1808 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont

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1808 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont
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  1806 September 6, 1808 (1808-09-06) and December 13, 1808 (1808-12-13) 1810  

All 4 Vermont seats to the United States House of Representatives
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Federalist Democratic-Republican
Last election22
Seats won31
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

Following the September 1808 election for delegates to represent Vermont in the 11th United States Congress, two of its four districts had failed to choose representatives. [1] A second ballot was held in December, giving Vermont a total of three Federalist representatives and one Democratic-Republican. [1]

Contents

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates
Vermont 1
"Southwestern district"
James Witherell Democratic-Republican 1806 Incumbent resigned May 1, 1808.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Samuel Shaw (Democratic-Republican) [lower-alpha 1]
Nathan Robinson (Federalist)
Chauncey Langdon (Federalist)
Jonas Galusha (Democratic-Republican)
Vermont 2
"Southeastern district"
James Elliot Federalist 1802 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist hold.
First ballot (September 6, 1808):
Jonathan H. Hubbard (Federalist) 45.4%
Aaron Leland (Democratic-Republican) 36.2%
William Czar Bradley (Democratic-Republican) 14.5%
Others 4.0%

Second ballot (December 13, 1808):
Jonathan H. Hubbard (Federalist) 51.6%
Aaron Leland (Democratic-Republican) 42.2%
William Czar Bradley (Democratic-Republican) 4.3%
Elias Keyes (Democratic-Republican) 1.4%
Vermont 3
"Northeastern district"
James Fisk Democratic-Republican 1802 Lost re-election.
New member elected.

Federalist gain.
First ballot (September 6, 1808):
Jedediah Buckingham (Federalist) 47.9%
James Fisk (Democratic-Republican) 47.4%
William Chamberlain (Federalist) 2.3%
Others 2.3%

Second ballot (December 13, 1808):
William Chamberlain (Federalist) 51.5%
James Fisk (Democratic-Republican) 47.7%
Others 0.8%
Vermont 4
"Northwestern district"
Martin Chittenden Federalist 1802 Incumbent re-elected.Martin Chittenden (Federalist) 59.9%
Ezra Butler (Democratic-Republican) 37.6%
Others 2.5%

See also

Notes

  1. Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source

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References

  1. 1 2 "VERMONT ELECTION". The United States Gazette. Philadelphia. December 29, 1808. Retrieved June 20, 2024 via Newspapers.com.