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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. A second ballot was held in December, giving Vermont a total of three Federalist representatives and one Democratic-Republican.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected |
Result | Candidates |
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Vermont 1 "Southwestern district" |
James Witherell | Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Incumbent resigned May 1, 1808. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. |
√ Samuel Shaw (Democratic-Republican) 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
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1808 and 1809
- List of United States representatives from Vermont
Notes
- Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source
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References
- ^ "VERMONT ELECTION". The United States Gazette. Philadelphia. December 29, 1808. Retrieved June 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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