1796, north, carolina, congressional, district, special, election, special, election, held, north, carolina, congressional, district, november, 1796, fill, vacancy, left, resignation, absalom, tatom, june, 1796, tatom, himself, been, elected, special, election. A special election was held in North Carolina s 4th congressional district on November 23 1796 to fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Absalom Tatom DR on June 1 1796 1 Tatom had himself been elected in a special election the previous year Election results editCandidate Party Votes 2 Percent William F Strudwick Federalist 264 76 3 Richard Stanford Democratic Republican 78 22 5 Scattering 4 1 2 Strudwick took his seat on December 13 1796 1 See also editList of special elections to the United States House of RepresentativesReferences edit a b 4th Congress membership roster Archived 2012 12 13 at the Wayback Machine Election details from Ourcampaigns com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1796 North Carolina 27s 4th congressional district special election amp oldid 1173554043, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,