Zephaniah Swift

★ U.S. Representative

Born: February 27, 1759
Died: September 27, 1823
Age at death: 64
Home state: Connecticut
Party: Independent
On the ballot: 1792–1822

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Career timeline

1792Rep 1794Rep 1796Rep 1822Gov

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RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Swift6,410

Opponents69,245

Elections run

Between 1792 and 1822, Zephaniah Swift ran in 4 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and Governor), winning 2 and losing 2. Swift's biggest single-election total was 2,667 votes, in the 1794 U.S. House election in Connecticut's at-large district.

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How many votes has Zephaniah Swift received?

Zephaniah Swift has received 6,410 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 2–2.

Election history

Zephaniah Swift’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1822	GovernorConnecticut	Lost	5705.76%	Oliver Wolcott Jr.
1796	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Lost	2,17611.69%	Uriah Tracy (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head) Joshua Coit (head-to-head) Nathaniel Smith (head-to-head) Chauncey Goodrich (head-to-head) Samuel Dana James Davenport (head-to-head) David Dagget John Allen William Edmond John Treadwell (head-to-head) Gid Granger
1794	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	2,6679.55%	James Hillhouse (head-to-head) Joshua Coit (head-to-head) Jonathan Trumbull (head-to-head) Uriah Tracy (head-to-head) Roger Griswold (head-to-head) Chauncey Goodrich (head-to-head) Nathaniel Smith (head-to-head) Samuel Whittlesey Dana James Davenport (head-to-head) William Edmond Allen John Treadwell (head-to-head) David Daggett
1792	U.S. HouseConnecticut	Won	997	Jonathan Trumbull (head-to-head) James Hillhouse (head-to-head) Jonathan Sturges Jeremiah Wadsworth Amasa Learned Stephen M Mitchell Uriah Tracy (head-to-head) Ingersoll Tapping Reeve Joshua Coit (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (S001119) and Wikidata (Q181432). 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 July 28, 2026.