1816 North Carolina's 6th congressional district special election

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On December 15, 1815, having been elected to the Senate, Nathaniel Macon (DR) of North Carolina's 6th district resigned. To fill the vacancy left in North Carolina's representation for the 14th Congress, a special election was held on January 22, 1816. [1]

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Election results

CandidatePartyVotes [2] Percent
Weldon N. Edwards Democratic-Republican1,43660.7%
William P. Little [3] 93139.3%

Edwards took his seat on February 7, 1816, [4] during the First Session of the 14th Congress.

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  2. "View Election". Archived from the original on 6 January 2013.
  3. Source does not give party affiliation
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2014. Retrieved February 19, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) footnote 45