Vermont 1800 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Vermont 1800 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2
- Date:
- 1800
- State:
- Vermont
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Lewis R. Morris, Nathaniel Niles, Amasa Paine, Stephen Jacobs, William Chamberlain, Stephen R. Bradley, Lot Hall, Royal Tyler, Charles Marsh, John Leverett, Daniel Buck, David Dunbar, Samuel Chamberlain, Daniel Farrand, Elisha Allis, John W. Blake, Daniel Cahoon, Eli Halladay, Ethan Hitchcock, Israel Smith, Alden Spooner, scattering
| Candidates: | Lewis R. Morris | Nathaniel Niles | Amasa Paine | Stephen Jacobs | William Chamberlain | Stephen R. Bradley | Lot Hall | Royal Tyler | Charles Marsh | John Leverett | Daniel Buck | David Dunbar | Samuel Chamberlain | Daniel Farrand | Elisha Allis | John W. Blake | Daniel Cahoon | Eli Halladay | Ethan Hitchcock | Israel Smith | Alden Spooner | scattering |
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| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | ||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2][3][4][5] | 879 | 872 | 552 | 397 | 374 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 195 |
| District of Eastern | 879 | 872 | 552 | 397 | 374 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 195 |
| Caledonia County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cabot | 8 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Calais | 16 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danville | 72 | - | - | - | 17 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guildhall | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hardwick | - | - | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marshfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montpelier | 31 | 2 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Peacham | 2 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saint Johnsbury | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Orange County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barre | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berlin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bradford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Braintree | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chelsea | 18 | - | - | 16 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Corinth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairlee | 3 | 38 | - | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newbury | 57 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orange | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Randolph | 1 | 1 | - | 88 | - | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury | 1 | 8 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Strafford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thetford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tunbridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vershire | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | - | 13 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamstown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Windham County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Athens | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brattleborough[6] | 18 | 6 | 77 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dover | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dummerston | 1 | 26 | 58 | 2 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Grafton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford[7][8] | - | 94 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Halifax[9][10] | 16 | 16 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hinsdale | 7 | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jamaica | - | - | 1 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Londonberry | - | 26 | - | 4 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlboro[11] | - | 6 | 44 | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newfane[12][13] | 3 | - | 56 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Putney | 1 | - | 11 | 56 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rockingham | 119 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Somerset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratton | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Townshend | 10 | - | 19 | - | - | 3 | 13 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wardsboro | 38 | - | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westminster | 16 | 4 | 48 | 1 | - | 100 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Whitingham[14] | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilmington | - | 53 | 21 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Windsor County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Andover | 20 | 16 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Baltimore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barnard | 1 | 16 | - | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethel | 31 | 1 | 3 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgewater | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cavendish | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chester | 71 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartland | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ludlow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwich | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pomfret | 2 | 33 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading | - | 37 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rochester | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Royalton | 39 | 16 | 4 | 56 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Springfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stockbridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weathersfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windsor[15][16] | 6 | 124 | 13 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodstock | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), the The Rutland Herald (Rutland, VT), Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) note that "On sorting the votes for Representative for the Eastern District, it appears there is no choice; the votes stand as follows."
[2]Vermont law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A second ballot would be held on December 2, 1800.
[3]The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), the The Rutland Herald (Rutland, VT), Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) and The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) do not list votes for Stephen R. Bradley, but list 259 "scattering" votes.
[4]The American Mercury (Hartford, CT) and the Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT) list 63 votes for Stephen R. Bradley, but do not list "scattering" votes. These sources also are not including the 100 votes some sources list for him in Westminster.
[5]According to statements in several newspapers, the votes from a number of towns in both districts were not reported. These returns were either too late and therefore not counted or they were rejected on some technicality.
[6]The Dartmouth Gazette only includes vote counts for Lewis R. Morris and Amasa Paine in Brattleborough.
[7]The Dartmouth Gazette does not include votes for anyone except Nathaniel Niles and Amasa Paine in Guilford.
[8]The Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT) of September 6 includes a notation of "A few scattering" votes.
[9]The Dartmouth Gazette, The Eagle or Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH) and the Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT) of September 9 list Nathaniel Niles with 14 votes.
[10]The Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT) of September 6 lists Lewis R. Morris with "a very few" votes and does not list any votes for Amasa Paine.
[11]The Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT) of September 6 lists Amasa Paine with "about" 40 votes and does not list any votes for John Leverett or Eli Halladay.
[12]The Eagle or Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH) and the Dartmouth Gazette report 10 votes for Lewis R. Morris, 35 for Amasa Paine, and 12 votes for Royal Tyler in Newfane.
[13]The Federal Galaxy of September 6 does not list any votes for Stephen R. Bradley.
[14]The Dartmouth Gazette, The Eagle or Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH), and the Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT) of September 13 list Lewis R. Morris with 2 votes and Nathaniel Niles with 5 votes.
[15]The Dartmouth Gazette does not include any votes for William Chamberlain in Windsor.
[16]The Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT) of September 13 lists 5 scattering votes, but does not list any votes for William Chamberlain or Daniel Buck.
References:
Andover Town Records.
Barnard Town Records.
Bethel Town Records.
Brattleborough Town Records.
Calais Town Records.
Chelsea Town Records.
Chester Town Records.
Dummerston Town Records.
Fairlee Town Records.
Guildhall Town Records.
Halifax Town Records.
Hardwick Town Records.
Hartland Town Records.
Jamaica Town Records.
Londonderry Town Records.
Marlboro Town Records.
Montpelier Town Records.
Newfane Town Records.
Newbury Town Records.
Pomfret Town Records.
Putney Town Records.
Randolph Town Records.
Reading Town Records.
Rockingham Town Records.
Roxbury Town Records.
Royalton Town Records.
Saint Johnsbury Town Records.
Stratton Town Records.
Townshend Town Records.
Wardsboro Town Records.
Washington Town Records.
Westminster Town Records.
Whitingham Town Records.
Wilmington Town Records.
The Green Mountain Patriot (Peacham, VT). September 3, 1800.
Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT). September 6, 1800.
Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT). September 13, 1800.
Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT). September 20, 1800.
The Eagle or Dartmouth Centinel (Hanover, NH). September 29, 1800.
Dartmouth Gazette (Hanover, NH). September 29, 1800.
The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT). October 16, 1800.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). October 20, 1800.
The Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT). October 20, 1800.
The Rutland Herald (Rutland, VT). October 27, 1800.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 29, 1800.
American Mercury (Hartford, CT). October 30, 1800.
The True American and Commercial Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 30, 1800.
Haswell's Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT). August 24, 1801.
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