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OfficeSpeaker of the House
HonorificSpeaker of the House - Abbr: Speaker of the House
Type General Election
Filing Deadline December 01, 1851 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open December 01, 1851 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close December 01, 1851 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start December 02, 1851 - 12:00pm
Term End March 04, 1853 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedRBH January 02, 2011 02:07pm
Data SourcesCongressional Globe; Norman D. Brown, Edward Stanly: Whiggery's Tarheel 'Conqueror', p. 157.
Description The Whigs, realizing their clear minority status, did not nominate a candidate - resulting in a scattering of their votes.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won12/22/1849
NameHowell Cobb Votes103 (10.72%)
Term12/22/1849 - 03/04/1851 Margin-9 (-0.94%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won12/05/1853
NameLinn Boyd Votes143 (65.90%)
Term12/05/1853 - 03/04/1855 Margin108 (+49.77%)
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Name Rep. Linn Boyd Rep. Edward Stanly Rep. Joseph R. Chandler Rep. Thaddeus Stevens Rep. Thomas H. Bayly Rep. John L. Taylor Rep. Thomas S. Bocock
PartyDemocratic Whig Whig Whig Democratic Whig Democratic
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Certified Votes 118 (55.40%) 21 (9.86%) 20 (9.39%) 16 (7.51%) 8 (3.76%) 6 (2.82%) 4 (1.88%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -97 (-45.54%) -98 (-46.01%) -102 (-47.89%) -110 (-51.64%) -112 (-52.58%) -114 (-53.52%)
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Name Rep. Alexander Evans Rep. Meredith Poindexter Gentry Rep. Junius Hillyer Rep. William S. Ashe Rep. Willis Arnold Gorman Rep. George Washington Jones Rep. John Allison
PartyWhig Whig Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Whig
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Certified Votes 4 (1.88%) 3 (1.41%) 2 (0.94%) 1 (0.47%) 1 (0.47%) 1 (0.47%) 1 (0.47%)
Margin-114 (-53.52%) -115 (-53.99%) -116 (-54.46%) -117 (-54.93%) -117 (-54.93%) -117 (-54.93%) -117 (-54.93%)
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