1815 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

Summary

North Carolina held its elections August 10, 1815.

District Incumbent This race
Representative Party First elected Results Candidates
North Carolina 1 William H. Murfree Democratic-Republican 1813 Incumbent re-elected. William H. Murfree (Democratic-Republican) 57.0%
Lemuel Sawyer (Democratic-Republican) 37.0%
William S. Hinton (Democratic-Republican) 5.4%
North Carolina 2 Willis Alston Democratic-Republican 1798 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Joseph H. Bryan (Democratic-Republican) 52.2%
Thomas Burgess (Federalist) 47.8%
North Carolina 3 William Kennedy Democratic-Republican 1803
1810 (Lost)
1813 (Special)
Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
James W. Clark (Democratic-Republican) 53.3%
James B. Haughton (Federalist) 46.7%
North Carolina 4 William Gaston Federalist 1813 Incumbent re-elected. William Gaston (Federalist)[a]
North Carolina 5 William R. King Democratic-Republican 1810 Incumbent re-elected. William R. King (Democratic-Republican)[a]
North Carolina 6 Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican 1791 Incumbent re-elected. Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican) 71.6%
William Person (Federalist) 28.4%
North Carolina 7 John Culpepper Federalist 1806
1808 (Contested election)
1808 (Special)
1813
Incumbent re-elected. John Culpepper (Federalist) 86.6%
Richard Powell 3.6%
Benjamin Robinson 3.0%
John Winslow 1.0%
North Carolina 8 Richard Stanford Democratic-Republican 1796 Incumbent re-elected. Richard Stanford (Democratic-Republican) 52.3%
Roger Tillman (Democratic-Republican) 47.3%
North Carolina 9 Bartlett Yancey Democratic-Republican 1813 Incumbent re-elected. Bartlett Yancey (Democratic-Republican) 60.0%
John Caldwell (Federalist) 25.9%
Alexander Sneed 14.1%
North Carolina 10 Joseph Pearson Federalist 1808 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
William C. Love (Democratic-Republican) 53.1%
Joseph Pearson (Federalist) 46.9%
North Carolina 11 Peter Forney Democratic-Republican 1813 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Daniel M. Forney (Democratic-Republican) 53.0%
Joseph Graham (Federalist) 47.0%
North Carolina 12 Israel Pickens Democratic-Republican 1810 Incumbent re-elected. Israel Pickens (Democratic-Republican) 51.8%
Felix Walker (Democratic-Republican) 48.2%
North Carolina 13 Meshack Franklin Democratic-Republican 1806 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Lewis Williams (Democratic-Republican) 57.2%
Meshack Franklin (Democratic-Republican) 42.8%

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Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source(s).