Timothy Pitkin

★ U.S. Representative

Born: January 21, 1766
Died: December 18, 1847
Age at death: 81
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
Years in office: 13 years in the U.S. House
On the ballot: 1804–1816

Career timeline

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Pitkin8,206

Opponents128,112

Elections run

Between 1804 and 1816, Timothy Pitkin ran in 2 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 1. Pitkin's biggest single-election total was 6,137 votes, in the 1816 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has Timothy Pitkin received?

Timothy Pitkin has received 8,206 popular votes across 2 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–1.

Election history

Timothy Pitkin’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1816	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	6,1378.72%	S Backus (head-to-head) Denison Samuel Sherwood Jonathan Moseley (head-to-head) Thomas Williams Uriel Holmes Ebenezer Huntington Lyman Law Lewis Sturges (head-to-head) 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	2,0693.14%	Calvin Goddard Samuel Dana John Davenport (head-to-head) Roger Griswold Benjamin Tallmadge (head-to-head) John Smith Jonathan Moseley (head-to-head) Lewis Sturges (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 (P000368) and Wikidata (Q2435293). 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.