

1804Rep 1816Rep

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Sturges4,829

Opponents131,489

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1816, Lewis Sturges ran in 2 U.S. House elections, losing all 2. Sturges's biggest single-election total was 4,375 votes, in the 1816 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has Lewis Sturges received?

Lewis Sturges has received 4,829 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–2.

Election history

Lewis Sturges’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1816	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	4,3756.21%	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 Epaphroditus Champion Asa Bacon Nathaniel Terry Sylvester Gilbert James Gould John Davenport (head-to-head) Smith Benjamin Tallmadge (head-to-head)
1804	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	4540.69%	Calvin Goddard Samuel Dana John Davenport (head-to-head) Roger Griswold Benjamin Tallmadge (head-to-head) John Smith Jonathan Moseley (head-to-head) Timothy Pitkin (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

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S001048) and Wikidata (Q1525603). 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.