1828–1829 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont

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1828–1829 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont
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← 1826–1827 September 2, 1828 (1828-09-02) – November 2, 1829 (1829-11-02) 1830–1832 →

All 5 Vermont seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Anti-Jacksonian Anti-Masonic
Last election 5 0
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1

Vermont elected its members September 2, 1828. Vermont required a majority vote for election, so the 3rd district district election was settled on the second ballot on November 11, 1828 and the 5th district district election was settled on the eighth ballot on November 2, 1829.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Vermont 1 Jonathan Hunt Anti-Jacksonian 1826 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Jonathan Hunt (Anti-Jacksonian) 90.3%
  • Daniel Kellogg (Jacksonian) 9.7%
Vermont 2 Rollin C. Mallary Anti-Jacksonian 1818 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Rollin C. Mallary[a] (Anti-Jacksonian)
Vermont 3 George E. Wales Anti-Jacksonian 1824 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Anti-Jacksonian hold.
First ballot (September 2, 1828):
  • Horace Everett (Anti-Jacksonian) 44.2%
  • George E. Wales (Anti-Jacksonian) 25.2%
  • Jacob Collamer (Anti-Jacksonian) 23.3%
  • Asa Aiken 7.3%

Second ballot (November 11, 1828):
  • Green tickY Horace Everett (Anti-Jacksonian) 56.7%
  • George E. Wales (Anti-Jacksonian) 24.8%
  • Jacob Collamer (Anti-Jacksonian) 15.2%
  • Asa Aiken 3.3%
Vermont 4 Benjamin Swift Anti-Jacksonian 1826 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Benjamin Swift (Anti-Jacksonian) 68.8%
  • Ezra Meech (Jacksonian) 31.2%
Vermont 5 Daniel A. A. Buck Anti-Jacksonian 1822
1824 (Lost)
1826
Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Anti-Masonic gain.
First ballot (September 2, 1828):
  • Daniel A. A. Buck (Anti-Jacksonian) 39.58%
  • (Jacksonian) 26.72%
  • William Cahoon (Anti-Masonic) 24.59%
  • James Bell (Anti-Jacksonian) 9.11%[1]

Second ballot (November 11, 1828):
  • Daniel A. A. Buck (Anti-Jacksonian) 40.78%
  • (Jacksonian) 36.93%
  • William Cahoon (Anti-Masonic) 19.55%
  • James Bell (Anti-Jacksonian) 2.75%[2]

Third ballot (January 5, 1829):
  • (Jacksonian) 40.44%
  • Daniel A. A. Buck (Anti-Jacksonian) 40.00%
  • William Cahoon (Anti-Masonic) 18.37%
  • James Bell (Anti-Jacksonian) 1.18%[3]

Fourth ballot (March 2, 1829):
  • (Jacksonian) 41.19%
  • Daniel A. A. Buck (Anti-Jacksonian) 32.91%
  • William Cahoon (Anti-Masonic) 23.77%
  • James Bell (Anti-Jacksonian) 2.12%[4]

Fifth ballot (May 4, 1829):
  • (Jacksonian) 39.35%
  • William Cahoon (Anti-Masonic) 30.71%
  • Daniel A. A. Buck (Anti-Jacksonian) 26.06%
  • James Bell (Anti-Jacksonian) 3.88%[5]

Sixth ballot (July 06, 1829):
  • William Cahoon (Anti-Masonic) 37.85%
  • (Jacksonian) 33.81%
  • James Bell (Anti-Jacksonian) 17.31%
  • Daniel A. A. Buck (Anti-Jacksonian) 11.03%[6]

Seventh ballot (September 7, 1829):
  • Samuel Prentiss (Independent) 48.63%
  • William Cahoon (Anti-Masonic) 47.08%
  • Scattering 4.29%[7]

Eighth ballot (November 2, 1829):
  • Green tickY William Cahoon (Anti-Masonic) 57.90%
  • James Bell (Anti-Jacksonian) 28.50%
  • (Jacksonian) 6.85%
  • Scattering 6.75%[8]

See also[]

  • 1828 and 1829 United States House of Representatives elections
  • List of United States representatives from Vermont

Notes[]

  1. ^ Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source.

References[]

  1. ^ "VT - District 05 - First Trial". September 2, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2019 – via Our Campaigns.
  2. ^ "VT - District 05 - Second Trial". September 2, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2019 – via Our Campaigns.
  3. ^ "VT - District 05 - Third Trial". September 2, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2019 – via Our Campaigns.
  4. ^ "VT - District 05 - Fourth Trial". September 2, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2019 – via Our Campaigns.
  5. ^ "VT - District 05 - Fifth Trial". September 2, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2019 – via Our Campaigns.
  6. ^ "VT - District 05 - Sixth Trial". September 2, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2019 – via Our Campaigns.
  7. ^ "VT - District 05 - Seventh Trial". September 2, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2019 – via Our Campaigns.
  8. ^ "VT - District 05 - Eighth Trial". September 2, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2019 – via Our Campaigns.
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