North Carolina 1798 U.S. House of Representatives, District 10, Special
- Office:
- U.S. House of Representatives (Federal)
- Title:
- U.S. Congressman
- Jurisdiction:
- Federal
- Label:
- North Carolina 1798 U.S. House of Representatives, District 10, Special
- Date:
- 1798
- State:
- North Carolina
- Type:
- Special
- Iteration:
- First Ballot
- Office/Role:
- U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Congressman
- Candidates:
- Richard D. Spaight, George E. Badger
Candidates: | Richard D. Spaight[1] | George E. Badger |
---|---|---|
Affiliation: | Federalist | Federalist |
Final Result: [2] | 987 | 940 |
District of Ten | 987 | 940 |
Carteret County | 206 | 15 |
Craven County | 521 | 286 |
Glasgow County | 2 | 117 |
Hyde County | 74 | 3 |
Johnston County | - | 158 |
Jones County | 151 | 48 |
Lenoir County | 21 | 158 |
Wayne County | 12 | 155 |
Notes:
[1]Elected
[2]Richard Dobbs Spaight, Esq. is elected a Representative in Congress for the tenth or New Bern division, in the room of Nathan Bryan, Esg. deceased.
References:
Compiled Congressional Returns. State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). August 10, 1798.
Bache's Philadelphia Aurora (Philadelphia, PA). August 10, 1798.
Connecticut Gazette (New London, CT). August 15, 1798.
The North-Carolina Journal (Halifax, NC). August 20, 1798.
The Newbern Gazette (New Bern, NC). August 25, 1798.
The North-Carolina Journal (Halifax, NC). August 27, 1798.
The North-Carolina Journal (Halifax, NC). September 3, 1798.
The North-Carolina Journal (Halifax, NC). October 1, 1798.
Gilpatrick, D. H. Jeffersonian Democracy in North Carolina, 1789-1816. New York: Octagon Books, 1967. 93-99.
Hinshaw, Seth Beeson, ed. North Carolina Election Returns 1790-1866: Covering the Races for President, Governor and U.S. House. 1992. State Library of North Carolina, Raleigh.
North Carolina Historical Review. IX, no 1. (January, 1932) 84.
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