| Election Name: | 1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Flag Image: | File:Flag of the Vermont Republic.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1796–1797 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont |
| Previous Year: | 1796/97 |
| Election Date: | May 23, 1797 |
| Next Election: | 1798 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont |
| Next Year: | 1798 |
| Image1: | File:Lewis Richard Morris (Vermont Congressman).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Lewis R. Morris |
| Party1: | Federalist Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,033 |
| Percentage1: | 56.9% |
| Candidate2: | Stephen Jacob |
| Party2: | Federalist Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 246 |
| Percentage2: | 13.6% |
| Candidate4: | Nathaniel Niles |
| Party4: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Popular Vote4: | 203 |
| Percentage4: | 11.2% |
| Candidate5: | Amasa Paine |
| Party5: | Federalist Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote5: | 119 |
| Percentage5: | 6.6% |
| Representative | |
| Before Election: | Daniel Buck |
| Before Party: | Federalist Party (US) |
| After Election: | Lewis R. Morris |
| After Party: | Federalist Party (US) |
A special election was held in on May 23, 1797, to fill a vacancy left by Daniel Buck (F) declining to serve the term to which he'd been re-elected in the previous election.