Mapping Early American Elections

14th Congress: North Carolina 1815

North Carolina elected four Federalists and nine Democratic-Republicans to the Fourteenth Congress.

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

In 1816, a special election was held in which Charles Hooks was elected to replace William R. King, who had resigned his office.

In 1816, a special election was held in which Weldon N. Edwards was elected to replace Nathaniel Macon, who had resigned after being elected as an U.S. Senator.

In 1816, a special election was held in which Samuel Dickens was elected to replace Richard Stanford, who died.

District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	William Murfree	Democratic-Republican	1,977	57%	✓
1	Lemuel Sawyer	Democratic-Republican	1,284	37%
1	William S. Hinton	Democratic-Republican	187	5.4%
2	Joseph H. Bryan	Democratic-Republican	1,943	52.2%	✓
2	Thomas Burgess	Federalist	1,781	47.8%
3	James W. Clark	Democratic-Republican	2,341	53.3%	✓
3	James B. Haughton	Federalist	2,050	46.7%
4	William Gaston	Federalist		unopposed	✓
5	William R. King	Democratic-Republican		unopposed	✓
6	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican	2,520	71.6%	✓
6	William Person	Federalist	1,000	28.4%
7	John Culpepper	Federalist	2,284	86.6%	✓
7	Other candidates		354	13.2%
8	Richard Stanford	Federalist	2,013	52.3%	✓
8	Roger Tillman	Democratic-Republican	1,820	47.3%
9	Bartlett Yancey	Democratic-Republican	3,139	60%	✓
9	John Caldwell	Federalist	2,091	40%
10	William C. Love	Democratic-Republican	2,763	53.1%	✓
10	Joseph Pearson	Federalist	2,437	46.9%
11	Daniel M. Forney	Democratic-Republican	2,185	53%	✓
11	Joseph Graham	Federalist	1,939	47%
12	Israel Pickens	Democratic-Republican	2,276	51.8%	✓
12	Felix Walker	Democratic-Republican	2,117	48.2%
13	Lewis Williams	Federalist	2,397	57.2%	✓
13	Meshack Franklin	Democratic-Republican	1,796	42.8%

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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14th Congress: North Carolina 1815

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