North Carolina's 10th congressional district

North Carolina's 10th congressional district
North Carolina's 10th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Patrick McHenry (R–Cherryville)
Cook PVI R+11[1]

The 10th Congressional District of North Carolina is a Congressional district in central and western North Carolina. It currently includes all of Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln and Rutherford counties, and part of Catawba, Iredell, and Buncombe counties.

Republicans have won the district continuously since 1969. Republican Patrick McHenry has represented the district since 2005. Jeff Gregory (D) was defeated in the 2010 election to represent this district. The 10th district was part of the controversial statewide redistricting by the Republican-led state legislature in 2011.[2] The district's northwest border was redrawn to include most of heavily Democratic Asheville, long the heart of the 11th District. At the same time, some heavily Republican areas in the 10th were shifted to the 11th. While this made the 10th approximately seven points more Democratic, it was not nearly enough to overcome the heavy Republican tilt in the western Charlotte suburbs.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

List of representatives

Name Took Office Left Office Party District Residence Notes
District created March 4, 1793
Benjamin Williams March 4, 1793 March 3, 1795 Anti-Administration
Nathan Bryan March 4, 1795 June 4, 1798 Democratic-Republican Died
Richard D. Spaight December 10, 1798 March 3, 1801 Democratic-Republican
John Stanly March 4, 1801 March 3, 1803 Federalist
Nathaniel Alexander March 4, 1803 November, 1805 Democratic-Republican Resigned to become Governor
Evan S. Alexander February 24, 1806 March 3, 1809 Democratic-Republican
Joseph Pearson March 4, 1809 March 3, 1815 Federalist
William C. Love March 4, 1815 March 3, 1817 Democratic-Republican
George Mumford March 4, 1817 December 31, 1818 Democratic-Republican Died
Charles Fisher February 11, 1819 March 3, 1821 Democratic-Republican
John Long March 4, 1821 March 3, 1823 Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1823 March 4, 1825 Crawford D-R
March 4, 1825 March 4, 1829 Adams
Abraham Rencher March 4, 1829 March 3, 1833 Jacksonian
March 4, 1833 March 4, 1837 Anti-Jacksonian
March 4, 1837 March 4, 1839 Whig
Charles Fisher March 4, 1839 March 3, 1841 Democratic
Abraham Rencher March 4, 1841 March 3, 1843 Whig
District inactive March 3, 1843
District re-established March 4, 1903
James M. Gudger, Jr. March 4, 1903 March 3, 1907 Democrat Asheville
William T. Crawford March 4, 1907 March 3, 1909 Democrat Waynesville
John G. Grant March 4, 1909 March 3, 1911 Republican Hendersonville
James M. Gudger, Jr. March 4, 1911 March 3, 1915 Democrat Asheville
James J. Britt March 4, 1915 March 3, 1917 Republican Asheville
Zebulon Weaver March 4, 1917 March 1, 1919 Democrat Asheville Lost contested election
James J. Britt March 1, 1919 March 3, 1919 Republican Asheville Won contested election
Zebulon Weaver March 4, 1919 March 3, 1929 Democrat Asheville
George M. Pritchard March 4, 1929 March 3, 1931 Republican Asheville
Zebulon Weaver March 4, 1931 March 3, 1933 Democrat Asheville Redistricted to the 11th district
Alfred L. Bulwinkle March 4, 1933 January 3, 1943 Democrat Gastonia Redistricted from the 9th district, Redistricted to the 11th district
Cameron A. Morrison January 3, 1943 January 3, 1945 Democrat Rockingham
Joseph W. Ervin January 3, 1945 December 25, 1945 Democrat Morganton Died
Sam J. Ervin, Jr. January 22, 1946 January 3, 1947 Democrat Morganton
Hamilton C. Jones January 3, 1947 January 3, 1953 Democrat Charlotte
Charles R. Jonas January 3, 1953 January 3, 1963 Republican Lincolnton Redistricted to the 8th district
Basil Whitener January 3, 1963 January 3, 1969 Democrat Gastonia Redistricted from the 11th district
Jim Broyhill January 3, 1969 July 14, 1986 Republican Lenoir Resigned after being appointed to US Senate
Cass Ballenger November 4, 1986 January 3, 2005 Republican Hickory
Patrick McHenry January 3, 2005 present Republican Cherryville Incumbent

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. ↑ Ohlemacher, Stephen (March 31, 2014). "GOP uses historic win to remake North Carolina map". Associated Press. Retrieved November 4, 2014.

External links

Coordinates: 35°26′21″N 81°37′46″W / 35.43917°N 81.62944°W / 35.43917; -81.62944

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