United States congressional delegations from North Carolina
These are tables of congressional delegations from North Carolina to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
U.S. House of Representatives
Current members
The delegation has 13 members, 8 Republicans, and 5 Democrats.
District | Member | District | |||
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Member | Party | Incumbency | CPVI | District map | |
1st | G. K. Butterfield (Wilson) |
Democratic | since July 20, 2004 | D+5 | |
2nd | Deborah Ross (Raleigh) |
Democratic | since January 3, 2021 | D+9 | |
3rd | Greg Murphy (Greenville) |
Republican | since September 10, 2019 | R+12 | |
4th | David Price (Chapel Hill) |
Democratic | since January 3, 1997 | D+14 | |
5th | Virginia Foxx (Banner Elk) |
Republican | since January 3, 2005 | R+18 | |
6th | Kathy Manning (Greensboro) |
Democratic | since January 3, 2021 | D+9 | |
7th | David Rouzer (Benson) |
Republican | since January 3, 2015 | R+11 | |
8th | Richard Hudson (Concord) |
Republican | since January 3, 2013 | R+5 | |
9th | Dan Bishop (Charlotte) |
Republican | since September 10, 2019 | R+7 | |
10th | Patrick McHenry (Cherryville) |
Republican | since January 3, 2005 | R+20 | |
11th | Madison Cawthorn (Hendersonville) |
Republican | since January 3, 2021 | R+9 | |
12th | Alma Adams (Greensboro/Charlotte) |
Democratic | since November 12, 2014 | D+14 | |
13th | Ted Budd (Advance) |
Republican | since January 3, 2017 | R+19 |
1789–1793: 5 seats
After North Carolina ratified the United States Constitution, on November 21, 1789, it was apportioned five seats.
Congress | District | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
1st (1789–1791) |
John Baptista Ashe (Anti-Admin) | John Steele (Pro-Admin) | Hugh Williamson (Pro-Administration) | Timothy Bloodworth (Ani-Adtmin) | John Sevier (Pro-Administration) The district was ceded to the federal government to become Tennessee before Sevier could take his seat, but was seated anyway. |
2nd (1791–1793) |
William B. Grove (Pro-Admin) | Nathaniel Macon (Ani-Adtmin) |
1793–1803: 10 seats
Following the 1790 census, North Carolina was apportioned 10 seats.
Congress | District | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
3rd (1793–1795) |
William J. Dawson (Anti-Admin) | Matthew Locke (Anti-Admin) | Joseph McDowell | Alexander Mebane (Anti-Admin) | Nathaniel Macon (Anti-Admin) | James Gillespie (Anti-Admin) | William B. Grove (Pro-Admin) | Benjamin Williams (Anti-Admin) | Thomas Blount (Anti-Admin) | Joseph Winston (Anti-Admin) |
4th (1795–1797) |
Jesse Franklin (D-R) | Matthew Locke (D-R) | James Holland (D-R) | Absalom Tatom (D-R) | Nathaniel Macon (D-R) | James Gillespie (D-R) | William B. Grove (F) | Dempsey Burges (D-R) | Thomas Blount (D-R) | Nathan Bryan (D-R) |
William F. Strudwick (F) | ||||||||||
5th (1797–1799) |
Joseph McDowell (D-R) | Robert Williams (D-R) | Richard Stanford (D-R) | |||||||
Richard D. Spaight (D-R) | ||||||||||
6th (1799–1801) |
Joseph Dickson (F) | Willis Alston (D-R) | William H. Hill (F) | Archibald Henderson (F) | David Stone (D-R) | |||||
7th (1801–1803) |
Charles Johnson (D-R) | John Stanly (F) | James Holland (D-R) | |||||||
Thomas Wynns (D-R) |
1803–1813: 12 seats
Following the 1800 census, North Carolina was apportioned 12 seats.
Congress | District | District | |||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | ||
8th (1803–1805) |
Thomas Wynns (D-R) | Willis Alston (D-R) | William Kennedy (D-R) | William Blackledge (D-R) | James Gillespie (D-R) | Nathaniel Macon (D-R) | Samuel D. Purviance (F) | Richard Stanford (D-R) | Marmaduke Williams (D-R) | Nathaniel Alexander (D-R) | James Holland (D-R) | Joseph Winston (D-R) | |
9th (1805–1807) |
Thomas Blount (D-R) | Thomas Kenan (D-R) | Duncan McFarlan (D-R) | ||||||||||
Evan S. Alexander (D-R) | |||||||||||||
10th (1807–1809) |
Lemuel Sawyer (D-R) | John Culpepper (F) | Meshack Franklin (D-R) | ||||||||||
11th (1809–1811) |
William Kennedy (D-R) | John Stanly (F) | Archibald McBryde (F) | James Cochran (D-R) | Joseph Pearson (F) | ||||||||
12th (1811–1813) |
Thomas Blount (D-R) | William Blackledge (D-R) | William R. King (D-R) | Israel Pickens (D-R) | |||||||||
William Kennedy (D-R) |
1813–1843: 13 seats
Following the 1810 census, North Carolina was apportioned 13 seats.
1843–1853: 9 seats
Following the 1840 census, North Carolina was apportioned nine seats.
Congress | District | ||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
28th (1843–1845) |
Thomas L. Clingman (D) | Daniel M. Barringer (W) | David S. Reid (D) | Edmund Deberry (W) | Romulus M. Saunders (D) | James Iver McKay (D) | John Reeves Jones Daniel (D) | Archibald H. Arrington (D) | Kenneth Rayner (W) |
29th (1845–1847) |
James Graham (W) | Alfred Dockery (W) | James C. Dobbin (D) | Henry Selby Clark (D) | Asa Biggs (D) | ||||
30th (1847–1849) |
Thomas L. Clingman (D) | Nathaniel Boyden (W) | Daniel M. Barringer (W) | Augustine Henry Shepperd (W) | Abraham W. Venable (D) | John Reeves Jones Daniel (D) | James Iver McKay (D) | Richard Spaight Donnell (W) | David Outlaw (W) |
31st (1849–1851) |
Joseph Pearson Caldwell (W) | Edmund Deberry (W) | William S. Ashe (D) | Edward Stanly (W) | |||||
32nd (1851–1853) |
Alfred Dockery (W) | James Turner Morehead (W) |
1853–1863: 8 seats
Following the 1850 census, North Carolina was apportioned eight seats.
Congress | District | |||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
33rd (1853–1855) |
Henry Marchmore Shaw (D) | Thomas Hart Ruffin (D) | William S. Ashe (D) | Sion H. Rogers (W) | John Kerr Jr. (W) | Richard C. Puryear (W) | Francis Burton Craige (D) | Thomas L. Clingman (D) |
34th (1855–1857) |
Robert T. Paine (K-N) | Warren Winslow (D) | Lawrence O. Branch (D) | Edwin G. Reade (K-N) | Richard C. Puryear (K-N) | |||
35th (1857–1859) |
Henry Marchmore Shaw (D) | John Adams Gilmer (K-N) | Alfred M. Scales (D) | |||||
Zebulon B. Vance (D) | ||||||||
36th (1859–1861) |
William Nathan Harrell Smith (O) | John Adams Gilmer (O) | James Madison Leach (O) | |||||
37th (1861–1863) |
Vacant during American Civil War |
1863–1873: 7 seats
Following the 1860 census, North Carolina was apportioned seven seats.
Congress | District | ||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
38th (1863–1865) |
Vacant during American Civil War | ||||||
39th (1865–1867) | |||||||
40th (1867–1869) | |||||||
John R. French (R) | David Heaton (R) | Oliver H. Dockery (R) | John T. Deweese (R) | Israel G. Lash (R) | Nathaniel Boyden (Conservative) | Alexander H. Jones (R) | |
41st (1869–1871) |
Clinton L. Cobb (R) | Francis E. Shober (D) | |||||
Joseph Dixon (R) | |||||||
42nd (1871–1873) |
Charles R. Thomas (R) | Alfred M. Waddell (D) | Sion H. Rogers (D) | James Madison Leach (D) | James C. Harper (D) |
1873–1883: 8 seats
Following the 1870 census, North Carolina was apportioned eight seats.
Congress | District | |||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
43rd (1873–1875) |
Clinton L. Cobb (R) | Charles R. Thomas (R) | Alfred M. Waddell (D) | William A. Smith (R) | James Madison Leach (D) | Thomas S. Ashe (D) | William M. Robbins (D) | Robert B. Vance (D) |
44th (1875–1877) |
Jesse J. Yeates (D) | John A. Hyman (R) | Joseph J. Davis (D) | Alfred M. Scales (D) | ||||
45th (1877–1879) |
Curtis H. Brogden (R) | |||||||
46th (1879–1881) |
Joseph J. Martin (R) | William H. Kitchin (D) | D.L. Russell (GB) | Walter L. Steele (D) | Robert F. Armfield (D) | |||
Jesse J. Yeates (D) | ||||||||
47th (1881–1883) |
Louis C. Latham (D) | Orlando Hubbs (R) | John W. Shackelford (D) | William Ruffin Cox (D) | Clement Dowd (D) |
1883–1903: 9 seats
Following the 1880 census, North Carolina was apportioned nine seats. At first, the extra seat was elected at-large. Starting with the 1884 elections, the seats were redistricted and a ninth district was added.
1903–1933: 10 seats
Following the 1900 census, North Carolina was apportioned 10 seats.
1933–1943: 11 seats
Following the 1930 census, North Carolina was apportioned 11 seats.
Congress | District | District | ||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | ||
73rd (1933–1935) |
Lindsay C. Warren (D) | John H. Kerr (D) | Charles L. Abernethy (D) | Edward W. Pou (D) | Frank Hancock Jr. (D) | William B. Umstead (D) | J. Bayard Clark (D) | J. Walter Lambeth (D) | Robert L. Doughton (D) | Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) | Zebulon Weaver (D) | |
Harold D. Cooley (D) | ||||||||||||
74th (1935–1937) |
Graham A. Barden (D) | |||||||||||
75th (1937–1939) | ||||||||||||
76th (1939–1941) |
Alonzo D. Folger (D) | Carl T. Durham (D) | William O. Burgin (D) | |||||||||
Herbert C. Bonner (D) | ||||||||||||
77th (1941–1943) |
John H. Folger (D) |
1943–1963: 12 seats
Following the 1940 census, North Carolina was apportioned 12 seats.
Congress | District | District | |||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | ||
78th (1943–1945) |
Herbert C. Bonner (D) | John H. Kerr (D) | Graham A. Barden (D) | Harold D. Cooley (D) | John H. Folger (D) | Carl T. Durham (D) | J. Bayard Clark (D) | William O. Burgin (D) | Robert L. Doughton (D) | Cameron Morrison (D) | Alfred L. Bulwinkle (D) | Zebulon Weaver (D) | |
79th (1945–1947) |
Joseph Wilson Ervin (D) | ||||||||||||
Eliza Jane Pratt (D) | Samuel J. Ervin Jr. (D) | ||||||||||||
80th (1947–1949) |
Charles B. Deane (D) | Hamilton C. Jones (D) | Monroe M. Redden (D) | ||||||||||
81st (1949–1951) |
Richard T. Chatham (D) | F. Ertel Carlyle (D) | |||||||||||
Woodrow W. Jones (D) | |||||||||||||
82nd (1951–1953) | |||||||||||||
83rd (1953–1955) |
Lawrence H. Fountain (D) | Hugh Quincy Alexander (D) | Charles R. Jonas (R) | George A. Shuford (D) | |||||||||
84th (1955–1957) | |||||||||||||
85th (1957–1959) |
Ralph James Scott (D) | Alton Asa Lennon (D) | A. Paul Kitchin (D) | Basil Whitener (D) | |||||||||
86th (1959–1961) |
David McKee Hall (D) | ||||||||||||
Roy A. Taylor (D) | |||||||||||||
87th (1961–1963) |
David N. Henderson (D) | Horace R. Kornegay (D) |
1963–1993: 11 seats
Following the 1960 census, North Carolina was apportioned 11 seats.
1993–2003: 12 seats
Following the 1990 census, North Carolina was apportioned 12 seats.
Congress | District | District | |||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | ||
103rd (1993–1995) |
Eva M. Clayton (D) | Tim Valentine (D) | H. Martin Lancaster (D) | David E. Price (D) | Stephen L. Neal (D) | Howard Coble (R) | Charlie Rose (D) | Bill Hefner (D) | Alex McMillan (R) | Cass Ballenger (R) | Charles H. Taylor (R) | Melvin L. Watt (D) | |
104th (1995–1997) |
David Funderburk (R) | Walter B. Jones Jr. (R) | Fred Heineman (R) | Richard Burr (R) | Sue Wilkins Myrick (R) | ||||||||
105th (1997–1999) |
Bob Etheridge (D) | David E. Price (D) | Mike McIntyre (D) | ||||||||||
106th (1999–2001) |
Robin Hayes (R) | ||||||||||||
107th (2001–2003) |
2003–present: 13 seats
Since the 2000 census, North Carolina has been apportioned 13 seats.
Congress | District | District | ||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | ||
108th (2003–2005) |
Frank W. Ballance Jr. (D) | Bob Etheridge (D) | Walter B. Jones Jr. (R) | David E. Price (D) | Richard Burr (R) | Howard Coble (R) | Mike McIntyre (D) | Robin Hayes (R) | Sue Wilkins Myrick (R) | Cass Ballenger (R) | Charles H. Taylor (R) | Melvin L. Watt (D) | Brad Miller (D) | |
G. K. Butterfield (D) | ||||||||||||||
109th (2005–2007) |
Virginia Foxx (R) | Patrick T. McHenry (R) | ||||||||||||
110th (2007–2009) |
Heath Shuler (D) | |||||||||||||
111th (2009–2011) |
Larry Kissell (D) | |||||||||||||
112th (2011–2013) |
Renee Ellmers (R) | |||||||||||||
113th (2013–2015) |
Richard Hudson (R) | Robert Pittenger (R) | Mark Meadows (R) | George Holding (R) | ||||||||||
Alma Adams (D) | ||||||||||||||
114th (2015–2017) |
Mark Walker (R) | David Rouzer (R) | ||||||||||||
115th (2017–2019) |
George Holding (R) | Ted Budd (R) | ||||||||||||
116th (2019–2021) |
Dan Bishop (R) | |||||||||||||
Greg Murphy (R) | ||||||||||||||
117th (2019–2021) |
Deborah Ross (D) | Kathy Manning (D) | Madison Cawthorn (R) |
U.S. Senate
Class 2 senators | Congress | Class 3 senators |
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Samuel Johnston (Pro-Admin) | 1st (1789–1791) |
Benjamin Hawkins (Pro-Admin) |
2nd (1791–1793) | ||
Alexander Martin (Anti-Admin) | 3rd (1793–1795) | |
Alexander Martin (D-R) | 4th (1795–1797) |
Timothy Bloodworth (D-R) |
5th (1797–1799) | ||
Jesse Franklin (D-R) | 6th (1799–1801) | |
7th (1801–1803) |
David Stone (D-R) | |
8th (1803–1805) | ||
James Turner (D-R) | 9th (1805–1807) | |
10th (1807–1809) |
Jesse Franklin (D-R) | |
11th (1809–1811) | ||
12th (1811–1813) | ||
13th (1813–1815) |
David Stone (D-R) | |
Francis Locke Jr. (D-R) | ||
14th (1815–1817) | ||
Nathaniel Macon (D-R) | ||
Montfort Stokes (D-R) | ||
15th (1817–1819) | ||
16th (1819–1821) | ||
17th (1821–1823) | ||
John Branch (D-R) | 18th (1823–1825) | |
John Branch (J) | 19th (1825–1827) |
Nathaniel Macon (J) |
20th (1827–1829) | ||
James Iredell Jr. (J) | ||
21st (1829–1831) | ||
Bedford Brown (J) | 21st (1829–1831) | |
22nd (1831–1833) |
Willie Person Mangum (D) | |
23rd (1833–1835) |
Willie Person Mangum (Anti-J) | |
24th (1835–1837) | ||
Bedford Brown (J) | Robert Strange (J) | |
Bedford Brown (D) | 25th (1837–1839) |
Robert Strange (D) |
26th (1839–1841) | ||
Willie Person Mangum (W) | William Alexander Graham (W) | |
27th (1841–1843) | ||
28th (1843–1845) |
William Henry Haywood Jr. (D) | |
29th (1845–1847) | ||
George Edmund Badger (W) | ||
30th (1847–1849) | ||
31st (1849–1851) | ||
32nd (1851–1853) | ||
David Settle Reid (D) | 33rd (1853–1855) | |
34th (1855–1857) |
Asa Biggs (D) | |
35th (1857–1859) | ||
Thomas Lanier Clingman (D) | ||
Thomas Bragg (D) | 36th (1859–1861) | |
37th (1861–1863) | ||
Vacant | Vacant | |
38th (1863–1865) | ||
39th (1865–1867) | ||
40th (1867–1869) | ||
Joseph Carter Abbott (R) | John Pool (R) | |
41st (1869–1871) | ||
Matt Whitaker Ransom (D) | 42nd (1871–1873) | |
43rd (1873–1875) |
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (D) | |
44th (1875–1877) | ||
45th (1877–1879) | ||
46th (1879–1881) |
Zebulon Baird Vance (D) | |
47th (1881–1883) | ||
48th (1883–1885) | ||
49th (1885–1887) | ||
50th (1887–1889) | ||
51st (1889–1891) | ||
52nd (1891–1893) | ||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||
Thomas Jordan Jarvis (D) | ||
Jeter Connelly Pritchard (R) | ||
Marion Butler (Pop) | 54th (1895–1897) | |
55th (1897–1899) | ||
56th (1899–1901) | ||
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (D) | 57th (1901–1903) | |
58th (1903–1905) |
Lee Slater Overman (D) | |
59th (1905–1907) | ||
60th (1907–1909) | ||
61st (1909–1911) | ||
62nd (1911–1913) | ||
63rd (1913–1915) | ||
64th (1915–1917) | ||
65th (1917–1919) | ||
66th (1919–1921) | ||
67th (1921–1923) | ||
68th (1923–1925) | ||
69th (1925–1927) | ||
70th (1927–1929) | ||
71st (1929–1931) | ||
Cameron A. Morrison (D) | ||
Josiah Bailey (D) | 72nd (1931–1933) | |
Robert Rice Reynolds (D) | ||
73rd (1933–1935) | ||
74th (1935–1937) | ||
75th (1937–1939) | ||
76th (1939–1941) | ||
77th (1941–1943) | ||
78th (1943–1945) | ||
79th (1945–1947) |
Clyde Roark Hoey (D) | |
William B. Umstead (D) | ||
80th (1947–1949) | ||
J. Melville Broughton (D) | ||
81st (1949–1951) | ||
Frank Porter Graham (D) | ||
Willis Smith (D) | ||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||
83rd (1953–1955) | ||
Alton Asa Lennon (D) | ||
Samuel J. Ervin Jr. (D) | ||
William Kerr Scott (D) | ||
84th (1955–1957) | ||
85th (1957–1959) | ||
B. Everett Jordan (D) | ||
86th (1959–1961) | ||
87th (1961–1963) | ||
88th (1963–1965) | ||
89th (1965–1967) | ||
90th (1967–1969) | ||
91st (1969–1971) | ||
92nd (1971–1973) | ||
Jesse Helms (R) | 93rd (1973–1975) | |
94th (1975–1977) |
Robert Burren Morgan (D) | |
95th (1977–1979) | ||
96th (1979–1981) | ||
97th (1981–1983) |
John Porter East(R) | |
98th (1983–1985) | ||
99th (1985–1987) | ||
James Thomas Broyhill (R) | ||
Terry Sanford (D) | ||
100th (1987–1989) | ||
101st (1989–1991) | ||
102nd (1991–1993) | ||
103rd (1993–1995) |
Lauch Faircloth (R) | |
104th (1995–1997) | ||
105th (1997–1999) | ||
106th (1999–2001) |
John Edwards (D) | |
107th (2001–2003) | ||
Elizabeth Dole (R) | 108th (2003–2005) | |
109th (2005–2007) |
Richard Burr (R) | |
110th (2007–2009) | ||
Kay Hagan (D) | 111th (2009–2011) | |
112th (2011–2013) | ||
113th (2013–2015) | ||
Thom Tillis (R) | 114th (2015–2017) | |
115th (2017–2019) | ||
116th (2019–2021) | ||
117th (2021–2023) |
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Notes
- Supported the Crawford faction in the 1824 United States presidential election
- Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election
- Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election