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

On December 20, 1820, Jesse Slocumb (DR) of North Carolina's 4th district 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

References

  1. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf footnote 45
  2. ↑ http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=nc.uscongress4.special.1821
  3. ↑ Source does not provide party affiliation
  4. ↑ http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf footnote 46
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