1798 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont
1798 House elections in Vermont
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Majority vote required to win, necessitating a run-off election in the 1st (Western) district.
| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates[Note 1] |
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| Vermont 1 "Western district" | Matthew Lyon | Democratic- Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | First ballot: Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 49.7% Samuel Williams (Federalist) 22.0% Daniel Chipman (Federalist) 19.5% Abel Spencer (Federalist) 3.8% Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 3.4% Others 1.6% Second ballot: √ Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 55.5% Samuel Williams (Federalist) 37.9% Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 6.6% |
| Vermont 2 "Eastern district" | Lewis R. Morris | Federalist | 1797 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Lewis R. Morris (Federalist) 86.5% Nathaniel Niles (Democratic-Republican) 6.7% William Chamberlain (Federalist) 2.5% Stephen Jacobs 1.9% Stephen R. Bradley 1.1% Others 1.2% |
Notes
- ^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1798 and 1799
- List of United States representatives from Vermont
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