North Carolina

North Carolina is one of the fifty states that makes up the United States of America. It was the twelfth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on November 21, 1789. It was also one of the the eleven states to secede in 1861, to form the Confederate States of America, until the end of the American Civil War in 1865. North Carolina was formally readmitted to the United States on June 25, 1868. It is twenty-eighth largest state by area, and the ninth largest by population.
==State Facts==
Name 	North Carolina
Capital City 	Raleigh
Population 	10, 488, 084  (9/50)
Area 	53, 819 square miles
Counties  	100
Largest Cities	Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem
==Governors==
Number	Name	Party 	Term 	Spouse
1 	
Richard Caswell
(1729-89)	N/A 	1776-80 	Sarah Caswell
2 	
Abner Nash
(1740-86)	N/A 	1780-81 	Mary Nash
3 	
Thomas Burke
(1747-83)	N/A 	1781-82 	N/A
4 	
Alexander Martin
(1740-1807)	Anti-Admin.	1782-85 	N/A
5 	
Richard Caswell
(1729-89)	N/A 	1785-87 	Sarah Caswell
6 	
Samuel Johnston
(1733-1816)	Fed. 	1787-89 	Frances Johnston
7 	
Alexander Martin
(1740-1807)	Anti-Admin.	1789-92 	N/A
8 	
Richard Dobbs Spaight
(1758-1802)	Dem-Rep. 	1792-95 	Mary Spaight
9 	
Samuel Ashe
(1725-1813)	Dem-Rep. 	1795-98 	Elizabeth Ashe
10 	
William Richardson Davie
(1756-1820)	Fed. 	1798-99 	Sarah Davie
11 	
Benjamin Williams
(1751-1814)	Fed. 	1799-1802	Elizabeth Williams
12 	
James Turner
(1766-1824)	Dem-Rep. 	1802-05 	Ann Turner
13 	
Nathaniel Alexander
(1756-1808)	Dem-Rep. 	1805-07 	N/A
14 	
Benjamin Williams
(1751-1814)	Fed. 	1807-08 	Elizabeth Williams
15 	
David Stone
(1770-1818)	Dem-Rep. 	1808-10 	Hannah Stone
16 	
Benjamin Smith
(1756-1826)	Dem-Rep. 	1810-11 	Sarah Smith
17 	
William Hawkins
(1777-1819)	Dem-Rep. 	1811-14 	Anne Hawkins
18 	
William Miller
(1783-1825)	Dem-Rep. 	1814-17 	N/A
19 	
John Branch
(1782-1863)	Dem-Rep. 	1817-20 	Eliza Branch
20 	
Jesse Franklin
(1760-1823)	Dem-Rep. 	1820-21 	Meekey Franklin
21 	
Gabriel Holmes
(1769-1829)	Dem-Rep. 	1821-24 	Mary Holmes
22 	
Hutchins Gordon Burton
(1774-1836)	N/A 	1824-27 	Sally Burton
23 	
James Iredell Jr.
(1788-1853)	Dem-Rep. 	1827-28 	Frances Iredell
24 	
John Owen
(1787-1841)	Dem. 	1828-30 	Lucy Owen
25 	
Montfort Stokes
(1762-1842)	Dem. 	1830-32 	Rachel Stokes
26 	
David Lowry Swain
(1801-68)	Nat.Rep. 	1832-35 	Eleanor Swain
27 	
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
(1796-1850)	Dem. 	1835-36 	N/A
28 	
Edward Bishop Dudley
(1789-1855)	Whig 	1836-41 	Elizabeth Dudley
29 	
John Motley Morehead
(1796-1866)	Whig 	1841-45 	Ann Morehead
30 	
William Alexander Graham
(1804-75)	Whig 	1845-49 	Susan Graham
31 	
Charles Manly
(1795-1871)	Whig 	1849-51 	Charity Manly
32 	
David Settle Reid
(1813-91)	Dem. 	1851-54 	Henrietta Reid
33 	
Warren Winslow
(1810-62)	Dem. 	1854-55 	N/A
34 	
Thomas Bragg
(1810-72)	Dem. 	1855-59 	Isabella Bragg
35 	
John Willis Ellis
(1820-61)	Dem. 	1859-61 	Mary Ellis
36 	
Henry Toole Clark
(1808-74)	Dem. 	1861-62 	Mary Clark
37 	
Zebulon Baird Vance
(1830-94)	Cons. 	1862-65 	Harriette Vance
38 	
William Woods Holden
(1818-92)	Rep. 	1865 	Louisa Holden
39 	
Jonathan Worth
(1802-69)	Dem. 	1865-68 	Martitia Worth
40 	
William Woods Holden
(1818-92)	Rep. 	1868-71 	Louisa Holden
41 	
Tod Robinson Caldwell
(1818-74)	Rep. 	1871-74 	Minerva Caldwell
42 	
Curtis Hooks Brogden
(1816-1901)	Rep. 	1874-77 	N/A
43 	
Zebulon Baird Vance
(1830-94)	Dem. 	1877-79 	Harriette Vance
44 	
Thomas Jordan Jarvis
(1836-1915)	Dem. 	1879-85 	Mary Jarvis
45 	
Alfred Moore Scales
(1827-92)	Dem. 	1885-89 	Kate Scales
46 	
Daniel Gould Fowle
(1831-91)	Dem. 	1889-91 	N/A
47 	
Thomas Michael Holt
(1831-96)	Dem. 	1891-93 	Louisa Holt
48 	
Elias Carr
(1839-1900)	Dem. 	1893-97 	Eleanor Carr
49 	
Daniel Lindsay Russell
(1845-1908)	Rep. 	1897-1901	Sarah Russell
50 	
Charles Brantley Aycock
(1859-1912)	Dem. 	1901-05 	Cora Aycock
51 	
Robert Broadnax Glenn
(1854-1920)	Dem. 	1905-09 	Nina Glenn
52 	
William Walton Kitchin
(1866-1924)	Dem. 	1909-13 	Sue Kitchin
53 	
Locke Craig
(1860-1924)	Dem. 	1913-17 	Annie Craig
54 	
Thomas Walter Bickett
(1869-1921)	Dem. 	1917-21 	Fanny Bickett
55 	
Cameron A. Morrison
(1869-1953)	Dem. 	1921-25 	Sara Morrison
56 	
Angus Wilton McLean
(1870-1935)	Dem. 	1925-29 	Margaret McLean
57 	
Oliver Max Gardner
(1882-1947)	Dem. 	1929-33 	Fay Gardner
58 	
John C.B. Ehringhaus
(1882-1949)	Dem. 	1933-37 	Matilda Ehringhaus
59 	
Clyde R. Hoey
(1877-1954)	Dem. 	1937-41 	May Hoey
60 	
J. Melville Broughton
(1888-1949)	Dem. 	1941-45 	Alice Broughton
61 	
R. Gregg Cherry
(1891-1957)	Dem. 	1945-49 	Lula Cherry
62 	
W. Kerr Scott
(1896-1958)	Dem. 	1949-53 	Mary Scott
63 	
William B. Umstead
(1895-1954)	Dem. 	1953-54 	Merle Umstead
64 	
Luther H. Hodges
(1898-1974)	Dem. 	1954-61 	Martha Hodges
65 	
Terry Sanford
(1917-98)	Dem. 	1961-65 	Margaret Sanford
66 	
Dan K. Moore
(1906-86)	Dem. 	1965-69 	Jeanelle Moore
67 	
Robert W. Scott
(1929-2009)	Dem. 	1969-73 	Jessie Rae Scott
68 	
James Holshouser
(1934-2013)	Rep. 	1973-77 	Patricia Holshouser
69 	
Jim Hunt
(1937-)	Dem. 	1977-85 	Carolyn Hunt
70 	
James G. Martin
(1935-)	Rep. 	1985-93 	Dorothy Martin
71 	
Jim Hunt
(1937-)	Dem. 	1993-2001	Carolyn Hunt
72 	
Mike Easley
(1950-)	Dem. 	2001-09 	Mary Easley
73 	
Bev Perdue
(1947-)	Dem. 	2009-13 	Bob Eaves
74 	
Pat McCrory
(1956-)	Rep. 	2013-17 	Ann McCrory
75 	
Roy Cooper
(1957-)	Dem. 	2017-Pr. 	Kristin Cooper
==U.S. Senators (Class 2 and Class 3)==
Class 2: 1789-1861 (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	Samuel Johnston
(1733-1816)	Pro-Administration 	1789-93
(4 years)
2. 	Alexander Martin
(1740-1807)	Democratic-Republican	1793-99
(6 years)
3. 	Jesse Franklin
(1760-1823)	Democratic-Republican	1799-1805
(6 years)
4. 	James Turner
(1766-1824)	Democratic-Republican	1805-16
(11 years)
5. 	Montfort Stokes
(1762-1842)	Democratic-Republican	1816-23
(7 years)
6. 	John Branch
(1782-1863)	Democratic 	1823-29
(6 years)
7. 	Bedford Brown
(1795-1870)	Democratic 	1829-40
(11 years)
8. 	Willie Person Mangum
(1792-1861)	Whig 	1840-53
(13 years)
9. 	David Settle Reid
(1813-91)	Democratic 	1853-59
(6 years)
10. 	Thomas Bragg
(1810-72)	Democratic 	1859-61
(2 years)
There were no U.S. Senators from North Carolina from July 11, 1861 until July 14, 1868, due to North Carolina's secession from the United States.
Class 2: 1868-Present (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
11. 	Joseph Carter Abbott
(1825-81)	Republican 	1868-71
(3 years)
12. 	Matt Whitaker Ransom
(1826-1904)	Democratic 	1872-95
(23 years)
13. 	Marion Butler
(1863-1938)	Democratic 	1895-1901
(6 years)
14. 	Furnifold McLendel Simmons
(1854-1940)	Democratic 	1901-31
(30 years)
15. 	Josiah Bailey
(1873-1946)	Democratic 	1931-46
(15 years)
16. 	William B. Umstead
(1895-1954)	Democratic 	1946-48
(2 years)
17. 	J. Melville Broughton
(1888-1949)	Democratic 	1948-49
(1 year)
18. 	Frank Porter Graham
(1886-1972)	Democratic 	1949-50
(1 year)
19. 	Willis Smith
(1887-1953)	Democratic 	1950-53
(3 years)
20. 	Alton Lennon
(1906-86)	Democratic 	1953-54
(1 year)
21. 	W. Kerr Scott
(1896-1958)	Democratic 	1954-58
(4 years)
22. 	B. Everett Jordan
(1896-1974)	Democratic 	1958-73
(15 years)
23. 	Jesse Helms
(1921-2008)	Republican 	1973-2003
(30 years)
24. 	Elizabeth Dole
(1936-)	Republican 	2003-09
(6 years)
25. 	Kay Hagan
(1953-2019)	Democratic 	2009-15
(6 years)
26. 	Thom Tillis
(1960-)	Republican 	2015-Present
(6 years)
Class 3: 1789-1861 (Next Election 2022)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	Benjamin Hawkins
(1754-1816)	Anti-Administration 	1789-95
(6 years)
2. 	Timothy Bloodworth
(1736-1814)	Democratic-Republican	1795-1801
(6 years)
3. 	David Stone
(1770-1818)	Democratic-Republican	1801-07
(6 years)
4. 	Jesse Franklin
(1760-1823)	Democratic-Republican	1807-13
(6 years)
5. 	David Stone
(1770-1818)	Democratic-Republican	1813-14
(1 year)
6. 	Francis Locke Jr.
(1766-1823)	Democratic-Republican	1814-15
(1 year)
7. 	Nathaniel Macon
(1757-1837)	Democratic 	1815-28
(13 years)
8. 	James Iredell Jr.
(1788-1853)	Democratic 	1828-31
(3 years)
9. 	Willie Person Mangum
(1792-1861)	National Republican 	1831-36
(5 years)
10. 	Robert Strange
(1796-1854)	Democratic 	1836-40
(4 years)
11. 	William Alexander Graham
(1804-75)	Whig 	1840-43
(3 years)
12. 	William Henry Haywood Jr.
(1801-52)	Democratic 	1843-46
(3 years)
13. 	George Edmund Badger
(1795-1866)	Whig 	1846-55
(9 years)
14. 	Asa Biggs
(1811-78)	Democratic 	1855-58
(3 years)
15. 	Thomas Lanier Clingman
(1812-97)	Democratic 	1858-61
(3 years)
Class 3: 1868-Present (Next Election in 2022)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
16. 	John Pool
(1826-84)	Republican 	1868-73
(5 years)
17. 	Augustus Summerfield Merrimon
(1830-92)	Democratic 	1873-79
(6 years)
18. 	Zebulon Baird Vance
(1830-94)	Democratic 	1879-94
(15 years)
19. 	Thomas Jordan Jarvis
(1836-1915)	Democratic 	1894-95
(1 year)
20. 	Jeter Connelly Pritchard
(1857-1921)	Republican 	1895-1903
(8 years)
21. 	Lee Slater Overman
(1854-1930)	Democratic 	1903-30
(27 years)
22. 	Cameron A. Morrison
(1869-1953)	Democratic 	1930-32
(2 years)
23. 	Robert Rice Reynolds
(1884-1963)	Democratic 	1932-45
(13 years)
24. 	Clyde R. Hoey
(1877-1954)	Democratic 	1945-54
(9 years)
25. 	Sam Ervin
(1896-1985)	Democratic 	1954-74
(20 years)
26. 	Robert Burren Morgan
(1925-2016)	Democratic 	1975-81
(6 years)
27. 	John Porter East
(1931-86)	Republican 	1981-86
(5 years)
28. 	Jim Broyhill
(1927-)	Republican 	1986
(3 months)
29. 	Terry Sanford
(1917-98)	Democratic 	1986-93
(7 years)
30. 	Lauch Faircloth
(1928-)	Republican 	1993-99
(6 years)
31. 	John Edwards
(1953-)	Democratic 	1999-2005
(6 years)
32. 	Richard Burr
(1955-)	Republican 	2005-Present
(16 years)