North Carolina U.S. Senators 1789 to Present




North Carolina Delegates to the U.S. Congress 1789 to Present

U.S. Senators from North Carolina - Alphabetical Order
Name	County From	Date From	Date To	Comments
Joseph Carter Abbott	New Hanover	7/14/1868	3/3/1871
George Edmund Badger	Wake	11/25/1846	3/3/1855	Elected to replace William Henry Haywood, Jr.
Josiah William Bailey	Wake	3/4/1931	12/15/1946	Josiah William Bailey died while in office on December 15, 1946.
Asa Biggs	Martin	3/4/1855	5/5/1858	Resigned on May 5, 1858 after being appointed by President James Buchanan as a District Judge.
Timothy Bloodworth	New Hanover	3/4/1795	3/3/1801
John Branch	Halifax	3/4/1823	3/9/1829	Resigned after President Andrew Jackson appointed him as Secretary of the Navy.
Thomas Bragg	Wake	3/4/1859	3/8/1861	Left the Senate on March 8, 1861 due to the start of the Civil War.
Joseph Melville Broughton	Wake	12/31/1948	3/6/1949	Joseph Melville Broughton died while in office on March 6, 1949.
Bedford Brown	Caswell	12/9/1829	11/16/1840	Elected to replace John Branch. Resigned on November 16, 1840.
James Thomas Broyhill	Caldwell	7/14/1986	11/4/1986	Gov. James Grubbs Martin appointed James Thomas Broyhill to replace John Porter East and he took his seat on July 14, 1986. He lost his bid for re-election.
Theodore Paul Budd	Davie	1/3/2023	TBD
Richard Mauze Burr	Forsyth	1/3/2011	1/2/2023
Marion Butler	Sampson	3/4/1895	3/3/1901
Thomas Lanier Clingman	Buncombe	5/7/1858	3/11/1861	Elected to replace Asa Biggs. Left the Senate on March 11, 1861 due to the start of the Civil War.
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford Dole	Rowan	1/3/2003	1/3/2009
John Porter East	Pitt	1/3/1981	6/29/1986	John Porter East died while in office on June 29, 1986.
Johnny Reid Edwards	Wake	1/3/1999	1/3/2005
Samuel James Ervin, Jr.	Burke	6/5/1954	12/31/1974	Gov. William Bradley Umstead appointed Samuel James Ervin, Jr. to replace Clyde Roark Hoey on June 5, 1954. He resigned on December 31, 1974.
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth	Sampson	1/3/1993	1/3/1999
Jesse Franklin	Surry	3/4/1799, 3/4/1807	3/3/1805, 3/3/1813
Frank Porter Graham	Orange	3/29/1949	11/26/1950	Gov. William Kerr Scott appointed Frank Porter Graham to replace Joseph Melville Broughton and he took his seat on March 29, 1949. He was not re-elected.
William Alexander Graham	Orange	12/10/1840	3/3/1843	Elected to replace Robert Strange.
Janet Kay Ruthven Hagan	Guilford	1/3/2009	1/3/2015
Benjamin Hawkins	Warren	12/8/1789	3/3/1795	Took his seat on 1/13/1790.
William Henry Haywood, Jr.	Wake	3/4/1843	7/25/1846	Resigned on July 25, 1846.
Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr.	Wake	1/3/1973	1/3/2003
Clyde Roark Hoey	Cleveland	1/3/1945	5/12/1954	Clyde Roark Hoey died while in office on May 12, 1954.
James Iredell	Chowan	12/23/1828	3/3/1831	Elected to replace Nathaniel Macon.
Thomas Jordan Jarvis	Pitt	4/19/1894	1/23/1895	Appointed by Gov. Elias Carr to replace Zebulon Baird Vance.
Samuel Johnston	Chowan	11/26/1789	3/3/1793	Took his seat on 1/29/1790.
Benjamin Everett Jordan	Alamance	4/19/1958	1/3/1973	Gov. Luther Hartwell Hodges appointed Benjamin Everett Jordan to replace William Kerr Scott on April 19, 1958.
Alton Asa Lennon	New Hanover	7/10/1953	11/28/1954	Gov. William Bradley Umstead appointed Alton Asa Lennon to replace Willis Smith on July 10, 1953. He was not re-elected.
Francis Locke	Rowan	1814	12/15/1815	Elected to replace David Stone, but he never qualified and never took his seat.
Nathaniel Macon	Warren	12/13/1815	11/14/1828	Elected to replace Francis Locke. President Pro Tempore in the 19th U.S. Congress. Resigned.
Willie Person Mangum	Orange	3/4/1831, 12/9/1840	11/26/1836, 3/3/1853	Resigned on November 26, 1836. Elected again to replace Bedford Brown. President Pro Tempore in the 27th and 28th U.S. Congresses.
Alexander Martin	Guilford	3/4/1793	3/3/1799
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon	Buncombe	3/4/1873	3/3/1879
Robert Burren Morgan	Harnett	1/3/1975	1/3/1981
Cameron A. Morrison	Mecklenburg	12/13/1930	12/4/1932	Gov. Oliver Maxwell Gardner appointed Cameron A. Morrison to replace Lee Slater Overman. Lost his bid for re-election.
Lee Slater Overman	Rowan	3/4/1903	12/12/1930	Lee Slater Overman died while in office on December 12, 1930
John Pool	Pasquotank	7/14/1868	3/3/1873
Jeter Connelly Pritchard	Madison	1/23/1895	3/3/1903	Elected to replace Thomas Jordan Jarvis who temporarily replaced Zebulon Baird Vance.
Matt Whitaker Ransom	Northampton	1/30/1872	3/3/1895
David Settle Reid	Rockingham	12/6/1854	3/3/1859
Robert Rice Reynolds	Buncombe	12/5/1932	1/3/1945
James Terry Sanford	Durham	11/5/1986	1/3/1993
William Kerr Scott	Alamance	11/29/1954	4/16/1958	William Kerr Scott died while in office on April 16, 1958.
Furnifold McLendel Simmons	Jones	3/4/1901	3/3/1931
Willis Smith	Wake	11/27/1950	6/26/1953	Willis Smith died while in office on June 26, 1953.
Montfort Stokes	Wilkes	12/16/1816	3/3/1823	Elected to replace James Turner.
David Stone	Bertie	3/4/1801, 3/4/1813	2/17/1807, 12/24/1814	Resigned both terms.
Robert Strange	Cumberland	12/15/1836	11/16/1840	Elected to replace Willie Person Mangum. Resigned on November 16, 1840.
Thomas Roland Tillis	Mecklenburg	1/3/2015	TBD
James Turner	Warren	3/4/1805	11/21/1816	Resigned due to poor health.
William Bradley Umstead	Durham	12/18/1946	12/30/1948	Gov. Robert G. Cherry appointed William Bradley Umstead to replace Josiah William Bailey and he took his seat on December 18, 1946. Lost his bid for re-election.
Zebulon Baird Vance	Mecklenburg	3/4/1879	4/14/1894	Died in office on April 14, 1894.