1803 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina

North Carolina increased its apportionment from 10 to 12 seats after the 1800 census.

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
North Carolina 1 Thomas Wynns
Redistricted from the 8th district
Democratic-Republican 1802 (special) Incumbent re-elected. Thomas Wynns[a] (Democratic-Republican)
North Carolina 2 Willis Alston
Redistricted from the 9th district
Democratic-Republican 1798 Incumbent re-elected. Willis Alston (Democratic-Republican) 63.1%
William R. Davie (Federalist) 26.9%
North Carolina 3 None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
William Kennedy (Democratic-Republican) 51.1%
Thomas Blount (Democratic-Republican) 48.9%
North Carolina 4 John Stanly
Redistricted from the 10th district
Federalist 1800 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
William Blackledge (Democratic-Republican) 59.9%
John Stanly (Federalist) 40.1%
North Carolina 5 William H. Hill
Redistricted from the 6th district
Federalist 1798 Incumbent retired when appointed U.S. District Judge (later withdrawn).
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
James Gillespie (Democratic-Republican) 57.5%
Alexander D. Moore (Federalist) 42.5%
North Carolina 6 Nathaniel Macon
Redistricted from the 5th district
Democratic-Republican 1791 Incumbent re-elected. Nathaniel Macon (Democratic-Republican) 99.8%
North Carolina 7 William B. Grove Federalist 1790 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Federalist hold.
Samuel D. Purviance (Federalist) 42.3%
Duncan McFarlan (Democratic-Republican) 33.0%
Isaac Lanier (Federalist) 23.6%
John Hay (Democratic-Republican) 1.1%
Robert Williams
Redistricted from the 3rd district
Democratic-Republican 1796 Incumbent retired to run for Governor of North Carolina.
Democratic-Republican loss.
North Carolina 8 Richard Stanford
Redistricted from the 4th district
Democratic-Republican 1796 Incumbent re-elected. Richard Stanford (Democratic-Republican) 75.1%
Nathaniel Jones (Federalist) 24.9%
North Carolina 9 None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Marmaduke Williams (Democratic-Republican) 53.8%
Theophilus Lacy (Democratic-Republican) 28.3%
William Nash (Democratic-Republican) 15.5%
Anton Brown (Federalist) 2.4%
North Carolina 10 None (District created) New seat.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Nathaniel Alexander (Democratic-Republican) 55.8%
Basil Gaither (Federalist) 44.2%
North Carolina 11 James Holland
Redistricted from the 1st district
Democratic-Republican 1800 Incumbent re-elected. James Holland (Democratic-Republican) 70.7%
William Tate (Federalist) 29.3%
North Carolina 12 Archibald Henderson
Redistricted from the 2nd district
Federalist 1798 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Joseph Winston (Democratic-Republican) 29.6%
Meshack Franklin (Democratic-Republican) 28.6%
William Lenoir (Democratic-Republican) 22.8%
George Houser (Democratic-Republican) 9.7%
Mussendine Matthews (Federalist) 9.3%


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