North Carolina's 6th congressional district

NOTE: This district's boundaries were changed in 2016. This map is not presently accurate.

North Carolina's 6th congressional district is located in north central portion of the state and borders Virginia. As a result of reapportionment following the 2010 census, the district was shifted northward by the Redistricting Committee of the NC Senate. The 6th district includes portions of Guilford, Alamance, Durham, Granville, and Orange counties, and all of Caswell, Person, Rockingham, Surry, and Stokes counties.

The district is represented by Mark Walker, a Republican. He has held this position since 2015.

History

From 2003 to 2013 the 6th District comprised all of Moore and Randolph counties and portions of Alamance, Davidson, Guilford, and Rowan counties.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District Residence	Note
District created March 4, 1793
James Gillespie	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799
William H. Hill	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803
Nathaniel Macon	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - December 13, 1815		Redistricted from the 5th district Resigned after being elected to U.S. Senate
Weldon N. Edwards	Democratic-Republican	February 7, 1816 – March 3, 1823
	Crawford D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Daniel Turner	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Robert Potter	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – November, 1831		Resigned
Micajah T. Hawkins	Jacksonian	December 15, 1831 – March 3, 1837
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Archibald H. Arrington	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843		Redistricted to the 8th district
James I. McKay	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847		Redistricted from the 5th district, Redistricted to the 7th district
John R. J. Daniel	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853		Redistricted from the 7th district
Richard C. Puryear	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Alfred M. Scales	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
James M. Leach	Opposition	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Civil War and Reconstruction
Nathaniel Boyden	Conservative	July 13, 1868 – March 3, 1869
Francis E. Shober	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873
Thomas S. Ashe	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
Walter L. Steele	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881
Clement Dowd	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885
Risden T. Bennett	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887		Redistricted from the At-large district
Alfred Rowland	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
Sydenham B. Alexander	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
James A. Lockhart	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – June 5, 1896		Lost contested election
Charles H. Martin	Populist	June 5, 1896 – March 3, 1899		Won contested election
John D. Bellamy	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903
Gilbert B. Patterson	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907
Hannibal L. Godwin	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1921
Homer L. Lyon	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929
J. Bayard Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933		Redistricted to the 7th district
William B. Umstead	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
Carl T. Durham	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1961
Horace R. Kornegay	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1969
L. Richardson Preyer	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981
Walter E. Johnston, III	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
Robin Britt	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
Howard Coble	Republican	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2015
Mark Walker	Republican	January 3, 2015 –

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. 

• 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°18′36″N 79°40′54″W / 36.31000°N 79.68167°W / 36.31000; -79.68167