1817 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

North Carolina elected its members August 14, 1817.

District Incumbent This race
Representative Party First elected Results Candidates
North Carolina 1 William H. Murfree Democratic-Republican 1813 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Lemuel Sawyer (Democratic-Republican) 38.0%
Joseph Ferebee (Democratic-Republican) 33.1%
Henry Skinner (Federalist) 28.9%
North Carolina 2 Joseph H. Bryan Democratic-Republican 1815 Incumbent re-elected. Joseph H. Bryan (Democratic-Republican)[a]
North Carolina 3 James W. Clark Democratic-Republican 1815 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Thomas H. Hall (Democratic-Republican) 100%
North Carolina 4 William Gaston Federalist 1813 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist hold.
Jesse Slocumb (Federalist) 54.0%
Henry J. G. Ruffin (Democratic-Republican) 46.0%
North Carolina 5 Charles Hooks Democratic-Republican 1816 (Special) Incumbent lost-re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
James Owen (Democratic-Republican) 55.4%
Charles Hooks (Democratic-Republican) 44.6%
North Carolina 6 Weldon N. Edwards Democratic-Republican 1816 (Special) Incumbent re-elected. Weldon N. Edwards (Democratic-Republican) 80.5%
Solomon Green (Federalist) 19.5%
North Carolina 7 John Culpepper Federalist 1806
1808 (Contested election)
1808 (Special)
1813
Incumbent lost-re-election.
New member elected.
Federalist hold.
Alexander McMillan (Federalist) 58.7%
John Culpepper (Federalist) 41.3%
North Carolina 8 Samuel Dickens Democratic-Republican 1816 (Special) Incumbent lost-re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
James S. Smith (Democratic-Republican) 52.3%
Samuel Dickens (Democratic-Republican) 46.9%
North Carolina 9 Bartlett Yancey Democratic-Republican 1813 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Thomas Settle (Democratic-Republican) 78.4%
Romulus M. Saunders (Democratic-Republican) 21.6%
North Carolina 10 William C. Love Democratic-Republican 1815 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
George Mumford (Democratic-Republican) 53.9%
John L. Henderson (Federalist) 46.1%
North Carolina 11 Daniel M. Forney Democratic-Republican 1815 Incumbent re-elected. Daniel M. Forney (Democratic-Republican)[a]
North Carolina 12 Israel Pickens Democratic-Republican 1810 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Felix Walker (Democratic-Republican) 42.8%
John Paxton (Democratic-Republican) 38.5%
William Porter (Democratic-Republican) 18.7%
North Carolina 13 Lewis Williams Democratic-Republican 1815 Incumbent re-elected. Lewis Williams[a]

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Numbers of votes missing or incomplete in source(s).