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
- ^ a b "North Carolina 1818 U.S. House of Representatives, District 7, Special". Tufts Digital Collations and Archives. A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787–1825. Tufts University. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- ^ "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via History.house.gov.[permanent dead link], footnote 33
- ^ Party affiliation not given in source
- ^ "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via History.house.gov.[permanent dead link], footnote 34
