Vermont 1800 U.S. House of Representatives, Eastern District, Ballot 2
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Vermont 1800 U.S. House of Representatives, Eastern District, Ballot 2
- Date:
- 1800
- State:
- Vermont
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Second Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Lewis R. Morris, Nathaniel Niles, Amasa Paine, William Chamberlain, Stephen Jacobs, David Dunbar, Stephen R. Bradley, Samuel Chamberlain, Charles Marsh, Robert Niles, Daniel Farrand, Lot Hall, scattering
| Candidates: | Lewis R. Morris[1] | Nathaniel Niles | Amasa Paine | William Chamberlain | Stephen Jacobs | David Dunbar | Stephen R. Bradley | Samuel Chamberlain | Charles Marsh | Robert Niles | Daniel Farrand | Lot Hall | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | ||||||
| Final Result: [2][3][4] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| District of Two | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Caledonia County | 322 | 52 | 6 | 15 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barnet[5] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Billymead | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Burke | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cabot | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Calais | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danville | 60 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hardwick | - | 2 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyndon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marshfield[6] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montpelier | 24 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Peacham | 20 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Plainfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ryegate | 8 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saint Johnsbury | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sheffield | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Walden | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterford | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wheelock | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbury | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Essex County | 34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brunswick[7] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guildhall | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lemington | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lunenburg | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Maidstone | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Minehead | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newark | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westmore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Orange County | 346 | 110 | 60 | 26 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barre | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berlin | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bradford | 34 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Braintree | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookfield[8] | 7 | 19 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chelsea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Corinth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairlee | 8 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newbury[9] | 41 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orange | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Randolph | 16 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Strafford | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Thetford | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Town of Topsham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tunbridge | 3 | 2 | 41 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vershire | 4 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Washington | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Williamstown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Windham County | 496 | 207 | 222 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Athens[10] | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brattleborough[11] | 35 | 1 | 56 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dover | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dummerston[12] | 24 | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Grafton[13] | 40 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford | - | 63 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Halifax | 32 | 19 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hinsdale[14] | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jamaica | 1 | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Londonderry[15] | 10 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlboro | - | 9 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newfane | 53 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Putney[16] | 27 | 21 | 22 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rockingham[17][18] | 107 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Somerset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratton | 8 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Townshend[19] | 49 | 2 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wardsboro[20] | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westminster[21][22] | 49 | 28 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Whitingham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilmington | 17 | 20 | 9 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | - | 16 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Windsor County | 431 | 333 | 53 | 80 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Andover | 1 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Baltimore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barnard | 2 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethel | 19 | 1 | 8 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgewater | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cavendish[23] | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chester | 93 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartford | 12 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 |
| Town of Hartland | 7 | 24 | 12 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ludlow | 7 | 12 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Norwich[24] | 48 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pomfret | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading | 4 | 30 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rochester | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Royalton | 30 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Springfield[25][26] | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stockbridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weathersfield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weston | 4 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windsor[27][28] | 17 | 96 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Woodstock | 19 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]Official totals listed for Lewis R. Morris were 1529 votes but the county totals reported add up to at least 1629 votes, and town totals in Windham exceed the listed county totals.
[3]Several newspapers list 29 scattering votes outside of the top 5 candidates but the totals add up to at least 73 votes outside of the top 5 candidates.
[4]"Tuesday last, the clerks of the different Counties in the Eastern District of Vermont, met agreeable to law, to sort and count the votes for a Representative to Congress - when it appeared that the Hon. Lewis R. Morris had 1529, Nathaniel Niles 699, Amasa Paine 341, Wm. Chamberlain 124, Stephen Jacob 25, scattering 29, Making the whole 2747, And, a majority in favor of the Honorable L.R. Morris, of 311." Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). January 19, 1801. Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). February 4, 1801.
[5]The Courier of New Hampshire reported "principally" as the amount of votes for Lewis R. Morris and "few" votes for Nathaniel Niles.
[6]"This day the freemen of Marshfield met ... and gave in their votes for William Chamberlain, Esq." Marshfield Town Records, December 2, 1800.
[7]"...no ballots brought in." Brunswick Town Records.
[8]The Courier of New Hampshire reports 4 scattering votes.
[9]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 22, reports 40 votes for Lewis R. Morris in Newbury.
[10]The Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette (Walpole, NH) lists "about" 35 votes for Lewis R. Morris.
[11]The Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette (Walpole, NH) lists 2 votes for Others and no votes for Nathaniel Niles.
[12]The Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette (Walpole, NH) lists "about" 40 votes for Lewis R. Morris and 20 votes for Nathaniel Niles.
[13]Both The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) (December 13), Farmers' Museum (December 8) and the National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC), December 17th edition list "about 40 votes for Lewis R. Morris, none for Niles and 2 for Paine."
[14]The Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette (Walpole, NH) lists "for Morris all."
[15]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 29, and the Farmers' Museum, December 29, list 4 votes for Lewis R. Morris, 16 for Nathaniel Niles, and 3 for Amasa Paine in Londonderry.
[16]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 29, and the Farmers' Museum, December 29, list 49 votes for Lewis R. Morris and 19 for Amasa Paine in Putney.
[17]Several sources, including The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), National Intelligencer, the Courier of New Hampshire, and Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), list 103 votes for Lewis R. Morris, no tally for Nathaniel Niles and 2 votes for Amasa Paine.
[18]The Federal Galaxy, December 6, lists 105 votes for Lewis R. Morris.
[19]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 29, and the Farmers' Museum, December 29, lists 59 votes for Lewis R. Morris and 2 for Amasa Paine in Townshend.
[20]The Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette (Walpole, NH) lists "about" 87 votes for Lewis R. Morris.
[21]The Courier of New Hampshire, Farmers' Museum, National Intelligencer, and The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA) lists 43 votes for Lewis R. Morris, 27 votes for Nathaniel Niles and none for Amasa Paine.
[22]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 15, lists 43 votes for Lewis R. Morris, 27 for Nathaniel Niles, and 2 for Amasa Paine.
[23]The Federal Galaxy lists 50 votes for Nathaniel Niles and no tallies for Lewis R. Morris, Amasa Paine or others.
[24]The Courier of New Hampshire lists "all" votes for Lewis R. Morris.
[25]The Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 8th edition lists "the remainder for Morris."
[26]The Courier of New Hampshire lists "all for Morris, except 2."
[27]According to The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA), Farmers' Museum and the National Intelligencer, "nearly all votes went for Morris."
[28]The Federal Galaxy lists 16 votes for Lewis R. Morris, 100 votes for Nathaniel Niles and 16 votes for Amasa Paine.
References:
Barnard Town Records.
Bethel Town Records.
Brattleborough Town Records.
Brunswick Town Records.
Cabot Town Records.
Calais Town Records.
Chester Town Records.
Dummerston Town Records.
Fairlee Town Records.
Granby Town Records.
Guildhall Town Records.
Halifax Town Records.
Hardwick Town Records.
Hartland Town Records.
Jamaica Town Records.
Londonderry Town Records.
Marlboro Town Records.
Marshfield Town Records.
Montpelier Town Records.
Newfane Town Records.
Newbury 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.
Tunbridge Town Records.
Walden Town Records.
Wardsboro Town Records.
Washington Town Records.
Westminster Town Records.
Wilmington Town Records.
Windham Town Records.
The Green Mountain Patriot (Peacham, VT). December 3, 1800.
Federal Galaxy (Brattleboro, VT). December 6, 1800.
The Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette (Walpole, NH). December 8, 1800.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). December 8, 1800.
The Green Mountain Patriot (Peacham, VT). December 11, 1800.
The Philadelphia Gazette and Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). December 13, 1800.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). December 15, 1800.
National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, DC). December 17, 1800.
Courier of New Hampshire (Concord, NH). December 19, 1800.
The Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette (Walpole, NH). December 22, 1800.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). December 22, 1800.
The Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette (Walpole, NH). December 29, 1800.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). December 29, 1800.
The Farmer's Museum, or Lay Preacher's Gazette (Walpole, NH). January 5, 1801.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). January 19, 1801.
The Green Mountain Patriot (Peacham, VT). January 22, 1801.
Connecticut Gazette, and the Commercial Intelligencer (New London, CT). February 4, 1801.
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