Williams

(name as recorded in the historical source)

U.S. House candidate

Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1821–1924

Career timeline

1821Rep 1823Rep 1825Rep 1827Rep 1837Rep 1851Rep

1922Rep 1924Rep

0-8

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Williams5,159

Opponents314,295

Elections run

Between 1821 and 1924, Williams ran in 8 U.S. House elections, losing all 8. Williams's biggest single-election total was 2,252 votes, in the 1837 U.S. House election in Connecticut's District 3.

Browse every U.S. House race in Connecticut's District 2, every U.S. House race in Connecticut's District 3, or every U.S. House race in Connecticut's at-large district.

How many votes has Williams received?

Williams has received 5,159 popular votes across 8 U.S. elections, with a career record of 0–8.

Election history

Williams’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1924	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	3780.58%	Richard Freeman William T Hoyt Barstow
1922	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	1,4052.03%	John Tilson Stephen Whitney
1851	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	2111.72%	Chauncey Cleveland Ames
1837	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	2,25248.76%	Elisha Halley
1827	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	3510.72%	Ralph Ingersoll Elisha Phelps (head-to-head) David Plant Orange Merwin (head-to-head) 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 (head-to-head) Noah B Benedict (head-to-head) Gideon Tomlinson William A Sherman (head-to-head) Nathan Pendleton
1825	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	1490.37%	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) Timothy Pitkin (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)
1823	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	1200.36%	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) Timothy Pitkin (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	2930.59%	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) Timothy Pitkin (head-to-head) Lyman Law (head-to-head) Phelps (head-to-head) Samuel B Sherwood 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 E Huntington Ingersoll Henry W Ellsworth Johnson (head-to-head) David Plant (head-to-head) Lemuel Whitman

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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.