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NC - District 01

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Parents

> United States > North Carolina > NC - District 01

Office

House of Representatives

Honorific

Representative - Abbr: Rep.

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

January 01, 1890 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

November 04, 1890 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

November 04, 1890 - 08:00pm Central

Term Start

March 04, 1891 - 12:00pm

Term End

March 04, 1893 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Chronicler

Last Modified

Chronicler August 06, 2022 08:22pm

Data Sources

Official county returns in the N.C. Department of Archives and History.

Description

Democratic nomination
The Democratic district convention met on 8/12. Branch was nominated with a bare majority on the first ballot: Branch - 171.35; W.P. Roberts - 121.65; W.P. Shaw - 26; Wilson H. Lucas - 19; T.G. Skinner (wi*) - 1.25 (Elizabeth City Falcon, 8/15/1890).

Republican nomination
Bernard was placed in nomination by the Republican district executive committee around 8/27/1890, without the call for a district convention (Wilmington Morning Star, 8/29/1890).

Prohibition nomination
The Prohibition Party in Beaufort County called other counties to send people to attend its executive committee around 9/15/1890. A full county ticket was nominated, and Jarvis was chosen to run for the US House (Washington Progress, 9/16/1890).