Vermont's 4th congressional district

Vermont's 4th congressional district is an obsolete district. It was created in 1803. It was eliminated after the 1850 census. Its last congressman was Thomas Bartlett, Jr.

See also: VT4 (disambiguation)

Vermont's 4th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1803
1821
1825
Eliminated1810
1820
1930
Years active1803–1813
1821–1823
1825–1853

List of members representing the district
Member Party Years ↑ Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District established March 4, 1803

Martin Chittenden
(Williston)		 Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1813		 8th
9th
10th
11th
12th		 Elected on the third ballot in 1803.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Retired to run for Governor of Vermont.
District inactive March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1821		 13th
14th
15th
16th		 Vermont elected its representatives statewide at-large.
Elias Keyes
(Stockbridge)		 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823		 17th Elected in 1820.
Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election.
District inactive March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 18th Vermont elected its representatives statewide at-large.

Ezra Meech
(Shelburn)		 Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827		 19th Elected in 1824.
Lost re-election.

Benjamin Swift
(St. Albans)		 Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1831		 20th
21st		 Elected in 1827 on the third ballot.
Re-elected in 1828.
Retired.

Heman Allen (of Milton)
(Burlington)		 Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1837		 22nd
23rd
24th
25th		 Elected late in 1832.
Re-elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1834.
Re-elected in 1836.
Lost re-election.
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839

John Smith
(St. Albans)		 Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841		 26th Elected in 1838.
Lost re-election.
Augustus Young
(Johnson)		 Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843		 27th Elected in 1840.
Retired.

Paul Dillingham Jr.
(Waterbury)		 Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847		 28th
29th		 Elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1844.
Retired.

Lucius B. Peck
(Montpelier)		 Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851		 30th
31st		 Elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Retired to run for Governor of Vermont.

Thomas Bartlett Jr.
(Lyndon)		 Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 32nd Elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the 2nd district and lost re-election.
District dissolved March 4, 1853

References
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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