Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in North Carolina on August 10, 1804 for the 9th Congress.
Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in North Carolina on August 10, 1804 for the 9th Congress.
| Elections in North Carolina |
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| District | Incumbent | Party | First elected | Result | Candidates [lower-alpha 1] |
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| North Carolina 1 | Thomas Wynns | Democratic-Republican | 1802 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Thomas Wynns (Democratic-Republican) [lower-alpha 2] Thomas Harvey |
| North Carolina 2 | Willis Alston | Democratic-Republican | 1798 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Willis Alston (Democratic-Republican) 66.6% John Binford (Federalist) 20.7% William R. Davie (Federalist) 12.7% |
| North Carolina 3 | William Kennedy | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | √ Thomas Blount (Democratic-Republican) 51.4% William Kennedy (Democratic-Republican) 48.6% |
| North Carolina 4 | William Blackledge | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ William Blackledge (Democratic-Republican) 96.6% John Stanly (Federalist) 3.4% |
| North Carolina 5 | James Gillespie | Democratic-Republican | 1793 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. Successor died January 5, 1805, triggering a special election. | √ James Gillespie (Democratic-Republican) 52.5% Benjamin Smith (Federalist) 40.2% Samuel Ashe (Democratic-Republican) 7.3% |
| North Carolina 6 | Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican | 1791 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican) 99.9% |
| North Carolina 7 | Samuel D. Purviance | Federalist | 1803 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. | √ Duncan McFarlan (Democratic-Republican) 36.8% Joseph Pickett (Federalist) 31.7% William Martin (Federalist) 31.1% |
| North Carolina 8 | Richard Stanford | Democratic-Republican | 1796 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Richard Stanford [lower-alpha 3] (Democratic-Republican) Duncan Cameron Archibald Murphey John Hinton Jr. |
| North Carolina 9 | Marmaduke Williams | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Marmaduke Williams (Democratic-Republican) 98.9% Theophilus Lacey (Democratic-Republican) 1.0% |
| North Carolina 10 | Nathaniel Alexander | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Nathaniel Alexander (Democratic-Republican) [lower-alpha 2] |
| North Carolina 11 | James Holland | Democratic-Republican | 1800 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ James Holland (Democratic-Republican) 100% |
| North Carolina 12 | Joseph Winston | Democratic-Republican | 1803 | Incumbent re-elected. | √ Joseph Winston (Democratic-Republican) 57.0% Meshack Franklin (Democratic-Republican) 43.0% |
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