1816 North Carolina's 8th congressional district special election

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

Election results Candidate Party Votes Percent Samuel Dickens Democratic-Republican 2,487 52.2% John Craig Democratic-Republican 2,273 47.8%

Dickens took his seat December 2, 1816, 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

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