Vermont's 4th congressional district

See also: VT4 (disambiguation)

Vermont's 4th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1803
1821
1825
Eliminated1810
1820
1930
Years active1803–1813
1821–1823
1825–1853

Vermont's 4th congressional district is an obsolete district. It was created in 1803. It was eliminated after the 1850 census. Its last congressman was Thomas Bartlett, Jr.

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years ↑ Cong
ress 		Electoral history
District established March 4, 1803

Martin Chittenden
(Williston) 		Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1813 		8th
9th
10th
11th
12th 		Elected on the third ballot in 1803.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Retired to run for Governor of Vermont.
District inactive March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1821 		13th
14th
15th
16th 		Vermont elected its representatives statewide at-large.
Elias Keyes
(Stockbridge) 		Democratic-Republican March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823 		17th Elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election.
District inactive March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th Vermont elected its representatives statewide at-large.

Ezra Meech
(Shelburn) 		Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827 		19th Elected in 1824.
Lost re-election.

Benjamin Swift
(St. Albans) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1831 		20th
21st 		Elected in 1827 on the third ballot.
Re-elected in 1828.
Retired.

Heman Allen (of Milton)
(Burlington) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1837 		22nd
23rd
24th
25th 		Elected late in 1832.
Re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Lost re-election.
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839

John Smith
(St. Albans) 		Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841 		26th Elected in 1838.
Lost re-election.
Augustus Young
(Johnson) 		Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843 		27th Elected in 1840.
Retired.

Paul Dillingham Jr.
(Waterbury) 		Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847 		28th
29th 		Elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1844.
Retired.

Lucius B. Peck
(Montpelier) 		Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851 		30th
31st 		Elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Retired to run for Governor of Vermont.

Thomas Bartlett Jr.
(Lyndon) 		Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853 		32nd Elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the 2nd district and lost re-election.
District dissolved March 4, 1853

References

  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present