Member (Residence) | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location |
District established March 4, 1793 |
William J. Dawson (Bertie County) | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | 3rd | Elected in 1793. Lost re-election. | |
Dempsey Burges (Camden County) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 | 4th 5th | Elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election. | |
David Stone (Bertie County) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | 6th | Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Declined to serve having also been elected U.S. senator. | |
Vacant | March 4, 1801 – December 7, 1801 | 7th | | |
Charles Johnson (Bandon) | Democratic-Republican | December 7, 1801 – July 23, 1802 | Elected August 6, 1801, to finish Stone's term and seated December 7, 1801. Died. | |
Vacant | July 23, 1802 – December 7, 1802 | | |
Thomas Wynns (Hertford County) | Democratic-Republican | December 7, 1802 – March 3, 1803 | Elected October 15, 1802, to finish Johnson's term and seated December 7, 1802. Redistricted to the 1st district. | |
Richard Stanford (Hawfields) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – April 9, 1816 | 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Died. | 1803–1813 "North Carolina congressional district map (1803–13)".[4] |
Vacant | April 9, 1816 – December 2, 1816 | 14th | | 1813–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".[4] |
Samuel Dickens (Mount Tirzah) | Democratic-Republican | December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817 | Elected to finish Stanford's term. Lost re-election. |
James S. Smith (Hillsboro) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | 15th 16th | Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Retired. |
Josiah Crudup (Raleigh) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | 17th | Elected in 1821. Retired. |
Willie P. Mangum (Red Mountain) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | 18th 19th | Elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Resigned. |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 18, 1826 |
Vacant | March 18, 1826 – December 4, 1826 | 19th | |
Daniel L. Barringer (Raleigh) | Jacksonian | December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1833 | 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd | Elected November 3, 1826, to finish Mangum's term and seated December 4, 1826. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. [data missing] |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
William Montgomery (Albrights) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | 24th 25th 26th | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. [data missing] |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
Romulus M. Saunders (Raleigh) | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | 27th | Elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 5th district. |
Archibald Hunter Arrington (Hilliardston) | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | 28th | Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1843. [data missing] | |
Henry S. Clark (Washington) | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | 29th | Elected in 1845. [data missing] | |
Richard S. Donnell (New Bern) | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | 30th | Elected in 1847. [data missing] | |
Edward Stanly (Washington) | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | 31st 32nd | Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. [data missing] | |
Thomas L. Clingman (Asheville) | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – May 7, 1858 | 33rd 34th 35th | Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Resigned when appointed U.S. senator. | |
Vacant | May 7, 1858 – December 7, 1858 | 35th | | |
Zebulon B. Vance (Asheville) | Democratic | December 7, 1858 – March 3, 1861 | 35th 36th | Elected to finish Clingman's term. Re-elected in 1859. [data missing] | |
Vacant | March 4, 1861 – July 20, 1868 | 37th 38th 39th 40th | Civil War and Reconstruction |
District dissolved July 6, 1868 |
District re-established March 4, 1873 |
Robert B. Vance (Hawfields) | Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1885 | 43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th | Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. [data missing] | |
William H. H. Cowles (Wilkesboro) | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893 | 49th 50th 51st 52nd | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. [data missing] | |
William H. Bower (Lenoir) | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | 53rd | Elected in 1892. [data missing] | |
Romulus Z. Linney (Taylorsville) | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901 | 54th 55th 56th | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. [data missing] | |
E. Spencer Blackburn (Wilkesboro) | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | 57th | Elected in 1900. [data missing] | |
Theodore F. Kluttz (Salisbury) | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | 58th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1902. [data missing] | |
E. Spencer Blackburn (Wilkesboro) | Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 | 59th | Elected in 1904. [data missing] | |
Richard N. Hackett (Wilkesboro) | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | 60th | Elected in 1906. [data missing] | |
Charles H. Cowles (Wilkesboro) | Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 | 61st | Elected in 1908. [data missing] | |
Robert L. Doughton (Laurel Springs) | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1933 | 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd | Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
Walter Lambeth (Thomasville) | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | 73rd 74th 75th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. [data missing] | |
William O. Burgin (Lexington) | Democratic | January 3, 1939 – April 11, 1946 | 76th 77th 78th 79th | Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Died. | |
Vacant | April 11, 1946 – May 25, 1946 | 79th | | |
Eliza Pratt (Lexington) | Democratic | May 25, 1946 – January 3, 1947 | Elected to finish Burgin's term. [data missing] | |
Charles B. Deane (Rockingham) | Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1957 | 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th | Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. [data missing] | |
Alvin Paul Kitchin (Wadesboro) | Democratic | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963 | 85th 86th 87th | Elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Lost re-election after redistricting. | |
Charles R. Jonas (Lincolnton) | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969 | 88th 89th 90th | Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Redistricted to the 9th district. | |
Earl B. Ruth (Salisbury) | Republican | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975 | 91st 92nd 93rd | Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election. | |
Bill Hefner (Concord) | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1999 | 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th | Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Retired. | |
Robin Hayes (Concord) | Republican | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009 | 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th | Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Lost re-election. | |
Larry Kissell (Biscoe) | Democratic | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013 | 111th 112th | Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Lost re-election. | 2003–2013 |
Richard Hudson (Concord) | Republican | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023 | 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 9th district. | 2013–2017 |
2017–2021 |
2021–2023 |
Dan Bishop (Charlotte) | Republican | January 3, 2023 – present | 118th | Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 2022. Retiring at end of term to run for attorney general of North Carolina. | 2023–2025 |