1821 North Carolina's 4th congressional district special election explained

On December 20, 1820, Jesse Slocumb (DR) of died.^[1] A special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy.

Election results

Candidate	Party	Votes[2]	Percent
	William S. Blackledge		Democratic-Republican	880	57.7%
Barnabus MacKinnie		644	42.3%

Blackledge took office on February 7, 1821,^[3] 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: SIXTEENTH CONGRESS . 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..
2. Web site: North Carolina 1821 U.S. House of Representatives, District 4, Special . 2024-09-12 . elections.lib.tufts.edu.
3. Web site: SIXTEENTH CONGRESS . 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..