1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election

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1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election
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  1796/97 May 23, 1797 1798  
  Lewis Richard Morris (Vermont Congressman).jpg
Candidate Lewis R. Morris Stephen Jacob
Party Federalist Federalist
Popular vote1,033246
Percentage56.9%13.6%

 
Candidate Nathaniel Niles Amasa Paine
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote203119
Percentage11.2%6.6%

Representative before election

Daniel Buck
Federalist

Elected Representative

Lewis R. Morris
Federalist

A special election was held in Vermont's 2nd congressional district on May 23, 1797, to fill a vacancy left by Daniel Buck (F) declining to serve the term to which he had been re-elected in the previous election.

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Election results

1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Federalist Lewis R. Morris 1,033 56.91%
Federalist Stephen Jacob24613.55%
Democratic-Republican Nathaniel Niles 20311.18%
Federalist Amasa Paine1196.56%
Scattering21411.79%
Total votes1,815 100.00%
Federalist hold

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