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6th Congress: North Carolina 1798

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North Carolina elected seven Federalists and three Democratic-Republicans to the Sixth Congress.

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

Congressional election results, 6th Congress: North Carolina 1798
District Candidate Party Vote Percentage Elected
1 Joseph Dickson Federalist 2,098 55.1% ✓
1 James Holland Democratic-Republican 1,705 44.8%
2 Archibald Henderson Federalist 3,167 84.4% ✓
2 Basil Gaither Federalist 356 9.5%
2 Matthew Locke Democratic-Republican 228 6.1%
3 Robert Williams Democratic-Republican 2,711 69.8% ✓
3 James Martin Federalist 1,174 30.2%
4 Richard Stanford Democratic-Republican 2,005 54.5% ✓
4 Samuel Benton Federalist 1,675 45.5%
5 Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican unopposed ✓
6 William H. Hill Federalist 1,372 50.1% ✓
6 James Gillespie Democratic-Republican 1,091 39.8%
6 Alexander D. Moore Federalist 278 10.1%
7 William B. Grove Federalist 2,500 unopposed ✓
8 David Stone Federalist 1,645 40% ✓
8 Charles Johnson Federalist 1,270 30.9%
8 Dempsey Burgess Democratic-Republican 1,195 29.1%
9 Willis Alston Federalist 1,553 37.4% ✓
9 Thomas Blount Democratic-Republican 1,207 29.1%
9 William Kennedy Federalist 1,019 24.6%
9 John Binford Federalist 370 8.9%
10 Richard D. Spaight Federalist 1,047 66.5% ✓
10 George E. Badger Federalist 527 33.5%

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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