Mapping Early American Elections

5th Congress: North Carolina 1796

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

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

In August 1798, North Carolina held a special election in which Nathan Bryan was elected to replace Richard Spraight, who died while in office.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	Joseph MacDowell	Democratic-Republican			✓
2	Matthew Locke	Democratic-Republican	1,864	56.9%	✓
2	Nathaniel Alexander	Democratic-Republican	886	27.1%
2	Robert Irwin	Federalist	519	15.8%
3	Robert Williams	Democratic-Republican			✓
4	Richard Stanford	Democratic-Republican			✓
5	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
6	James Gillespie	Democratic-Republican			✓
7	William B. Grove	Federalist	2,950	73.4%	✓
7	Duncan MacFarland	Democratic-Republican	1,068	26.6%
8	Dempsey Burgess	Democratic-Republican			✓
9	Thomas Blount	Democratic-Republican			✓
10	Nathan Bryan	Democratic-Republican	2,058	54.1%	✓
10	Richard D. Spaight	Federalist	1,748	45.9%

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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