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  NC District 08
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Parents > United States > North Carolina > NC - District 08
OfficeHouse of Representatives
HonorificRepresentative - Abbr: Rep.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline August 01, 1845 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open August 07, 1845 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close August 07, 1845 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start March 04, 1845 - 12:00pm
Term End March 04, 1847 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedChronicler January 08, 2007 07:46pm
Data SourcesHillsborough Recorder 8/28/1845. The official vote of Hyde County, located in the N.C. Department of Archives and History, differs slightly from that reported in the Recorder. I have used the official vote of that county, and the totals reported here reflect that. The reported totals were Clarke 4,640; Donnell 3,999.
Description The 8th Congressional District had been drawn by the new Democratic legislature to be a solid Democratic seat. At the time the district was drawn, the legislators did not foresee the dismal performance of U.S. Rep. Archibald Arrington. The Democrats reluctantly re-nominated him in 1843, and he narrowly defeated Edward Stanly in a battle between strong incumbents.

Events in the following two years frightened the Democrats. With the impressive showing of Edward Stanly as the Speaker of the State House, and their continued disappointment with Arrington, the Democrats feared they would not be able to retain the seat.

In early 1845, two strong Democrats entered the race against Arrington. At the congressional district convention, Henry S. Clarke of Beaufort County was victorious over Arrington and Henry I. Toole.

The Whigs selected Richard S. Donnell as their nominee. Donnell was the son of a local Democratic leader, a nephew of the last Democratic Governor, Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr., and was a brother-in-law of former Democratic U.S. Rep. Charles Shepard.

Clarke led the Democrats to a narrow victory over Donnell, gaining particularly in the lower counties of the district.
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won08/03/1843
NameArchibald H. Arrington Votes4,803 (52.97%)
Term03/04/1843 - 03/04/1845 Margin539 (+5.94%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyWhig Won08/05/1847
NameRichard S. Donnell Votes4,293 (52.25%)
Term03/04/1847 - 03/04/1849 Margin369 (+4.49%)
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Name Rep. Henry S. Clarke Richard S. Donnell  
PartyDemocratic Whig  
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Uncertified Votes 4,674 (53.83%) 4,009 (46.17%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -665 (-7.66%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00%  
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