1818_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Vermont
1818 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
1818 House election in Vermont
Vermont elected its members On September 1, 1818.
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| Vermont at-large 6 seats on a general ticket |
Charles Rich | Democratic-Republican | 1812 1814 (Lost) 1816 |
Incumbent re-elected. | √ Charles Rich (Democratic-Republican) 12.5% √ Mark Richards (Democratic-Republican) 12.4% √ William Strong (Democratic-Republican) 12.1% √ Samuel C. Crafts (Democratic-Republican) 10.1% √ Ezra Meech (Democratic-Republican) 9.4% √ Orsamus Cook Merrill (Democratic-Republican) 6.4%[lower-alpha 2] William A. Griswold (Democratic-Republican) 6.3% Rollin C. Mallary (Democratic-Republican) 6.3%[lower-alpha 2] John Peck (Democratic-Republican) 6.0% David Edmond (Federalist) 4.3% Horace Everett (Democratic-Republican) 4.3% Phineas White (Democratic-Republican) 4.2% Richard Skinner (Democratic-Republican) 3.3% |
| Mark Richards | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Samuel C. Crafts | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | ||
| Heman Allen | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent resigned April 20, 1818 to become a U.S. Marshall. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
| William Hunter | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | ||
| Orsamus Cook Merrill | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. Election later contested successfully by Rollin C. Mallary.[lower-alpha 2] | ||
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Quick Facts All 6 Vermont seats to the United States House of Representatives, Majority party ...
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- Initial returns showed Rollin C. Mallary in 8th place with 6,879 votes and Orsamus Cook Merrill in 6th place with 6,955 votes, but after challenging the results, the House Committee on Elections declared Mallary the winner of the last seat with 6,961 votes, a 6-vote lead over Merrill.[citation needed] Mallary was seated January 13, 1820.[1]
- "Sixteenth Congress March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 23, 2019 – via History.house.gov.
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