1796 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

North Carolina's results by district
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
North Carolina 1 James Holland Democratic-Republican 1795 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Joseph McDowell (Democratic-Republican)[1]
James Holland
North Carolina 2 Matthew Locke Democratic-Republican 1793 Incumbent re-elected. Matthew Locke (Democratic-Republican) 56.9%
Nathaniel Alexander (Democratic-Republican) 27.1%
Robert Irwin (Federalist) 15.8%
Others 0.2%
North Carolina 3 Jesse Franklin Democratic-Republican 1795 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Robert Williams (Democratic-Republican)[1]
Jesse Franklin (Democratic-Republican)
North Carolina 4 William F. Strudwick Federalist 1796 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Richard Stanford (Democratic-Republican)[1]
Absalom Tatom (Democratic-Republican)
William Sheppard (Federalist)
Stephen Moore (Federalist)
North Carolina 5 Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican 1791 Incumbent re-elected. Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican)[1]
North Carolina 6 James Gillespie Democratic-Republican 1793 Incumbent re-elected. James Gillespie (Democratic-Republican)[1]
William H. Hill (Federalist)
James Keenan
Gabriel Holmes (I)
North Carolina 7 William B. Grove Federalist 1791 Incumbent re-elected. William B. Grove (Federalist) 73.4%
Duncan MacFarland (Democratic-Republican) 26.6%
North Carolina 8 Dempsey Burges Democratic-Republican 1795 Incumbent re-elected. Dempsey Burges (Democratic-Republican)[1]
Joseph Riddick (Democratic-Republican)
James Gregory (Federalist)
James Brown (Federalist)
North Carolina 9 Thomas Blount Democratic-Republican 1793 Incumbent re-elected. Thomas Blount (Democratic-Republican)[1]
Willis Alston (Federalist)
North Carolina 10 Nathan Bryan Democratic-Republican 1795 Incumbent re-elected. Nathan Bryan (Democratic-Republican) 54.1%
Richard D. Spaight (Democratic-Republican) 45.9%

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