A special election was held in on August 4, 1795, to fill a vacancy left by the death of Alexander Mebane (DR) on July 5, 1795, before the start of the 1st session of the 4th Congress.
Election results Complete results are not available, the below results are based on incomplete returns
Candidate Party Votes Percent Absalom Tatom Democratic-Republican 66 27.7% Ambrose Ramsey Federalist 65 27.3% Richard Stanford Democratic-Republican 60 25.2% George Roberts Unknown 29 12.2% William Shepard Federalist 18 7.6%
Tatom took his seat at the start of the 4th Congress, on December 7, 1795. Tatom subsequently resigned at the end of the 1st session, on June 1, 17964th Congress membership roster necessitating a second special election in the same district.
See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives elections, 1794 and 1795
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