Mapping Early American Elections


1st Congress: North Carolina 1790

This page includes an interactive map. A text version of the same election data is available in the table below the map.

North Carolina elected three Anti-Federalists and two Federalists to the First Congress.

North Carolina used a district system to elect members of Congress. The fifth district became a federal territory before the Second Congress.

Congressional election results, 1st Congress: North Carolina 1790
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 John Baptist Ashe Anti-Federalist 1,335 48.9% ✓
1 Nathaniel Macon Anti-Federalist 1,133 41.5%
1 Stephen Moore 244 8.9%
2 Hugh Williamson Federalist 2,150 73.9% ✓
2 Stephen Cabarrus Anti-Federalist 757 26%
3 Timothy Bloodworth Anti-Federalist ✓
4 John Steele Anti-Federalist ✓
5 John Sevier Federalist unopposed ✓

In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.

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