North Carolina's 7th congressional district special election, 1818

      On January 1, 1818,[1] a special election was held in North Carolina's 7th district to fill a vacancy left by the death of Representative-elect Alexander McMillan (F) before the 15th Congress had assembled.[2]

      Election results

      Candidate Party Votes[1] Percent
      James Stewart Federalist 1,719 40.6%
      John Culpepper Federalist 1,562 36.9%
      Atlas Jones Federalist 767 18.1%
      James Gaines [3] 137 3.2%
      Joseph Winslow Federalist 53 1.3%

      Stewart took his seat on January 26[4]

      See also

      References

      1. ^ a b http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=nc.uscongress7.specialelection.1818
      2. ^ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf footnote 33
      3. ^ Party affiliation not given in source
      4. ^ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/15.pdf footnote 34
      Last modified on 9 January 2013, at 03:05