Vermont 1803 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Ballot 3
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Vermont 1803 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Ballot 3
- Date:
- 1803
- State:
- Vermont
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Third Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Martin Chittenden, Udney Hay, Amos Marsh, Daniel Chipman, Samuel Hitchcock, Elias Bidel, Noah Chittenden, Stephen Frank, Enoch Woodbridge, scattering
| Candidates: | Martin Chittenden[1] | Udney Hay | Amos Marsh | Daniel Chipman | Samuel Hitchcock | Elias Bidel | Noah Chittenden | Stephen Frank | Enoch Woodbridge | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | |||||||
| Final Result: [2][3][4] | 2355 | 1951 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 |
| District of Northwest | 2355 | 1951 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 |
| Addison County[5] | 697 | 796 | 5 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| Town of Addison[6] | 22 | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridport[7][8] | 81 | 76 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bristol[9] | 7 | 41 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cornwall | 48 | 59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ferrisburgh | 22 | 75 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hancock | 4 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kingston | 4 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Leicester | 30 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Lincoln | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Middlebury | 129 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Monkton[10] | 48 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of New Haven | 40 | 83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Panton | 7 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Salisbury | 64 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Shoreham[11] | 65 | 101 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Starksboro | 42 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| City of Vergennes[12] | 49 | 44 | 3 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Warren | 3 | 19 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weybridge | 28 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Whiting[13] | 4 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chittenden County[14] | 1035 | 633 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| Town of Bolton | 3 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burlington | 105 | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Charlotte | 70 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Colchester | 27 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Duxbury | 22 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Essex | 37 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Hinesburgh | 82 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Huntington | 8 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jericho[15] | 101 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Middle Hero | 39 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Middlesex | 21 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Milton | 62 | 47 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Moretown | 30 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Richmond[16] | 61 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Shelburn | 69 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of South Hero | 44 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stowe | 20 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Underhill[17] | 3 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Waitsfield | 47 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterbury | 58 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westford | 43 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williston | 82 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Franklin County | 623 | 522 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Alburgh | 26 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bakersfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Belvidere | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berkshire | 13 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cambridge | 30 | 82 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Enosburgh | 6 | 13 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfax | 54 | 36 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairfield | 116 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fletcher | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Georgia | 43 | 81 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Highgate | 18 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Huntsburgh | 13 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Johnson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montgomery | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of North Hero | 21 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Richford | 18 | 21 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Saint Albans | 97 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sheldon[18] | 33 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sterling | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Swanton | 45 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Vineyard[19] | 3 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]The Official Results list Martin Chittenden with 2352 votes and Udney Hay with 1950 votes but the town totals add up to 2355 votes for Chittenden and 1951 votes for Hay.
[3]The Reporter, June 20, reports 2319 votes for Martin Chittenden and 1938 for Udney Hay.
[4]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 were still counted in their former counties (South Hero and Middle Hero in Chittenden, and Alburgh, North Hero, and Vineyard in Franklin).
[5]The Official Results list Udney Hay with 795 votes but the town totals add up to 796 votes.
[6]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), May 12, reports 28 votes for Martin Chittenden in Addison.
[7]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), May 12, reports 75 votes for Martin Chittenden and 50 for Udney Hay in Bridport.
[8]The Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), May 11, reports 71 votes for Martin Chittenden and 58 for Udney Hay in Bridport.
[9]The Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), May 11, reports 47 votes for Udney Hay in Bristol.
[10]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), May 12, reports 49 votes for Martin Chittenden in Monkton.
[11]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), May 12, reports 94 votes for Udney Hay in Shoreham.
[12]In Vergennes, 1 vote for Sdney Hay has here been credited to Udney Hay.
[13]The Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), May 11, reports 3 votes for Martin Chittenden in Whiting.
[14]The Official Results list Martin Chittenden with 1032 votes but the town totals add up to 1035 votes.
[15]In Jericho, 1 vote for "Chittenden" has here been credited to Martin Chittenden.
[16]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), May 12, and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), May 18, report 83 votes for Martin Chittenden and 27 for Udney Hay in Richmond.
[17]The Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT), May 19, and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), May 25, report 36 votes for Udney Hay in Underhill.
[18]The votes from Sheldon were illegally returned and not counted. Some early sources inaccurately state that votes from Shelburne (Chittenden County), instead of Sheldon, were rejected.
[19]Isle la Motte changed its name to Vineyard in 1802; in 1803, several sources still list it as Isle la Motte.
References:
Addison Town Records.
Bridport Town Records.
Bristol Town Records.
Enosburgh Town Records.
Fairfax Town Records.
Ferrisburgh Town Records.
Hancock Town Records.
Huntsburgh Town Records.
Isle La Motte Town Records.
Jericho Town Records.
Milton Town Records.
Monkton Town Records.
Montgomery Town Records.
New Haven Town Records.
Richford Town Records.
Saint Albans Town Records.
Stowe Town Records.
Underhill Town Records.
Vergennes Town Records.
Warren Town Records.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). May 11, 1803.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). May 18, 1803.
Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT). May 12, 1803.
Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT). May 19, 1803.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). May 25, 1803.
Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT). June 2, 1803.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). June 15, 1803.
The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT). June 20, 1803.
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