Mapping Early American Elections

2nd Congress: Vermont 1791

Vermont elected two Anti-Federalists to the Second Congress.

Vermont used a district system for electing members to Congress. Vermont required that candidates receive a majority of the votes in their districts. The first district thus required a second ballot to elect the candidate.

In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.

New Nation Votes Data

• VT US Congress 1791 District 1
• VT US Congress 1791 District 2