1821 North Carolina's 4th congressional district special election

On December 20, 1820, Jesse Slocumb (DR) of North Carolina's 4th district died.[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[2] Percent
William S. Blackledge Democratic-Republican 880 57.7%
Barnabus MacKinnie [3] 644 42.3%

Blackledge took office on February 7, 1821,[4] near the end of the 16th Congress. He was also elected to the 17th Congress.

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 45
  2. http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=nc.uscongress4.special.1821%5B%5D
  3. Source does not provide party affiliation
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 46
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