1808 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

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District	Incumbent			This race
District	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
North Carolina 1	Lemuel Sawyer	Democratic-Republican	1806	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lemuel Sawyer (Democratic-Republican) 67.0% William H. Murfree (Federalist) 33.0%
North Carolina 2	Willis Alston	Democratic-Republican	1798	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Willis Alston (Democratic-Republican) 58.0% Daniel Mason (Democratic-Republican) 42.0%
North Carolina 3	Thomas Blount	Democratic-Republican	1793 1802 (Lost) 1804	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ William Kennedy (Democratic-Republican) 52.0% Thomas Blount (Democratic-Republican) 48.0%
North Carolina 4	William Blackledge	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist gain.	√ John Stanly (Federalist) 51.8% William Blackledge (Democratic-Republican) 48.2%
North Carolina 5	Thomas Kenan	Democratic-Republican	1805 (Special)	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thomas Kenan (Democratic-Republican) 100%
North Carolina 6	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican	1791	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican) 99.9%
North Carolina 7	John Culpepper	Federalist	1806 1808 (Contested election) 1808 (Special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Federalist hold.	√ Archibald McBryde (Federalist) 54.6% John Culpepper (Federalist) 45.4%
North Carolina 8	Richard Stanford	Democratic-Republican	1796	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Stanford (Democratic-Republican) 65.3% Duncan Cameron (Federalist) 34.7%
North Carolina 9	Marmaduke Williams	Democratic-Republican	1803	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ James Cochran (Democratic-Republican) 52.3% Theophilus Lacy (Democratic-Republican) 47.3%
North Carolina 10	Evan S. Alexander	Democratic-Republican	1806 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain.	√ Joseph Pearson (Federalist) 63.8% Robert Locke (Democratic-Republican) 36.2%
North Carolina 11	James Holland	Democratic-Republican	1800	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Holland (Democratic-Republican) 48.7% Felix Walker (Democratic-Republican) 31.2% John MacClain (Federalist) 9.4% William Tate (Federalist) 8.0% William Porter (Federalist) 2.8%
North Carolina 12	Meshack Franklin	Democratic-Republican	1806	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Meshack Franklin (Democratic-Republican) 54.6% Joseph Winston (Democratic-Republican) 40.5% James Martin (Federalist) 4.9%

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