page_title: North Carolina General Assembly of April 1784
section_title: Senate members
hierarchical_section_title: North Carolina General Assembly of April 1784 / Assembly membership / Senate members
caption_attribution_description: English: Benjamin Williams (1751 – 1814) 11th and 14th Governor of North Carolina
context_page_description: The North Carolina General Assembly of April to June 1784 met in Raleigh from April 19 to June 3, 1784. The assembly consisted of the 120 members of the North Carolina House of Commons and 50 senators of North Carolina Senate elected by the voters in April 1784. As prescribed by the 1776 Constitution of North Carolina, the General Assembly elected Alexander Martin to continue as Governor of North Carolina. In addition, the assembly elected members of the Council of State.
context_section_description: The Senators elected a President (Richard Caswell), Clerk (John Haywood), Assistant Clerk, Doorkeeper, and Assistant Doorkeeper.  Five counties that were authorized Senators did not send a representative. The following Senators were elected by the voters of North Carolina to represent each county:
caption: Sen. Benjamin Williams, Johnston County
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