Mapping Early American Elections

5th Congress: Vermont 1796

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Vermont sent one Federalist and one Democratic-Republican to the Fifth Congress.

The map for this election is incomplete due to the lack of returns at the county level.

Vermont used the district system for electing members to Congress.

Congressional election results, 5th Congress: Vermont 1796
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 Matthew Lyon Democratic-Republican 2,143 55.2% ✓
1 Samuel Hitchcock Federalist 1,143 29.4%
1 Israel Smith Democratic-Republican 346 8.9%
1 Other candidates 251 6.5%
2 Daniel Buck Federalist 2,931 99.3% ✓

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.

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Map legend: colors indicate party affiliation — Federalist, Democratic-Republican, or Other/unknown; darker shading indicates a larger vote margin (up to 40%, 60%, 80%, or 100%); marker shapes distinguish counties, congressional districts, major cities or towns, and areas with no data available.

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