1795 North Carolina's 4th congressional district special election

none February 2026 September 2023 A special election was held in NC 4 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 Candidate Party Voteshttp://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=176100 Our Campaigns - NC District 04 - Special Election Race - Aug 14, 1795 Percent Absalom Tatom Democratic-Republican 66 27.7% Ambrose Ramsey Federalist 65 27.3% Richard Stanford Democratic-Republican 60 25.2% George Roberts Unknown 29 12.2% William Shepard Federalist 18 7.6% 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, 17964th Congress membership roster https://web.archive.org/web/20121213104926/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/4.pdf 2012-12-13 necessitating a second special election in the same district. See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives elections, 1794 and 1795 References North Carolina 1795 04 North Carolina 1795 04 1795 04 North Carolina 04 United States House of Representatives 04 United States House of Representatives 1795 04