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1816 North Carolina's 8th congressional district special election

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On April 16, 1816, Richard Stanford (DR) of North Carolina's 8th district died in office. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy

Election results

Candidate Party Votes Percent
Samuel Dickens Democratic-Republican 2,487 52.2%
John Craig Democratic-Republican 2,273 47.8%

Dickens took his seat December 2, 1816, at the start of the Second Session of the 14th Congress.

See also

References

  1. "FOURTEENTH CONGRESS" (PDF). artandhistory.house.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Footnote 46: Died April 9, 1816.
  2. "North Carolina 1816 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8, Special". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  3. "FOURTEENTH CONGRESS" (PDF). artandhistory.house.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Footnote 47: Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Richard Stanford, and took his seat December 2, 1816.
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