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
[edit]| Candidate | Party | Votes[2] | Percent |
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| 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
[edit]- List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
- 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections
- List of United States representatives from North Carolina
References
[edit]- ^ "FOURTEENTH CONGRESS" (PDF). artandhistory.house.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014.
Footnote 46: Died April 9, 1816.
- ^ "North Carolina 1816 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8, Special". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
- ^ "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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