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NC - District 07 - Special Election

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> United States > North Carolina > NC - District 07

Office

House of Representatives

Honorific

Representative - Abbr: Rep.

Type

Special Election

Filing Deadline

00, 1930 - 05:00pm Central

Polls Open

November 04, 1930 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

November 04, 1930 - 07:00pm Central

Term Start

December 01, 1930 - 12:00pm

Term End

March 04, 1931 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Chronicler

Last Modified

Chronicler January 05, 2024 09:14pm

Data Sources

Account of the state canvass published in the Raleigh News & Observer, 11/13/1930.

Description

Special election to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of William C. Hammer on 9/26/1930.

Republican nomination
The Republican district executive committee met on 10/2/1930 and nominated Spencer by acclamation; he was already the nominee for the two-year term (Charlotte Observer, 10/3/1930).

Democratic nomination
The Democratic district executive committee met on 10/3/1930. Rep. Hammer had been the party's nominee in the general election. The committee first nominated his widow, but she declined to run (she was the editor of the Asheboro Courier). The committee then nominated James for the special election. Scotland County Democrats had complained that the county had never been represented in the US House and it was their turn (Greensboro Daily News, 10/4/1930).