North Carolina's 7th congressional district special election, 1818

On January 1, 1818,[1] 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.[2]

Election results

Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
James Stewart Federalist 1,719 40.6%
John Culpepper Federalist 1,562 36.9%
Atlas Jones Federalist 767 18.1%
James Gaines [3] 137 3.2%
Joseph Winslow Federalist 53 1.3%

Stewart took his seat on January 26[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=nc.uscongress7.specialelection.1818
  2. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf footnote 33
  3. Party affiliation not given in source
  4. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf footnote 34
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