1821 North Carolina's 4th congressional district special election explained

On December 20, 1820, Jesse Slocumb (DR) of died.^[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
	William S. Blackledge		Democratic-Republican	880	57.7%
Barnabus MacKinnie	^[3]	644	42.3%

Blackledge took office on February 7, 1821,^[4] near the end of the 16th Congress. He was also elected to the 17th Congress.

See also

• List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
• 1820 and 1821 United States House of Representatives elections
• List of United States representatives from North Carolina

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . February 8, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130309015156/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf . March 9, 2013 . footnote 45
2. http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=nc.uscongress4.special.1821{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
3. Source does not provide party affiliation
4. Web site: Archived copy . February 8, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130309015156/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf . March 9, 2013 . footnote 46