List of United States Senators from North Carolina
The list of United States Senators from North Carolina lists everyone who has ever served in the Senate for that state , sorted by Senate class . One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014; the class 3 senators were elected in 2016.
2nd grade
North Carolina has been a US state since November 21, 1789 and has had 26 class 2 senators in Congress to date .
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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Samuel Johnston | 1789-1793 | federalist | December 15, 1733 - August 17, 1816 |
Alexander Martin | 1793-1799 | Democratic Republican | 1740 - November 10, 1807 |
Jesse Franklin | 1799-1805 | Democratic Republican | March 24, 1760 - August 31, 1823 |
James Turner | 1805-1816 | Democratic Republican | December 20, 1766 - January 15, 1824 |
Montfort Stokes | 1816-1823 | Democratic Republican | March 12, 1762 - November 4, 1842 |
John Branch | 1823-1829 | Democratic Republican | November 4, 1782 - January 3, 1863 |
Bedford Brown | 1829-1840 | democrat | June 6, 1795 - December 6, 1870 |
Willie Person Mangum | 1840-1853 | Whig | May 10, 1792 - September 7, 1861 |
David Settle Reid | 1854-1859 | democrat | April 19, 1813 - June 19, 1891 |
Thomas Bragg | 1859-1861 | democrat | November 9, 1810 - January 21, 1872 |
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Joseph Carter Abbott | 1868-1871 | republican | July 15, 1825 - October 8, 1881 |
Matt Whitaker ransomware | 1872-1895 | democrat | October 8, 1826 - October 8, 1904 |
Marion Butler | 1895-1901 | populist | May 20, 1863 - June 3, 1938 |
Furnifold McLendel Simmons | 1901-1931 | democrat | January 20, 1854 - April 30, 1940 |
Josiah William Bailey | 1931-1946 | democrat | September 14, 1873 - December 15, 1946 |
William Bradley Umstead | 1946-1948 | democrat | May 13, 1895 - November 7, 1954 |
Joseph Melville Broughton | 1948-1949 | democrat | November 17, 1888 - March 6, 1949 |
Frank Porter Graham | 1949-1950 | democrat | October 14, 1886 - February 16, 1972 |
Willis Smith | 1950-1953 | democrat | December 19, 1887 - June 26, 1953 |
Alton Asa Lennon | 1953-1954 | democrat | August 17, 1906 - December 28, 1986 |
William Kerr Scott | 1954-1958 | democrat | April 17, 1896 - April 16, 1958 |
Benjamin Everett Jordan | 1958-1973 | democrat | September 8, 1896 - March 15, 1974 |
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. | 1973-2003 | republican | October 18, 1921 - July 4, 2008 |
Elizabeth Hanford Dole | 2003-2009 | republican | * July 29, 1936 |
Kay Ruthven Hagan | 2009-2015 | democrat | May 26, 1953 - October 28, 2019 |
Thomas Roland Tillis | since 2015 | republican | * August 30, 1960 |
Class 3
North Carolina has 31 class 3 senators to date , one of whom, David Stone , served two non-consecutive terms.
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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Benjamin Hawkins | 1789-1795 | Democratic Republican | August 15, 1754 - June 6, 1816 |
Timothy Bloodworth | 1795-1801 | Democratic Republican | 1736 - August 24, 1814 |
David Stone | 1801-1807 | Democratic Republican | February 17, 1770 - October 7, 1818 |
Jesse Franklin | 1807-1813 | Democratic Republican | March 24, 1760 - August 31, 1823 |
David Stone | 1813-1814 | Democratic Republican | February 17, 1770 - October 7, 1818 |
Francis Locke | 1814-1815 | unknown | October 31, 1776 - January 8, 1823 |
Nathaniel Macon | 1815-1828 | Democratic Republican | December 17, 1757 - June 29, 1837 |
James Iredell | 1828-1831 | democrat | November 2, 1788 - April 13, 1853 |
Willie Person Mangum | 1831-1836 | National Republicans | May 10, 1792 - September 7, 1861 |
Robert Strange | 1836-1840 | democrat | September 20, 1796 - February 19, 1854 |
William Alexander Graham | 1840-1843 | Whig | September 5, 1804 - August 11, 1875 |
William Henry Haywood | 1843-1846 | democrat | October 23, 1801 - October 7, 1852 |
George Edmund Badger | 1846-1855 | Whig | April 17, 1795 - May 11, 1866 |
Asa Biggs | 1855-1858 | democrat | February 4, 1811 - March 6, 1878 |
Thomas Lanier Clingman | 1858-1861 | democrat | July 27, 1812 - November 3, 1897 |
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John Pool | 1868-1873 | republican | June 16, 1826 - August 16, 1884 |
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon | 1873-1879 | democrat | September 15, 1830 - November 14, 1892 |
Zebulon Baird Vance | 1879-1894 | democrat | May 13, 1830 - April 14, 1894 |
Thomas Jordan Jarvis | 1894-1895 | democrat | January 18, 1836 - June 17, 1915 |
Jeter Connelly Pritchard | 1895-1903 | republican | July 12, 1857 - April 10, 1921 |
Lee Slater Overman | 1903-1930 | democrat | January 3, 1854 - December 12, 1930 |
Cameron A. Morrison | 1930-1932 | democrat | October 5, 1869 - August 20, 1953 |
Robert Rice Reynolds | 1932-1945 | democrat | June 18, 1884 - February 13, 1963 |
Clyde Roark Hoey | 1945-1954 | democrat | December 11, 1877 - May 12, 1954 |
Samuel James Ervin | 1954-1974 | democrat | September 27, 1896 - April 23, 1985 |
Robert Burren Morgan | 1975-1981 | democrat | October 5, 1925 - July 16, 2016 |
John Porter East | 1981-1986 | republican | May 5, 1931 - June 29, 1986 |
James Thomas Broyhill | 1986 | republican | * August 19, 1927 |
James Terry Sanford | 1986-1993 | democrat | August 20, 1917 - April 18, 1998 |
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth | 1993-1999 | republican | * January 14, 1928 |
Johnny Reid Edwards | 1999-2005 | democrat | * June 10, 1953 |
Richard Mauze Burr | since 2005 | republican | * November 30, 1955 |