1795 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

Last updated November 30, 2021

Six of the ten North Carolina incumbents were re-elected.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
North Carolina 1	Joseph McDowell	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ James Holland (Democratic-Republican)^[1] Joseph McDowell (Democratic-Republican)
North Carolina 2	Matthew Locke	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Matthew Locke (Democratic-Republican)^[1]
North Carolina 3	Joseph Winston	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Jesse Franklin (Democratic-Republican)^[1] Joseph Winston (Democratic-Republican)
North Carolina 4	Alexander Mebane	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Alexander Mebane (Democratic-Republican) 75.8% Samuel Benton (Federalist) 19.5% Stephen Moore (Federalist) 4.7%
North Carolina 5	Nathaniel Macon	Anti-Administration	1791	Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican)^[1]
North Carolina 6	James Gillespie	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ James Gillespie (Democratic-Republican)^[1] William H. Hill (Federalist)
North Carolina 7	William B. Grove	Pro-Administration	1791	Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Federalist gain.	√ William B. Grove (Federalist)^[1]
North Carolina 8	William J. Dawson	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Dempsey Burges (Democratic-Republican)^[1] John Baker (Democratic-Republican) Clement Hale (Democratic-Republican) David Stone (Federalist) William J. Dawson (Democratic-Republican) Charles Johnson (Federalist)
North Carolina 9	Thomas Blount	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Thomas Blount (Democratic-Republican)^[1] John Benford (Federalist) Willis Alston (Federalist)
North Carolina 10	Benjamin Williams	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Nathan Bryan (Democratic-Republican) 61.0% Benjamin Williams (Federalist)^[2] 29.6% David Witherspoon (Federalist) 9.4%

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1795 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

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