1798_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Vermont Knowpia

Majority vote required to win, necessitating a run-off election in the 1st (Western) district.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates^{[Note 1]}
Vermont 1 "Western district"	Matthew Lyon	Democratic- Republican	1797	Incumbent re-elected.	First ballot: Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 49.7% Samuel Williams (Federalist) 22.0% Daniel Chipman (Federalist) 19.5% Abel Spencer (Federalist) 3.8% Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 3.4% Others 1.6% Second ballot: √ Matthew Lyon (Democratic-Republican) 55.5% Samuel Williams (Federalist) 37.9% Israel Smith (Democratic-Republican) 6.6%
Vermont 2 "Eastern district"	Lewis R. Morris	Federalist	1797 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lewis R. Morris (Federalist) 86.5% Nathaniel Niles (Democratic-Republican) 6.7% William Chamberlain (Federalist) 2.5% Stephen Jacobs 1.9% Stephen R. Bradley 1.1% Others 1.2%

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