1816 North Carolina's 8th congressional district special election explained

On April 16, 1816, Richard Stanford (DR) of died in office.^[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	Samuel Dickens		Democratic-Republican	2,487	52.2%
	John Craig		Democratic-Republican	2,273	47.8%

Dickens took his seat December 2, 1816,^[3] at the start of the Second Session of the 14th Congress.

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
• 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections
• List of United States representatives from North Carolina

Notes and References

1. Web site: FOURTEENTH CONGRESS . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf . December 6, 2014 . artandhistory.house.gov . Footnote 46: Died April 9, 1816..
2. Web site: North Carolina 1816 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8, Special . 2024-09-12 . elections.lib.tufts.edu.
3. Web site: FOURTEENTH CONGRESS . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf . December 6, 2014 . artandhistory.house.gov . Footnote 47: Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Richard Stanford, and took his seat December 2, 1816..