1793 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

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Following the 1790 census, North Carolina's apportionment increased from 5 to 10 seats.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
North Carolina 1	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Joseph McDowell (Anti-Admin)^[1]
North Carolina 2	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Matthew Locke (Anti-Admin)^[1] Alexander^[2] (Pro-Admin) Montford Stokes
North Carolina 3	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Joseph Winston (Anti-Admin)^[1] Jesse Franklin (Anti-Admin) John Williams (Anti-Admin) James Martin Clarke^[2]
North Carolina 4	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Alexander Mebane (Anti-Admin) 44.8% Stephen Moore (Pro-Admin) 39.0% Ambrose Ramsay 16.2%
North Carolina 5	Nathaniel Macon Redistricted from the 2nd district	Anti-Administration	1791	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Nathaniel Macon (Anti-Admin)^[1]
North Carolina 6	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ James Gillespie (Anti-Admin)^[1] William Henry Hill (Pro-Admin) Benjamin Smith
North Carolina 7	William B. Grove Redistricted from the 5th district	Pro-Administration	1791	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William B. Grove (Pro-Admin) 100%^[1]
North Carolina 8	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ William J. Dawson (Anti-Admin) 63.8% Stephen Cabarrus (Anti-Admin) 36.1% William Cumming 0.2%
North Carolina 9	John B. Ashe Redistricted from the 3rd district	Anti-Administration	1790	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Anti-Administration hold.	√ Thomas Blount (Anti-Admin)^[1] John B. Ashe (Anti-Admin) John Leigh (Pro-Admin)
North Carolina 10	None (District created)			New seat. New member elected. Anti-Administration gain.	√ Benjamin Williams (Anti-Admin)^[1] William Maclure (Anti-Admin)

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Due to the cession of North Carolina's trans-Appalachian territory to form the Southwest Territory, the territory of the old 5th district was lost. North Carolina retained the same number of Representatives, and so it redistricted for the Second Congress.

Six of the ten North Carolina incumbents were re-elected.

South Carolina gained one representative as a result of the 1790 census, increasing from 5 to 6.

Only one of the five South Carolina incumbents were re-elected.

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On December 20, 1820, Jesse Slocumb (DR) of North Carolina's 4th district died. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

South Carolina elected its members October 11–12, 1824.

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North Carolina elected its members August 9, 1821, after the term began but before the new Congress convened.

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