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4th Congress: North Carolina 1795

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North Carolina elected nine Democratic-Republicans and one Federalist to the Fourth Congress.

North Carolina used a district system for electing members to Congress.

North Carolina held a special election in which Absalom Tatum was elected to replace Alexander Mebane, who died while in office.

Congressional election results, 4th Congress: North Carolina 1795
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 James Holland Democratic-Republican ✓
2 Matthew Locke Democratic-Republican unopposed ✓
3 Jesse Franklin Democratic-Republican ✓
4 Alexander Mebane Democratic-Republican ✓
5 Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican unopposed ✓
6 James Gillespie Democratic-Republican ✓
7 William B. Grove Federalist unopposed ✓
8 Dempsey Burgess Democratic-Republican ✓
9 Thomas Blount Democratic-Republican ✓
10 Nathan Bryan Democratic-Republican 1,057 61% ✓
10 Benjamin Williams Federalist 514 29.6%
10 David Witherspoon Federalist 163 9.4%

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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