Vermont 1808 U.S. House of Representatives, Northeast District, Ballot 2
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Vermont 1808 U.S. House of Representatives, Northeast District, Ballot 2
- Date:
- 1808
- State:
- Vermont
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Second Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- William Chamberlain, James Fisk, Samuel C. Crafts, Dudley Chase, Nathaniel Niles, Jedediah P. Buckingham, Ebenezer Chamberlain, scattering
| Candidates: | William Chamberlain[1] | James Fisk | Samuel C. Crafts | Dudley Chase | Nathaniel Niles | Jedediah P. Buckingham | Ebenezer Chamberlain | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | ||||||
| Final Result: [2] | 2783 | 2579 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| District of Northwest | 2783 | 2579 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| Caledonia County | 992 | 892 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Town of Barnet[3] | 90 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Billymead | 5 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burke[4] | 12 | 35 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Cabot[5] | 50 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Calais[6] | 28 | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danville | 78 | 151 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deweysburgh | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | 23 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hardwick | 47 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Kirby[7] | 6 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyndon[8] | 50 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marshfield | 34 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montpelier | 120 | 104 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Peacham[9] | 129 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Plainfield[10] | 6 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ryegate[11] | 19 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Saint Johnsbury[12] | 102 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sheffield[13] | 24 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Walden | 20 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterford | 93 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wheelock[14] | 43 | 64 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbury | 1 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Essex County | 158 | 124 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Brunswick | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | 5 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | 26 | 34 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guildhall | 22 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lemington | 13 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lunenburg[15] | 61 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Maidstone | 4 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Minehead | 12 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westmore | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Orange County[16] | 1335 | 1363 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Barre | 79 | 110 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Berlin | 74 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bradford | 47 | 73 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Braintree | 45 | 54 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookfield | 130 | 56 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chelsea | 129 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Corinth | 92 | 48 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairlee[17] | 36 | 67 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newbury | 93 | 77 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northfield | 15 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orange[18] | 49 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Randolph | 129 | 187 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury[19][20] | 16 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Strafford | 48 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thetford | 61 | 111 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsham | 17 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tunbridge[21] | 91 | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vershire | 36 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | 43 | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamstown | 105 | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Orleans County | 298 | 200 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 29 |
| Town of Barton | 27 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brownington[22] | 30 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | 15 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Craftsbury | 26 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 24 |
| Town of Derby | 36 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Duncansboro[23] | 15 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eden | 12 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Elmore | 1 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Glover | 41 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greensborough[24] | 28 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Town of Holland | 9 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hyde Park | 18 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Irasburg | 6 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lutterloh | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Morgan | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Morristown[25] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Navy | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Troy[26] | 10 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westfield | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westmore | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]The Mercantile Advertiser, January 24, lists 2767 total votes for William Chamberlain and 2554 for James Fisk.
[3]The Vermont Watchman, December 16, and the Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT), December 16 and 23, list 95 votes for William Chamberlain in Barnet.
[4]The North Star (Danville, VT), December 17, Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 26, the Vermont Watchman, December 23, and the Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT), December 23, list 9 votes for William Chamberlain and 37 for James Fisk in Burke.
[5]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 26, lists 56 votes for William Chamberlain in Cabot.
[6]The North Star (Danville, VT), December 17, and Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 26, list 48 votes for William Chamberlain and 103 for James Fisk in Calais.
[7]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), January 2, 1809, lists no votes for William Chamberlain and 12 for James Fisk in Kirby.
[8]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 26, lists 56 votes for William Chamberlain in Lyndon.
[9]The Vermont Watchman, December 16, and the Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT), December 16, list 130 votes for William Chamberlain and 19 for James Fisk in Peacham.
[10]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 19, lists 7 votes for William Chamberlain in Plainfield.
[11]The North Star (Danville, VT), December 17, lists 31 votes for William Chamberlain and 41 for James Fisk in Ryegate.
[12]The North Star (Danville, VT), December 17, Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 26, the Vermont Watchman, December 23, and the Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT), December 23, list 103 votes for William Chamberlain in Saint Johnsbury.
[13]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), January 2, 1809 lists 5 votes for William Chamberlain and none for James Fisk in Sheffield.
[14]The North Star (Danville, VT), December 17, Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 26, the Vermont Watchman, December 23, and the Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT), December 23, list 41 votes for William Chamberlain in Wheelock.
[15]The Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT), December 23, the Vermont Watchman, December 23, and Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), January 2, list 63 votes for William Chamberlain and 27 for James Fisk in Lunenburg.
[16]The North Star (Danville, VT), January 14, lists 1319 votes for William Chamberlain and 1338 for James Fisk in Orange County.
[17]The Vermont Precuror, December 23, splits returns from Fairlee into East Fairlee and West Fairlee, listing 36 votes for William Chamberlain and 14 for James Fisk in East Fairlee, and 53 for James Fisk in West Fairlee.
[18]The Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT), December 23, and the Vermont Watchman, December 23, list 39 votes for James Fisk in Orange.
[19]The votes from Roxbury were rejected.
[20]The Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT), December 23, the Vermont Watchman, December 23, and Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 19, list 18 votes for William Chamberlain and 12 for James Fisk in Roxbury.
[21]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 19, lists 90 votes for William Chamberlain and 81 for James Fisk in Tunbridge.
[22]The Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT), December 23, and Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), January 2, 1809, list 34 votes for William Chamberlain in Brownington.
[23]The Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT), December 23, and Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), January 2, 1809, list 13 votes for William Chamberlain in Dunansboro.
[24]The Rutland Vermont Herald (Rutland, VT) lists no scattering votes.
[25]There were no votes recorded in Morristown.
[26]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), January 2, lists no votes for William Chamberlain in Troy.
References:
Bloomfield Town Records.
Brunswick Town Records.
Granby Town Records.
Guildhall Town Records.
Lemington Town Records.
Lunenburg Town Records.
Roxbury Town Records.
Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT). December 16, 1808.
The Watchman (Montpelier, VT). December 16, 1808.
North Star (Danville, VT). December 17, 1808.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). December 19, 1808.
Vermont Precursor (Montpelier, VT). December 23, 1808.
The Watchman (Montpelier, VT). December 23, 1808.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). December 26, 1808.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). January 2, 1809.
North Star (Danville, VT). January 14, 1809.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). January 16, 1809.
Mercantile Advertiser (New York, NY). January 24, 1809.
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