North Carolina in the 1900s

North Carolina State Senate

1985-1986

The First Session of this General Assembly met from February 5th to July 18th in 1985. The Second Session met from February 18th to July 16th in 1986.

The previous NC General Assembly finalized its reapportionment of the State Senate districts based upon the 1980 U.S. Census, effective this term. The number of Senate districts was again increased this year, from thirty-two (32) districts to thirty-five (35) districts. The number of Senators remained at 50.

This apportionment, as shown in the map (Click Here), remained in effect through 1992.

District

No. of Senators

County/Counties

Delegate(s) (County From)

1

1

Beaufort (part), Bertie (part), Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates (part), Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington

Marc Basnight
(Dare)

2

1

Bertie (part), Edgecombe (part), Gates (part), Halifax (part), Hertford, Martin (part), Northampton, Warren (part)

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 (part)

Harold Woodrow Hardison (Lenoir)

6

1

Edgecombe (part), Martin (part), Pitt (part), Wilson (part)

Robert Lafayette Martin
(Pitt)

7

1

New Hanover, Pender (part)

Julius Arnette Wright (New Hanover) (1) / Franklin Ervin Williams (New Hanover) (1)

8

1

Greene, Wayne

Henson Perrymoore Barnes (Wayne)

9

1

Beaufort (part), Martin (part), Pitt (part)

Thomas Fleming Taft (Pitt)

10

1

Edgecombe (part), Halifax (part), Nash, Warren (part), Wilson (part)

James Earl Ezzell, Jr.
(Nash)

11

1

Franklin, Vance, Wake (part)

James Davis Speed
(Franklin)

12

2

Cumberland (part)

Anthony Eden Rand,
Lura Self Tally

13

2

Durham, Granville, Orange (part), Person

Ralph Alexander Hunt (Durham),
Kenneth Claiborne Royall, Jr. (Durham)

14

3

Harnett, Lee, Wake (part)

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 (part), Randolph

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

17

2

Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly, Union

James Richard Conder (Richmond),
Aaron W. Plyler (Union)

18

1

Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland (part)

Robert Charles Soles, Jr.
(Columbus)

19

1

Forsyth (part), Guilford (part)

Robert G. Shaw
(Guilford)

20

2

Forsyth (part)

Ian Theodore Kaplan (Forsyth),
Marvin Martin Ward (Forsyth)

21

1

Alamance, Caswell

John M. Jordan (Alamance) (2) / Timothy Hill McDowell (Alamance) (2)

22

1

Cabarrus, Mecklenburg (part)

James Calvin Johnson, Jr. (Cabarrus)

23

2

Davidson, Davie, Rowan

Paul Sanders Smith (Rowan),
Robert Vance Somers (Rowan)

24

2

Alleghany, Ashe, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga

William David Goldston, Jr. (Rockingham),
Weldon Robert Price (Rockingham)

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

Daniel Reid Simpson (Burke),
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 (part)

William Nelson Martin

32

1

Guilford (part)

Wendell Hacker Sawyer

33

1

Mecklenburg (part)

Melvin Luther Watt

34

1

Mecklenburg (part)

James Doyle McDuffie

35

1

Mecklenburg (part)

Laurence Arthur Cobb
Robert B. Jordan, III was President of the Senate. Sylvia Morris Fink was the Clerk.
(1) Julius Arnette Wright resigned effective June 1, 1985, reason not known. Franklin Ervin Williams was appointed on June 4, 1985 to replace him.
(2) John M. Jordan resigned effective August 15, 1985, reason not known. Timothy Hill McDowell was appointed on September 20, 1985 to replace him.
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