Vermont 1808 U.S. House of Representatives, Northeast District
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Vermont 1808 U.S. House of Representatives, Northeast District
- Date:
- 1808
- State:
- Vermont
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Jedediah P. Buckingham, James Fisk, William Chamberlain, Israel Smith, Leonard Worcester, Samuel Crafts, Timothy Edson, Aaron Porter, Isaac Tichenor, Dudley Chase, Josiah Dana, John Hutchinson, John Lyon, Moulton Morey, Benjamin Swan, Jonathan Bass, Paul Brigham, Ezra Butler, William A. Griswold, Thomas Jefferson, Nathaniel King, Samuel Smith, Elishu Taylor, Cyrus Ware, Thaddeus White
| Candidates: | Jedediah P. Buckingham | James Fisk | William Chamberlain | Israel Smith | Leonard Worcester | Samuel Crafts | Timothy Edson | Aaron Porter | Isaac Tichenor | Dudley Chase | Josiah Dana | John Hutchinson | John Lyon | Moulton Morey | Benjamin Swan | Jonathan Bass | Paul Brigham | Ezra Butler | William A. Griswold | Thomas Jefferson | Nathaniel King | Samuel Smith | Elishu Taylor | Cyrus Ware | Thaddeus White |
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| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Final Result: [1][2] | 2867 | 2833 | 81 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| District of Northeast | 2867 | 2833 | 81 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Caledonia County[3] | 1058 | 923 | 65 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Barnet | 117 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Billymead | 1 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Burke | 7 | 41 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cabot | 53 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Calais | 33 | 68 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Danville | 86 | 119 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Deweysburgh | 3 | 14 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Groton | 32 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hardwick | 54 | 53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kirby | 7 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lyndon | 60 | 74 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marshfield | 42 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Montpelier[4] | 82 | 119 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Peacham[5] | 111 | 13 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plainfield | 8 | 38 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ryegate | 26 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Saint Johnsbury | 98 | 54 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sheffield | 31 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Walden | 20 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Waterford | 97 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wheelock | 69 | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodbury | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Essex County[6] | 183 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brunswick | - | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Canaan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Concord | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Granby | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guildhall | 68 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lemington | 16 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lunenburg | 66 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Maidstone | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Minehead | 15 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westmore | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Orange County | 1322 | 1610 | 10 | 11 | 5 | - | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Town of Barre | 38 | 117 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Berlin | 61 | 55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bradford | 54 | 94 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Braintree | 58 | 66 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookfield | 155 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chelsea | 113 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Corinth | 116 | 98 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Fairlee | 50 | 56 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Newbury | 90 | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Northfield[7] | 18 | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Orange | 40 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Randolph | 151 | 203 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Roxbury[8] | 20 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stafford | 21 | 110 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Thetford | 55 | 97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Topsham | 12 | 65 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Tunbridge | 89 | 111 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vershire | 10 | 92 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Washington | 41 | 63 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Williamstown | 130 | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Orleans County[9][10] | 304 | 239 | 6 | - | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barton | 25 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Browington | 20 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Coventry | 13 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Craftsbury | 44 | 4 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Derby | 36 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Duncansborough | 16 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Eden | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Elmore[11] | 3 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Glover | 33 | 17 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Greensborough | 24 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Holland | 10 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hyde Park | 19 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Irasburg | 6 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Kellyvale | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Lutterloh | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Morgan | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Morristown | 17 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Navy | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Troy | 6 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westfield | 7 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wolcott | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes:
[1]Vermont law required a majority to elect for the U.S. House of Representatives. A second ballot would be held on December 13, 1808.
[2]Various newspapers list Jedediah P. Buckingham with 2850 votes, James Fisk with 2818 votes, William Chamberlain with 137 votes, Samuel Crafts with 28 votes and 111 scattering votes but the county totals add up to 2867 votes for Buckingham, 2833 votes for Fisk, 32 votes for Chamberlain, 24 votes for Crafts and 53 votes scattered among the other 21 candidates.
[3]The Watchman (Montpelier, VT), October 21, and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), October 26, list 1059 votes for Jedediah P. Buckingham and 917 for James Fisk, though the town votes add up to 1058 for Buckingham and 923 for Fisk.
[4]In Montpelier, 6 votes for Judge Fisk have here been credited to James Fisk.
[5]The Watchman (Montpelier, VT), September 16, reverses the returns for James Fisk and Jedediah P. Buckingham.
[6]The Watchman (Montpelier, VT), October 21, and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), October 26, list 167 votes for Jedediah P. Buckingham and 52 for James Fisk, though the town votes listed add up to 183 for Buckingham and 61 for Fisk.
[7]The Watchman (Montpelier, VT), September 16, lists 45 votes for James Fisk in Northfield.
[8]The Watchman (Montpelier, VT), September 16, lists 21 votes for Jedediah P. Buckingham in Roxbury.
[9]The North Star (Danville, VT), October 29, lists 209 votes for James Fisk in Orleans, though the town votes add up to 239.
[10]The Watchman (Montpelier, VT), October 21, and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), October 26, list 303 votes for Jedediah P. Buckingham in Orleans, though the town votes add up to 304.
[11]In Elmore, 1 vote for Jedediah P. Buck has here been credited to Jedediah P. Buckingham.
References:
The Watchman (Montpelier, VT). September 9, 1808.
The Watchman (Montpelier, VT). September 16, 1808.
The Watchman (Montpelier, VT). October 21, 1808.
Vermont Courier (Rutland, VT). October 24, 1808.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). October 26, 1808.
North Star (Danville, VT). October 29, 1808.
Rutland Vermont Herald (Rutland, VT). October 29, 1808.
The Freeman's Journal and Philadelphia Mercantile Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 1, 1808.
Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 1, 1808.
The Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). November 9, 1808.
North Star (Danville, VT). December 17, 1808.
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