1815 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

Last updated February 19, 2023

North Carolina held its elections August 10, 1815.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Representative	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
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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