North Carolina Delegates to the 8th U.S. Congress (1803-1805)




North Carolina Delegates to the U.S. Congress

8th U.S. Congress (1803-1805)

The 8th U.S. Congress met in two sessions: 1) October 17, 1803 to March 27, 1804; and 2) November 5, 1804 to March 3, 1805.

Due to the results of the 1800 U.S. Census, North Carolina was now authorized to send twelve (12) delegates to the U.S. House of Representatives. All North Carolina Districts were redrawn as of March 3, 1803.

U.S. Senators from North Carolina
Name	County From	Comments
Jesse Franklin	Surry	Elected as the President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate on March 10, 1804 and he served until November 4, 1804.
David Stone	Bertie	-

U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina
Name	District*	County From	Comments
Nathaniel Alexander	10th	Mecklenburg	-
Willis Alston, Jr.	2nd	Halifax	-
William Blackledge	4th	Craven	-
James Gillespie	5th	Duplin	James Gillespie died while in office on January 11, 1805. His seat remained vacant.
James Holland	11th	Guilford	-
William Kennedy	3rd	Beaufort	-
Nathaniel Macon	6th	Warren	Elected Speaker of the House for this U.S. Congress.
Samuel Dinsmore Purviance	7th	Cumberland	-
Richard Stanford	8th	Person	-
Marmaduke Williams	9th	Caswell	-
Joseph Winston	12th	Surry-
Thomas Wynns	1st	Hertford	-
* The North Carolina U.S. Congressional Districts were redrawn and renumbered due to the 1800 U.S. Census.

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