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E. P. Walton
Republican
 
 
Horatio Needham
Democratic
 
 
John Pierpoint
Free Soil
 
 
Note: Due to the hand written nature of some historical archives, some candidate vote totals may not reconcile with the sum of their town-by-town votes.

1856 U.S. House General Election
1st District

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City/Town Ward Pct Write-Ins Blanks Total Votes Cast
Totals
10,124
1,758
191
226 0 12,299
Addison
 
94
5
2
0 0 101
Arlington
 
118
25
0
0 0 143
Barnet
 
246
55
0
0 0 301
Bennington
 
375
232
0
0 0 607
Benson
 
143
6
0
3 0 152
Berlin
 
191
92
0
0 0 283
Brandon
 
168
52
0
130 0 350
Bridport
 
16
7
121
0 0 144
Bristol
 
19
70
105
0 0 194
Cabot
 
170
79
0
0 0 249
Calais
 
189
109
0
0 0 298
Chittenden
 
69
1
0
0 0 70
Clarendon
 
205
8
0
0 0 213
Cornwall
 
67
1
64
0 0 132
Danby
 
191
1
0
0 0 192
Dorset
 
229
102
0
0 0 331
Duxbury
 
83
23
0
0 0 106
E. Montpelier
 
156
85
0
2 0 243
Fair Haven
 
115
27
0
2 0 144
Fayston
 
73
16
0
0 0 89
Ferrisburgh
 
73
5
87
0 0 165
Glastenbury
 
0
8
0
0 0 8
Goshen
 
8
1
0
59 0 68
Granville
 
66
27
0
0 0 93
Hancock
 
59
2
0
0 0 61
Hartland
 
563
109
0
8 0 680
Hubbardton
 
72
11
0
0 0 83
Ira
 
65
0
0
0 0 65
Landgrove
 
49
6
0
0 0 55
Leicester
 
50
11
41
0 0 102
Lincoln
 
103
2
5
0 0 110
Manchester
 
203
49
0
0 0 252
Marshfield
 
135
68
0
0 0 203
Mendon
 
26
0
0
0 0 26
Middlebury
 
129
84
165
7 0 385
Middlesex
 
159
57
0
1 0 217
Middletown Springs
 
63
10
0
0 0 73
Monkton
 
70
0
46
46 0 162
Montpelier
 
309
131
0
3 0 443
Moretown
 
85
73
0
0 0 158
Mount Holly
 
145
6
0
4 0 155
Mount Tabor
 
33
0
0
0 0 33
New Haven
 
105
5
46
1 0 157
Northfield
 
468
248
0
0 0 716
Orwell
 
131
0
0
0 0 131
Panton
 
75
5
0
0 0 80
Peru
 
63
20
0
0 0 83
Pittsfield
 
80
11
0
1 0 92
Pittsford
 
159
32
0
0 0 191
Plainfield
 
15
63
0
0 0 78
Poultney
 
275
30
0
0 0 305
Pownal
 
182
71
0
0 0 253
Readsboro
 
104
38
0
0 0 142
Ripton
 
67
0
0
0 0 67
Roxbury
 
112
85
0
0 0 197
Rupert
 
135
8
0
0 0 143
Salisbury
 
75
47
1
1 0 124
Sandgate
 
87
23
0
0 0 110
Shaftsbury
 
172
120
0
0 0 292
Sherburne
 
38
41
0
0 0 79
Shoreham
 
64
0
96
0 0 160
Stamford
 
78
35
0
0 0 113
Starksboro
 
180
2
0
0 0 182
Sudbury
 
40
45
0
22 0 107
Sunderland
 
25
48
0
0 0 73
Tinmouth
 
104
3
0
0 0 107
Vergennes
 
138
17
2
0 0 157
Waitsfield
 
114
24
0
0 0 138
Wallingford
 
232
19
0
0 0 251
Waltham
 
36
4
0
0 0 40
Warren
 
166
19
0
0 0 185
Waterbury
 
255
115
0
1 0 371
Wells
 
80
17
0
0 0 97
W. Haven
 
57
2
0
0 0 59
Weybridge
 
80
13
10
0 0 103
Whiting
 
57
33
0
0 0 90
Winhall
 
99
7
0
0 0 106
Woodbury
 
118
101
0
0 0 219
Woodford
 
42
31
0
0 0 73
Worcester
 
97
39
0
0 0 136
Totals
10,124
1,758
191
226 0 12,299