1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election

A special election was held in Vermont's 2nd congressional district 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.

1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election

May 23, 1797

Candidate Lewis R. Morris Stephen Jacob Party Federalist Federalist Popular vote 1,033 246 Percentage 56.9% 13.6%   Candidate Nathaniel Niles Amasa Paine Party Democratic-Republican Federalist Popular vote 203 119 Percentage 11.2% 6.6%

Representative before election Daniel Buck Federalist Elected Representative Lewis R. Morris Federalist

Election results

1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Federalist	Lewis R. Morris	1,033	56.91%
	Federalist	Stephen Jacob	246	13.55%
	Democratic-Republican	Nathaniel Niles	203	11.18%
	Federalist	Amasa Paine	119	6.56%
		Scattering	214	11.79%
Total votes			1,815	100.00%
	Federalist hold

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives