North Carolina's 1st congressional district

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

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	Retired
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

• North Carolina's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

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. 

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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