 In 1815, Episcopalians, Baptists, Methodists, and members of other dissident denominations to the established Congregationalist church combined with the Democratic-Republican party to form the Toleration Party.In 1816, they held a convention and ran a slate of candidates.In 1817, they took control of the state Assembly (lower house), and elected Oliver Wolcott, Jr. as Governor and Jonathan Ingersoll as Lieutenant-governor.