List of United States Senators from North Carolina

North Carolina ratified the Constitution on November 21, 1789, after the beginning of the 1st Congress. Its current senators are Democrat Kay Hagan and Republican Richard Burr.

Class 2 1
Class 3 2
References 3
See also 4

Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two Congresses 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	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Samuel Johnston	Pro- Administration	November 27, 1789 – March 4, 1793	1	1	Elected in 1789
1	Samuel Johnston	Pro- Administration	November 27, 1789 – March 4, 1793	2	1	Elected in 1789
2	Alexander Martin	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1799	3	2	Elected in 1793 Lost re-election
		Democratic- Republican		4
		Democratic- Republican		5
3	Jesse Franklin	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1805	6	3	Elected in 1799 Lost re-election
				7
				8
4	James Turner	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – November 21, 1816	9	4	Elected in 1804
				10
				11
				12	5	Re-elected in 1810 Resigned due to ill health
				13
				14
Vacant			November 21, 1816 – December 4, 1816
5	Montfort Stokes	Democratic- Republican	December 4, 1816 – March 4, 1823			Elected to finish Turner's term
				15	6	Elected to full term in 1816
				16
				17
6	John Branch	Crawford Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 9, 1829	18	7	Elected in 1822
		Jacksonian		19
				20
				21	8	Re-elected in 1828 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Vacant			March 9, 1829 – December 9, 1829	21
7	Bedford Brown	Democratic	December 9, 1829 – November 16, 1840	21 (Continued)		Elected to finish Branch's term
				22
				23
				24	9	Re-elected in 1835 Resigned^[1]
				25
				26
Vacant			November 16, 1840 – November 25, 1840	26
8	Willie Mangum	Whig	November 25, 1840 – March 4, 1853	26 (Continued)		Elected to finish Brown's term
				27	10	Elected in 1841
				28
				29
				30	11	Re-elected in 1847 Lost re-election
				31
				32
Vacant			March 4, 1853 – December 6, 1854	33	12	Legislature failed to elect
9	David Reid	Democratic	December 6, 1854 – March 4, 1859	33 (Continued)		Elected to finish vacant term Lost re-election
				34
				35
10	Thomas Bragg	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 6, 1861	36	13	Elected in 1858 Resigned and expelled for his support for the Confederate States
10	Thomas Bragg	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 6, 1861	37
Vacant			July 11, 1861 – July 14, 1868	37 (Continued)		Civil War and Reconstruction
				38
				39	14
				40
11	Joseph Abbott	Republican	July 14, 1868 – March 4, 1871	40 (Continued)		Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term Lost renomination
11	Joseph Abbott	Republican	July 14, 1868 – March 4, 1871	41		Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term Lost renomination
Vacant			March 4, 1871 – January 30, 1872	42	15	Legislature failed to elect
12	Matt W. Ransom	Democratic	January 30, 1872 – March 4, 1895	42 (Continued)		Elected to finish vacant term
				43
				44
				45	16	Re-elected in 1876
				46
				47
				48	17	Re-elected in 1883
				49
				50
				51	18	Re-elected in 1889 Lost re-election
				52
				53
13	Marion Butler	Populist	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	54	19	Elected in 1894 Lost re-election
				55
				56
14	Furnifold M. Simmons	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1931	57	20	Elected in 1900
				58
				59
				60	21	Re-elected in 1906
				61
				62
				63	22	Re-elected in 1912
				64
				65
				66	23	Re-elected in 1918
				67
				68
				69	24	Re-elected in 1924 Lost renomination
				70
				71
15	Josiah Bailey	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – December 15, 1946	72	25	Elected in 1930
				73
				74
				75	26	Re-elected in 1936
				76
				77
				78	27	Re-elected in 1942 Died
				79		Re-elected in 1942 Died
Vacant			December 15, 1946 – December 18, 1946	79
16	William B. Umstead	Democratic	December 18, 1946 – December 30, 1948	79 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Bailey's term Lost election to finish Bailey's term
16	William B. Umstead	Democratic	December 18, 1946 – December 30, 1948	80
17	J. Melville Broughton	Democratic	December 31, 1948 – March 6, 1949	80 (Continued)		Elected to finish Bailey's term
17	J. Melville Broughton	Democratic	December 31, 1948 – March 6, 1949	81	28	Elected to full term in 1948 Died
Vacant			March 6, 1949 – March 29, 1949
18	Frank Graham	Democratic	March 29, 1949 – November 26, 1950			Appointed to continue Broughton's term Lost nomination to finish Broughton's term
19	Willis Smith	Democratic	November 27, 1950 – June 26, 1953	82 (Continued)		Elected to finish Broughton's term Died
				82
				83
Vacant			June 26, 1953 – July 10, 1953
20	Alton A. Lennon	Democratic	July 10, 1953 – November 28, 1954			Appointed to continue Smith's term Lost nomination to finish Smith's term
21	W. Kerr Scott	Democratic	November 29, 1954 – April 16, 1958			Elected to finish Smith's term
				84	29	Elected to full term in 1954 Died
				85		Elected to full term in 1954 Died
Vacant			April 16, 1958 – April 19, 1958	85
22	B. Everett Jordan	Democratic	April 19, 1958 – January 3, 1973	85 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Scott's term Elected to finish Scott's term
				86
				87	30	Re-elected in 1960
				88
				89
				90	31	Re-elected in 1966 Lost renomination
				91
				92
23	Jesse Helms	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2003	93	32	Elected in 1972
				94
				95
				96	33	Re-elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	34	Re-elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	35	Re-elected in 1990
				103
				104
				105	36	Re-elected in 1996 Retired
				106
				107
24	Elizabeth Dole	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	108	37	Elected in 2002 Lost re-election
				109
				110
25	Kay Hagan	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – Present	111	38	Elected in 2008
				112
				113
				114	39	Lost re-election in 2014

Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three Congresses in the first election of 1788/1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, and will be contested in 2016.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Benjamin Hawkins	Pro- Administration	November 27, 1789 – March 4, 1795	1	1	Elected in 1789
		Pro- Administration		2
		Anti- Administration		3
2	Timothy Bloodworth	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1801	4	2	Elected in 1795
				5
				6
3	David Stone	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1801 – February 17, 1807^[2]	7	3	Elected in 1800 Resigned to return to the State Superior Court
				8
				9
Vacant			February 17, 1807^[2] – March 4, 1807	9
4	Jesse Franklin	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1813	10	4	Elected in 1806 Retired
				11
				12
5	David Stone	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813 – December 24, 1814	13	5	Elected in 1813 Resigned
Vacant			December 24, 1814 – December 1814	13
6	Francis Locke	Democratic- Republican	December 1814 – December 5, 1815	13 (Continued)		Elected to finish Stone's term Resigned without having qualified
6	Francis Locke	Democratic- Republican	December 1814 – December 5, 1815	14
Vacant			December 5, 1815 – December 13, 1815	14
7	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic- Republican	December 13, 1815 – November 14, 1828	14 (Continued)		Elected to finish Locke's term
				15		Elected to finish Locke's term
				16	6	Elected to full term in 1819
				17
		Crawford Republican		18
		Jacksonian		19	7	Re-elected in 1825 Resigned
		Jacksonian		20		Re-elected in 1825 Resigned
Vacant			November 14, 1828 – December 15, 1828	20
8	James Iredell, Jr.	Jacksonian	December 15, 1828 – March 4, 1831	20 (Continued)		Elected to finish Macon's term Retired
8	James Iredell, Jr.	Jacksonian	December 15, 1828 – March 4, 1831	21		Elected to finish Macon's term Retired
9	Willie Mangum	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 19, 1836	22	8	Elected in 1830 Resigned
		Anti-Jacksonian		23
		Anti-Jacksonian		24
Vacant			March 19, 1836 – December 5, 1836	24
10	Robert Strange	Jacksonian	December 5, 1836 – November 16, 1840	24 (Continued)		Elected to finish Mangum's term
		Democratic		25	9	Elected to full term in 1836 Resigned^[1]
		Democratic		26
Vacant			November 16, 1840 – November 25, 1840	26
11	William Alexander Graham	Whig	November 25, 1840 – March 4, 1843	26 (Continued)		Elected to finish Strange's term
11	William Alexander Graham	Whig	November 25, 1840 – March 4, 1843	27		Elected to finish Strange's term
12	William H. Haywood, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – July 25, 1846	28	10	Elected in 1843 Resigned^[1]
12	William H. Haywood, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – July 25, 1846	29		Elected in 1843 Resigned^[1]
Vacant			July 25, 1846 – November 25, 1846
13	George Badger	Whig	November 25, 1846 – March 4, 1855	29 (Continued)		Elected to finish Haywood's term
				30		Elected to finish Haywood's term
				31	11	Re-elected in 1849 Retired
				32
				33
14	Asa Biggs	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – May 5, 1858	34	12	Elected in 1855 Resigned to become U.S. District Court Judge
14	Asa Biggs	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – May 5, 1858	35
Vacant			May 5, 1858 – May 7, 1858	35
15	Thomas Clingman	Democratic	May 7, 1858 – March 11, 1861	35 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Biggs's term
				36		Appointed to finish Biggs's term
				37	13	Elected to full term in 1861 Resigned, and subsequently expelled for support of the Confederate States
Vacant			March 11, 1861 – July 14, 1868	37 (Continued)		Civil War and Reconstruction
				38
				39
				40	14
16	John Pool	Republican	July 14, 1868 – March 4, 1873	40 (Continued)		Elected to finish vacant term Retired
				41
				42
17	Augustus Merrimon	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1879	43	15	Elected in 1872 Lost re-election
				44
				45
18	Zebulon Vance	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – April 14, 1894	46	16	Elected in 1879
				47
				48
				49	17	Re-elected in 1884
				50
				51
				52	18	Re-elected in 1892 Died
Vacant			April 14, 1894 – April 19, 1894
19	Thomas J. Jarvis	Democratic	April 19, 1894 – January 23, 1895			Appointed to continue Vance's term Successor qualified
20	Jeter Pritchard	Republican	January 23, 1895 – March 4, 1903	52 (Continued)		Elected to finish Vance's term
				53
				54
				55	19	Elected to full term in 1897 Lost re-election
				56
				57
21	Lee S. Overman	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – December 12, 1930	58	20	Elected in 1903
				59
				60
				61	21	Re-elected in 1909
				62
				63
				64	22	Re-elected in 1914
				65
				66
				67	23	Re-elected in 1920
				68
				69
				70	24	Re-elected in 1926 Died
				71
22	Cameron A. Morrison	Democratic	December 13, 1930 – December 4, 1932	71 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Overman's term Lost election to finish Overman's term
22	Cameron A. Morrison	Democratic	December 13, 1930 – December 4, 1932	72
23	Robert Reynolds	Democratic	December 5, 1932 – January 3, 1945	72 (Continued)		Elected to finish Overman's term
				73	25	Elected to full term in 1932
				74
				75
				76	26	Re-elected in 1938 Retired
				77
				78
24	Clyde R. Hoey	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – May 12, 1954	79	27	Elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	28	Re-elected in 1950 Died
				83		Re-elected in 1950 Died
Vacant			May 12, 1954 – June 5, 1954	83
25	Sam Ervin	Democratic	June 5, 1954 – December 31, 1974	83 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Hoey's term Elected to finish Hoey's term
				84
				85	29	Re-elected in 1956
				86
				87
				88	30	Re-elected in 1962
				89
				90
				91	31	Re-elected in 1968 Retired and resigned early
				92
				93
Vacant			December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93 (Continued)
26	Robert B. Morgan	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	94	32	Elected in 1974 Lost re-election
				95
				96
27	John P. East	Republican	January 3, 1981 – June 29, 1986	97	33	Elected in 1980 Died
				98
				99
Vacant			June 29, 1986 – July 14, 1986
28	James T. Broyhill	Republican	July 14, 1986 – November 4, 1986			Appointed to continue East's term Lost election to finish East's term
29	Terry Sanford	Democratic	November 5, 1986 – January 3, 1993	99 (Continued)		Elected to finish East's term
				100	34	Elected to full term in 1986 Lost re-election
				101
				102
30	Lauch Faircloth	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999	103	35	Elected in 1992 Lost re-election
				104
				105
31	John Edwards	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005	106	36	Elected in 1998 Retired to run for U.S. President
				107
				108
32	Richard Burr	Republican	January 3, 2005 – Present	109	37	Elected in 2004
				110
				111
				112	38	Re-elected in 2010
				113
				114

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Resigned rather than disobey instructions from the N.C. General Assembly
^ ^a ^b 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).

List of United States Senators from North Carolina