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  Sturges, Lewis B.
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NameLewis B. Sturges
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, Connecticut , United States
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Born March 15, 1763
DiedMarch 30, 1844 (81 years)
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InfoSTURGES, Lewis Burr, (son of Jonathan Sturges), a Representative from Connecticut; born in Fairfield, Conn., March 15, 1763; was graduated from Yale College in 1782; engaged in mercantile pursuits in New Haven; returned to Fairfield, Conn., in 1786; clerk of the probate court for the district of Fairfield 1787-1791; member of the State house of representatives 1794-1803; elected as a Federalist to the Ninth Congress to fill in part the vacancies caused by the resignations of Calvin Goddard and Roger Griswold; reelected to the Tenth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from September 16, 1805, to March 3, 1817; moved to Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, where he died March 30, 1844; interment in St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchyard.


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  09/16/1816 CT At-Large Lost 6.24% (-7.44%)
  09/19/1814 CT At-Large Won 14.29% (+0.00%)
  09/21/1812 CT At-Large Won 13.81% (-0.36%)
  09/17/1810 CT At-Large Won 14.84% (+0.93%)
  09/19/1808 CT At-Large Won 14.29% (+0.00%)
  09/15/1806 CT At-Large Won 14.29% (+0.00%)
  09/17/1804 CT At-Large Lost 0.69% (-14.42%)
  09/20/1802 CT At-Large Lost 0.23% (-15.55%)
  04/08/1802 CT At-Large Won 3.50% (-0.50%)
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