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| Office | Senate |
| Honorific | Senator - Abbr: Sen. |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | December 01, 1848 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | December 12, 1848 - 07:00am Central |
| Polls Close | December 20, 1848 - 07:00pm Central |
| Term Start | March 04, 1849 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | March 04, 1855 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modified | Chronicler March 03, 2020 05:46pm |
| Data Sources | North Carolina Government (1979), p. 687; Raleigh Register 12/16, 20, 23/1848; Raleigh Standard, 12/27/1848; Norman D. Brown, Edward Stanly: Whiggery's Tarheel 'Conqueror', pp. 114-115. |
| Description |
With the state legislature evenly divided, the election of a U.S. Senator became difficult. Badger was finally re-elected.
| Balloting for U.S. Senate, NC 1848 |
| Candidate: Ballot | 1st | 2d | 3d | 4th | 5th |
| George E. Badger (W) | 82 | 82 | 82 | 75 | 83 |
| Thomas L. Clingman (W) | 6 | 14 | 48 | 55 | 67 |
| James I. McKay (D) | 18 | 10 | -- | -- | 1 |
| James B. Shepard (D) | 18 | 17 | -- | -- | -- |
| William B. Shepard (W) | -- | 17 | -- | -- | -- |
| Weldon N. Edwards (D) | 13 | 4 | -- | 7 | 4 |
| Walter F. Leake(D) | 8 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 |
| David L. Swain (W) | -- | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| James C. Dobbin (D) | 7 | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 |
| Scattering | 16 | 9 | 20 | 19 | 4 |
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83 (31.32%)
