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1795 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

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Six of the ten North Carolina incumbents were re-elected.

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
North Carolina 1 Joseph McDowell Anti-Administration 1793 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
James Holland (Democratic-Republican)[1]
Joseph McDowell (Democratic-Republican)
North Carolina 2 Matthew Locke Anti-Administration 1793 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Matthew Locke (Democratic-Republican)[1]
North Carolina 3 Joseph Winston Anti-Administration 1793 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Jesse Franklin (Democratic-Republican)[1]
Joseph Winston (Democratic-Republican)
North Carolina 4 Alexander Mebane Anti-Administration 1793 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Alexander Mebane (Democratic-Republican) 75.8%
Samuel Benton (Federalist) 19.5%
Stephen Moore (Federalist) 4.7%
North Carolina 5 Nathaniel Macon Anti-Administration 1791 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican)[1]
North Carolina 6 James Gillespie Anti-Administration 1793 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Democratic-Republican gain.
James Gillespie (Democratic-Republican)[1]
William H. Hill (Federalist)
North Carolina 7 William B. Grove Pro-Administration 1791 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Federalist gain.
William B. Grove (Federalist)[1]
North Carolina 8 William J. Dawson Anti-Administration 1793 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Dempsey Burges (Democratic-Republican)[1]
John Baker (Democratic-Republican)
Clement Hale (Democratic-Republican)
David Stone (Federalist)
William J. Dawson (Democratic-Republican)
Charles Johnson (Federalist)
North Carolina 9 Thomas Blount Anti-Administration 1793 Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Thomas Blount (Democratic-Republican)[1]
John Benford (Federalist)
Willis Alston (Federalist)
North Carolina 10 Benjamin Williams Anti-Administration 1793 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Nathan Bryan (Democratic-Republican) 61.0%
Benjamin Williams (Federalist)[2] 29.6%
David Witherspoon (Federalist) 9.4%

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data
  2. ^ Changed parties

See also

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