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.[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy

Election results

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

Dickens took his seat December 2, 1816,[3] 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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