Members of the

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of 1899–1900 were elected in November 1898. The election saw the

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return to majority status in both houses, replacing the fusion of

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and Populists. After this election, Democrats dominated state politics for the next seventy-plus years, in part due to the 1899–1900 legislature disfranchising African-Americans. The election followed the 1898 Wilmington massacre.

House of Representatives

House leadership

House members

The 118 House of Representative members and their party affiliation are listed below: * Alamance: W. H. Carroll (Dem) *Alexander:

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(Dem) *Alleghany: James M. Gambill (Dem) *Anson: James A. Leak (Dem) *Ashe: B. E. Reeves (Dem) *Beaufort: B. B. Nicholson (Dem) *Bertie:

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(Dem) *Bladen: George H. Currie (Dem) *Brunswick: D. B. McNeill (Dem) *Buncombe:

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(Dem) *Buncombe:

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(Dem) *Burke: Julius H. Hoffman (Dem) *Cabarrus: Luther T. Hartsell (Dem) *Caldwell: Samuel L. Patterson (Dem) *Camden: John K. Abbott (Dem) *Carteret:

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(Dem) *Caswell: Charles J. Yarborough (Rep) *Catawba: A. C. Boggs (Dem) *Chatham: Los L. Wrenn (Rep) *Chatham:

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(Rep) *Cherokee: W. E. Manney (Dem) *Chowan: W. Dorsey Welch (Dem) *Clay: George M. Fleming (Dem) *Cleveland: Clyde R. Hoey (Dem) *Columbus: D. C. Allen (Dem) *Craven: Isaac H. Smith (Rep) *Cumberland: D. J. Ray (Dem) *Cumberland: H. McD. Robinson (Dem) *Curritick: Samuel M. Beasley (Dem) *Dare: Charles T. Williams (Dem) *Davidson: Charles M. Thompson (Dem) *Davie: Gaston L. White (Rep) *Duplin: James O. Carr (Dem) *Durham: Howard A. Foushee (Dem) *Edgecombe: Henry A. Gilliam (Dem) *Forsyth: J. K. P. Carter (Rep) *Forsyth: William A. Lowery (Rep) *Franklin: P. A. Davis (Dem) *Gaston: L. H. J. Hauser (Dem) *Gates: John M. Trotman (Dem) *Graham: O. P. Williams (Rep) *Granville: C. W. Bryan (Dem) *Granville: A. A. Lyon (Dem) *Greene: John E. W. Sugg (Dem) *Guilford: John C. Kennett (Dem) *Guilford: John C. Bunch (Dem) *Halifax: H. S. Harrison (Dem) *Halifax: W. P. White (Dem) *Harnett: Dan Hugh McLean (Dem) *Haywood: Joseph S. Davis (Dem) *Henderson: M. S. Justus (Rep) *Hertford: Isaac F. Snipes (Rep) *Hyde: Claude W. Davis (Dem) *Iredell: John B. Holman (Dem) *Iredell: Thomas J. Williams (Dem) *Jackson: Walter E. Moore (Dem) *Johnston: J. F. Brown (Dem) *Johnston: D. G. Johnson (Dem) *Jones: G. G. Noble (Dem) *Lenoir: W. W. Carraway (Dem) *Lincoln: John F. Rheinhart (Dem) *McDowell: Edward J. Justice (Dem) *Macon: J. Frank Ray (Dem) *Madison: A. B. Bryant (Rep) *Martin: Harry W. Stubbs (Dem) *Mecklenburg: Heriot Clarkson (Dem) *Mecklenburg: J. E. Henderson (Dem) *Mecklenburg: R. M. Ransom (Dem) *Mitchell: J. R. Pritchard (Rep) *Montgomery: W. A. Cochran (Dem) *Moore: John L. Currie (Dem) *Nash: Cicero T. Ellen (Dem) *New Hanover: George Rountree (Dem) *New Hanover: Martin S. Willard (Dem) *Northampton: W. C. Coates (Rep) *Onslow: Frank Thompson (Dem) *Orange: Samuel M. Gattis (Dem) *Pamlico: George Dees (Dem) *Pasquotank: J. B. Leigh (Dem) *Pender: Gibson James (Dem) *Perquimans: F. H. Nicholson (Rep) *Person: Charles A. Whitfield (Dem) *Pitt: W. J. Nichols (Dem) *Pitt: T. H. Barnhill (Dem) *Polk: J. W. McFarland (Rep) *Randolph: T. J. Redding (Dem) *Randolph: J. M. Burrow (Rep) *Richmond: Henry Clay Wall (Dem) *Robeson: Gilbert B. Patterson (Dem) *Robeson: James S. Oliver (Dem) *Rockingham: J. H. Lane (Dem) *Rockingham: J. R. Garrett (Dem) *Rowan:

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(Dem) *Rowan: D. R. Julian (Dem) *Rutherford: J. F. Alexander (Dem) *Sampson: Robert M. Crumpler (Pop) *Sampson: Cicero H. Johnson] (Pop) *Stanly: J. M. Brown (Dem) *Stokes: Riley J. Petree (Rep) *Surry: William W. Hampton (Rep) *Swain: R. L. Leatherwood (Dem) *Transylvania: George W. Wilson (Dem) *Tyrrell: William Maitland (Dem) *Union: R. L. Stevens (Dem) *Vance: James Youman Eaton (Rep) *Wake: John D. Boushall (Dem) *Wake: Gaston Powell (Dem) *Wake: W. H. Holland (Dem) *Warren: J. H. Wright (Rep) *Washington: T. L. Tarkenton (Pop) *Watauga: W. B. Council, Jr. (Dem) *Wayne: William R. Allen (Dem) *Wayne: J. M. Wood (Dem) *Wilkes: E. B. Hendren (Rep) *Wilkes: W. A. Tharpe (Rep) who lived in Byrd, North Carolina *Wilson: Henry G. Connor (Dem) *Yadkin: H. S. Williams (Rep) *Yancey: W. M. Austin (Dem)

Senate

Senate leadership

Senate members

Senators and their home county are listed below: *District 1: George Cowper of Hertford; T. G. Skinner of Perquimans *District 2: I. W. Miller of Pamlico; H. S. Ward of Washington *District 3: W. E. Harris of Northampton *District 4: Edward L. Travis of Halifax *District 5: R. H. Speight of Edgecombe *District 6: F. G. James of Pitt *District 7: T. S. Collie Nash; R. A. P. Cooley of Nash *District 8: James A. Bryan of Craven; John Q. Jackson of Lenoir *District 9: Frank A. Daniels of Wayne; Isham F. Hill of Duplin *District 10: W. J. Davis of Brunswick *District 11:

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of Warren *District 12: F. A. Whitaker of Wake (Dem) *District 13: J. A. T. Jones of Johnston *District 14: J. W. S. Robinson of Sampson; Frank P. Jones of Harnett *District 15: Joseph A. Brown of Columbus; Stephen McIntyre of Robeson *District 16: W. L. Williams of Cumberland *District 17: Archibald A. Hicks of Granville *District 18: Thomas M. Cheek of Orange; J. M. Satterfield of Caswell *District 19: J. A. Goodwin of Chatham *District 20: William Lindsay of Rockingham *District 21: John N. Wilson of Guilford *District 22: J. C. Black of Moore *District 23: Thomas J. Jerome of Union; Charles Stanback of Montgomery *District 24: R. L. Smith of Stanly (Dem) *District 25: Frank I. Osborne of Mecklenburg *District 26:

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of Forsyth (Dem); John C. Thomas of Davidson *District 27: James A. Butler of Iredell; Frank C. Hairston of Davie *District 28: J. C. Newsom of Stokes *District 29: H. T. Campbell of Alexander *District 30: William C. Fields of Ashe *District 31: W. L. Lambert of Mitchell; G. G. Eaves of McDowell *District 32: M. H. Justice of Rutherford; Oscar F. Mason of Gaston *District 33: William J. Cocke of Buncombe; Thomas J. Murray of Madison *District 34: J. A. Franks of Swain *District 35: Joel L. Crisp of Graham

References

External links

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