Vermont 1803 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2, Ballot 2
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- Vermont 1803 U.S. House of Representatives, District 2, Ballot 2
- Date:
- 1803
- State:
- Vermont
- Type:
- General
- Iteration:
- Second Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- James Elliot, Daniel Farrand, Aaron Leland, Lewis R. Morris, Paul Brigham, Stephen Jacob, Amasa Paine, Lot Hall, Daniel Buck, Thomas Gross, Benjamin Emmons, Alden Spooner, Benjamin Swan, scattering
| Candidates: | James Elliot[1] | Daniel Farrand | Aaron Leland | Lewis R. Morris | Paul Brigham | Stephen Jacob | Amasa Paine | Lot Hall | Daniel Buck | Thomas Gross | Benjamin Emmons | Alden Spooner | Benjamin Swan | scattering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist | Republican | Federalist | Federalist | Federalist | ||||||||
| Final Result: [2][3] | 2485 | 1730 | 206 | 42 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| District of Southeast | 2485 | 1730 | 206 | 42 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| Windham County[4] | 718 | 1245 | 62 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| Town of Acton | 8 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Town of Athens[5] | 7 | 8 | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Town of Brattleborough[6] | 53 | 165 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Brookline[7] | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Dummerston | 75 | 71 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Grafton | 17 | 63 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Guilford[8] | 123 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Halifax[9] | 59 | 51 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Jamaica | 2 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Londonderry | 17 | 39 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Marlboro | 54 | 59 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Newfane | 11 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Putney[10][11] | 32 | 89 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Town of Rockingham[12] | 33 | 92 | 2 | 22 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Somerset | - | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stratton | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Townshend[13] | 9 | 115 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Vernon[14] | 11 | 34 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Wardsboro[15] | 4 | 45 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Westminster | 109 | 73 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Whitingham | 38 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Town of Wilmington[16] | 31 | 64 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windham | 25 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Windsor County | 1777 | 485 | 144 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Town of Andover[17] | 62 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Baltimore | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Barnard | 47 | - | - | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bethel[18] | 31 | 22 | 10 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Bridgewater | 86 | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Town of Cavendish | 118 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Chester[19] | 59 | 53 | 49 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartford[20] | 100 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Hartland | 151 | - | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Town of Ludlow | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Town of Norwich | 75 | 4 | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Plymouth | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Pomfret | 88 | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Reading[21] | 95 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Town of Rochester | 69 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Royalton[22][23] | 47 | 114 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Sharon[24][25] | 38 | 58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Town of Springfield[26][27][28] | 68 | 55 | 11 | - | - | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Stockbridge | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Weathersfield[29] | 60 | 76 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Town of Weston[30] | 26 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Windsor | 189 | 42 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Town of Woodstock[31][32] | 196 | 13 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Notes:
[1]Elected.
[2]The Official Results list James Elliot with 2485 votes and Aaron Leland with 204 votes, but the county totals add up to 2495 for Elliot and 206 for Leland.
[3]The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT), March 28, and the Aurora General Advertiser, April 7, report 71 total votes for Lewis R. Morris.
[4]The Official Results list James Elliot with 708 votes but the town totals add up to 718.
[5]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT), March 7, and Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 8, report 30 votes for Aaron Leland in Athens.
[6]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 170 votes for Daniel Farrand in Brattleborough.
[7]The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT), March 7, reports 51 votes for Daniel Farrand in Brookline.
[8]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 113 votes for James Elliot and 53 for Daniel Farrand in Guilford.
[9]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 15, and The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT), March 7, report 54 votes for James Elliot and 51 for Daniel Farrand in Halifax.
[10]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 80 votes for Daniel Farrand in Putney.
[11]The Putney Town Records do not list any votes from unnamed voters.
[12]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 8, and The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT), March 14, report 90 votes for Daniel Farrand in Rockingham.
[13]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 11 votes for James Elliot and 100 for Daniel Farrand in Townshend.
[14]The Windsor Gazette, March 8, reports these returns from Hinsdale.
[15]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 42 votes for Daniel Farrand in Wardsboro.
[16]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 34 votes for James Elliot and 50 for Daniel Farrand in Wilmington.
[17]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT), March 14, and Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 8, report 63 votes for James Elliot in Andover.
[18]The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT), March 14, reports 32 votes for James Elliot and 28 for Daniel Farrand in Bethel.
[19]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 5 votes for James Elliot in Chester.
[20]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 99 votes for James Elliot in Hartford.
[21]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 94 votes for James Elliot and no votes for Aaron Leland in Reading.
[22]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, and Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 38 votes for James Elliot in Royalton.
[23]The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT), March 7, reports 12 votes for James Elliot and 100 for Daniel Farrand in Royalton.
[24]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, and Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 8, report 47 votes for James Elliot in Sharon.
[25]The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT), March 7, reports 39 votes for James Elliot and 59 votes for Daniel Farrand in Sharon.
[26]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 9 votes for Aaron Leland in Springfield.
[27]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 8, reports 59 votes for James Elliot and 63 for Daniel Farrand in Springfield.
[28]The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT), March 14, reports 58 votes for James Elliot and 52 for Daniel Farrand in Springfield.
[29]The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT) does not report any votes for Aaron Leland in Weathersfield.
[30]Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 15, reports 15 votes for Daniel Farrand in Weston.
[31]The Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT), March 8, The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT), March 7, and Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT), March 8, report 12 votes for Daniel Farrand and 15 for Aaron Leland in Woodstock.
[32]The Woodstock Town Records report either 196 or 106 votes for James Elliott in Woodstock.
References:
Andover Town Records.
Baltimore Town Records.
Barnard Town Records.
Bethel Town Records.
Brattleborough Town Records.
Cavendish Town Records.
Chester Town Records.
Dummerston Town Records.
Grafton Town Records.
Halifax Town Records.
Hartford Town Records.
Hartland Town Records.
Jamaica Town Records.
Londonderry Town Records.
Marlboro Town Records.
Newfane Town Records.
Pomfret Town Records.
Putney Town Records.
Rockingham Town Records.
Royalton Town Records.
Springfield Town Records.
Wardsboro Town Records.
Westminster Town Records.
Wilmington Town Records.
The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT). March 7, 1803.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). March 8, 1803.
Windsor Federal Gazette (Windsor, VT). March 8, 1803.
The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT). March 14, 1803.
Spooner's Vermont Journal (Windsor, VT). March 15, 1803.
The Reporter (Brattleboro, VT). March 28, 1803.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). April 7, 1803.
Middlebury Mercury (Middlebury, VT). April 13, 1803.
Republican Star or Eastern Shore General Advertiser (Easton, MD). April 19, 1803.
Kline's Carlisle Weekly Gazette (Carlisle, PA). April 20 1803.
Vermont Centinel (Burlington, VT). April 21, 1803.
The Carolina Gazette (Charleston, SC). April 28, 1803.
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