Vermont 1804 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2, Ballot 2
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Vermont 1804 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2, Ballot 2
- Date:
- 1804
- State:
- Vermont
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Second Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- James Elliot, Mark Richards, Samuel Fletcher, Lewis R. Morris, Amasa Paine, Paul Brigham, Alexander Campbell, Watson Crosley, Aseph Fletcher, scattering
| Candidates: | James Elliot[1] | Mark Richards | Samuel Fletcher | Lewis R. Morris | Amasa Paine | Paul Brigham | Alexander Campbell | Watson Crosley | Aseph Fletcher | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | |||||||
| Final Result: [2][3][4][5][6] | 1994 | 1170 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| District of Southeast | 1994 | 1170 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Windham County | 1207 | 422 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Town of Athens | 69 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brattleborough[7][8] | 125 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Dummerston[9] | 100 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Grafton[10][11] | 48 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford | 87 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Halifax | 57 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jamaica | 51 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Londonderry | 57 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlboro[12] | 58 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newfane | 77 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Putney | 72 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rockingham[13][14][15][16][17] | 35 | 105 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Town of Somerset | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Town of Stratton | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Townshend | 54 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Vernon | 36 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wardsboro[18] | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westminster[19][20] | 86 | 89 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Whitingham | 33 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Wilmington[21] | 56 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Windsor County | 787 | 748 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 26 |
| Town of Andover | 1 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Baltimore | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barnard[22] | 44 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethel | 18 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgewater | 22 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Cavendish | 9 | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chester[23] | 63 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartford[24] | 68 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartland | 25 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Ludlow | 20 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Norwich | 52 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | 4 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pomfret | 22 | 49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading[25][26][27] | 22 | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Rochester | 7 | 33 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Royalton[28] | 67 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Springfield[29] | 79 | 15 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stockbridge | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Weathersfield | 43 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 |
| Town of Weston[30] | 30 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windsor | 32 | 154 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodstock | 98 | 78 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]On the second Monday in December next the citizens of (this) the South-Eastern district are called upon to give their suffrages to some suitable person to represent them in the ninth Congress of the United States. JAMES ELLIOT, Esq. is the candidate held up in the Vermont Journal,--MARK RICHARDS, Esq. is held up in the Political Observatory (Walpole, NH).--Should the Federalists at this trial vote for Mr. Elliot, his reelection is certain--otherwise doubtful." Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT). November 27, 1804.
[3]"In the S.E. district Mark Richards, esq. was the Republican candidate, and we learn that the federalist generally, with a portion of the republicans, voted for hon. Mr. Elliot, the present member." Political Observatory (Walpole, NH). December 15, 1804.
[4]"From the S.E. district, we have ...never entertained a scruple that Mr. Elliot would carry his re-election, provided the federalist should universally vote for him, which appears to have been the case. For we were aware that the majority of republicans in that district was not large, and that several through want of information, would certainly vote for Mr. Elliot - it is to be hoped, that such will pause and ask themselves, what it means, that they should be found voting with the whole body of federalist! - or has the dispute, which has distracted our country for eight years past, been about nothing? Thus it is, that an honest republican people are exposed to be divided and conquered; while federalist are ever united, and tho' a minority, are enabled to carry their point. A little more of the wisdom of the 'serpent' mingled with the harmlessness of the 'dove,' would do the republicans no hurt, and their liberties would be safer." Political Observatory (Walpole, NH). December, 22, 1804.
[5]"Federal papers are so elated with the prospects of Mr. Elliot's re-election, that they carry the matter beyond all bounds." Political Observatory (Walpole, NH). January 5, 1805.
[6]"To show how the democratic editors treat every one who is not perfectly subservient to their party views, we select the following from the National Aegis 'Mr. Elliot is re-elected member of congress for the South Eastern district of Vermont. He was the only Federal Candidate; and of course received the undivided support of that party, who knew that he was "indeed and in truth" devoted to them. His hypocritical profession of Republican principles probably obtained him some Republican suffrages. By these means, he has obtained another opportunity to display his real character, in the Legislature of the nation.'" The Post-Boy, and Vermont and New-Hampshire Federal Courier (Windsor, VT). January 22, 1805.
[7]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 18; the Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), December 18; the Political Observatory, December 22; and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), December 26, report 8 votes for Mark Richards in Brattleborough.
[8]The National Intelligencer, December 18, and the Universal Gazette, December 22, report 2 votes for Samuel Fletcher in Brattleborough.
[9]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), December 18, reports 2 scattering votes in Dummerston.
[10]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 18; the Political Observatory, December 22; the Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), December 18; and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), December 26, report 33 votes for Mark Richards in Grafton.
[11]The Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT), December 24, reports 38 votes for James Elliot and 42 for Mark Richards in Grafton.
[12]Several sources, including Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 18; the Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), December 18; the Political Observatory, December 22; The Reporter, December 15; the Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT), December 24; and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), December 26, report 65 votes for James Elliot in Marlboro.
[13]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 18; the Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), December 18; and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), December 26, report 12 votes for James Elliot and 62 for Mark Richards in Rockingham.
[14]The Political Observatory, December 22, report 12 votes for James Elliot in Rockingham.
[15]The Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT), December 24, reports 36 votes for James Elliot and 106 for Mark Richards in Rockingham.
[16]The Reporter, December 15, reports 36 votes for James Elliot in Rockingham.
[17]Rockingham Town Records do not list any votes for Alexander Campbell in Rockingham in the December election.
[18]Several sources, including Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 18; The Reporter, December 15; the Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), December 18; the Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT), December 24; the Political Observatory, December 22; and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), December 26, report 54 votes for James Elliot and 6 for Mark Richards in Wardsboro.
[19]The Political Observatory, December 15, and the Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT), December 24, reports 83 votes for James Elliot in Westminster.
[20]The National Intelligencer, December 18, and the Universal Gazette, December 22, report one vote for Samuel Fletcher in Brattleborough and no vote for Paul Brigham.
[21]The Political Observatory, December 22, and the Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT), December 24, reports 50 votes for James Elliot in Wilmington.
[22]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 25; the Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), December 25; the Rutland Herald (Rutland, VT), December 29; and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), January 2, report 8 votes for Mark Richards in Barnard.
[23]Several sources, including Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 18; The Reporter, December 12; the Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), December 18; and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), December 26, report 40 votes for James Elliot and 57 for Mark Richards in Chester.
[24]Several sources, including Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 18; the Political Observatory, December 22; The Reporter, December 22; the Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT), December 24; the Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), December 18; and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), December 26, report 67 votes for James Elliot in Hartford.
[25]The Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT), December 24 reports 27 votes for James Elliot in Reading.
[26]The Political Observatory, December 15, and the Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT), December 24, report 55 votes for Mark Richards in Reading.
[27]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), December 18; The Reporter, December 22; and, the Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), both of December 18, and the Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT), December 26, report 58 votes for Mark Richards in Reading.
[28]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), December 25, reports 3 scattering votes in Royalton.
[29]The Reporter, December 22, reports 90 votes for James Elliot, and no votes for Mark Richards in Springfield.
[30]The Reporter, December 15, reports 50 votes for James Elliot in Weston.
References:
Andover Town Records.
Barnard Town Records.
Brattleborough Town Records.
Cavendish Town Records.
Chester Town Records.
Dummerston Town Records.
Halifax Town Records.
Hartford Town Records.
Hartland Town Records.
Jamaica Town Records.
Newfane Town Records.
Pomfret Town Records.
Putney Town Records.
Reading Town Records.
Rochester Town Records.
Rockingham Town Records.
Royalton Town Records.
Somerset Town Records.
Springfield Town Records.
Stratton Town Records.
Townshend Town Records.
Vernon Town Records.
Wardsboro Town Records.
Westminster Town Records.
Wilmington Town Records.
Windsor Town Records.
Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT). November 27, 1804.
Political Observatory (Walpole, NH). December 15, 1804.
The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT). December 15, 1804.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). December 18, 1804.
Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT). December 18, 1804.
Universal Gazette (Washington, DC). December 19, 1804.
Universal Gazette (Washington, DC). December 20, 1804.
Political Observatory (Walpole, NH). December 22, 1804.
The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT). December 22, 1804.
Vermont Gazette (Bennington, VT). December 24, 1804.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). December 25, 1804.
Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT). December 25, 1804.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). December 26, 1804.
Rutland Herald (Rutland, VT). December 29, 1804.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). January 2, 1805.
Political Observatory (Walpole, NH). January 5, 1805.
The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT). January 12, 1805.
The Green Mountain Patriot (Peacham, VT). January 15, 1805.
The Post-Boy, and Vermont and New-Hampshire Federal Courier (Windsor, VT). January 15, 1805.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). January 15, 1805.
Political Observatory (Walpole, NH). January 19, 1805.
The Post-Boy, and Vermont and New-Hampshire Federal Courier (Windsor, VT). January 22, 1805.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). January 23, 1805.
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