Timothy Pitkin

Gubernatorial candidate

Born: January 21, 1766
Died: December 18, 1847
Age at death: 81
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1798–1829

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Pitkin8,925

Opponents307,000

Elections run

Between 1798 and 1829, Timothy Pitkin ran in 9 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and Governor), losing all 9. Pitkin's biggest single-election total was 2,446 votes, in the 1818 governor election in Connecticut.

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How many votes has Timothy Pitkin received?

Timothy Pitkin has received 8,925 popular votes across 9 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–9.

Election history

Timothy Pitkin’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1829	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	2900.44%	Ralph Ingersoll (head-to-head) Noyes Barber (head-to-head) Ebenezer Young Jabez Huntington William Storrs William Ellsworth David Plant (head-to-head) John Niles Andrew Judson (head-to-head) Merwin Phelps (head-to-head) John Trott Hinman William A Sherman (head-to-head) Daniel Burrows (head-to-head) Joseph Eaton (head-to-head) Samuel B Sherwood (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) Iriah Isham Daniel Stewart (head-to-head)
1827	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	1,3042.66%	Ralph Ingersoll (head-to-head) Elisha Phelps (head-to-head) David Plant Orange Merwin (head-to-head) John Baldwin (head-to-head) Noyes Barber (head-to-head) Daniel Stewart (head-to-head) Ansel Sterling Andrew Judson (head-to-head) Robert Fairchild (head-to-head) Lyman Law (head-to-head) Joseph Eaton (head-to-head) Noah B Benedict (head-to-head) Gideon Tomlinson William A Sherman (head-to-head) Nathan Pendleton Williams (head-to-head)
1825	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	1,2933.25%	Gideon Tomlinson (head-to-head) Elisha Phelps (head-to-head) Ralph Ingersol Orange Merwin (head-to-head) Noyes Barber (head-to-head) John Baldwin (head-to-head) Daniel Burrows (head-to-head) Elisha Tracy (head-to-head) Willey (head-to-head) Samuel A Foot (head-to-head) 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 (head-to-head) Williams (head-to-head)
1824	GovernorConnecticut	Lost	4666.24%	Oliver Wolcott Jr. (head-to-head)
1823	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	1460.01%	Gideon Tomlinson (head-to-head) Ebenezer Stoddard (head-to-head) Ansel Sterling (head-to-head) Lemuel Whitman Noyes Barber (head-to-head) Ellsworth B Foote Henry W Edwards Daniel Burrows (head-to-head) John Rufs Lyman Law (head-to-head) Williams (head-to-head) Asa Bacon (head-to-head) Denison (head-to-head) Willey (head-to-head) Joseph Eaton (head-to-head) Hubbard Phelps (head-to-head) William A Sherman (head-to-head) David Daggett Frederick Wolcott Beers Noah B Benedict (head-to-head) Calvin Goddard (head-to-head) Nathaniel Griffen Seth P Staples (head-to-head) Hall Zephaniah Swift (head-to-head) Wells Epaph Champion Nathaniel Terry Jacob B Gurley John S Peters William Bristol David Plant (head-to-head) Johnson (head-to-head) Eli Todd Nicholas Moseley
1821	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	4640.94%	Gideon Tomlinson (head-to-head) Noyes Barber (head-to-head) Henry Edwards John Russ Ebenezer Stoddard (head-to-head) Ansel Sterling (head-to-head) Daniel Burrows Willey (head-to-head) Elisha Tracy (head-to-head) Lyman Law (head-to-head) Williams (head-to-head) Phelps (head-to-head) Samuel B Sherwood (head-to-head) James Stevens Ogden Moreley Samuel A Foot (head-to-head) Denison (head-to-head) Asa Bacon (head-to-head) Zephaniah Swift (head-to-head) Seth P Staples (head-to-head) Smith (head-to-head) E Huntington Ingersoll Henry W Ellsworth Johnson (head-to-head) David Plant (head-to-head) Lemuel Whitman
1820	GovernorConnecticut	Lost	1,1405.52%	Oliver Wolcott Jr. (head-to-head) Nathan Smith
1818	GovernorConnecticut	Lost	2,44613.68%	Oliver Wolcott Jr. (head-to-head)
1798	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	1,3763.71%	John Allen Chauncey Goodrich Samuel Dana William Edmond Roger Griswold Jonathan Brace John Davenport Elizur Goodrich Benjamin Talmadge John Smith Charles Perkins Calvin Goddard (head-to-head) Baldwin John Treadwell Nathaniel Smith Silas T Hosmer

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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.