Samuel B Sherwood

U.S. House candidate

Born: November 26, 1767
Died: April 27, 1833
Age at death: 65
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1804–1829

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Sherwood723

Opponents178,360

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1829, Samuel B Sherwood ran in 3 U.S. House elections, losing all 3. Sherwood's biggest single-election total was 344 votes, in the 1829 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has Samuel B Sherwood received?

Samuel B Sherwood has received 723 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–3.

Election history

Samuel B Sherwood’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1829	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	3440.52%	Ralph Ingersoll Noyes Barber (head-to-head) Ebenezer Young Jabez Huntington William Storrs William Ellsworth David Plant (head-to-head) John Niles Andrew Judson Merwin Phelps (head-to-head) John Trott Hinman William A Sherman Daniel Burrows Joseph Eaton Timothy Pitkin (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Iriah Isham Daniel Stewart
1821	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	2350.47%	Gideon Tomlinson Noyes Barber (head-to-head) Henry Edwards John Russ Ebenezer Stoddard Ansel Sterling Daniel Burrows Willey Elisha Tracy Timothy Pitkin (head-to-head) Lyman Law Williams Phelps (head-to-head) James Stevens Ogden Moreley Samuel A Foot Denison Asa Bacon Zephaniah Swift Seth P Staples Smith (head-to-head) E Huntington (head-to-head) Ingersoll Henry W Ellsworth Johnson David Plant (head-to-head) Lemuel Whitman
1804	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	1440.22%	Calvin Goddard Samuel Dana John Davenport Roger Griswold Benjamin Tallmadge John Smith Jonathan Moseley Timothy Pitkin Lewis Sturges Theodore Dwight Epaph Champion Nathaniel Rossiter S Backus S Gilbert E Huntington (head-to-head) J Caldwell Simeon Baldwin

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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.