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1818 North Carolina's 7th congressional district special election

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On January 1, 1818, 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.

Election results

Candidate Party Votes Percent
James Stewart Federalist 1,719 40.6%
John Culpepper Federalist 1,562 36.9%
Atlas Jones Federalist 767 18.1%
James Gaines 137 3.2%
Joseph Winslow Federalist 53 1.3%

Stewart took his seat on January 26

See also

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. "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
  3. Party affiliation not given in source
  4. "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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