1819 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

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North Carolina elected its members August 12, 1819, after the new congress began but before the first session convened.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
MemberPartyFirst electedResultsCandidates [lower-alpha 1]
North Carolina 1 Lemuel Sawyer Democratic-Republican 1806
1813 (Lost)
1817
Incumbent re-elected.Lemuel Sawyer [lower-alpha 2] (Democratic-Republican)
Voight [lower-alpha 3]
North Carolina 2 Joseph H. Bryan Democratic-Republican 1815 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Hutchins G. Burton [lower-alpha 2] (Democratic-Republican)
North Carolina 3 Thomas H. Hall Democratic-Republican 1817 Incumbent re-elected.Thomas H. Hall (Democratic-Republican) 78.2%
John Holland (Federalist) 21.8%
North Carolina 4 Jesse Slocumb Federalist 1817 Incumbent re-elected.Jesse Slocumb [lower-alpha 4] (Federalist)
North Carolina 5 James Owen Democratic-Republican 1817 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Charles Hooks (Democratic-Republican) 59.0%
Samuel Stanford (Federalist) 41.0%
North Carolina 6 Weldon N. Edwards Democratic-Republican 1816 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.Weldon N. Edwards [lower-alpha 2] (Democratic-Republican)
North Carolina 7 James Stewart Democratic-Republican 1818 (Special) Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
John Culpepper (Federalist) 52.0%
James Stewart (Democratic-Republican) 48.0%
North Carolina 8 James S. Smith Democratic-Republican 1817 Incumbent re-elected.James S. Smith (Democratic-Republican) 54.6%
Samuel Dickens (Democratic-Republican) 45.4%
North Carolina 9 Thomas Settle Democratic-Republican 1817 Incumbent re-elected.Thomas Settle (Democratic-Republican) 98.8% [lower-alpha 5]
William Snow (Democratic-Republican) 1.1%
North Carolina 10 Charles Fisher Democratic-Republican 1819 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.Charles Fisher (Democratic-Republican) 65.1%
W. Jones (Federalist) 34.9% [lower-alpha 3]
North Carolina 11 William Davidson Federalist 1818 (Special) Incumbent re-elected.William Davidson (Federalist) 45.1%
John F. Brevard (Democratic-Republican) 37.0%
Henry W. Conner (Democratic-Republican) 17.9%
North Carolina 12 Felix Walker Democratic-Republican 1817 Incumbent re-elected.Felix Walker (Democratic-Republican) [lower-alpha 6]
Joseph M.D. Carson (Democratic-Republican)
North Carolina 13 Lewis Williams Democratic-Republican 1815 Incumbent re-elected.Lewis Williams [lower-alpha 2] (Democratic-Republican)

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Notes

  1. Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source.[ citation needed ]
  3. 1 2 Full name unknown.[ citation needed ]
  4. The official certificate of vote in the General Assembly Session Records states that Slocumb won by 1,476 votes. No other returns are known to exist for this race.[ citation needed ]
  5. Based on incomplete data.
  6. The Raleigh Register reported September 3, 1819 that Walker won the race by 587 votes.

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