Political party strength in North Carolina
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of North Carolina:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- Auditor
- Treasurer
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Commissioner of Agriculture
- Commissioner of Labor
- Commissioner of Insurance
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
Key
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Bold indicates present office holders.
The parties are as follows:
- American (A)
- Anti-Administration (AA)
- Anti-Federalist (AF)
- Conservative (C)
- Democratic (D)
- Democratic-Republican (DR)
- Federalist (F)
- no party (N)
- National Republican (NR)
- National Union (NU)
- Populist (P)
- Pro-Administration (PA)
- Republican (R)
- Whig (W)
- a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
List of political office holders in North Carolina
| Year | Council of State | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. | Lt. Gov. | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Auditor | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | Comm. of Ag. | Comm. of Labor | Comm. of Ins. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
| 1776 | Richard Caswell (N) | no such office | vacant | vacant | no such office | vacant | no such office | no such office | no such office | no such office | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | no such office | no such office | no such office | no such office |
| 1777 | James Glasgow (N) | Waightstill Avery (N) | District System | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1778 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1779 | James Iredell (F) | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||||
| 1780 | Abner Nash (N) | |||||||||||||||
| 1781 | Thomas Burke (N) | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||||
| 1782 | Alexander Martin (N) | |||||||||||||||
| 1783 | Alfred Moore (F) | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||||
| 1784 | Memucan Hunt | |||||||||||||||
| 1785 | Richard Caswell (N) | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||||
| 1786 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1787 | Samuel Johnston (F) | John Haywood | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||||
| 1788 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1789 | Alexander Martin (AF) | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Samuel Johnston (PA) | Benjamin Hawkins (AF) | [data unknown/missing] | ineligible to participate | |||||||||
| 1790 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1791 | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||||
| 1792 | Richard Dobbs Spaight (F) | John Haywood | ||||||||||||||
| 1793 | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Alexander Martin (DR) | [data unknown/missing] | George Washington (N)  | |||||||||||
| 1794 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1795 | Samuel Ashe (AF) | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Timothy Bloodworth (DR) | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1796 | Blake Baker | |||||||||||||||
| 1797 | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Thomas Jefferson (DR)  | ||||||||||||
| 1798 | William Richardson Davie (F) | William White | ||||||||||||||
| 1799 | Benjamin Williams (F) | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Jesse Franklin (DR) | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1800 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1801 | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | David Stone (DR) | [data unknown/missing] | Thomas Jefferson (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1802 | James Turner (DR)[1] | |||||||||||||||
| 1803 | Henry Seawell | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||||
| 1804 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1805 | Nathaniel Alexander (DR) | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | James Turner (DR) | [data unknown/missing] | Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1806 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1807 | Benjamin Williams (F) | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Jesse Franklin (DR) | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1808 | David Stone (DR) | Oliver Fitts | ||||||||||||||
| 1809 | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | James Madison and George Clinton (DR) | ||||||||||||
| 1810 | Benjamin Smith (DR) | William Miller | ||||||||||||||
| 1811 | William Hawkins (DR) | William Hill | Hutchins Gordon Burton | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||
| 1812 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1813 | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | David Stone (DR) | [data unknown/missing] | James Madison and Elbridge Gerry (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1814 | William Miller (DR) | |||||||||||||||
| 1815 | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Nathaniel Macon (DR/J) | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||||
| 1816 | Montfort Stokes (DR) | |||||||||||||||
| 1817 | John Branch (DR) | William P. Drew | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | James Monroe and Daniel Tompkins (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1818 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1819 | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||||
| 1820 | Jesse Franklin (DR) | |||||||||||||||
| 1821 | Gabriel Holmes (DR) | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | James Monroe and Daniel Tompkins (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1822 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1823 | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | John Branch (DR/J) | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||||
| 1824 | Hutchins Gordon Burton (N) | |||||||||||||||
| 1825 | James F. Taylor | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1826 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1827 | James Iredell, Jr. (DR) | William S. Robards | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1828 | John Owen (D) | Robert H. Jones | ||||||||||||||
| 1829 | Romulus Mitchell Saunders | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Bedford Brown (D) | James Iredell, Jr. (J) | [data unknown/missing] | Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (D) | |||||||||
| 1830 | Montfort Stokes (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1831 | William S. Mhoon | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Willie Mangum (NR) | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1832 | David Lowry Swain (NR) | |||||||||||||||
| 1833 | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1834 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1835 | Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. (D) | John Daniel | Samuel F. Patterson (W) | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||
| 1836 | Edward Bishop Dudley (W) | 33D, 30W, 2? | 68W, 64D, 4?, 1 vac.[2] | vacant | ||||||||||||
| 1837 | Daniel W. Courts | 26W, 24D | 62D, 58W | Robert Strange (J/D) | [data unknown/missing] | Martin Van Buren and Richard Johnson (D) | ||||||||||
| 1838 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1839 | Charles L. Hinton | 27W, 23D | 66W, 54D | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||||
| 1840 | Willie Mangum (W) | |||||||||||||||
| 1841 | John Motley Morehead (W) | Hugh McQueen | 28W, 22D | 75W, 45D | William Alexander Graham (W) | [data unknown/missing] | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) | |||||||||
| 1842 | Spier Whitaker | |||||||||||||||
| 1843 | John H. Wheeler | 30W, 20D | 67D, 53W | William Henry Haywood, Jr. (D) | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1844 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1845 | William Alexander Graham (W) | Charles L. Hinton | 25W, 25D[3] | 70W, 50D | [data unknown/missing] | Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) | ||||||||||
| 1846 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1847 | Edward Stanly | 27W, 23D | 65W, 55D | George Badger (W) | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1848 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1849 | Charles Manly (W) | William Eaton, Jr. | 25D, 25W[4] | 62W, 58D | [data unknown/missing] | Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W) | ||||||||||
| 1850 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1851 | David Settle Reid (D) | Bartholomew F. Moore | Daniel W. Courts | 27D, 23W | 65D, 55W | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||
| 1852 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1853 | Matt W. Ransom | Calvin H. Wiley | 28D, 22W | 62W, 58D | vacant | [data unknown/missing] | Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) | |||||||||
| 1854 | Warren Winslow (D) | David Reid (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1855 | Thomas Bragg (D) | Joseph B. Batchelor | 30D, 20W | 63D, 57W | Asa Biggs (D) | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||
| 1856 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1857 | Rufus H. Page | William H. Bailey | 33D, 17A&W | 80D, 40A&W | [data unknown/missing] | James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge (D) | ||||||||||
| 1858 | William A. Jenkins | Thomas Clingman (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1859 | John Willis Ellis (D) | 32D, 18O | 82D, 38O | Thomas Bragg (D) | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1860 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1861 | Henry Toole Clark (D) | 31D, 19W&O | 64D, 56W&O | [data unknown/missing] | John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane (D) | |||||||||||
| 1862 | Zebulon Baird Vance (C)[5] | John P.H. Russ | Richard H. Battle | vacant | vacant | |||||||||||
| 1863 | Sion Hart Rogers | Jonathan Worth (C)[5] | American Civil War | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||||
| 1864 | Charles R. Thomas | Samuel F. Phillips | ||||||||||||||
| 1865 | William Woods Holden (NU)[6] | Robert W. Best | William Sloan | [data unknown/missing] | ineligible to participate | |||||||||||
| 1866 | Jonathan Worth (C)[5] | vacant | Kemp P. Battle (C) | 50N | 120N | |||||||||||
| 1867 | office abolished | 40R, 10C | 66R, 54C | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||||
| 1868 | William Woods Holden (R) | Tod Robinson Caldwell (R) | Henry J. Menninger (R) | William M. Coleman (R) | Henderson Adams (R) | David A. Jenkins (R) | Samuel S. Ashley (R) | Joseph Abbott (R) | John Pool (R) | |||||||
| 1869 | Lewis P. Olds (R) | 38R, 12C | 82R, 38C | [data unknown/missing] | Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (R) | |||||||||||
| 1870 | Tod Robinson Caldwell (R) | William M. Shipp (C) | ||||||||||||||
| 1871 | Alexander McIver (R) | 36C, 14R | 75C, 42R, 3I | vacant | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1872 | vacant | Matt Ransom (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1873 | Curtis Hooks Brogden (R) | William H. Howerton (R) | Tazewell L. Hargrove (R) | John Reilly (R) | 32D, 18R | 65D, 54R, 1I | Augustus Merrimon (D) | [data unknown/missing] | Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson (R) | |||||||
| 1874 | Curtis Hooks Brogden (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 1875 | vacant | Stephen D. Pool (C) | 37D, 11R, 2I | 84D, 34R, 2I | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1876 | John M. Worth (D) | John Pool (R) | ||||||||||||||
| 1877 | Zebulon Baird Vance (D) | Thomas Jordan Jarvis (D) | Joseph A. Engelhard (D) | Thomas Kenan (D) | Samuel L. Love (D) | John C. Scarborough (D) | Leonidas L. Polk (D) | 40D, 10R | 84D, 36R | [data unknown/missing] | Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) | |||||
| 1878 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1879 | Thomas Jordan Jarvis (D) | William L. Saunders (D) | 34D, 16R | 79D, 41R | Zebulon Vance (D) | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||||||
| 1880 | Vacant | Montford McGehee (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1881 | James L. Robinson (D) | William P. Roberts (D) | 38D, 12R | 83D, 37R | [data unknown/missing] | Winfield Hancock and William English (D) | ||||||||||
| 1882 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1883 | 34D, 16R | 68D, 52R | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||||
| 1884 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1885 | Alfred Moore Scales (D) | Charles Manly Stedman (D) | Theodore F. Davidson (D) | Donald W. Bain (D) | Sidney M. Finger (D) | 43D, 7R | 97D, 23R | [data unknown/missing] | Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) | |||||||
| 1886 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1887 | John Robinson (D) | Wesley N. Jones | 33D, 17R | 65D, 55R | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1888 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1889 | Daniel Gould Fowle (D) | Thomas Michael Holt (D) | George W. Sandlin | John C. Scarborough (D) | 37D, 13R | 85D, 35R | [data unknown/missing] | Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D) | ||||||||
| 1890 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1891 | Thomas Michael Holt (D) | Octavius Coke (D) | 43D, 7R | 102D, 17R, 1I | [data unknown/missing] | |||||||||||
| 1892 | Vacant | Samuel McDowell Tate (D) | William I. Harris | |||||||||||||
| 1893 | Elias Carr (D) | Rufus A. Doughton (D) | Frank I. Osborne (D) | Robert M. Furman (D) | John C. Scarborough (D) | Benjamin R. Lacy (D) | 46D, 3P, 1R | 92D, 19R, 9P | [data unknown/missing] | Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson (D) | ||||||
| 1894 | Thomas Jordan Jarvis (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1895 | Charles M. Cooke (D) | William H. Worth (P) | Samuel L. Patterson (D) | 24P, 18R, 8D[7] | 46D, 38R, 36P[8] | Marion Butler (P) | Jeter Pritchard (R) | 3P, 3R, 3D | ||||||||
| 1896 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1897 | Daniel Lindsay Russell (R) [9] | Charles A. Reynolds (R) | Cyrus Thompson (P) | Zeb V. Walser (R) | Hal W. Ayer (P) | Charles H. Mebane (P) | James M. Mewborne (P) | James Y. Hamrick (P) | 24P, 17R, 9D[7] | 49R, 36D, 35P[10] | 5P, 3R, 1D | William Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D) | ||||
| 1898 | John R. Smith (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 1899 | Samuel L. Patterson (D) | Benjamin R. Lacy (D) | James R. Young | 40D, 10P[11] | 94D, 26P[11] | 1P, 2R, 6D | ||||||||||
| 1900 | Robert Dick Douglas (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 1901 | Charles Brantley Aycock (D) | Wilfred D. Turner (D) | J. Bryan Grimes (D) | Robert D. Gilmer (D) | Benjamin F. Dixon | Benjamin R. Lacy (D) | Thomas F. Toon (D) | Henry B. Varner (D) | 39D, 8R, 3P[11] | 101D, 17R, 2P[11] | Furnifold Simmons (D) | 2R, 7D | William Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D) | |||
| 1902 | James Y. Joyner (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1903 | 45D, 5R | 100D, 17R, 3ID | Lee Overman (D) | 10D | ||||||||||||
| 1904 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1905 | Robert Broadnax Glenn (D) | Francis D. Winston (D) | 44D, 6R | 104D, 16R | 1R, 9D | Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis (D) | ||||||||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1907 | 46D, 4R | 99D, 21R | 10D | |||||||||||||
| 1908 | William A. Graham (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1909 | William Walton Kitchin (D) | William C. Newland (D) | Thomas W. Bickett (D) | Mitchell L. Shipman (D) | 40D, 10R | 96D, 24R | 3R, 7D | William Bryan and John W. Kern (D) | ||||||||
| 1910 | Benjamin F. Dixon Jr. | |||||||||||||||
| 1911 | William P. Wood (D) | 43D, 7R | 99D, 21R | 10D | ||||||||||||
| 1912 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1913 | Locke Craig (D) | Elijah L. Daughtridge (D) | 47D, 3R | 107D, 13R | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | |||||||||||
| 1914 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1915 | 43D, 7R | 98D, 20R, 2I | 1R, 9D | |||||||||||||
| 1916 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1917 | Thomas Walter Bickett (D) | Oliver Max Gardner (D) | James S. Manning (D) | 41D, 9R | 97D, 22R, 1I | 10D | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | |||||||||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1919 | Eugene C. Brooks (D) | 40D, 10R | 93D, 27R | |||||||||||||
| 1920 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1921 | Cameron Morrison (D) | William Cooper (D) | Baxter Durham (D) | Stacey W. Wade (D) | 39D, 11R | 91D, 29R | James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | |||||||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1923 | William N. Everett (D) | Arch T. Allen (D) | William A. Graham, Jr. (D) | 47D, 3R | 110D, 10R | |||||||||||
| 1924 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1925 | Angus Wilton McLean (D) | Jacob E. Long (D) | Dennis G. Brummitt (D) | Franklin D. Grist (D) | 102D, 18R | John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan (D) | ||||||||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1927 | Daniel C. Boney (D) | 104D, 16R | ||||||||||||||
| 1928 | James A. Hartness (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1929 | Oliver Max Gardner (D) | Richard T. Fountain (D) | Nathan O'Berry (D) | 38D, 12R | 84D, 36R | 8D, 2R | Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis (R) | |||||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1931 | 48D, 2R | 115D, 5R | Josiah Bailey (D) | Cameron A. Morrison (D) | 10D | |||||||||||
| 1932 | John P. Stedman (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1933 | John C.B. Ehringhaus (D) | Alexander H. Graham (D) | Stacey W. Wade (D) | Charles M. Johnson (D) | Arthur L. Fletcher (D) | 112D, 8R | Robert Reynolds (D) | 11D | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Garner (D) | |||||||
| 1934 | Clyde A. Erwin (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1935 | Aaron A. F. Seawell (D) | 108D, 12R | ||||||||||||||
| 1936 | Charles G. Powell (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1937 | Clyde R. Hoey (D) | Wilkins P. Horton (D) | Thad A. Eure (D) | George Ross Pou (D) | William Kerr Scott (D) | 112D, 8R | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Garner (D) | |||||||||
| 1938 | Harry McMullan (D) | Forrest H. Shuford (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1939 | 114D, 6R | |||||||||||||||
| 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1941 | J. Melville Broughton (D) | Reginald L. Harris (D) | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) | |||||||||||||
| 1942 | William P. Hodges (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1943 | 108D, 12R | 12D | ||||||||||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1945 | R. Gregg Cherry (D) | Lynton Y. Ballentine (D) | 47D, 3R | 106D, 14R | Clyde R. Hoey (D) | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman (D) | ||||||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Henry L. Bridges (D) | 48D, 2R | 108D, 12R | William B. Umstead (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1948 | David S. Coltrane (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1949 | W. Kerr Scott (D) | Hoyt Patrick Taylor(D) | Brandon P. Hodges (D) | Lynton Y. Ballentine (D) | Waldo C. Cheek (D) | 109D, 11R | J. Melville Broughton (D) | Harry S Truman and Alben Barkley (D) | ||||||||
| 1950 | Frank Graham (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1951 | 111D, 9R | Willis Smith (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1952 | Charles F. Carroll (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1953 | William B. Umstead (D) | Luther Hodges (D) | Edwin M. Gill (D) | Charles F. Gold (D) | 106D, 14R | Alton Lennon (D) | 11D, 1R | Adlai Stevenson II and John Sparkman (D) | ||||||||
| 1954 | Luther Hodges (D) | vacant | Frank Crane (D) | Sam Ervin (D)[12] | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | William B. Rodman, Jr. (D) | 49D, 1R | 110D, 10R | W. Kerr Scott (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1956 | George B. Patton (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Luther E. Barnhardt (D) | 47D, 3R | 107D, 13R | Adlai Stevenson II and Estes Kefauver (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1958 | Malcolm B. Seawell (D) | B. Everett Jordan (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959 | 49D, 1R | 116D, 4R | ||||||||||||||
| 1960 | T. Wade Bruton (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Terry Sanford (D) | Harvey Cloyd Philpott (D) | 48D, 2R | 105D, 15R | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | |||||||||||
| 1962 | vacant | Edwin S. Lanier (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1963 | 99D, 21R | 9D, 2R | ||||||||||||||
| 1964 | James Allen Graham (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1965 | Dan K. Moore (D) | Robert W. Scott (D) | 49D, 1R | 106D, 14R | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert H. Humphrey (D) | |||||||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967 | 43D, 7R | 94D, 26R | 8D, 3R | |||||||||||||
| 1968 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | Robert W. Scott (D) | Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr. (D) | Robert Burren Morgan (D) | A. Craig Phillips (D) | 38D, 12R | 91D, 29R | 7D, 4R | Richard M. Nixon and Spiro T. Agnew (R) | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | 43D, 7R | 96D, 24R | ||||||||||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | James Holshouser (R) | James B. Hunt, Jr. (D) | William C. Creel (D) | John R. Ingram (D) | 34D, 16R | 85D, 35R | Jesse Helms (R) | Richard M. Nixon and Spiro T. Agnew (R) | ||||||||
| 1974 | James H. Carson, Jr. (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Thomas A. Nye, Jr. (R) | 49D, 1R | 111D, 9R | Robert B. Morgan (D) | 9D, 2R | |||||||||||
| 1976 | Rufus L. Edmisten (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1977 | James B. Hunt, Jr. (D) | James C. Green (D) | Harlan E. Boyles (D) | John C. Brooks (D) | 46D, 4R | 114D, 6R | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) | |||||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | 45D, 5R | 105D, 15R | ||||||||||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Edward Renfrow (D) | 40D, 10R | 96D, 24R | John Porter East (R) | 7D, 4R | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) | ||||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | 44D, 6R | 102D, 18R | 9D, 2R | |||||||||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | James G. Martin (R) | Robert B. Jordan (D) | Lacy Thornburg (D) | James E. Long (D) | 38D, 12R | 82D, 38R | 6D, 5R | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) | ||||||||
| 1986 | Jim Broyhill (R) | |||||||||||||||
| 1987 | 40D, 10R | 81D, 39R | Terry Sanford (D) | 8D, 3R | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | James Carson Gardner (R) | Rufus L. Edmisten (D) | Bob Etheridge (D) | 37D, 13R | 74D, 46R | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | ||||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | 36D, 14R | 81D, 39R | 7D, 4R | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | James B. Hunt, Jr. (D) | Dennis Wicker (D) | Mike Easley (D) | Ralph Campbell (D) | Harry Payne (D) | 39D, 11R | 78D, 42R | Lauch Faircloth (R) | 8D, 4R | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) | ||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | 26D, 24R | 68R, 52D | 8R, 4D | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | Janice H. Faulkner (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Elaine Marshall (D) | Michael E. Ward (D) | 30D, 20R | 61R, 59D | 6R, 6D | Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (R) | ||||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | 35D, 15R | 66D, 54R | John Edwards (D) | 7R, 5D | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Mike Easley (D) | Beverly Perdue (D) | Roy Cooper (D) | Richard H. Moore (D) | Meg Scott Phipps (D) | Cherie Berry (R) | 62D, 58R | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) | ||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Britt Cobb (D) | 28D, 22R | 60D, 60R[13] | Elizabeth Dole (R) | 7R, 6D | |||||||||||
| 2004 | Patricia N. Willoughby (D) | |||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Les Merritt (R) | June Atkinson (D) | Steve Troxler (R) | 29D, 21R | 63D, 57R | Richard Burr (R) | George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) | |||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 31D, 19R | 68D, 52R | 7D, 6R | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Beverly Perdue (D) | Walter H. Dalton (D) | Beth Wood (D) | Janet Cowell (D) | Wayne Goodwin (D) | 30D, 20R | Kay Hagan (D) | 8D, 5R | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) | |||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | 31R, 19D | 67R, 52D, 1I | 7D, 6R | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | 68R, 52D[14] | |||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Pat McCrory (R) | Dan Forest (R) | 33R, 17D | 77R, 43D | 9R, 4D[15] | Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (R) | ||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | 34R, 16D | 74R, 45D, 1I[16] | Thom Tillis (R) | 10R, 3D | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Roy Cooper (D) | Josh Stein (D) | Dale Folwell (R) | Mark Johnson (R) | Mike Causey (R) | 35R, 15D | 74R, 46D | Donald Trump and Mike Pence (R) | ||||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 29R, 21D | 65R, 55D | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 9R, 3D[17] | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Mark Robinson (R) | Catherine Truitt (R) | Josh Dobson (R) | 28R, 22D | 69R, 51D | 8R, 5D | Donald Trump and Mike Pence (R) | |||||||||
| Year | Gov. | Lt. Gov. | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | Auditor | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | Comm. of Ag. | Comm. of Labor | Comm. of Ins. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
| Council of State | General Assembly | United States Congress | ||||||||||||||
Notes
- John Baptista Ashe was elected in 1802 to succeed Williams but died before he could take office, leading the legislature to elect Turner.
- Elected William Henry Haywood Jr., a Democrat, as a minority-party Speaker. p. 30
- A power-sharing agreement between the parties was negotiated, with Burgess Sidney Gaither, a Whig, assuming the Senate Presidency, while the Democrats retained the Senate staff. p. 99-100
- A power-sharing agreement between the parties was negotiated, with Calvin Graves, a Democrat, assuming the Senate Presidency, while the Whigs retained most of the Senate staff. p. 126
- The Conservative Party was a state coalition that during the Civil War included most Whigs and formerly Unionist Democrats in opposition to secessionsts; postwar the Conservative Party was in opposition to Republicans and shifted its coalition to be most Democrats with some conservative former Whigs. Eventually it changed its name to the modern NC Democratic Party. https://www.ncpedia.org/conservative-party
- Provisional governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson until a special election could be held.
- The Populists, in collusion with the Republicans, controlled the Senate in a pact of electoral fusion. http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/58/entry
- The Republicans, in collusion with the Populists, controlled the House in a pact of electoral fusion. http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/58/entry
- Russell, while a Republican, was supported by many in the Populist Party as part of an electoral fusion coalition, though a separate Populist candidate was also nominated. http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/58/entry
- The Populists, in collusion with the Republicans, controlled the House in a pact of electoral fusion. http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/58/entry
- The Populists ran with the Republicans on a merged ticket in a pact of electoral fusion. http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/58/entry
- Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
- Was 61R, 59D after the 2002 elections, but Michael P. Decker switched parties from Republican to Democrat to establish split control of the House before the start of the 2003 session.
- The Independent member, Bert Jones, became a Republican.
- The 12th district was vacant from January to November 2014, after the resignation of Mel Watt.
- A Democrat, Paul Tine, switched parties before the 2015 session and became an Independent while caucusing with the Republicans.
- The 11th district was vacant from April to December 2020, after the resignation of Mark Meadows.
External links
 North Carolina General Assemblies by year convened and order | |
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| List of North Carolina state legislatures Senate President pro tempore of the Senate House of Commons House of Representatives Speakers of the House of Representatives (see Note) |
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| Other | Executive Branch: Governor of North Carolina, List of Governors, Lieutenant Governors (since 1868), Cabinets, Council of State, Attorney General |
| Conventions | |
| Provincial Congresses and Constitution | North Carolina Provincial Congress (1774–1776: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th), Constitution of North Carolina (1776, 1835 Convention, 1861 Convention, 1868 redraft, 1875 Convention, Constitution of 1971) |
Notes: Prior to the Constitution of 1868: the lower house of the North Carolina Legislature was known as the House of Commons and the leader of the Senate was called the Speaker of the Senate. | |
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