1795 North Carolina's 4th congressional district special election

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A special election was held in North Carolina's 4th congressional district on August 4, 1795 to fill a vacancy left by the death of Alexander Mebane (DR) on July 5, 1795, before the start of the 1st session of the 4th Congress.

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Election results

Complete results are not available, the below results are based on incomplete returns

CandidatePartyVotes [1] Percent
Absalom Tatom Democratic-Republican6627.7%
Ambrose RamseyFederalist6527.3%
Richard Stanford Democratic-Republican6025.2%
George RobertsUnknown2912.2%
William ShepardFederalist187.6%

Tatom took his seat at the start of the 4th Congress, on December 7, 1795. Tatom subsequently resigned at the end of the 1st session, on June 1, 1796 [2] necessitating a second special election in the same district.

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References

  1. "Our Campaigns - NC District 04 - Special Election Race - Aug 14, 1795".
  2. 4th Congress membership roster Archived 2012-12-13 at the Wayback Machine