1798 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont

1798 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont

September 4, 1798 (1798-09-04) and December 4, 1798 (1798-12-04)
All 2 Vermont seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Last election 1 1 Seats won 1 1 Seat change

Majority vote required to win, necessitating a run-off election in the 1st (Western) district.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates[Note 1]
Vermont 1 "Western district"	Matthew Lyon	Democratic- Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	First ballot: Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 49.7% Samuel Williams (Federalist) 22.0% Daniel Chipman (Federalist) 19.5% Abel Spencer (Federalist) 3.8% Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 3.4% Others 1.6% Second ballot: √ Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 55.5% Samuel Williams (Federalist) 37.9% Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 6.6%
Vermont 2 "Eastern district"	Lewis R. Morris	Federalist	1797 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lewis R. Morris (Federalist) 86.5% Nathaniel Niles (Democratic-Republican) 6.7% William Chamberlain (Federalist) 2.5% Stephen Jacobs 1.9% Stephen R. Bradley 1.1% Others 1.2%

Notes

1. Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 1798 and 1799
• List of United States representatives from Vermont