List of United States Senators from North Carolina

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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

Thom Tillis
Richard Burr

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
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
vacant
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
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
vacant
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

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