North Carolina's 1st congressional district
North Carolina's 1st congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries | |||
Representative |
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Population (2022) | 753,536[1] | ||
Median household income | $53,854[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+2[2] |
North Carolina's 1st congressional district is located in the northeastern part of the state. It consists of many Black Belt counties that border Virginia and it extends southward into several counties of the Inner Banks and the Research Triangle. It covers many rural areas of northeastern North Carolina, among the state's most economically poor, as well as outer exurbs of urbanized Research Triangle. It contains towns and cities such as Greenville, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Goldsboro, Henderson, and Roanoke Rapids.
The first district is currently represented by Don Davis.
On February 5, 2016, the
Besides a brief period from 1895 until 1899 when the district was held by a Populist, the 1st district has been consistently Democratic since 1883.
On February 23, 2022, the North Carolina Supreme Court approved a new map which changed the 1st district boundaries to add Chowan, Franklin, Greene, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell counties and the remainder of Vance County while removing Wayne County.[5]
Counties
Counties in the 2023–2025 district map:
- Bertie County
- Chowan County
- Edgecombe County
- Franklin County
- Gates County
- Greene County
- Halifax County
- Hertford County
- Martin County
- Nash County
- Northampton County
- Pasquotank County
- Perquimans County
- Pitt County (part)
- Tyrrell County
- Vance County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wilson County
Recent statewide election results
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | Gore 57–42% |
2004 | President | Kerry 57–42% |
2008 | President | Obama 62–37% |
2012 | President | Obama 68–31% |
2016 | President | Clinton 68–31% |
2020 | President | Biden 54–45% |
List of members representing the district
Member (residence) |
Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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District established March 24, 1790 | |||||
![]() John B. Ashe (Halifax) |
Anti-Administration
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March 24, 1790 – March 3, 1791 |
1st | Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 3rd district and re-elected there. |
1790–1791 Anson, Burke, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Rowan, Rutherford, and Wilkes counties |
![]() John Steele (Salisbury) |
Pro-Administration
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March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 |
2nd | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1791. [data missing] |
1791–1793 Burke, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Rowan, Rutherford, and Wilkes counties |
Joseph McDowell (Morganton) |
Anti-Administration
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March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd | Elected in 1793. Lost re-election. |
1793–1803 Ashe, Buncombe, Burke, Lincoln, Rutherford, and Wilkes counties |
James Holland (Rutherfordton) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 |
4th | Elected in 1795. Lost re-election. | |
![]() Joseph McDowell Jr. (Quaker Meadows) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 |
5th | Elected in 1796. Lost re-election. | |
Joseph Dickson (Lincoln County) |
Federalist
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March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 |
6th | Elected in 1798. Lost re-election. | |
James Holland (Rutherfordton) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
7th | Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 11th district. | |
Thomas Wynns (Hertford County) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8th 9th |
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Retired. |
1803–1813 Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties |
Lemuel Sawyer (Elizabeth City) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813 |
10th 11th 12th |
Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Lost re-election. | |
William H. Murfree (Murfreesboro) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
13th 14th |
Elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Retired. |
1813–1823 Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties |
Lemuel Sawyer (Elizabeth City) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 |
15th 16th 17th |
Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Lost re-election. | |
Alfred M. Gatlin (Edenton) |
Democratic-Republican
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March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th | Elected in 1823. Lost re-election. |
1823–1833 Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties |
Lemuel Sawyer (Elizabeth City) |
Jacksonian
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March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
19th 20th |
Elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Lost re-election. | |
![]() William B. Shepard (Elizabeth City) |
Anti-Jacksonian
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March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837 |
21st 22nd 23rd 24th |
Re-elected in 1835. ]
[data missing | |
1833–1843 Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, and Perquimans counties | |||||
Samuel T. Sawyer (Edenton) |
Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
25th | Elected in 1837. ]
[data missing | |
![]() Kenneth Rayner (Winton) |
Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
26th 27th |
Re-elected in 1841. .
Redistricted to the 9th district | |
![]() Thomas L. Clingman (Asheville) |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | Elected in 1843. ]
[data missing |
1843–1853 Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Cleveland, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Rutherford, and Yancey counties |
James Graham )
(Rutherfordton |
Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
29th | Elected in 1845. ]
[data missing | |
![]() Thomas L. Clingman (Asheville) |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 |
30th 31st 32nd |
Re-elected in 1851. .
Redistricted to the 8th district | |
Henry M. Shaw )
(Indian Town |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected in 1853. ]
[data missing |
1853–1861 Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties |
Robert T. Paine (Edenton) |
Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | Elected in 1855. ]
[data missing | |
Henry M. Shaw )
(Indian Town |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | Elected in 1857. ]
[data missing | |
![]() William N. H. Smith (Murfreesboro) |
Opposition | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th | Elected in 1859 .North Carolina seceded from the Union in May 1861. | |
Vacant | March 4, 1861 – July 6, 1868 |
37th 38th 39th 40th |
Reconstruction
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![]() John R. French (Edenton) |
Republican | July 6, 1868 – March 3, 1869 |
40th | Elected to finish the shorter term .Lost renomination. |
1868–1873 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties |
![]() Clinton L. Cobb (Elizabeth City) |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875 |
41st 42nd 43rd |
Re-elected in 1872 .Lost re-election. | |
1873–1883 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties | |||||
Jesse J. Yeates )
(Murfreesboro |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
44th 45th |
Re-elected in 1876 .Lost re-election, but contested the result. | |
Joseph J. Martin )
(Williamston |
Republican | March 4, 1879 – January 29, 1881 |
46th | Elected in 1878.
Lost contested election before the end of the term. | |
Jesse J. Yeates )
(Murfreesboro |
Democratic | January 29, 1881 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | Won contested election .Retired. | |
![]() Louis C. Latham (Greenville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | Elected in 1880 .Lost re-election. | |
Elizabeth )
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Republican | March 4, 1883 – August 25, 1883 |
48th | Elected in 1882 .Died. |
1883–1893 Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties |
Vacant | August 25, 1883 – November 20, 1883 | ||||
Thomas G. Skinner )
(Hertford |
Democratic | November 20, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
48th 49th |
Re-elected in 1884 .Lost renomination. | |
![]() Louis C. Latham (Greenville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
50th | Elected again in 1886 .Lost renomination. | |
Thomas G. Skinner )
(Hertford |
Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888 .Lost renomination. | |
![]() William A. B. Branch (Washington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 |
52nd 53rd |
Re-elected in 1892 .Lost re-election. | |
1893–1903 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties | |||||
![]() Harry Skinner (Greenville) |
Populist
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March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 |
54th 55th |
Re-elected in 1896 .Lost re-election. | |
![]() John H. Small (Washington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1921 |
56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th |
Re-elected in 1918 .Retired. | |
1903–1913 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties | |||||
1913–1933 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties | |||||
![]() Hallett S. Ward (Washington) |
Democratic | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925 |
67th 68th |
Re-elected in 1922 .Retired. | |
Lindsay C. Warren )
(Washington |
Democratic | March 4, 1925 – October 31, 1940 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th |
U.S. Comptroller General .
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1933–1943 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties | |||||
Vacant | October 31, 1940 – November 5, 1940 |
76th | |||
![]() Herbert C. Bonner (Washington) |
Democratic | November 5, 1940 – November 7, 1965 |
76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th |
Re-elected in 1964 .Died. | |
1943–1953 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties | |||||
1953–1963 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties | |||||
1963–1973 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington counties | |||||
Vacant | November 7, 1965 – February 5, 1966 |
89th | |||
![]() Walter B. Jones Sr. (Farmville) |
Democratic | February 5, 1966 – September 15, 1992 |
89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Re-elected in 1990 .Died. | |
1973–1983 [data missing] | |||||
1983–1993 [data missing] | |||||
Vacant | September 15, 1992 – November 3, 1992 |
102nd | |||
![]() Eva Clayton (Littleton) |
Democratic | November 3, 1992 – January 3, 2003 |
102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th |
. Retired. | |
1993–2003 [data missing] | |||||
![]() Frank Ballance (Warrenton) |
Democratic | January 3, 2003 – June 11, 2004 |
108th | Elected in 2002. Resigned. |
2003–2013![]() |
Vacant | June 11, 2004 – July 20, 2004 |
108th | |||
![]() G. K. Butterfield (Wilson) |
Democratic | July 20, 2004 – December 30, 2022 |
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Elected to finish Ballance's term. Re-elected later in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Resigned. | |
2013–2017![]() | |||||
2017–2021![]() | |||||
2021–2023![]() | |||||
Vacant | December 30, 2022 – January 3, 2023 |
117th | |||
![]() Don Davis (Snow Hill) |
Democratic | January 3, 2023 – present |
118th | Elected in 2022. | 2023–2025![]() |
Past election results
2000
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Eva Clayton (incumbent) | 124,171 | 65.6 | |
Republican | Duane Kratzer Jr. | 62,198 | 32.9 | |
Libertarian | Christopher Delaney | 2,799 | 1.5 | |
Total votes | 189,168 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Frank Ballance | 93,157 | 63.74 | |
Republican | Greg Dority | 50,907 | 34.83 | |
Libertarian | Mike Ruff | 2,093 | 1.43 | |
Total votes | 146,157 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield | 137,667 | 63.98 | |
Republican | Greg Dority | 77,508 | 36.02 | |
Total votes | 215,175 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 82,510 | 100 | |
Total votes | 82,510 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 192,765 | 70.28 | |
Republican | Dean Stephens | 81,506 | 29.72 | |
Total votes | 274,271 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 103,294 | 59.31 | |
Republican | Ashley Woolard | 70,867 | 40.69 | |
Total votes | 174,161 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 254,644 | 75.32 | |
Republican | Pete DiLauro | 77,288 | 22.86 | |
Libertarian | Darryl Holloman | 6,134 | 1.81 | |
Total votes | 338,066 | 99.9 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 154,333 | 73.38 | |
Republican | Arthur Rich | 55,990 | 26.62 | |
Total votes | 210,323 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 240,661 | 68.62 | |
Republican | H. Powell Dew Jr. | 101,567 | 28.96 | |
Libertarian | Joseph John Summerell | 8,259 | 2.4 | |
Total votes | 346,830 | 99.98 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 190,457 | 69.9 | |
Republican | Roger Allison | 82,218 | 30.2 | |
Total votes | 272,675 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | G. K. Butterfield (incumbent) | 188,870 | 54.2 | |
Republican | Sandy Smith | 159,758 | 45.8 | |
Total votes | 348,618 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Davis | 134,996 | 52.4 | |
Republican | Sandy Smith | 122,780 | 47.6 | |
Total votes | 257,776 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also
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