North Carolina in the 1900s

North Carolina State Senate

1983-1984

The First Session of this General Assembly met from January 12th to July 22nd in 1983. The Second Session met from March 7th to July 7th in 1984. An Extra Session was convened on August 26, 1983 (one day).

The previous NC General Assembly reapportioned the State Senate districts based upon the 1980 U.S. Census, effective this term. As a temporary measure for this General Assembly only, the number of Senate districts was increased from twenty-seven (27) to thirty-two (32). This apportionment would be adjusted again during this General Assembly, and the number of Senate districts would change again for the next General Assembly (1985).

For the first time in State history, the Senate districts were defined with parts of some counties in one district and other parts of these counties in another district. This method would continue to the present day. To date, this Author has not been able to locate a decent map of this temporary districts layout, so greater detail of each district's makeup is provided herein.

District

No. of Senators

County/Counties

Delegate(s) (County From)

1

1

Beaufort - Bath, Long Acre, Pangego, Richland, and Washington townships; Camden; Currituck; Dare; Hyde; Pasquotank; Perquimans; Tyrrell; Washington - Scuppernong and Skinnersville townships

Melvin Roy Daniels, Jr. (Pasquotank)

2

1

Bertie; Chowan; Edgecombe - Upper Conetoe and Deep Creek townships; Gates; Halifax - Conoconnara, Halifax, Palmyra, Roseneath, and Scotland Neck townships; Hertford; Martin - Goose Nest, Hamilton, and Robersonville townships; Northampton; Washington - Lees Mill and Plymouth townships

Joseph Julian Harrington
(Bertie)

3

1

Carteret, Craven, Pamilco

Joseph Eugene Thomas (Craven)

4

1

Onslow

Alexander Duke Guy

5

1

Duplin; Jones; Lenoir; Pender - Columbia and Union townships

Harold Woodrow Hardison (Lenoir)

6

1

Edgecombe - Tarboro, Lower Conetoe, Lower Fishing Creek, Upper Fishing Creek, Swift Creek, Sparta, Otter Creek, Lower Town Creek, Walnut Creek, Rocky Mount, Cokey, and Upper Town Creek townships; Halifax - Brinkleyville, Butterwood, Enfield, Faucett, Littleton, Roanoke Rapids, and Weldon townships; Warren

Julian Russell Allsbrook
(Halifax)

7

1

New Hanover; Pender - Burgaw Canetuck, Caswell, Grady, Holly, Long Creek, Rocky Point, and Topsail townships

Julius Arnette Wright
(New Hanover)

8

1

Greene; Wayne

Henson Perrymoore Barnes (Wayne)

9

1

Beaufort - Chocowinity township; Martin - Beargrass, Cross Roads, Griffins, Jamesville, Poplar Point, Williams, and Williamston townships; Pitt

Vernon E. White
(Pitt)

10

1

Nash - Coopers, Jackson, Nashville, North Whitakers, Oak Level, Red Oak, Rocky Mount, South Whitakers, and Stony Creek townships; Wilson

Dallas L. Alford, Jr.
(Nash)

11

1

Franklin: Nash - Baileys, Castalia, Dry Wells, Ferrells, Griffins, and Mannings townships; Vance; Wake - Bartons Creek, Leesville, Little River, New Light, and Wake Forest townships

James Davis Speed
(Franklin)

12

2

Cumberland - Black River, Carvers Creek, Cedar Creek, Cross Creek, Eastover, Gray's Creek, Manchester, Pearces Mill, Rockfish, and Seventy-First townships

Anthony Eden Rand,
Lura Self Tally

13

2

Durham; Granville; Orange - Cedar Grove, Eno, and Little River townships; Person

William G. Hancock, Jr. (Durham),
Kenneth Claiborne Royall, Jr. (Durham)

14

3

Harnett; Lee; Wake - Buckhorn, Cary, Cedar Fork, Holly Springs, House Creek, Marks Creek, Meredith, Middle Creek, Neuse, Panther Branch, Raleigh, St. Mary's, St. Matthew's, Swift Creek, and White Oak townships

William Wayne Staton (Lee),
Joseph Edward Johnson (Wake),
Wilma Cummings Woodard (Wake)

15

1

Johnston; Sampson

Robert Davis Warren (Johnston)

16

2

Chatham; Moore; Orange - Bingham, Chapel Hill, Cheeks, and Hillsborough townships; Randolph

Wanda Holder Hunt (Moore),
Russell Grady Walker
(Randolph)

17

2

Anson; Montgomery; Richmond; Scotland; Stanly; Union

Robert Byrd Jordan, III (Montgomery),
Aaron W. Plyler (Union)

18

1

Bladen; Brunswick; Columbus; Cumberland - Beaver Dam township

Robert Charles Soles, Jr.
(Columbus)

19

1

Forsyth - Belews Creek and Kernersville townships; Guilford - Bruce, Center Grove, Clay, Fentress, Friendship Precinct 1, Geeene, Madison, Monroe, Greensboro Precincts 10, 20, 21, 27, 28, 32, 34, and 35, Oak Ridge, Rock Creek, and Washington townships/precincts

Elton Edwards
(Guilford)

20

2

Forsyth - Abbotts Creek, Bethania, Broadbay, Clemmonsville, Lewisville, Middle Fork, Old Richmond, Old Town, Salem Chapel, South Fork, Vienna, and Winston townships

Richard Walter Barnes (Forsyth),
Marvin Martin Ward (Forsyth)

21

1

Alamance; Caswell

Cary D. Allred (Alamance)

22

4

Cabarrus; Mecklenburg

Cecil Ross Jenkins, Jr. (Cabarrus),
Kenneth Rhyne Harris (Mecklenburg),
William Craig Lawing (Mecklenburg),
Benjamin Thompson Tison, II (Mecklenburg)

23

2

Davidson; Davie; Rowan

Jack Cely Childers (Davidson),
Robert Monroe Davis (Rowan)

24

2

Alleghany; Ashe; Rockingham; Stokes; Surry; Watauga

Conrad R. Duncan, Jr. (Rockingham),
George W. Marion, Jr. (Surry)

25

3

Cleveland; Gaston; Lincoln; Ruthferford

J. Ollie Harris (Cleveland),
Helen Rhyne Marvin (Gaston),
Marshall Arthur Rauch (Gaston)

26

2

Alexander; Catawba; Iredell; Yadkin

Thomas Cass Ballenger (Catawba),
William Walter Redman, Jr. (Iredell)

27

2

Avery; Burke; Caldwell; Mitchell; Wilkes

James Harrell Edwards (Caldwell),
Donald Rayvaughn Kincaid (Caldwell)

28

2

Buncombe; McDowell; Madison; Yancey

Robert Stringfield Swain (Buncombe),
Dennis Jay Winner (Buncombe)

29

2

Cherokee; Clay; Graham; Haywood; Henderson; Jackson; Macon; Polk; Swain; Transylvania

Charles William Hipps (Haywood),
Royce Phelps Thomas (Henderson)

30

1

Hoke; Robeson

David Russell Parnell
(Robeson)

31

1

Guilford - Jefferson, Greensboro Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 19, 25, 29, and 30, High Point Precincts 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 19, Jamestown Precincts 1, 2, and 3, Sumner, and Block 921 of Census Tract in High Point townships/precincts

William Nelson Martin

32

1

Guilford - Deep River, Friendship Precinct II, Greensboro Precincts 1, 2, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 26, 31, 33, and 36, High Point Precincts 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, and 21

Rachel Gillean Gray
James C. Green was President of the Senate. Sylvia Morris Fink was the Clerk.
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