Vermont 1798 U.S. House of Representatives, Western
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Vermont 1798 U.S. House of Representatives, Western
- Date:
- 1798
- State:
- Vermont
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Matthew Lyon, Samuel Williams, Daniel Chipman, Abel Spencer, Israel Smith, Gideon Olin, Samuel Hitchcock, Jonas Galusha, Moses Robinson, Jonathan Robinson, Roger Enos, Jr., Isaac Tichenor, John Burnham, Joel Linsly, Samuel Miller, Nathaniel Chipman, Martin Chittenden, Isaac Clark, Amos Mann, Amos Marsh, Thomas D. Rood, Noah Smith, John Strong, James Witherill, scattering
| Candidates: | Matthew Lyon | Samuel Williams | Daniel Chipman | Abel Spencer | Israel Smith | Gideon Olin | Samuel Hitchcock | Jonas Galusha | Moses Robinson | Jonathan Robinson | Roger Enos, Jr. | Isaac Tichenor | John Burnham | Joel Linsly | Samuel Miller | Nathaniel Chipman | Martin Chittenden | Isaac Clark | Amos Mann | Amos Marsh | Thomas D. Rood | Noah Smith | John Strong | James Witherill | scattering |
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| Affiliation: | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | |||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2][3][4][5][6] | 3482 | 1544 | 1370 | 268 | 236 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | - | - |
| District of Western | 3482 | 1544 | 1370 | 268 | 236 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | - | - |
| Addison County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Addison | 45 | - | 12 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridport[7] | 2 | 3 | 101 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol | 29 | - | 8 | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornwall | 96 | - | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Town of Ferrisburgh | 20 | 44 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hancock | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Leicester | 2 | 6 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middlebury | 13 | 4 | 95 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Monkton[8] | - | 26 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Haven[9] | 47 | 2 | 31 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salisbury | - | - | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Town of Shoreham | 82 | - | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| City of Vergennes | 7 | 15 | 70 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bennington County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bennington | 230 | 60 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pownal | 176 | - | - | 21 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Readsboro | 3 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shaftsbury | 223 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Winhall | 1 | - | - | 18 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodford | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chittenden County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Charlotte | 25 | 29 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Colchester[10] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Essex | 14 | 13 | 30 | - | 5 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Jericho | 23 | - | 38 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milton | 22 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shelburne | 18 | 5 | 60 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Franklin County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambridge | 77 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Town of Georgia | 38 | 1 | 9 | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Isle La Motte | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rutland County | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Benson | 99 | 42 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Mount Holly | 34 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittsfield | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pittsford[11] | - | 110 | 8 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rutland | 5 | 233 | 12 | 6 | 16 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Vermont law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A second ballot would be held on December 4, 1798.
[2]The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY), The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), The Rutland Herald (Rutland, VT), Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer (Alexandria, VA) and Federal Galaxy all list 226 votes for Israel Smith
[3]The Aurora and The Virginia Argus (Richmond, VA) both list 285 votes for Abel Spencer.
[4]The Scourge of Aristocracy, October 15, reports 1554 votes for Samuel Williams, 285 for Abel Spencer, and 274 for Israel Smith. This paper also notes 30 votes "given in for Governor, and the Representatives of the several towns in Assembly, by one accident or another put into the box for Representative to Congress.
[5]"There were a number of votes lost, by reason of their not being accompanied with certificates according to law, the most of which were for Daniel Chipman." Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). October 29, 1798.
[6]The Examiner (Richmond, VA) refers to the Federalists as "Aristocratic candidates."
[7]The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) lists Daniel Chipman with 102 votes.
[8]The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of September 6 lists Daniel Chipman with 54 votes in Monkton.
[9]The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) of September 6 lists Samuel Williams without any votes in New Haven.
[10]There were 44 votes cast with no breakdown.
[11]The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT) lists Samuel Williams with 113 votes and Matthew Lyon with 2 votes in Pittsford..
References:
Addison Town Records.
Bennington Town Records.
Benson Town Records.
Bridport Town Records.
Bristol Town Records.
Charlotte Town Records.
Essex Town Records.
Ferrisburgh Town Records.
Georgia Town Records.
Hancock Town Records.
Isle La Motte Town Records.
Jericho Town Records.
Milton Town Records.
Monkton Town Records.
Mount Holly Town Records.
New Haven Town Records.
Pittsfield Town Records.
Pittsford Town Records.
Pownal Town Records.
Readsboro Town Records.
Rutland Town Records.
Shaftsbury Town Records.
Shelburne Town Records.
Shoreham Town Records.
Vergennes Town Records.
Winhall Town Records.
Message from Governor Isaac Tichenor calling for a new election in the Western District. Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier.
The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT). September 6, 1798.
Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT). September 8, 1798.
The Vergennes Gazette and Vermont and New-York Advertiser (Vergennes, VT). September 13, 1798.
The Scourge of Aristocracy, and Repository of Important Political Truths (Fairhaven, VT). October 15, 1798.
Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT). October 20, 1798.
The Albany Gazette (Albany, NY). October 29, 1798.
The Rutland Herald (Rutland, VT). October 29, 1798.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). October 29, 1798.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 30, 1798.
Alexandria Advertiser and Commercial Intelligencer (Alexandria, VA). November 5, 1798.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 9, 1798.
The Examiner (Richmond, VA). November 19, 1798.
The Virginia Argus (Richmond, VA). November 20, 1798.
Doyle, William. The Vermont Political Tradition. Montpelier, VT: Northlight Studio Press, 1987. 74.
McLaughlin, J. F. Matthew Lyon: The Hampden of Congress. New York: Wynkoop Hollenbeck Crawford, 1900. 374-375.
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