1818 North Carolina's 7th congressional district special election
On January 1, 1818,[1] a special election was held in North Carolina's 7th district to fill a vacancy left by the death of Representative-elect Alexander McMillan (F) before the 15th Congress had assembled.[2]
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Election results
Candidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
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James Stewart | Federalist | 1,719 | 40.6% |
John Culpepper | Federalist | 1,562 | 36.9% |
Atlas Jones | Federalist | 767 | 18.1% |
James Gaines | [3] | 137 | 3.2% |
Joseph Winslow | Federalist | 53 | 1.3% |
Stewart took his seat on January 26[4]
See also
References
- "North Carolina 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 7, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via History.house.gov., footnote 33
- Party affiliation not given in source
- "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via History.house.gov., footnote 34
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