1796–1797 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont
Due to Vermont's election law requiring a majority to secure a congressional seat, the 1st district required three ballots to choose a winner.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont 1 "Western District" |
Israel Smith | Democratic-Republican | 1791 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
First ballot (September 9, 1796): Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 40.7% Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 22.1% Samuel Williams 7.3% Nathaniel Chipman (Federalist) 7.1% Isaac Tichenor (Federalist) 6.5% Gideon Olin (Democratic-Republican) 4.5% Enoch Woodbridge 4.3% Jonas Galusha (Democratic-Republican) 3.4% Daniel Chipman (Federalist) 2.0% Samuel Hitchcock 1.2% Others 1.0% Second ballot (December 11, 1796): Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 46.7% Samuel Hitchcock 25.7% Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 21.4% Samuel Williams 2.9% Gideon Olin (Democratic-Republican) 1.1% Others 2.3% Third ballot (February 7, 1797): √ Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 55.1% Samuel Hitchcock 29.4% Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 8.9% Jonas Galusha (Democratic-Republican) 3.9% Samuel Williams 0.7% Scattering 2.1% |
| Vermont 2 "Eastern District" |
Daniel Buck | Federalist | 1795 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Daniel Buck (Federalist) 97.1% Scattering 2.9% |
See also
- Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election, 1797: Winner of 2nd district race declined to serve.
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1796 and 1797
- List of United States Representatives from Vermont
References
- ^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
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