1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election

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1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election

← 1796/97 May 23, 1797 1798 →
 
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

the previous election
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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

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