1795 North Carolina's 4th congressional district special election
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A special election was held in North Carolina's 4th congressional district on August 4, 1795, to fill a vacancy left by the death of Alexander Mebane (DR) on July 5, 1795, before the start of the 1st session of the 4th Congress.
Election results
[edit]Complete results are not available, the below results are based on incomplete returns
| Candidate | Party | Votes[1] | Percent |
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| Absalom Tatom | Democratic-Republican | 66 | 27.7% |
| Ambrose Ramsey | Federalist | 65 | 27.3% |
| Richard Stanford | Democratic-Republican | 60 | 25.2% |
| George Roberts | Unknown | 29 | 12.2% |
| William Shepard | Federalist | 18 | 7.6% |
Tatom took his seat at the start of the 4th Congress, on December 7, 1795. Tatom subsequently resigned at the end of the 1st session, on June 1, 1796[2] necessitating a second special election in the same district.
See also
[edit]- List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
- United States House of Representatives elections, 1794 and 1795