Vermont 1804 U.S. House of Representatives, District 3
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Vermont 1804 U.S. House of Representatives, District 3
- Date:
- 1804
- State:
- Vermont
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- William Chamberlain, James Fisk, Nathaniel Niles, Samuel C. Crafts, Asahel Chamberlain, Joseph Moffett, Daniel Betheldon, Paul Brigham, Samuel Chamberlain, Jonathan Fisk, Elijah Foot, Elijah Hammond, Jonathan Robinson, Robert Whitelaw, Daniel Buck, Nicholas Buswell, Daniel Cook, John W. Dana, Joshua Dayly, Samuel Eaton, Pascal P. Enos, Stephen Fisk, Israel Kibber, Nathan Killam, Christopher Layant, Ralph Parker, Daniel Peaslee, Samuel Phillips, Joel Roberts, Benjamin Swan, James Tarbox, Nathan Wheatley, David Wing
| Candidates: | William Chamberlain | James Fisk | Nathaniel Niles | Samuel C. Crafts | Asahel Chamberlain | Joseph Moffett | Daniel Betheldon | Paul Brigham | Samuel Chamberlain | Jonathan Fisk | Elijah Foot | Elijah Hammond | Jonathan Robinson | Robert Whitelaw | Daniel Buck | Nicholas Buswell | Daniel Cook | John W. Dana | Joshua Dayly | Samuel Eaton | Pascal P. Enos | Stephen Fisk | Israel Kibber | Nathan Killam | Christopher Layant | Ralph Parker | Daniel Peaslee | Samuel Phillips | Joel Roberts | Benjamin Swan | James Tarbox | Nathan Wheatley | David Wing |
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| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Republican | Federalist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2][3][4][5] | 1695 | 1355 | 349 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Northeast | 1695 | 1355 | 349 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Caledonia County | 677 | 420 | 94 | 4 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barnet | 74 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Billymead | 11 | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burke | 14 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cabot | 28 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Calais | 13 | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danville | 63 | 87 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | 25 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hardwick[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyndon | 17 | 7 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marshfield | 15 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montpelier | 61 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Peacham | 136 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | 9 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ryegate | 13 | 25 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saint Johnsbury[7] | 56 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sheffield[8] | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Walden | 8 | 34 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterford | 55 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wheelock | 53 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbury[9] | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Essex County | 119 | 114 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brunswick | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | 7 | 43 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guildhall | 35 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lemington | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lunenburg | 20 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Maidstone | 1 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Minehead | 6 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Orange County[10] | 741 | 771 | 228 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Barre | 24 | 68 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Berlin | 24 | 34 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bradford | 32 | 4 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Braintree | 23 | 26 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookfield | 84 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Town of Chelsea | 59 | 28 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Corinth | 90 | 42 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairlee | 28 | 3 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newbury | 53 | 5 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northfield | - | 39 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orange | 16 | 18 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Randolph[11] | 69 | 88 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury | - | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Strafford | 26 | 80 | 2 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thetford | 50 | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsham | 24 | 24 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tunbridge | 62 | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vershire | 8 | 58 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | 19 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamstown | 50 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Orleans County[12] | 158 | 50 | 26 | 87 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barton | 24 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brownington | 15 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry[13] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Craftsbury | 2 | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Derby | 25 | 5 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Duncansborough | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eden | - | - | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Elmore | 9 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Glover[14] | 13 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greensborough | 8 | 5 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hyde Park | 15 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Irasburg | 7 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Morristown | 24 | 3 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Troy[15] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westfield | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wolcott | 1 | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Vermont law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A second ballot would be held on December 18, 1804.
[2]The Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer, November 7, reports 1682 total votes for William Chamberlain, and 1313 for James Fisk.
[3]Several sources, including the The Green Mountain Patriot (Peacham, VT), October 30; the Weekly Wanderer (Randolph, VT), October 29; the National Intelligencer, November 5; the Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), October 19; and the Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), October 23, report 1680 total votes for William Chamberlain and 1333 total votes for James Fisk.
[4]The Green Mountain Patriot (Peacham, VT), September 11, lists Nicholas Buswell as Nicholas C. Buswell.
[5]The Town Records for Lunenburg appear to list Samuel Phillips as Samuel Phelps
[6]There were no votes recorded in Hardwick.
[7]Town Records list William Chamberlain with 46 votes in Saint Johnsbury.
[8]The votes from Sheffield were rejected.
[9]The votes from Woodbury were rejected.
[10]The Official Results list James Fisk with 771 votes but the town totals add up to 773 votes.
[11]Town Records list William Chamberlain with 66 votes, a possible transcription error.
[12]The Official Results list James Fisk with 50 votes but the town totals add up to 51 votes.
[13]There were no returns from Coventry.
[14]The votes from Glover were rejected.
[15]There were no returns from Troy.
References:
Original Election Returns. Vermont State Archives, Middlesex.
Braintree Town Records.
Brownington Town Records.
Burke Town Records.
Cabot Town Records.
Calais Town Records.
Danville Town Records.
Elmore Town Records.
Glover Town Records.
Granby Town Records.
Irasburg Town Records.
Lemington Town Records.
Lunenburg Town Records.
Marshfield Town Records.
Montpelier Town Records.
Northfield Town Records.
Plainfield Town Records.
Randolph Town Records.
Roxbury Town Records.
Saint Johnsbury Town Records.
Sheffield Town Records.
Walden Town Records.
Washington Town Records.
Wheelock Town Records.
Woodbury Town Records.
Weekly Wanderer (Randolph, VT). September 10, 1804.
The Green Mountain Patriot (Peacham, VT). September 11, 1804.
Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT). October 19, 1804.
Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT). October 23, 1804.
Weekly Wanderer (Randolph, VT). October 29, 1804.
The Green Mountain Patriot (Peacham, VT). October 30, 1804.
National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC). November 5, 1804.
Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). November 7, 1804.
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