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North Carolina's congressional delegations

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These are tables of congressional delegations from North Carolina to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

The current dean of the North Carolina delegation is Representative Virginia Foxx (NC-5)

U.S. House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives from North Carolina

Current members

The delegation has 14 members, 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats. In 2022, per the 2020 United States census, North Carolina gained one new congressional seat.

1789–1793: 5 seats

After North Carolina ratified the United States Constitution, on November 21, 1789, it was apportioned five seats.

Congress
1st (1789–1791)
2nd (1791–1793)

1793–1803: 10 seats

Following the 1790 census, North Carolina was apportioned 10 seats.

CongressDistrict
3rd (1793–1795)William Johnston
Dawson (AA)
4th (1795–1797)Democratic-Republican Party}}Jesse Franklin (DR)
William F. Strudwick (F)
5th (1797–1799)Democratic-Republican Party}}"Quaker Meadows
Joe" McDowell (DR)
Democratic-Republican Party}}Richard Dobbs
Spaight (DR)
6th (1799–1801)Joseph Dickson (F)
7th (1801–1803)Charles Johnson (DR)
Thomas Wynns (DR)

1803–1813: 12 seats

Following the 1800 census, North Carolina was apportioned 12 seats.

CongressDistrictDistrict
8th
(1803–1805)Democratic-Republican Party}}Thomas
Wynns (DR)Democratic-Republican Party}}Willis
Alston (DR)
9th
(1805–1807)Democratic-Republican Party}}Thomas Blount (DR)Democratic-Republican Party}}Thomas S.
Kenan (DR)
Democratic-Republican Party}}Evan Shelby
Alexander (DR)
10th
(1807–1809)Democratic-Republican Party}}Lemuel
Sawyer (DR)John
Culpepper (F)
11th
(1809–1811)William Kennedy (DR)John Stanly (F)
12th
(1811–1813)Thomas Blount (DR)Democratic-Republican Party}}William
Blackledge (DR)
Democratic-Republican Party}}William Kennedy (DR)

1813–1843: 13 seats

Following the 1810 census, North Carolina was apportioned 13 seats.

Cong­ressDistrictDistrict
13th
(1813–1815)Democratic-Republican Party}}William H.
Murfree (DR)Willis
Alston (DR)
14th
(1815–1817)Democratic-Republican Party}}Joseph H.
Bryan (DR)Democratic-Republican Party}}James West
Clark (DR)
Charles Hooks (DR)Democratic-Republican Partytop}}Weldon
Nathaniel
Edwards
(DR)
15th
(1817–1819)Democratic-Republican Party}}Lemuel
Sawyer (DR)Democratic-Republican Party}}Thomas H.
Hall (DR)
James Stewart (F)
16th
(1819–1821)Democratic-Republican Party}}Hutchins
Gordon
Burton (DR)Democratic-Republican Party}}Charles
Hooks (DR)
17th
(1821–1823)William S.
Blackledge (DR)Archibald
McNeill (DR)
18th
(1823–1825)Democratic-Republican Party}}Alfred M.
Gatlin (DR)Democratic-Republican Party}}Charles
Hooks (DR)
George Outlaw (DR)
19th
(1825–1827)Jacksonian Party}}Lemuel
Sawyer (J)Jacksonian Party}}Willis
Alston (J)
Jacksonian Partytop}}Danuel
Laurens
Barringer (J)
20th
(1827–1829)Jacksonian Party}}Thomas H.
Hall (J){{Party cellNational Republican Party (US)
21st
(1829–1831)National Republican Party (US)}}William
Biddle
Shepard
(NR)Jacksonian Party}}Jesse
Speight (J)
22nd
(1831–1833)John
Branch (J)Jacksonian Party
23rd
(1833–1835)Jacksonian Partytop}}Jesse
Atherton
Bynum (J)
24th
(1835–1837)Ebenezer
Pettigrew (NR){{Party cellJacksonian Party
25th
(1837–1839)Samuel T.
Sawyer (W)Democratic Party (US)
26th
(1839–1841)Whig Party (US)}}Kenneth
Rayner (W){{Party cellDemocratic Party (US)
27th
(1841–1843)Democratic Party (US)}}John R. J.
Daniel (D)Whig Party (US)}}William H.
Washington (W)
Anderson
Mitchell (W)

1843–1853: 9 seats

Following the 1840 census, North Carolina was apportioned nine seats.

Con­gressDistrict
28th
(1843–1845)Thomas L.
Clingman (D)
29th
(1845–1847)James Graham (W)
30th
(1847–1849)Democratic Party (US)}}Thomas L.
Clingman (D)
31st
(1849–1851)Whig Party (US)}}Joseph Person
Caldwell (W)
32nd
(1851–1853)Alfred Dockery (W)

1853–1863: 8 seats

Following the 1850 census, North Carolina was apportioned eight seats.

Con­gressDistrict
33rd
(1853–1855)Henry M.
Shaw (D)
34th
(1855–1857)Robert Treat
Paine (KN)
35th
(1857–1859)Democratic Party (US)}}Henry M.
Shaw (D)
Democratic Party (US)}}Zebulon
Vance (D)
36th
(1859–1861)William N. H.
Smith (O)
37th
(1861–1863)Vacant during American Civil War

1863–1873: 7 seats

Following the 1860 census, North Carolina was apportioned seven seats.

CongressDistrict
3839th
(1863–1867)Vacant during American Civil War
40th (1867–1869)
John R. French (R)Republican Party (US)}}David Heaton (R)
41st (1869–1871)Republican Party (US)}}Clinton L. Cobb (R)
Joseph Dixon (R)
42nd (1871–1873)Charles R. Thomas (R)

1873–1883: 8 seats

Following the 1870 census, North Carolina was apportioned eight seats.

CongressDistrict
43rd
(1873–1875)Clinton L.
Cobb (R)
44th
(1875–1877)Democratic Party (US)}}Jesse Johnson
Yeates (D)
45th
(1877–1879)Curtis Hooks
Brogden (R)
46th
(1879–1881)Joseph John
Martin (R)
Jesse Johnson
Yeates (D)
47th
(1881–1883)Louis C.
Latham (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 was added.

CongressDistrict
48th
(1883–1885)Walter F. Pool (R)
Democratic Party (US)}}Thomas Gregory
Skinner (D)Democratic Party (US)}}James W. Reid (D)
49th
(1885–1887)Risden Tyler
Bennett (D)
50th
(1887–1889)F. M. Simmons (D)
51st
(1889–1891)Republican Party (US)}}Henry P.
Cheatham (R)
52nd
(1891–1893)Democratic Party (US)}}William A. B.
Branch (D)
53rd
(1893–1895)Democratic Party (US)}}Frederick A.
Woodard (D)
54th
(1895–1897)Populist Party (US)}}Harry
Skinner (Pop)
Populist Party (US)}}Charles H.
Martin (Pop)
55th
(1897–1899)Republican Party (US)}}George H. White (R)
56th
(1899–1901)Democratic Party (US)}}John Humphrey
Small (D)
Richmond Pearson (R)
57th
(1901–1903)Claude Kitchin (D)

1903–1933: 10 seats

Following the 1900 census, North Carolina was apportioned 10 seats.

CongressDistrict
58th (1903–1905)Democratic Party (US)}}John
Humphrey
Small (D)
59th (1905–1907)E. Spencer Blackburn (R)
60th (1907–1909)Democratic Party (US)}}Hannibal
L.
Godwin (D)
61st (1909–1911)John M. Morehead (R)
62nd (1911–1913)Democratic Party (US)}}John M.
Faison (D)
63rd (1913–1915)
64th (1915–1917)Democratic Party (US)}}George E.
Hood (D)
65th (1917–1919)Democratic Party (US)}}Leonidas D.
Robinson (D)
James J. Britt (R)
66th (1919–1921)Democratic Party (US)}}Samuel M.
Brinson (D)
67th (1921–1923)Democratic Party (US)}}Hallett Sydney
Ward (D)
Democratic Party (US)}}Charles Laban
Abernethy (D)
68th (1923–1925)Democratic Party (US)}}John H.
Kerr (D)
69th (1925–1927)Democratic Party (US)}}Lindsay C.
Warren (D)
70th (1927–1929)
71st (1929–1931)Democratic Party (US)}}J. Bayard
Clark (D)
Democratic Party (US)}}Franklin Willis
Hancock Jr. (D)Hinton James (D)
72nd (1931–1933)Walter Lambeth (D)

1933–1943: 11 seats

Following the 1930 census, North Carolina was apportioned 11 seats.

CongressDistrict
73rd (1933–1935)Democratic Party (US)}}Lindsay C.
Warren (D)
Democratic Party (US)}}Harold D.
Cooley (D)
74th (1935–1937)Democratic Party (US)}}Graham A.
Barden (D)
75th (1937–1939)
76th (1939–1941)Democratic Party (US)}}Alonzo D.
Folger (D)
Democratic Party (US)}}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.

Con­gressDistrict
78th (1943–1945)Democratic Party (US)}}Herbert C.
Bonner (D)
79th (1945–1947)Joseph Ervin (D)
Eliza Jane Pratt (D)Sam Ervin (D)
80th (1947–1949)Democratic Party (US)}}Charles B.
Deane (D)
81st (1949–1951)Democratic Party (US)}}R. Thurmond
Chatham (D)
Democratic Party (US)}}Woodrow W.
Jones (D)
82nd (1951–1953)
83rd (1953–1955)Democratic Party (US)}}Lawrence H.
Fountain (D)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)Democratic Party (US)}}Ralph James
Scott (D)
86th (1959–1961)David M. Hall (D)
Democratic Party (US)}}Roy A. Taylor (D)
87th (1961–1963)David N.
Henderson (D)

1963–1993: 11 seats

Following the 1960 census, North Carolina was apportioned 11 seats.

CongressDistrict
88th (1963–1965)Herbert C.
Bonner (D)
89th (1965–1967)Democratic Party (US)}}Walter B.
Jones Sr.
(D)
90th (1967–1969)Jim
Gardner (R)
91st (1969–1971)Democratic Party (US)}}Nick
Galifianakis (D)
92nd (1971–1973)
93rd (1973–1975)Democratic Party (US)}}Ike
Andrews (D)
94th (1975–1977)Democratic Party (US)}}Steve
Neal (D)
95th (1977–1979)Democratic Party (US)}}Charles
Whitley (D)
96th (1979–1981)
97th (1981–1983)Gene
Johnston (R)
98th (1983–1985)Democratic Party (US)}}Tim
Valentine (D)
99th (1985–1987)Bill Cobey (R)
100th (1987–1989)Democratic Party (US)}}Martin
Lancaster (D)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993)Charles
Taylor (R)

1993–2003: 12 seats

Following the 1990 census, North Carolina was apportioned 12 seats.

CongressDistrict
103rd (1993–1995)Democratic Party (US)}}Eva
Clayton (D)
104th (1995–1997)David Funderburk (R)
105th (1997–1999)Democratic Party (US)}}Bob
Etheridge (D)
106th (1999–2001)Republican Party (US)}}Robin
Hayes (R)
107th (2001–2003)

2003–2023: 13 seats

Following the 2000 census, North Carolina was apportioned 13 seats.

CongressDistrict
108th (2003–2005)Frank
Ballance (D)
Democratic Party (US)}}G. K.
Butterfield
(D)
109th (2005–2007)Republican Party (US)}}Virginia
Foxx (R)
110th (2007–2009)Democratic Party (US)}}Heath
Shuler (D)
111th (2009–2011)Democratic Party (US)}}Larry
Kissell (D)
112th (2011–2013)Republican Party (US)}}Renee
Ellmers (R)
113th (2013–2015)Republican Party (US)}}Richard
Hudson (R)
Democratic Party (US)}}Alma
Adams (D)
114th (2015–2017)Republican Party (US)}}Mark
Walker (R)
115th (2017–2019)Republican Party (US)}}George
Holding (R)
116th (2019–2021)Republican Party (US)}}Dan
Bishop (R)
Republican Party (US)}}Greg
Murphy (R)
117th (2021–2023)Deborah
Ross (D)

2023–present: 14 seats

Since the 2020 census, North Carolina has been apportioned 14 seats.

CongressDistrict
118th (2023–2025)rowspan=2Don
Davis (D)
119th (2025–2027)rowspan=1Addison
McDowell (R)

U.S. Senate

Main article: List of United States senators from North Carolina

CPVI (2025):

! Class II senator ! Class III senator

|- style="vertical-align: top;" | [[File:Sen. Thom Tillis official photo (cropped).jpg|x150px]] Thom Tillis (Senior senator) (Huntersville) | [[File:Senator Ted Budd official portrait (cropped 2).jpg|x150px]] Ted Budd (Junior senator) (Advance)

|- ! Party | |

|- ! Incumbent since | January 3, 2015 | January 3, 2023 |}

Class II senatorCongressClass III senator
Pro-Administration Party (US)right}}Samuel Johnston (PA)1st (1789–1791)
2nd (1791–1793)
Alexander Martin (AA)3rd (1793–1795)
Democratic-Republican Partyrightbottom}}Alexander Martin (DR)4th (1795–1797)
5th (1797–1799)
Democratic-Republican Partyright}}Jesse Franklin (DR)6th (1799–1801)
7th (1801–1803)Democratic-Republican Party}}David Stone (DR)
8th (1803–1805)
Democratic-Republican Partyright}}James Turner (DR)9th (1805–1807)
10th (1807–1809)Democratic-Republican Party}}Jesse Franklin (DR)
11th (1809–1811)
12th (1811–1813)
13th (1813–1815)David Stone (DR)
Democratic-Republican Party}}Francis Locke Jr. (DR)
14th (1815–1817)
Democratic-Republican Partyright}}Montfort Stokes (DR)Democratic-Republican Party}}Nathaniel Macon (DR)
15th (1817–1819)
16th (1819–1821)
17th (1821–1823)
John Branch (DR)18th (1823–1825)
Jacksonian Partyrightbottom}}John Branch (J)19th (1825–1827)
20th (1827–1829)
Jacksonian Party}}James Iredell Jr. (J)
21st (1829–1831)
Jacksonian Partyrighttop}}Bedford Brown (J)
22nd (1831–1833){{Party cellJacksonian Party
23rd (1833–1835)Anti-Jacksonian Partybottom}}Willie P. Mangum (NR)
24th (1835–1837)
{{Party cellJacksonian Partytop}}Robert Strange (J)
Democratic Party (US)rightbottom}}Bedford Brown (D)25th (1837–1839)
26th (1839–1841)
Whig Party (US)right}}Willie P. Mangum (W)Whig Party (US)}}William Alexander Graham (W)
27th (1841–1843)
28th (1843–1845)Democratic Party (US)}}William Henry Haywood Jr. (D)
29th (1845–1847)
Whig Party (US)}}George Edmund Badger (W)
30th (1847–1849)
31st (1849–1851)
32nd (1851–1853)
Democratic Party (US)right}}David Settle Reid (D)33rd (1853–1855)
34th (1855–1857)Democratic Party (US)}}Asa Biggs (D)
35th (1857–1859)
Democratic Party (US)}}Thomas L. Clingman (D)
Democratic Party (US)right}}Thomas Bragg (D)36th (1859–1861)
37th (1861–1863)
Vacantright}}vacantVacant}}vacant
38th (1863–1865)
39th (1865–1867)
40th (1867–1869)
Republican Party (US)right}}Joseph Carter Abbott (R)Republican Party (US)}}John Pool (R)
41st (1869–1871)
Democratic Party (US)right}}Matt W. Ransom (D)42nd (1871–1873)
43rd (1873–1875)Democratic Party (US)}}Augustus Summerfield
Merrimon (D)
44th (1875–1877)
45th (1877–1879)
46th (1879–1881)Democratic Party (US)}}Zebulon Vance (D)
47th (1881–1883)
48th (1883–1885)
49th (1885–1887)
50th (1887–1889)
51st (1889–1891)
52nd (1891–1893)
53rd (1893–1895)
Thomas J. Jarvis (D)
Republican Party (US)}}Jeter C. Pritchard (R)
Populist Party (US)right}}Marion Butler (Pop)54th (1895–1897)
55th (1897–1899)
56th (1899–1901)
Democratic Party (US)right}}F. M. Simmons (D)57th (1901–1903)
58th (1903–1905)Democratic Party (US)}}Lee S. 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)
Democratic Party (US)}}Cameron A. Morrison (D)
Democratic Party (US)right}}Josiah Bailey (D)72nd (1931–1933)
Democratic Party (US)}}Robert R. Reynolds (D)
73rd (1933–1935)
74th (1935–1937)
75th (1937–1939)
76th (1939–1941)
77th (1941–1943)
78th (1943–1945)
79th (1945–1947)Democratic Party (US)}}Clyde R. Hoey (D)
Democratic Party (US)right}}William B. Umstead (D)
80th (1947–1949)
Democratic Party (US)right}}J. Melville Broughton (D)
81st (1949–1951)
Frank Porter Graham (D)
Democratic Party (US)right}}Willis Smith (D)
82nd (1951–1953)
83rd (1953–1955)
Alton Lennon (D)Democratic Party (US)}}Sam Ervin (D)
rowspan=3W. Kerr Scott (D)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)
Democratic Party (US)right}}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)
Republican Party (US)right}}Jesse Helms (R)93rd (1973–1975)
94th (1975–1977)Democratic Party (US)}}Robert Burren Morgan (D)
95th (1977–1979)
96th (1979–1981)
97th (1981–1983)Republican Party (US)}}John Porter East(R)
98th (1983–1985)
99th (1985–1987)
Jim Broyhill (R)
Democratic Party (US)}}Terry Sanford (D)
100th (1987–1989)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993)
103rd (1993–1995)Republican Party (US)}}Lauch Faircloth (R)
104th (1995–1997)
105th (1997–1999)
106th (1999–2001)Democratic Party (US)}}John Edwards (D)
107th (2001–2003)
Republican Party (US)right}}Elizabeth Dole (R)108th (2003–2005)
109th (2005–2007)Republican Party (US)}}Richard Burr (R)
110th (2007–2009)
Democratic Party (US)right}}Kay Hagan (D)111th (2009–2011)
112th (2011–2013)
113th (2013–2015)
Republican Party (US)right}}Thom Tillis (R)114th (2015–2017)
115th (2017–2019)
116th (2019–2021)
117th (2021–2023)
118th (2023–2025)Republican Party (US)}}Ted Budd (R)
119th (2025–2027)

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References

References

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  2. (6 March 2025). "2025 Cook PVI: State Map and List".
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