1826_North_Carolina's_8th_congressional_district_special_election Knowpia

A special election was held in North Carolina's 8th congressional district on November 3, 1826 to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Willie P. Mangum (J) on March 18, 1826^[1]

Election results edit

Candidate	Party	Votes^[2]	Percent
Daniel L. Barringer	Jacksonian	1,275	50.4%
James Mebane	Democratic-Republican	1,254	49.6%

Barringer took his seat December 4, 1826^[1]

^ ^a ^b 19th Congress membership roster Archived 2013-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ Election details from Ourcampaigns.com