Election Name: | 1798 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont |
Country: | Vermont |
Flag Image: | File:Flag of the Vermont Republic.svg |
Type: | legislative |
Previous Election: | 1796–1797 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont |
Previous Year: | 1796–1797 |
Election Date: | and |
Next Election: | 1800 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont |
Next Year: | 1800 |
Seats For Election: | All 2 Vermont seats to the United States House of Representatives |
Colour1: | 008900 |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Last Election1: | 1 |
Seats1: | 1 |
Colour2: | f59271 |
Party2: | Federalist Party (United States) |
Last Election2: | 1 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Majority vote required to win, necessitating a run-off election in the 1st (Western) district.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates[1] | |||
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Matthew Lyon | Democratic- Republican | 1797 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | 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% | |||
Lewis R. Morris | Federalist | 1797 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | √ 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% |