1820–1821 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont

In 1820, Vermont returned to using districts. This would be the only election in which the 6th district would be used.

Vermont elected its members September 5, 1820. A majority was required for election, which was not met in the 2nd or 3rd district, requiring additional ballots to achieve a majority. The 2nd district required 7 ballots. The 3rd district required two additional ballots. The additional ballots were held December 11, 1820, and February 19, May 1, July 2, September 4, and October 22, 1821.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Vermont 1	Rollin Carolas Mallary Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic-Republican	1818	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Rollin Carolas Mallary (Democratic-Republican) 51.9% Orsamus Cook Merrill (Democratic-Republican) 31.1% Chauncey Langdon (Federalist) 14.9% Others 2.1%
Vermont 2	Mark Richards Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected on the seventh ballot. Democratic-Republican hold.	First ballot (September 5, 1820): Phineas White (Democratic-Republican) 37.4% Mark Richards (Democratic-Republican) 34.5% James Elliot (Federalist) 15.8% William Hall Jr. (Federalist) 4.2% Samuel Elliot (Federalist) 2.7% Aaron Leland (Democratic-Republican) 2.5% Others 3.0% Second ballot (December 11, 1820): Phineas White (Democratic-Republican) 41.3% Mark Richards (Democratic-Republican) 37.2% James Elliot (Federalist) 11.% Samuel Elliot (Federalist) 4.4% Jonathan Hunt (Federalist) 4.2% Others 1.8% Third ballot (February 19, 1821): Phineas White (Democratic-Republican) 41.9% Mark Richards (Democratic-Republican) 37.6% James Elliot (Federalist) 12.1% Thomas G. Fessenden (I) 3.6% Aaron Leland (Democratic-Republican) 3.4% Others 1.4% Fourth ballot (May 1, 1821): Mark Richards (Democratic-Republican) 43.6% Phineas White (Democratic-Republican) 39.4% James Elliot (Federalist) 7.9% Aaron Leland (Democratic-Republican) 4.0% Thomas G. Fessenden (I) 3.7% Others 1.5% Fifth ballot (July 2, 1821): Mark Richards (Democratic-Republican) 48.6% Phineas White (Democratic-Republican) 46.9% Others 4.5% Sixth ballot (September 4, 1821): Mark Richards (Democratic-Republican) 48.4% Phineas White (Democratic-Republican) 45.6% Others 6.1% Seventh ballot (October 22, 1821): √ Phineas White (Democratic-Republican) 49.9% Mark Richards (Democratic-Republican) 42.6% James Elliot (Federalist) 2.9% William Hall (Federalist) 1.6% Martin Field (Democratic-Republican) 1.2% Others 1.8%
Vermont 3	Charles Rich Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic-Republican	1812 1814 (Lost) 1816	Incumbent re-elected on the third ballot.	First ballot (September 5, 1820): Charles Rich (Democratic-Republican) 38.9% David Edmonds (Federalist) 27.9% Ezra Meech (Democratic-Republican) 17.0% Henry Olin (Democratic-Republican) 13.9% Others 2.3% Second ballot (December 11, 1820): Charles Rich (Democratic-Republican) 49.7% David Edmonds (Federalist) 42.4% Ezra Meech (Democratic-Republican) 5.7% Henry Olin (Democratic-Republican) 2.2% Third ballot (February 19, 1821): √ Charles Rich (Democratic-Republican) 50.6% David Edmonds (Federalist) 41.2% Ezra Meech (Democratic-Republican) 8.2%
Vermont 3	Ezra Meech Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic-Republican	1818	Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic-Republican loss.
Vermont 4	William Strong Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic-Republican	1810 1814 (Lost) 1818	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Elias Keyes (Democratic-Republican) 50.6% Horace Everett (Democratic-Republican) 24.8% Uriel C. Hatch (Democratic-Republican) 15.8% William Strong (Democratic-Republican) 5.8% Others 3.0%
Vermont 5	Samuel C. Crafts Redistricted from the at-large district	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Samuel C. Crafts (Democratic-Republican) 58.6% Heman Allen (Democratic-Republican) 40.1% Others 1.3%
Vermont 6	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ John Mattocks (Democratic-Republican) 54.3% Daniel A. A. Buck (Democratic-Republican) 41.7% William Cahoon (Democratic-Republican) 1.9% Others 2.1%

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