North Carolina's 1st congressional district

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North Carolina's 1st congressional district
North Carolina's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative G. K. Butterfield (DWilson)
Distribution 47.76% urban, 52.24% rural
Population (2000) 619,178
Median income $28,410
Ethnicity 45.4% White, 50.7% Black, 0.5% Asian, 3.1% Hispanic, 0.7% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI D+17[1]

North Carolina's 1st congressional district is located mostly in the northeastern part of the state. This area is located on North Carolina's Coastal plain and contains towns such as Durham, Greenville, Elizabeth City, Henderson, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Goldsboro, and New Bern.

The district is represented by Rep. G.K. Butterfield, a Democrat. He has been the representative since 2005. In the 2006 election, he won unopposed. In 2010 he defeated Republican Ashley Woolard from Washington, North Carolina in the general election.

On February 5, 2016, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the 1st district, as well as the 12th, were gerrymandered along racial lines, which was unconstitutional, and must be redrawn by March 15, 2016.[2]

Recent election results

Presidential races

Year Results
2000 Gore 57 - 42%
2004 Kerry 57 - 42%
2008 Obama 62 - 37%

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Electoral history
John B. Ashe Anti-
Administration
March 24, 1790 –
March 3, 1791
Redistricted to the 3rd district
John Steele Pro-
Administration
March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793
Redistricted from the 4th district
Joseph McDowell Anti-
Administration
March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Holland Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph McDowell, Jr. Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1799
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph Dickson Federalist March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1801
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Holland Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803
Redistricted to the 11th district
Thomas Wynns Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1807
Redistricted from the 8th district
Lemuel Sawyer Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1813
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William H. Murfree Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lemuel Sawyer Democratic-
Republican
March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1823
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Alfred M. Gatlin Crawford
Republican
March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lemuel Sawyer Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William B. Shepard Anti-
Jacksonian
March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1837
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel T. Sawyer Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Kenneth Rayner Whig March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843
Redistricted to the 9th district
Thomas L. Clingman Whig March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Graham Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas L. Clingman Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1853
Redistricted to the 8th district
Henry M. Shaw Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert T. Paine Know-Nothing March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry M. Shaw Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William N. H. Smith Opposition March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
North Carolina seceded from the Union in May 1861
Vacant March 3, 1861 –
July 6, 1868
Civil War and Reconstruction
John R. French Republican July 6, 1868 –
March 3, 1869
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Clinton L. Cobb Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1875
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jesse J. Yeates Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph J. Martin Republican March 3, 1879 –
January 29, 1881
Lost contested election
Jesse J. Yeates Democratic January 29, 1881 –
March 3, 1881
Won contested election
Louis C. Latham Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Walter F. Pool Republican March 4, 1883 –
August 25, 1883
Died
Vacant August 25, 1883 –
November 20, 1883
Thomas G. Skinner Democratic November 20, 1883 –
March 3, 1887
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Louis C. Latham Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas G. Skinner Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William A. B. Branch Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1895
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Harry Skinner Populist March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John H. Small Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1921
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hallett S. Ward Democratic March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1925
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lindsay C. Warren Democratic March 3, 1925 –
October 31, 1940
Resigned after to become U.S. Comptroller General
Vacant October 31, 1940 –
November 5, 1940
Herbert C. Bonner Democratic November 5, 1940 –
November 7, 1965
Died
Vacant November 7, 1965 –
February 5, 1966
Walter B. Jones, Sr. Democratic February 5, 1966 –
September 15, 1992
Died
Vacant September 15, 1992 –
November 3, 1992
Eva Clayton Democratic November 3, 1992 –
January 3, 2003
Resigned
Frank Ballance Democratic January 3, 2003 –
June 11, 2004
Resigned
Vacant June 11, 2004 –
July 20, 2004
G.K. Butterfield Democratic July 20, 2004 –
present
Incumbent

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also


References

  1. "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
  2. Simpson, Ian (February 8, 2016). "Judges find two N. Carolina congressional districts racially gerrymandered". Reuters. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

Coordinates: 36°06′03″N 77°30′14″W / 36.10083°N 77.50389°W / 36.10083; -77.50389

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