1798 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates[Note 1]
North Carolina 1 Joseph McDowell Democratic-
Republican
1796 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Joseph Dickson (Federalist) 55.1%
James Holland (Democratic-Republican) 44.8%
North Carolina 2 Matthew Locke Democratic-
Republican
1793 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Archibald Henderson (Federalist) 84.4%
Basil Gaither (Federalist) 9.5%
Matthew Locke (Democratic-Republican) 6.1%
North Carolina 3 Robert Williams Democratic-
Republican
1796 Incumbent re-elected. Robert Williams (Democratic-Republican) 69.8%
James Martin (Federalist) 30.2%
North Carolina 4 Richard Stanford Democratic-
Republican
1796 Incumbent re-elected. Richard Stanford (Democratic-Republican) 54.5%
Samuel Benton (Federalist) 45.5%
North Carolina 5 Nathaniel Macon Democratic-
Republican
1791 Incumbent re-elected. Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican)[Note 2]
North Carolina 6 James Gillespie Democratic-
Republican
1793 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
William H. Hill (Federalist) 50.1%
James Gillespie (Democratic-Republican) 39.8%
Alexander D. Moore (Federalist) 10.1%
North Carolina 7 William B. Grove Federalist 1791 Incumbent re-elected. William B. Grove (Federalist) 100%
North Carolina 8 Dempsey Burges Democratic-
Republican
1795 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
David Stone (Democratic-Republican) 40.0%
Charles Johnson (Federalist) 30.9%
Dempsey Burges (Democratic-Republican) 29.1%
North Carolina 9 Thomas Blount Democratic-
Republican
1793 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Willis Alston (Democratic-Republican) 37.4%
Thomas Blount (Democratic-Republican) 29.1%
William Kennedy (Federalist) 24.6%
John Binford (Federalist) 8.9%
North Carolina 10 Nathan Bryan Democratic-
Republican
1798 Incumbent died June 4, 1798.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner was also elected to finish the current term.
Richard D. Spaight (Democratic-Republican) 66.7%
George E. Badger (Federalist) 32.3%

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Notes

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  1. ^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed
  2. ^ Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data