North Carolina Delegates to the 33rd U.S. Congress (1853-1855)




North Carolina Delegates to the U.S. Congress

33rd U.S. Congress (1853-1855)

The 33rd U.S. Congress met in two sessions: 1) December 5, 1853 to August 7, 1854; and 2) December 4, 1854 to March 4, 1855. A Special Session was convened from March 4th to April 11th in 1853.

Due to the results of the 1850 U.S. Census, North Carolina was authorized to send only eight (8) delegates to the U.S. House of Representatives. All North Carolina Districts were redrawn as of March 3, 1853.

U.S. Senators from North Carolina
Name	County From	Comments
George Edmund Badger	Wake	-
David Settle Reid	Rockingham	-

U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
Name	District*	County From	Comments
William Shepperd Ashe	3rd	New Hanover	-
Thomas Lanier Clingman	8th	Buncombe	-
Francis Burton Craige	7th	Rowan	-
John Kerr, Jr.	5th	Caswell	-
Richard Clauselle Puryear	6th	Surry	-
Sion Hart Rogers	4th	Wake	-
Thomas Ruffin	2nd	Wayne	-
Henry Marchmore Shaw	1st	Currituck	-
* The North Carolina U.S. Congressional Districts were redrawn and renumbered due to the results of the 1850 U.S. Census.

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