1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election

1797 Vermont's 2nd congressional district special election

← 1796/97 May 23, 1797 1798 →
 
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

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.