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NC District 05

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Parents

> United States > North Carolina > NC - District 05

Office

House of Representatives

Honorific

Representative - Abbr: Rep.

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

00, 1894 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

November 06, 1894 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

November 06, 1894 - 08:00pm Central

Term Start

March 04, 1895 - 12:00pm

Term End

March 04, 1897 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Chronicler

Last Modified

Chronicler December 16, 2023 03:29pm

Data Sources

Official county returns, N.C. Department of Archives and History

Description

Democratic nomination
The Democratic district convention met in Durham on 8/7/1894. The 292 delegates nominated Graham by acclamation, without taking a ballot (Oxford Public Ledger, 8/10/1894).

Republican nomination
Settle was renominated unanimously at the Republican district convention held at Greensboro on 8/15/1894. Amis worked the delegations before the vote but not a single delegate voted for him (Union Republican, 8/23/1894).

Silver Republican candidacy
Two days after the Republican district convention, Amis announced that he was running on the Silver Republican ticket (Union Republican, 8/23/1894).

Populist nomination
The Populist district convention met in Hillsboro on 10/4/1894. The delegates nominated Merritt (Raleigh News & Observer, 10/5/1894). Several newspapers discussed this convention but none stated that the ballot was unanimous or contested.