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1795 North Carolina's 4th congressional district special election

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A special election was held in **** on August 4, 1795, to fill a vacancy left by the death of Alexander Mebane (DR) on July 5, 1795, before the start of the 1st session of the 4th Congress.

Election results

Complete results are not available, the below results are based on incomplete returns

CandidatePartyVotesPercent
Absalom TatomDemocratic-Republican6627.7%
Ambrose RamseyFederalist6527.3%
Richard StanfordDemocratic-Republican6025.2%
George RobertsUnknown2912.2%
William ShepardFederalist187.6%

Tatom took his seat at the start of the 4th Congress, on December 7, 1795. Tatom subsequently resigned at the end of the 1st session, on June 1, 1796 necessitating a second special election in the same district.

References

References

  1. "Our Campaigns - NC District 04 - Special Election Race - Aug 14, 1795".
  2. [http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/4.pdf 4th Congress membership roster] {{webarchive. link. (2012-12-13)
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