1813 North Carolina's 3rd congressional district special election explained

A special election was held in on January 11, 1813, to fill a vacancy left by the death of Thomas Blount (DR) on February 7, 1812.^[1]

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	William Kennedy		Federalist	1,144	69.5%
	James West Clark		Democratic-Republican	502	30.5%

Kennedy took his seat on January 30, 1813.^[1]

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Notes and References

1. http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/12.pdf 12th Congress membership roster
2. https://archive.today/20130106120149/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=nc.uscongress3.specialelection.1813 A New Nation Votes