1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election

1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election

May 23, 1797
 
Candidate Lewis R. Morris Stephen Jacob
Party Federalist Federalist
Popular vote 1,033 246
Percentage 56.9% 13.6%

 
Candidate Nathaniel Niles Amasa Paine
Party Democratic-Republican Federalist
Popular vote 203 119
Percentage 11.2% 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.

Election results

1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Federalist Lewis R. Morris 1,033 56.91%
Federalist Stephen Jacob 246 13.55%
Democratic-Republican Nathaniel Niles 203 11.18%
Federalist Amasa Paine 119 6.56%
Scattering 214 11.79%
Total votes 1,815 100.00%
Federalist hold

See also

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