Samuel Dana

★ U.S. Representative

Born: February 13, 1760
Died: July 21, 1830
Age at death: 70
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
Years in office: 13 years in the U.S. House, 10 years in the U.S. Senate
On the ballot: 1796–1804

Career timeline

1796Rep 1798Rep 1800Rep 1804Rep

4-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Dana22,964

Opponents147,919

Elections run

Between 1796 and 1804, Samuel Dana ran in 4 U.S. House elections, winning all 4. Dana's biggest single-election total was 9,787 votes, in the 1804 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has Samuel Dana received?

Samuel Dana has received 22,964 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 4–0.

Election history

Samuel Dana’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1804	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	9,78714.85%	Calvin Goddard (head-to-head) John Davenport (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head) Benjamin Tallmadge (head-to-head) John Smith (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	7,23214.68%	John Smith (head-to-head) Benjamin Tallmadge (head-to-head) Elias Perkins Calvin Goddard (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head) John Davenport (head-to-head)
1798	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	4,58212.35%	John Allen (head-to-head) Chauncey Goodrich (head-to-head) William Edmond (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head) Jonathan Brace John Davenport (head-to-head) Elizur Goodrich Timothy Pitkin Benjamin Talmadge John Smith (head-to-head) Charles Perkins Calvin Goddard Baldwin John Treadwell (head-to-head) Nathaniel Smith (head-to-head) Silas T Hosmer
1796	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	1,3637.32%	Uriah Tracy Roger Griswold (head-to-head) Joshua Coit Zephaniah Swift Nathaniel Smith (head-to-head) Chauncey Goodrich (head-to-head) James Davenport David Dagget John Allen (head-to-head) William Edmond (head-to-head) John Treadwell (head-to-head) Gid Granger

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (D000024) and Wikidata (Q178738). 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.