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1821 North Carolina's 4th congressional district special election
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On December 20, 1820, Jesse Slocumb (DR) of NC 4 North Carolina's 4th district died.SIXTEENTH CONGRESS http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130309015156/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf March 9, 2013 artandhistory.house.gov Footnote 45: Died December 20, 1820. A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.
Election results
Candidate Party VotesNorth Carolina 1821 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Special https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/q524jp206 2024-09-12 elections.lib.tufts.edu Percent William S. Blackledge Democratic-Republican 880 57.7% Barnabus MacKinnie Source does not indicate party affiliation. 644 42.3%
Blackledge took office on February 7, 1821,SIXTEENTH CONGRESS http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130309015156/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/bioguide-front/16.pdf March 9, 2013 February 8, 2013 Footnote 46: Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Jesse Slocumb, and took his seat February 7, 1821. near the end of the 16th Congress. He was also elected to the 17th Congress.
See also
List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
1820 and 1821 United States House of Representatives elections
List of United States representatives from North Carolina
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