North Carolina ratified the Constitution on November 21, 1789. [edit] Class II Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for one session of the U.S. Congress in the first election of 1788/1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and will be contested in 2014. | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Other offices/Notes | | Samuel Johnston |  | Federalist | November 27, 1789 | March 4, 1793 | | Governor of North Carolina (1787–1789)
Member of the Continental Congress (1780–1781)
Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1800–1803) | | Alexander Martin |  | Democratic-
Republican | March 4, 1793 | March 4, 1799 | Lost re-election | Governor of North Carolina (1782–1782; 1789–1792)
Speaker of the North Carolina Senate (1780–1782; 1785; 1787–1788; 1805) | | Jesse Franklin | | Democratic-
Republican | March 4, 1799 | March 4, 1805 | | President pro tempore (1804)
U.S. Representative (1795–1797) | | James Turner |  | Democratic-
Republican | March 4, 1805 | November 21, 1816 | Resigned | Governor of North Carolina (1802–1805) | | Montfort Stokes |  | Democratic | December 4, 1816 | March 4, 1823 | | Governor of North Carolina (1830–1832) | | John Branch |  | Democratic | March 4, 1823 | March 9, 1829 | | United States House of Representatives (1831–1833)
United States Secretary of the Navy (1829–1831)
Governor of North Carolina (1817–1820)
Speaker of the North Carolina Senate (1815–1817) | | Bedford Brown |  | Democratic | December 9, 1829 | November 16, 1840 | Resigned[1] | | | Willie P. Mangum |  | Whig | November 25, 1840 | March 4, 1853 | Lost re-election | U.S. Representatives (1823–1826)
President pro tempore (1842–1845)
Also served in North Carolina's Class III seat | | David S. Reid |  | Democratic | December 6, 1854 | March 4, 1859 | Lost re-election | Governor of North Carolina (1851–1854)
U.S. Representatives (1843–1847) | | Thomas Bragg |  | Democratic | March 4, 1859 | July 11, 1861 | Expelled | Governor of North Carolina (1855–1859)
Confederate States Attorney General (1861–1862) |
Vacant during the Civil War and Reconstruction
| | Joseph C. Abbott |  | Republican | July 14, 1868 | March 4, 1871 | | | | Matt W. Ransom |  | Democratic | January 30, 1872 | March 4, 1895 | Lost re-election | President pro tempore (1895) | | Marion Butler |  | Populist | March 4, 1895 | March 4, 1901 | | Lost re-election | | Furnifold M. Simmons |  | Democratic | March 4, 1901 | March 4, 1931 | Lost renomination | U.S. Representative (1887–1889) | | Josiah Bailey |  | Democratic | March 4, 1931 | December 15, 1946 | Died | | | William B. Umstead |  | Democratic | December 18, 1946 | December 30, 1948 | Lost special election | U.S. Representative (1933–1939) | | J. Melville Broughton |  | Democratic | December 31, 1948 | March 6, 1949 | Died | Governor of North Carolina (1941–1945) | | Frank P. Graham |  | Democratic | March 29, 1949 | November 26, 1950 | Lost special primary | U.N.'s Representative to India and Pakistan regarding Kashmir (1951–1967) | | Willis Smith |  | Democratic | November 27, 1950 | June 26, 1953 | Died | Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1931)
U.S. Observer at the Nuremberg Trials (1946) | | Alton A. Lennon |  | Democratic | July 10, 1953 | November 28, 1954 | Lost special primary | | | W. Kerr Scott |  | Democratic | November 29, 1954 | April 16, 1958 | Died | Governor of North Carolina (1949–1952) | | B. Everett Jordan |  | Democratic | April 19 1958 | January 3, 1973 | Lost renomination | | | Jesse Helms |  | Republican | January 3, 1973 | January 3, 2003 | Retired | | | Elizabeth Dole |  | Republican | 2003 | 2009 | Lost re-election | Secretary of Transportation (1983–1987)
Secretary of Labor (1989–1990) | | Kay Hagan |  | Democratic | January 3, 2009 | Present | Incumbent | | [edit] Class III | Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Other offices/Notes | | Benjamin Hawkins |  | Federalist | November 27, 1789 | March 4, 1795 | | Member of the Continental Congress (1781–1783; 1787) | Democratic-
Republican | | Timothy Bloodworth | [ | Democratic-
Republican | March 4, 1795 | March 4, 1801 | | U.S. Representative (1790–1791)
Member of the Continental Congress (1786) | | David Stone |  | Democratic-
Republican | March 4, 1801 | February 17, 1807[2] | Resigned | U.S. Representative (1799–1801; 1807–1808)
Governor of North Carolina (1808–1810)
Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1794–1798) | | Jesse Franklin | | Democratic-
Republican | March 4, 1807 | March 4, 1813 | Retired | President pro tempore (1804)
U.S. Representative (1795–1797) | | David Stone | | Democratic-
Republican | March 4, 1813 | December 24, 1814 | Resigned | U.S. Representative (1799–1801; 1807–1808)
Governor of North Carolina (1808–1810)
Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1794–1798) | | Francis Locke | | Democratic-
Republican | December 1814 | December 5, 1815 | Resigned | Resigned before taking the oath of office
Judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1803–1814) | | Nathaniel Macon |  | Democratic | December 13, 1815 | November 14, 1828 | Resigned | President pro tempore (1826–1827)
U.S. Representative (1791–1815) | | James Iredell, Jr. |  | Democratic | December 15, 1828 | March 4, 1831 | Retired | Governor of North Carolina (1828)
Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons (1816–1817; 1826–1827) | | Willie P. Mangum | | Democratic | March 4, 1831 | March 19, 1836 | Resigned | U.S. Representatives (1823–1826)
President pro tempore (1842–1845)
Also served in North Carolina's Class II seat | National
Republican | | Robert Strange |  | Democratic | December 5, 1836 | November 16, 1840 | Resigned[1] | Judge of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1827–1836) | | William Alexander Graham |  | Whig | November 25, 1840 | March 4, 1843 | | Confederate States Senator (1864–1865)
Secretary of the Navy (1850–1852)
Governor of North Carolina (1845–1849)
Whig nominee for Vice President (1852)
Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons (1833–1835; 1838–1841) | | William H. Haywood, Jr. |  | Democratic | March 4, 1843 | July 25, 1846 | Resigned[1] | Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons (1835–1837) | | George E. Badger |  | Whig | November 25, 1846 | March 4, 1855 | Retired | Secretary of the Navy (1841) | | Asa Biggs |  | Democratic | March 4, 1855 | May 5, 1858 | Resigned | U.S. Representatives (1845–1847)
U.S. District Court Judge (1858–1861) | | Thomas L. Clingman |  | Democratic | May 7, 1858 | July 11, 1861 | Expelled | U.S. Representatives (1843–1845; 1847–1858) |
Vacant
| | John Pool |  | Republican | July 14, 1868 | March 4, 1873 | Retired | | | Augustus S. Merrimon |  | Democratic | March 4, 1873 | March 4, 1879 | Retired | Judge of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (1883–1889) | | Zebulon B. Vance |  | Democratic | March 4, 1879 | April 14, 1894 | Died | U.S. Representatives (1858–1861)
Governor of North Carolina (1862–1865; 1876–1878) | | Thomas J. Jarvis |  | Democratic | April 19, 1894 | January 23, 1895 | Successor qualified | Minister to Brazil (1885–1889)
Governor of North Carolina (1879–1885)
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (1876–1879)
Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons (1870–1872) | | Jeter C. Pritchard |  | Republican | January 23, 1895 | March 4, 1903 | Lost re-election | Judge of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals (1904–1921)
Justice of the District of Columbia Supreme Court (1903–1904) | | Lee S. Overman |  | Democratic | March 4, 1903 | December 12, 1930 | Died | Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons (1893) | | Cameron A. Morrison |  | Democratic | December 13, 1930 | December 4, 1932 | Lost special election | U.S. Representatives (1943–1945)
Governor of North Carolina (1921–1925) | | Robert R. Reynolds |  | Democratic | December 5, 1932 | January 3, 1945 | Retired | | | Clyde R. Hoey |  | Democratic | January 3, 1945 | May 12, 1954 | Died | U.S. Representatives (1919–1921)
Governor of North Carolina (1937–1941) | | Sam J. Ervin, Jr. |  | Democratic | June 5, 1954 | December 31, 1974 | Resigned | U.S. Representatives (1919–1921)
Judge of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1948–1954) | | Robert B. Morgan |  | Democratic | January 3, 1975 | January 3, 1981 | Lost re-election | President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate (1965–1966)
Attorney General of North Carolina (1969–1974) | | John P. East |  | Republican | January 3, 1981 | June 29, 1986 | Died | | | James T. Broyhill |  | Republican | July 14, 1986 | November 4, 1986 | Lost special election | U.S. Representatives (1963–1986) | | Terry Sanford |  | Democratic | November 5, 1986 | January 3, 1993 | Lost re-election | Governor of North Carolina (1961–1965) | | Lauch Faircloth |  | Republican | January 3, 1993 | January 3, 1999 | Lost re-election | | | John Edwards |  | Democratic | January 3, 1999 | January 3, 2005 | Retired | Democratic Nominee for Vice President (2004) | | Richard Burr |  | Republican | January 3, 2005 | Present | Incumbent | U.S. Representatives (1995–2005) | [edit] References - ^ a b c Resigned rather disobey instructions from the North Carolina General Assembly
- ^ This date is approximate. Stone's resignation letter was read on February 17, but it could have been delivered on as early as February 11, 1807, according to the Annals of Congress (pages 66 to 68).
[edit] See also United States congressional delegations from North Carolina |
