1805 North Carolina's 5th congressional district special election

none February 2026 October 2019 A special election was held in NC 5 on August 8, 1805United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results, by Michael J. Dubin (McFarland and Company, 1998) to fill a vacancy left by the death of Representative James Gillespie (DR) on January 5, 1805,http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/8.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20121213145153/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/8.pdf dead 8th congress membership roster December 13, 2012 before the 9th Congress began, but after the general elections had taken place for the 8th Congress. Election results Candidate Party Voteshttp://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=nc.uscongress5.specialelection.1805 https://archive.today/20130106115724/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=nc.uscongress5.specialelection.1805 dead January 6, 2013 A New Nation Votes Percent Thomas Kenan Democratic-Republican 2,320 65.3% Benjamin Smith Democratic-Republicanhttp://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=nc.uscongress5.specialelection.1805#note_1 https://archive.today/20130106121337/http://elections.lib.tufts.edu/aas_portal/view-election.xq?id=nc.uscongress5.specialelection.1805%23note_1 dead January 6, 2013 Also supported by the Federalists 1,234 34.7% The first session of the 9th Congress began on December 2, 1805http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/9.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20121213104441/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/9.pdf dead 9th Congress membership roster December 13, 2012 so that this vacancy was filled prior to the first meeting of Congress. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives References North Carolina 1805 05 North Carolina 1805 05 1805 05 North Carolina 05 United States House of Representatives 05 United States House of Representatives 1805 05