1815 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina explained

North Carolina held its elections August 10, 1815.

DistrictIncumbentThis race
RepresentativePartyFirst electedResultsCandidates
William H. MurfreeDemocratic-Republican1813Incumbent re-elected.nowrap William H. Murfree (Democratic-Republican) 57.0%
Lemuel Sawyer (Democratic-Republican) 37.0%
William S. Hinton (Democratic-Republican) 5.4%
Willis AlstonDemocratic-Republican1798Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
nowrap Joseph H. Bryan (Democratic-Republican) 52.2%
Thomas Burgess (Federalist) 47.8%
William KennedyDemocratic-Republican1803
1810 (Lost)
1813 (Special)
Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
nowrap James W. Clark (Democratic-Republican) 53.3%
James B. Haughton (Federalist) 46.7%
William GastonFederalist1813Incumbent re-elected.nowrap William Gaston (Federalist)
William R. KingDemocratic-Republican1810Incumbent re-elected.nowrap William R. King (Democratic-Republican)
Nathaniel MaconDemocratic-Republican1791Incumbent re-elected.nowrap Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican) 71.6%
William Person (Federalist) 28.4%
John CulpepperFederalist1806
1808 (Contested election)
1808 (Special)
1813
Incumbent re-elected.nowrap John Culpepper (Federalist) 86.6%
Richard Powell 3.6%
Benjamin Robinson 3.0%
John Winslow 1.0%
Richard StanfordDemocratic-Republican1796Incumbent re-elected.nowrap Richard Stanford (Democratic-Republican) 52.3%
Roger Tillman (Democratic-Republican) 47.3%
Bartlett YanceyDemocratic-Republican1813Incumbent re-elected.nowrap Bartlett Yancey (Democratic-Republican) 60.0%
John Caldwell (Federalist) 25.9%
Alexander Sneed 14.1%
Joseph PearsonFederalist1808Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
nowrap William C. Love (Democratic-Republican) 53.1%
Joseph Pearson (Federalist) 46.9%
Peter ForneyDemocratic-Republican1813Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
nowrap Daniel M. Forney (Democratic-Republican) 53.0%
Joseph Graham (Federalist) 47.0%
Israel PickensDemocratic-Republican1810Incumbent re-elected.nowrap Israel Pickens (Democratic-Republican) 51.8%
Felix Walker (Democratic-Republican) 48.2%
Meshack FranklinDemocratic-Republican1806Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
nowrap Lewis Williams (Democratic-Republican) 57.2%
Meshack Franklin (Democratic-Republican) 42.8%

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