Vermont 1803 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Ballot 2
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Vermont 1803 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Ballot 2
- Date:
- 1803
- State:
- Vermont
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Second Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Udney Hay, Martin Chittenden, Amos Marsh, Daniel Chipman, Noah Chittenden, Eeo Balo, Erastus Bostwick, Addington Conger, Nathaniel Cushman, Daniel Drury, Asa Lyon, Solomon Miller, George Motes, Reuben Saxon, Horatio Seymour, Joseph J. Tobias, William Wilson, Enoch Woodbridge, scattering, blank
| Candidates: | Udney Hay | Martin Chittenden | Amos Marsh | Daniel Chipman | Noah Chittenden | Eeo Balo | Erastus Bostwick | Addington Conger | Nathaniel Cushman | Daniel Drury | Asa Lyon | Solomon Miller | George Motes | Reuben Saxon | Horatio Seymour | Joseph J. Tobias | William Wilson | Enoch Woodbridge | scattering | blank |
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| Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | ||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | 2066 | 1247 | 836 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| District of Northwest | 2066 | 1247 | 836 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| Addison County | 764 | 365 | 273 | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | - |
| Town of Addison[9] | 57 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridport | 52 | 71 | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | 46 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornwall[10] | 42 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Town of Ferrisburgh | 57 | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hancock | 21 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kingston | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Leicester | 30 | 23 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Lincoln | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middlebury[11] | 38 | 88 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Town of Monkton | 3 | 1 | 63 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Haven[12] | 104 | 23 | 14 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Panton | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salisbury | 21 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Town of Shoreham | 84 | 40 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Starksboro | 1 | 3 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Vergennes[13] | 34 | 7 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Warren | 15 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weybridge[14] | 31 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Whiting | 49 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| Chittenden County | 699 | 713 | 238 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Town of Bolton[15] | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burlington | 61 | 92 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlotte | 50 | 5 | 66 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colchester | 14 | 25 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Duxbury | 11 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Essex | 48 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hinesburgh | 20 | 40 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Huntington | 28 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jericho | 34 | 89 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middle Hero[16] | 33 | 24 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Middlesex | 7 | 17 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milton | 47 | 48 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Moretown | 8 | 2 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Richmond | 46 | 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shelburne | 33 | 10 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Hero | 49 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Stowe[17] | 33 | 25 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Underhill[18] | 34 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Waitsfield | 8 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterbury[19] | 34 | 46 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westford | 26 | 44 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williston | 48 | 53 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Franklin County | 602 | 170 | 325 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bakersfield | 16 | 12 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berkshire | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambridge[20] | 69 | 2 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enosburgh | 10 | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfax | 47 | 35 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | 20 | 27 | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fletcher | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Georgia | 98 | 2 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Highgate | 27 | 3 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Huntsburgh[21] | 26 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Johnson | 20 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Richford | 13 | - | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saint Albans[22][23] | 40 | 32 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sheldon[24] | 8 | 6 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Swanton[25] | 74 | 7 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Vermont law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A third ballot would be held on May 9, 1803.
[2]Due to misspelling votes and rejected votes, the official certified vote was 1980 for Udney Hay, 1237 for Martin Chittenden, and 834 for Amos Marsh.
[3]Udney Hay received 57 votes as Udney, 1 vote as A. Hay, 1 vote as Udley Hay and 1 vote as Utley Hay.
[4]Martin Chittenden received 3 votes as M. Chittenden and 1 vote as Martin Chiden.
[5]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), April 21, notes that the following votes were "not regularly certified": 26 for Udney Hay, 6 for Martin Chittenden, 2 for Daniel Chipman, and 2 for Amos Marsh.
[6]The National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC), April 15, and The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA), April 26, report 1247 total votes for Martin Chittenden.
[7]"Mr. Baker, Through the medium of your paper, the Freemen of the Northwestern District of Vermont are requested no longer to consider the subscriber as a Candidate for the Office of Representative in the Congress of the United States. --Amos Marsh, Vergennes, April 12th, AD 1803" The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), April 21, 1803.
[8]Grand Isle County was formed from parts of Franklin and Chittenden Counties in 1802, but it was not officially incorporated until 1806. In this election, records from towns in the new Grand Isle County (South Hero and Middle Hero), were still counted in Chittenden County.
[9]The Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), March 9, reports 7 votes for Amos Marsh in Addison.
[10]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), March 10, reports 46 votes for Udney Hay in Cornwall.
[11]The Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), March 9, reports 37 votes for Udney Hay, 86 for Martin Chittenden, and 30 for Amos Marsh in Middlebury.
[12]The Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), March 9, reports 25 votes for Martin Chittenden in New Haven.
[13]1 vote for Utley Hay in Vergennes has here been credited to Udney Hay.
[14]The Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), March 9, reports 30 votes for Udney Hay in Weybridge.
[15]The Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), March 9, reports 35 votes for Udney Hay in Bolton.
[16]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), March 9, reports 2 votes for Amos Marsh in South Hero and Middle Hero combined.
[17]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), March 10, and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), March 16, report 21 votes for Martin Chittenden in Stowe.
[18]The Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), March 16, reports 2 votes for Amos Marsh in Underhill.
[19]The Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), March 9, reports 26 votes for Udney Hay, 25 for Martin Chittenden and 4 for Amos Marsh in Waterbury.
[20]The Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), March 16, reports 67 votes for Udney Hay in Cambridge.
[21]The votes from Huntsburgh were rejected.
[22]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), March 3, and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), March 9, report 39 votes for Udney Hay and 22 for Martin Chittenden in Saint Albans.
[23]Udney Hay received 1 vote as A. Hay, which has here been credited to him.
[24]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), March 10, reports 1 vote for Martin Chittenden in Sheldon.
[25]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), March 10, reports 8 votes for Martin Chittenden and 27 for Amos Marsh in Swanton.
References:
Addison Town Records.
Bridport Town Records.
Bristol Town Records.
Colchester Town Records.
Enosburgh Town Records.
Essex Town Records.
Fairfield Town Records.
Ferrisburgh Town Records.
Hancock Town Records.
Highgate Town Records.
Huntsburgh Town Records.
Jericho Town Records.
Milton Town Records.
Monkton Town Records.
New Haven Town Records.
Panton Town Records.
Richford Town Records.
Saint Albans Town Records.
Shelburne Town Records.
Shoreham Town Records.
Stowe Town Records.
Underhill Town Records.
Vergennes Town Records.
Warren Town Records.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). March 2, 1803.
Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT). March 3, 1803.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). March 9, 1803.
Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT). March 10, 1803.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). March 16, 1803.
The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT). March 28, 1803.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). March 30, 1803.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). April 5, 1803.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). April 13, 1803.
National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC). April 15, 1803.
Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT). April 21, 1803.
The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). April 26, 1803.
Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA). April 27, 1803.
The Carolina Gazette (Charleston, SC). May 5, 1803.
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