North Carolina's 8th congressional district special election, 1816

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. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf footnote 46
  2. ↑ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=nc.uscongress8.specialelection.1816
  3. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf footnote 47
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