Orange Merwin

★ U.S. Representative

Born: April 7, 1777
Died: September 4, 1853
Age at death: 76
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1825–1827

Career timeline

1825Rep 1827Rep

2-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Merwin9,990

Opponents78,831

Elections run

Between 1825 and 1827, Orange Merwin ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning all 2. Merwin's biggest single-election total was 5,518 votes, in the 1825 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has Orange Merwin received?

Orange Merwin has received 9,990 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–0.

Election history

Orange Merwin’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1827	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	4,4729.13%	Ralph Ingersoll Elisha Phelps (head-to-head) David Plant 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	5,51813.85%	Gideon Tomlinson Elisha Phelps (head-to-head) Ralph Ingersol 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 (M000665) and Wikidata (Q1714539). 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.