Election Name: | 1808 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont |
Country: | Vermont |
Flag Image: | File:Flag of Vermont (1804–1837).svg |
Type: | legislative |
Previous Election: | 1806 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont |
Previous Year: | 1806 |
Election Date: | and |
Next Election: | 1810 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont |
Next Year: | 1810 |
Seats For Election: | All 4 Vermont seats to the United States House of Representatives |
Colour1: | f59271 |
Party1: | Federalist Party (United States) |
Last Election1: | 2 |
Seats1: | 3 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Colour2: | 008900 |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Last Election2: | 2 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Following the September 1808 election for delegates to represent Vermont in the 11th United States Congress, two of its four districts had failed to choose representatives.[1] A second ballot was held in December, giving Vermont a total of three Federalist representatives and one Democratic-Republican.
District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates | |||
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James Witherell | Democratic-Republican | 1806 | Incumbent resigned May 1, 1808. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | √ Samuel Shaw (Democratic-Republican) Nathan Robinson (Federalist) Chauncey Langdon (Federalist) Jonas Galusha (Democratic-Republican) | |||
James Elliot | Federalist | 1802 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist hold. | nowrap | First ballot : Jonathan H. Hubbard (Federalist) 45.4% Aaron Leland (Democratic-Republican) 36.2% William Czar Bradley (Democratic-Republican) 14.5% Others 4.0% Second ballot : √ Jonathan H. Hubbard (Federalist) 51.6% Aaron Leland (Democratic-Republican) 42.2% William Czar Bradley (Democratic-Republican) 4.3% Elias Keyes (Democratic-Republican) 1.4% | |||
James Fisk | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | Lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain. | nowrap | First ballot : Jedediah Buckingham (Federalist) 47.9% James Fisk (Democratic-Republican) 47.4% William Chamberlain (Federalist) 2.3% Others 2.3% Second ballot : √ William Chamberlain (Federalist) 51.5% James Fisk (Democratic-Republican) 47.7% Others 0.8% | |||
Martin Chittenden | Federalist | 1802 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | √ Martin Chittenden (Federalist) 59.9% Ezra Butler (Democratic-Republican) 37.6% Others 2.5% |