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Nov 27, 1789 , North Carolina ratified the Constitution Nov 21, 1789 but didn't elect its senators until Nov 27, 1789. , rowspan=3 , 1 , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 , 1 , North Carolina ratified the Constitution Nov 21, 1789 but didn't elect its senators until Nov 27, 1789. , nowrap , Nov 21, 1789 –
Nov 27, 1789 , colspan=3 , Vacant , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 1 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Samuel Johnston , rowspan=2 , Pro-
Admin. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 27, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1793 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1789.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1789. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 27, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1795 , rowspan=2 , Pro-
Admin. , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Admin. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1793 –
Mar 3, 1799 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1792.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 2 , , , Anti-
Admin. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Democratic-
Republican , , rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1795. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1795 –
Mar 3, 1801 , rowspan=3 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1799 –
Mar 3, 1805 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1799.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 3 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 3 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1800.Resigned to return to the State Superior Court. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1801 –
Feb 17, 1807This date is approximate. Stone's resignation letter was read on Feb 17, but it could have been delivered on as early as Feb 11, 1807, according to the ''Annals of Congress'' (page
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Republican , rowspan=4 align=right ,
David Stone ! rowspan=4 , 3 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1805 –
Dec 22, 1805 , Montfort Stokes was elected in 1804 but refused the position. , rowspan=5 , 4 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 4 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
James Turner , rowspan=11 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=11 nowrap , Dec 22, 1805 –
Nov 21, 1816 , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish the vacant term. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Feb 17, 1807 –
Mar 3, 1807 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1806.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1807 –
Mar 3, 1813 , rowspan=3 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Dec 24, 1814 , , Democratic-
Republican , align=right ,
David Stone ! 5 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Dec 24, 1814 –
Dec 1814 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Stone's term.Resigned without having qualified. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 1814 –
Dec 5, 1815 , rowspan=2 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Dec 13, 1815 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish Locke's term. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Dec 13, 1815 –
Nov 14, 1828 , rowspan=7 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Dec 4, 1816 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 5 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Montfort Stokes , rowspan=4 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=4 nowrap , Dec 4, 1816 –
Mar 3, 1823 , Elected to finish Turner's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1816.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 6 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1818. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 6 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Mar 9, 1829 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1822. , rowspan=5 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Jacksonian , , rowspan=7 , 7 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1825.Resigned. , rowspan=2 , Jacksonian , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 14, 1828 –
Dec 15, 1828 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish Macon's term.Retired. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Dec 15, 1828 –
Mar 3, 1831 , rowspan=4 , Jacksonian , rowspan=4 align=right ,
James Iredell Jr.
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, Re-elected in 1828.Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
, rowspan=5 , 8
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, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , Mar 9, 1829 –
Dec 9, 1829 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 7 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
Bedford Brown , rowspan=6 , Jacksonian , rowspan=8 nowrap , Dec 9, 1829 –
Nov 16, 1840 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Branch's term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 8 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1830.Resigned. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1831 –
Mar 19, 1836 , , Jacksonian , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Willie Mangum ! rowspan=3 , 9 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=2 , National
Republican , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1835.Resigned. , rowspan=7 , 9 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Mar 19, 1836 –
Dec 5, 1836 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Mangum's term. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Dec 5, 1836 –
Nov 16, 1840 , , Jacksonian , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Robert Strange ! rowspan=3 , 10 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Democratic , , rowspan=5 , 9 , rowspan=2 , Elected to full term in 1836.Resigned. , rowspan=2 , Democratic , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 16, 1840 –
Nov 25, 1840 , , , nowrap , Nov 16, 1840 –
Nov 25, 1840 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 8 , rowspan=9 align=left ,
Willie Mangum , rowspan=9 , Whig , rowspan=9 nowrap , Nov 25, 1840 –
Mar 3, 1853 , Elected to finish Brown's term. , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Strange's term. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 25, 1840 –
Mar 3, 1843 , rowspan=2 , Whig , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Jul 25, 1846 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
William Henry Haywood Jr. ! rowspan=2 , 12 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jul 25, 1846 –
Nov 25, 1846 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Haywood's term. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Nov 25, 1846 –
Mar 3, 1855 , rowspan=6 , Whig , rowspan=6 align=right ,
George Badger ! rowspan=6 , 13 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1847.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 11 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , 11 , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1849.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1853 –
Dec 6, 1854 , Legislature failed to elect , rowspan=7 , 12 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 9 , rowspan=6 align=left , David Reid , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 nowrap , Dec 6, 1854 –
Mar 3, 1859 , rowspan=6 , Elected to finish vacant term.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 12 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1855.Resigned to become U.S. District Court Judge. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1855 –
May 5, 1858 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Asa Biggs ! rowspan=2 , 14 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , May 5, 1858 –
May 7, 1858 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Biggs's term. , rowspan=4 nowrap , May 7, 1858 –
Mar 11, 1861 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Thomas Bragg , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1859 –
Mar 8, 1861 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1858 or 1859.Resigned and subsequently expelled for support of the Confederacy. , rowspan=5 , 13 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 13 , Re-elected in 1861.Resigned and subsequently expelled for support of the Confederacy. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 ,
Jul 14, 1868 , rowspan=5 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jul 11, 1861 –
Jul 14, 1868 , rowspan=4 ,
Joseph Abbott , rowspan=2 , Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jul 14, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1871 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term.Lost renomination. , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term.Retired. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jul 14, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1873 , rowspan=4 , Republican , rowspan=4 align=right ,
John Pool ! rowspan=4 , 16 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1871 –
Jan 30, 1872 , Legislature failed to elect , rowspan=4 , 15 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 , 12 , rowspan=15 align=left ,
Matt Whitaker Ransom , rowspan=15 , Democratic , rowspan=15 nowrap , Jan 30, 1872 –
Mar 3, 1895 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish vacant term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1872.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1879 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Augustus Merrimon ! rowspan=3 , 17 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1876. , rowspan=3 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1879. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1879 –
Apr 14, 1894 , rowspan=8 , Democratic , rowspan=8 align=right ,
Apr 19, 1894 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Vance's term.Successor qualified. , nowrap , Apr 19, 1894 –
Jan 23, 1895 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Thomas Jordan Jarvis ! 19 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1894 to finish Vance's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 23, 1895 –
Mar 3, 1903 , rowspan=5 , Republican , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Jeter Pritchard ! rowspan=5 , 20 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 13 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Marion Butler , rowspan=3 , Populist , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1895 –
Mar 3, 1901 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1894.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1897.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=16 , 14 , rowspan=16 align=left ,
Mar 3, 1931 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1901. , rowspan=3 , 20 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 20 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1903. , rowspan=14 nowrap , Mar 4, 1903 –
Dec 12, 1930 , rowspan=14 , Democratic , rowspan=14 align=right ,
Dec 4, 1932 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Josiah Bailey , rowspan=9 , Democratic , rowspan=9 nowrap , Mar 4, 1931 –
Dec 15, 1946 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1930. , rowspan=4 , 25 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Overman's term. , rowspan=7 nowrap , Dec 5, 1932 –
Jan 3, 1945 , rowspan=7 , Democratic , rowspan=7 align=right ,
Robert Reynolds ! rowspan=7 , 23 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1932. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1936. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1938.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1942.Died. , rowspan=6 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=9 , 27 , rowspan=9 , Elected in 1944. , rowspan=11 nowrap , Jan 3, 1945 –
May 12, 1954 , rowspan=11 , Democratic , rowspan=11 align=right ,
Clyde R. Hoey ! rowspan=11 , 24 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Dec 15, 1946 –
Dec 18, 1946 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 16 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
William B. Umstead , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 18, 1946 –
Dec 30, 1948 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Bailey's term.Lost election to finish Bailey's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 17 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Mar 6, 1949 , Elected to finish Bailey's term. , - style="height:2em" , Elected to full term in 1948.Died. , rowspan=11 , 28 , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 6, 1949 –
Mar 29, 1949 , , - style="height:2em" ! 18 , align=left ,
Frank Graham , , Democratic , nowrap , Mar 29, 1949 –
Nov 26, 1950 , Appointed to continue Broughton's term.Lost nomination to finish Broughton's term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 19 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Willis Smith , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan=5 nowrap , Nov 27, 1950 –
Jun 26, 1953 , rowspan=5 , Elected to finish Broughton's term.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=8 , 28 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1950.Died. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , May 12, 1954 –
Jun 5, 1954 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Appointed to continue Hoey's term. Elected in 1954 to finish Hoey's term. , rowspan=16 nowrap , Jun 5, 1954 –
Dec 31, 1974 , rowspan=16 , Democratic , rowspan=16 align=right ,
Jul 10, 1953 , , - style="height:2em" ! 20 , align=left ,
Alton Lennon , , Democratic , nowrap , Jul 10, 1953 –
Nov 28, 1954 , Appointed to continue Smith's term.Lost nomination to finish Smith's term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Apr 16, 1958 , Elected in 1954 to finish Smith's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to full term in 1954.Died. , rowspan=5 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 29 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1956. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 16, 1958 –
Apr 19, 1958 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 22 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
B. Everett Jordan , rowspan=8 , Democratic , rowspan=8 nowrap , Apr 19, 1958 –
Jan 3, 1973 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Scott's term. Elected in 1958 to finish Scott's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1960. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1962. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1966.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , 31 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1968.Retired and resigned early. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=19 , 23 , rowspan=19 align=left ,
Jan 3, 2003 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1972. , rowspan=4 , 32 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Dec 31, 1974 –
Jan 3, 1975 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1974.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1975 –
Jan 3, 1981 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Robert Morgan ! rowspan=3 , 26 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1978. , rowspan=3 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 33 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1980.Died. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1981 –
Jun 29, 1986 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
John East ! rowspan=3 , 27 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1984. , rowspan=6 , 34 , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jun 29, 1986 –
Jul 14, 1986 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue East's term.Lost election to finish East's term. , nowrap , Jul 14, 1986 –
Nov 4, 1986 , , Republican , align=right ,
Jan 3, 1993 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Terry Sanford ! rowspan=4 , 29 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 34 , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1986.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1990. , rowspan=3 , 35 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 35 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1992.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1993 –
Jan 3, 1999 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Jan 3, 2005 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Jan 3, 2009 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2002.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 37 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 37 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2004. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 2005 –
Present , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Richard Burr ! rowspan=9 , 32 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Jan 3, 2015 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2008.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 38 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 38 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2010. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 26 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2014. , rowspan=3 , 39 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 39 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2016.Retiring at end of term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2020. , rowspan=3 , 40 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3, 40 , rowspan=3, Elected in 2022. , rowspan=3 nowrap, ''Taking office
Jan 3, 2023'' , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...
ratified the Constitution on November 21, 1789, after the beginning of the 1st Congress. Its current senators are Republicans Thom Tillis
Thomas Roland Tillis (born August 30, 1960) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from North Carolina since 2015. A Republican, he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2006, and began ser ...
and Richard Burr. Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committe ...
was North Carolina's longest-serving senator (1973–2003).
List of senators
, - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , Vacant , nowrap , Nov 21, 1789 –Nov 27, 1789 , North Carolina ratified the Constitution Nov 21, 1789 but didn't elect its senators until Nov 27, 1789. , rowspan=3 , 1 , rowspan=2 , rowspan=4 , 1 , North Carolina ratified the Constitution Nov 21, 1789 but didn't elect its senators until Nov 27, 1789. , nowrap , Nov 21, 1789 –
Nov 27, 1789 , colspan=3 , Vacant , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 1 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
Samuel Johnston , rowspan=2 , Pro-
Admin. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 27, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1793 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1789.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1789. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 27, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1795 , rowspan=2 , Pro-
Admin. , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Benjamin Hawkins
Benjamin Hawkins (August 15, 1754June 6, 1816) was an American planter, statesman and a U.S. Indian agent He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senator from North Carolina, having grown up among the planter eli ...
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, rowspan=3 align=left , Alexander Martin
Alexander Martin (October 17, 1740November 2, 1807) was the fourth and seventh Governor of North Carolina from 1782 to 1784 and from 1789 to 1792. As a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Martin is considered a Founding Father ...
, , Anti-Admin. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1793 –
Mar 3, 1799 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1792.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 2 , , , Anti-
Admin. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Democratic-
Republican , , rowspan=3 , 2 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1795. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1795 –
Mar 3, 1801 , rowspan=3 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Timothy Bloodworth
Timothy James Bloodworth (1736August 24, 1814) was a slave owner, ardent patriot in the American Revolution, member of the Confederation Congress, vigorous anti-Federalist, U.S. congressman and senator, and collector of customs for the Port of Wi ...
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, rowspan=3 align=left , Jesse Franklin
Jesse Franklin (March 24, 1760August 31, 1823) was the Democratic-Republican U.S. senator from the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1799 and 1805 and between 1807 and 1813. In 1804, Franklin briefly served as President pro tempore of the Uni ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic-Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1799 –
Mar 3, 1805 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1799.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 3 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 3 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1800.Resigned to return to the State Superior Court. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1801 –
Feb 17, 1807This date is approximate. Stone's resignation letter was read on Feb 17, but it could have been delivered on as early as Feb 11, 1807, according to the ''Annals of Congress'' (page
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Republican , rowspan=4 align=right ,
David Stone ! rowspan=4 , 3 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1805 –
Dec 22, 1805 , Montfort Stokes was elected in 1804 but refused the position. , rowspan=5 , 4 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 , 4 , rowspan=11 align=left ,
James Turner , rowspan=11 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=11 nowrap , Dec 22, 1805 –
Nov 21, 1816 , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish the vacant term. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Feb 17, 1807 –
Mar 3, 1807 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 4 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1806.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1807 –
Mar 3, 1813 , rowspan=3 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Jesse Franklin
Jesse Franklin (March 24, 1760August 31, 1823) was the Democratic-Republican U.S. senator from the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1799 and 1805 and between 1807 and 1813. In 1804, Franklin briefly served as President pro tempore of the Uni ...
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, nowrap , Mar 4, 1813 –Dec 24, 1814 , , Democratic-
Republican , align=right ,
David Stone ! 5 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Dec 24, 1814 –
Dec 1814 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Stone's term.Resigned without having qualified. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 1814 –
Dec 5, 1815 , rowspan=2 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Francis Locke Jr.
Francis Locke Jr. (October 31, 1766 – January 8, 1823) was a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina.
Family
Francis Locke was the son of Francis Locke Sr. (1722–1796) (a Revolutionary War participant) and Anne Brandon (b.abt. 1737). ...
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, nowrap , Dec 5, 1815 –Dec 13, 1815 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish Locke's term. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Dec 13, 1815 –
Nov 14, 1828 , rowspan=7 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Nathaniel Macon
Nathaniel Macon (December 17, 1757June 29, 1837) was an American politician who represented North Carolina in both houses of Congress. He was the fifth speaker of the House, serving from 1801 to 1807. He was a member of the United States House of ...
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, nowrap , Nov 21, 1816 –Dec 4, 1816 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 5 , rowspan=4 align=left ,
Montfort Stokes , rowspan=4 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=4 nowrap , Dec 4, 1816 –
Mar 3, 1823 , Elected to finish Turner's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1816.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 6 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 6 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1818. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 6 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
John Branch
John Branch Jr. (November 4, 1782January 4, 1863) was an American politician who served as U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, the 19th Governor of the state of North Carolina, and was the sixth and last territorial governor of Florida. ...
, , Democratic-Republican
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1823 –Mar 9, 1829 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1822. , rowspan=5 , 7 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Jacksonian , , rowspan=7 , 7 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1825.Resigned. , rowspan=2 , Jacksonian , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 14, 1828 –
Dec 15, 1828 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish Macon's term.Retired. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Dec 15, 1828 –
Mar 3, 1831 , rowspan=4 , Jacksonian , rowspan=4 align=right ,
James Iredell Jr.
! rowspan=4 , 8
, - style="height:2em"
, Re-elected in 1828.Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
, rowspan=5 , 8
, rowspan=3
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, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , Mar 9, 1829 –Dec 9, 1829 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 7 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
Bedford Brown , rowspan=6 , Jacksonian , rowspan=8 nowrap , Dec 9, 1829 –
Nov 16, 1840 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Branch's term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 8 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1830.Resigned. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1831 –
Mar 19, 1836 , , Jacksonian , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Willie Mangum ! rowspan=3 , 9 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=2 , National
Republican , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1835.Resigned. , rowspan=7 , 9 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Mar 19, 1836 –
Dec 5, 1836 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Mangum's term. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Dec 5, 1836 –
Nov 16, 1840 , , Jacksonian , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Robert Strange ! rowspan=3 , 10 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Democratic , , rowspan=5 , 9 , rowspan=2 , Elected to full term in 1836.Resigned. , rowspan=2 , Democratic , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 16, 1840 –
Nov 25, 1840 , , , nowrap , Nov 16, 1840 –
Nov 25, 1840 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 8 , rowspan=9 align=left ,
Willie Mangum , rowspan=9 , Whig , rowspan=9 nowrap , Nov 25, 1840 –
Mar 3, 1853 , Elected to finish Brown's term. , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Strange's term. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 25, 1840 –
Mar 3, 1843 , rowspan=2 , Whig , rowspan=2 align=right ,
William Alexander Graham
William Alexander Graham (September 5, 1804August 11, 1875) was a United States senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, a senator later in the Confederate States Senate from 1864 to 1865, the 30th governor of North Carolina from 1845 to ...
! rowspan=2 , 11
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=5 , Elected in 1841.
, rowspan=5 , 10
,
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,
, rowspan=5 , 10
, rowspan=2 , Elected in 1843.Resigned.
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1843 –Jul 25, 1846 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
William Henry Haywood Jr. ! rowspan=2 , 12 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jul 25, 1846 –
Nov 25, 1846 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Haywood's term. , rowspan=6 nowrap , Nov 25, 1846 –
Mar 3, 1855 , rowspan=6 , Whig , rowspan=6 align=right ,
George Badger ! rowspan=6 , 13 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1847.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 11 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , 11 , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1849.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1853 –
Dec 6, 1854 , Legislature failed to elect , rowspan=7 , 12 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 9 , rowspan=6 align=left , David Reid , rowspan=6 , Democratic , rowspan=6 nowrap , Dec 6, 1854 –
Mar 3, 1859 , rowspan=6 , Elected to finish vacant term.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 12 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1855.Resigned to become U.S. District Court Judge. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1855 –
May 5, 1858 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Asa Biggs ! rowspan=2 , 14 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , May 5, 1858 –
May 7, 1858 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Biggs's term. , rowspan=4 nowrap , May 7, 1858 –
Mar 11, 1861 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Thomas Clingman
Thomas Lanier Clingman (July 27, 1812November 3, 1897), known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator from the state of North ...
! rowspan=4 , 15
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=2 , Elected Nov 23, 1858 to finish Biggs's term.
, - style="height:2em"
! rowspan=3 , 10
, rowspan=3 align=left , Thomas Bragg , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1859 –
Mar 8, 1861 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1858 or 1859.Resigned and subsequently expelled for support of the Confederacy. , rowspan=5 , 13 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 13 , Re-elected in 1861.Resigned and subsequently expelled for support of the Confederacy. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 ,
Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polici ...
and Reconstruction
Reconstruction may refer to:
Politics, history, and sociology
* Reconstruction (law), the transfer of a company's (or several companies') business to a new company
*''Perestroika'' (Russian for "reconstruction"), a late 20th century Soviet Unio ...
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 11, 1861 –Jul 14, 1868 , rowspan=5 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jul 11, 1861 –
Jul 14, 1868 , rowspan=4 ,
Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polici ...
and Reconstruction
Reconstruction may refer to:
Politics, history, and sociology
* Reconstruction (law), the transfer of a company's (or several companies') business to a new company
*''Perestroika'' (Russian for "reconstruction"), a late 20th century Soviet Unio ...
, - style="height:2em"
,
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, rowspan=4 , 14
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, rowspan=5 , 14
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! rowspan=2 , 11
, rowspan=2 align=left , Joseph Abbott , rowspan=2 , Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jul 14, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1871 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term.Lost renomination. , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term.Retired. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jul 14, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1873 , rowspan=4 , Republican , rowspan=4 align=right ,
John Pool ! rowspan=4 , 16 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1871 –
Jan 30, 1872 , Legislature failed to elect , rowspan=4 , 15 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 , 12 , rowspan=15 align=left ,
Matt Whitaker Ransom , rowspan=15 , Democratic , rowspan=15 nowrap , Jan 30, 1872 –
Mar 3, 1895 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish vacant term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1872.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1879 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Augustus Merrimon ! rowspan=3 , 17 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1876. , rowspan=3 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 16 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1879. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1879 –
Apr 14, 1894 , rowspan=8 , Democratic , rowspan=8 align=right ,
Zebulon Vance
Zebulon Baird Vance (May 13, 1830 – April 14, 1894) was the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina, and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.
A prolific writer and noted public speak ...
! rowspan=8 , 18
, - style="height:2em"
,
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1883.
, rowspan=3 , 17
,
, - style="height:2em"
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, rowspan=3 , 17
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1884.
, - style="height:2em"
,
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1889.Lost re-election.
, rowspan=6 , 18
,
, - style="height:2em"
,
, rowspan=6 , 18
, rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1890.Died.
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=4
, - style="height:2em"
,
, nowrap , Apr 14, 1894 –Apr 19, 1894 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Vance's term.Successor qualified. , nowrap , Apr 19, 1894 –
Jan 23, 1895 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Thomas Jordan Jarvis ! 19 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1894 to finish Vance's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 23, 1895 –
Mar 3, 1903 , rowspan=5 , Republican , rowspan=5 align=right ,
Jeter Pritchard ! rowspan=5 , 20 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 13 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Marion Butler , rowspan=3 , Populist , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1895 –
Mar 3, 1901 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1894.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1897.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=16 , 14 , rowspan=16 align=left ,
Furnifold McLendel Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North ...
, rowspan=16 , Democratic
, rowspan=16 nowrap , Mar 4, 1901 –Mar 3, 1931 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1901. , rowspan=3 , 20 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 20 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1903. , rowspan=14 nowrap , Mar 4, 1903 –
Dec 12, 1930 , rowspan=14 , Democratic , rowspan=14 align=right ,
Lee Slater Overman
Lee Slater Overman (January 3, 1854December 12, 1930) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1903 and 1930. He was the first US Senator to be elected by popular vote in the state, as the legislature had appointe ...
! rowspan=14 , 21
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, rowspan=3 , 21
,
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, rowspan=3 , 21
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1909
, - style="height:2em"
,
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1913
, rowspan=3 , 22
,
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, rowspan=3 , 22
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1914.
, - style="height:2em"
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1918.
, rowspan=3 , 23
,
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, rowspan=3 , 23
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1920.
, - style="height:2em"
,
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1924.Lost renomination.
, rowspan=4 , 24
,
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, rowspan=5 , 24
, rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1926.Died.
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=2
, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Overman's term.Lost election to finish Overman's term.
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 13, 1930 –Dec 4, 1932 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 align=right ,
Cameron A. Morrison
Cameron A. Morrison (October 5, 1869August 20, 1953) was an American politician and the 55th governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1921 to 1925.
Early life and career
He was born in 1869 in Richmond County, North Carolina.
In 189 ...
! rowspan=2 , 22
, - style="height:2em"
! rowspan=9 , 15
, rowspan=9 align=left , Josiah Bailey , rowspan=9 , Democratic , rowspan=9 nowrap , Mar 4, 1931 –
Dec 15, 1946 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1930. , rowspan=4 , 25 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Overman's term. , rowspan=7 nowrap , Dec 5, 1932 –
Jan 3, 1945 , rowspan=7 , Democratic , rowspan=7 align=right ,
Robert Reynolds ! rowspan=7 , 23 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1932. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1936. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1938.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1942.Died. , rowspan=6 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=9 , 27 , rowspan=9 , Elected in 1944. , rowspan=11 nowrap , Jan 3, 1945 –
May 12, 1954 , rowspan=11 , Democratic , rowspan=11 align=right ,
Clyde R. Hoey ! rowspan=11 , 24 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Dec 15, 1946 –
Dec 18, 1946 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 16 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
William B. Umstead , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 18, 1946 –
Dec 30, 1948 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Bailey's term.Lost election to finish Bailey's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 17 , rowspan=2 align=left ,
J. Melville Broughton
Joseph Melville Broughton Jr. (November 17, 1888March 6, 1949) was an American politician who served as the 60th governor of North Carolina from 1941 to 1945. He later briefly served as a United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his dea ...
, rowspan=2 , Democratic
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 31, 1948 –Mar 6, 1949 , Elected to finish Bailey's term. , - style="height:2em" , Elected to full term in 1948.Died. , rowspan=11 , 28 , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 6, 1949 –
Mar 29, 1949 , , - style="height:2em" ! 18 , align=left ,
Frank Graham , , Democratic , nowrap , Mar 29, 1949 –
Nov 26, 1950 , Appointed to continue Broughton's term.Lost nomination to finish Broughton's term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 19 , rowspan=5 align=left ,
Willis Smith , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan=5 nowrap , Nov 27, 1950 –
Jun 26, 1953 , rowspan=5 , Elected to finish Broughton's term.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=8 , 28 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1950.Died. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , May 12, 1954 –
Jun 5, 1954 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Appointed to continue Hoey's term. Elected in 1954 to finish Hoey's term. , rowspan=16 nowrap , Jun 5, 1954 –
Dec 31, 1974 , rowspan=16 , Democratic , rowspan=16 align=right ,
Sam Ervin
Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often ...
! rowspan=16 , 25
, - style="height:2em"
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, nowrap , Jun 26, 1953 –Jul 10, 1953 , , - style="height:2em" ! 20 , align=left ,
Alton Lennon , , Democratic , nowrap , Jul 10, 1953 –
Nov 28, 1954 , Appointed to continue Smith's term.Lost nomination to finish Smith's term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 21 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
W. Kerr Scott
William Kerr Scott (April 17, 1896April 16, 1958) was an American Democratic Party politician from North Carolina. He was the 62nd governor of North Carolina from 1949 until 1953 and a United States Senator from 1954 until 1958.
A native of ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 29, 1954 –Apr 16, 1958 , Elected in 1954 to finish Smith's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to full term in 1954.Died. , rowspan=5 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 29 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1956. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Apr 16, 1958 –
Apr 19, 1958 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 , 22 , rowspan=8 align=left ,
B. Everett Jordan , rowspan=8 , Democratic , rowspan=8 nowrap , Apr 19, 1958 –
Jan 3, 1973 , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Scott's term. Elected in 1958 to finish Scott's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1960. , rowspan=3 , 30 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1962. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1966.Lost renomination. , rowspan=3 , 31 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=4 , 31 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1968.Retired and resigned early. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=19 , 23 , rowspan=19 align=left ,
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committe ...
, rowspan=19 , Republican
, rowspan=19 nowrap , Jan 3, 1973 –Jan 3, 2003 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1972. , rowspan=4 , 32 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Dec 31, 1974 –
Jan 3, 1975 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1974.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1975 –
Jan 3, 1981 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Robert Morgan ! rowspan=3 , 26 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1978. , rowspan=3 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 33 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1980.Died. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1981 –
Jun 29, 1986 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
John East ! rowspan=3 , 27 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1984. , rowspan=6 , 34 , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jun 29, 1986 –
Jul 14, 1986 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue East's term.Lost election to finish East's term. , nowrap , Jul 14, 1986 –
Nov 4, 1986 , , Republican , align=right ,
Jim Broyhill
James Thomas Broyhill (born August 19, 1927) is an American former businessman and Republican U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of North Carolina. He represented much of the Foothills region of the state in the House from 1963 to ...
! 28
, - style="height:2em"
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, rowspan=4 nowrap , Nov 5, 1986 –Jan 3, 1993 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan=4 align=right ,
Terry Sanford ! rowspan=4 , 29 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 34 , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1986.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1990. , rowspan=3 , 35 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 35 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1992.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1993 –
Jan 3, 1999 , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Lauch Faircloth
Duncan McLauchlin "Lauch" Faircloth (born January 14, 1928) is an American politician who served one term as a United States Republican Party, Republican United States Senate, U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
Before his Senate service, Fairclo ...
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, rowspan=3 , 36
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, rowspan=3 , 36
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1998.Retired to run for U.S. President.
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1999 –Jan 3, 2005 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 align=right ,
John Edwards
Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents George ...
! rowspan=3 , 31
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! rowspan=3 , 24
, rowspan=3 align=left , Elizabeth Dole
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford Dole (née Hanford; born July 29, 1936)Mary Ella Cathey Hanford, "Asbury and Hanford Families: Newly Discovered Genealogical Information" ''The Historical Trail'' 33 (1996), pp. 44–45, 49. is an American attorn ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 2003 –Jan 3, 2009 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2002.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 37 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 37 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2004. , rowspan=9 nowrap , Jan 3, 2005 –
Present , rowspan=9 , Republican , rowspan=9 align=right ,
Richard Burr ! rowspan=9 , 32 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 align=left ,
Kay Hagan
Janet Kay Hagan (née Ruthven; May 26, 1953 – October 28, 2019) was an American lawyer, banking executive, and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previ ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 2009 –Jan 3, 2015 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2008.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 , 38 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 38 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2010. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 26 , rowspan=6 align=left ,
Thom Tillis
Thomas Roland Tillis (born August 30, 1960) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from North Carolina since 2015. A Republican, he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2006, and began ser ...
, rowspan=6 , Republican
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2015 –Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2014. , rowspan=3 , 39 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 39 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2016.Retiring at end of term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2020. , rowspan=3 , 40 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3, 40 , rowspan=3, Elected in 2022. , rowspan=3 nowrap, ''Taking office
Jan 3, 2023'' , rowspan=3 , Republican , rowspan=3 align=right ,
Ted Budd
Theodore Paul Budd (born October 21, 1971) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, his district covers the north-central part of the state.
Budd was ...
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, colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2028 election.
Living former senators
, there are four living U.S. former senators from North Carolina. The most recent and most recently serving senator to die wasKay Hagan
Janet Kay Hagan (née Ruthven; May 26, 1953 – October 28, 2019) was an American lawyer, banking executive, and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previ ...
(served 2009–2015) on October 28, 2019.
Superlatives
Longest service
Shortest service
Youngest at beginning of service
Oldest at end of service
See also
* United States congressional delegations from North Carolina * List of United States representatives from North Carolina *Elections in North Carolina
This is a list of elections in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
In a 2020 study, North Carolina was ranked as the 23rd easiest state for citizens to vote in.
Districting
Presidential
* United States presidential election in North Carolina, ...
References
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