1815 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

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North Carolina held its elections August 10, 1815.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
RepresentativePartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
North Carolina 1 William H. Murfree Democratic-Republican 1813 Incumbent re-elected.William H. Murfree (Democratic-Republican) 57.0%
Lemuel Sawyer (Democratic-Republican) 37.0%
William S. Hinton (Democratic-Republican) 5.4%
North Carolina 2 Willis Alston Democratic-Republican 1798 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Joseph H. Bryan (Democratic-Republican) 52.2%
Thomas Burgess (Federalist) 47.8%
North Carolina 3 William Kennedy Democratic-Republican 1803
1810 (Lost)
1813 (Special)
Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
James W. Clark (Democratic-Republican) 53.3%
James B. Haughton (Federalist) 46.7%
North Carolina 4 William Gaston Federalist 1813 Incumbent re-elected.William Gaston (Federalist) [lower-alpha 1]
North Carolina 5 William R. King Democratic-Republican 1810 Incumbent re-elected.William R. King (Democratic-Republican) [lower-alpha 1]
North Carolina 6 Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican 1791 Incumbent re-elected.Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican) 71.6%
William Person (Federalist) 28.4%
North Carolina 7 John Culpepper Federalist 1806
1808 (Contested election)
1808 (Special)
1813
Incumbent re-elected.John Culpepper (Federalist) 86.6%
Richard Powell 3.6%
Benjamin Robinson 3.0%
John Winslow 1.0%
North Carolina 8 Richard Stanford Democratic-Republican 1796 Incumbent re-elected.Richard Stanford (Democratic-Republican) 52.3%
Roger Tillman (Democratic-Republican) 47.3%
North Carolina 9 Bartlett Yancey Democratic-Republican 1813 Incumbent re-elected.Bartlett Yancey (Democratic-Republican) 60.0%
John Caldwell (Federalist) 25.9%
Alexander Sneed 14.1%
North Carolina 10 Joseph Pearson Federalist 1808 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
William C. Love (Democratic-Republican) 53.1%
Joseph Pearson (Federalist) 46.9%
North Carolina 11 Peter Forney Democratic-Republican 1813 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Daniel M. Forney (Democratic-Republican) 53.0%
Joseph Graham (Federalist) 47.0%
North Carolina 12 Israel Pickens Democratic-Republican 1810 Incumbent re-elected.Israel Pickens (Democratic-Republican) 51.8%
Felix Walker (Democratic-Republican) 48.2%
North Carolina 13 Meshack Franklin Democratic-Republican 1806 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Lewis Williams (Democratic-Republican) 57.2%
Meshack Franklin (Democratic-Republican) 42.8%

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source(s).


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