1816 North Carolina's 8th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 On April 16, 1816, Richard Stanford (DR) of NC 8 North Carolina's 8th district died in office.FOURTEENTH CONGRESS http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf December 6, 2014 artandhistory.house.gov Footnote 46: Died April 9, 1816. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy Election results Candidate Party VotesNorth Carolina 1816 U.S. House of Representatives, District 8, Special https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/vh53ww159 2024-09-12 elections.lib.tufts.edu Percent Samuel Dickens Democratic-Republican 2,487 52.2% John Craig Democratic-Republican 2,273 47.8% Dickens took his seat December 2, 1816,FOURTEENTH CONGRESS http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141206143055/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/14.pdf December 6, 2014 artandhistory.house.gov Footnote 47: Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Richard Stanford, and 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 References 1816 08 North Carolina 1816 08 North Carolina 08 North Carolina 08 United States House of Representatives 08 United States House of Representatives 1816 08