Member (Residence) | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location |
District established March 19, 1790 |
Hugh Williamson (Edenton) | Anti-Administration | March 19, 1790 – March 3, 1791 | 1st | Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 4th district. | 1790–1791 "Edenton and New Bern division" |
Nathaniel Macon (Warrenton) | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | 2nd | Elected in 1791. Redistricted to the 5th district. | 1791–1793 "Centre division" |
Matthew Locke (Rowan County) | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | 3rd 4th 5th | Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election. | 1793–1803 [data missing] |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 |
Archibald Henderson (Salisbury) | Federalist | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803 | 6th 7th | Elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 12th district. |
Willis Alston (Greenville) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1815 | 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th | Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1813. Retired. | 1803–1813 "North Carolina congressional district map (1803–13)".[8] |
1813–1823 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".[8] |
Joseph Hunter Bryan (Windsor) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819 | 14th 15th | Elected in 1815. Re-elected in 1817. [data missing] |
Hutchins G. Burton (Halifax) | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 | 16th 17th 18th | Elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Resigned when elected Governor of North Carolina. |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 23, 1824 | 1823–1833 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".[8] |
Vacant | March 24, 1824 – January 18, 1825 | 18th |
George Outlaw (Windsor) | Democratic-Republican | January 19, 1825 – March 3, 1825 | Elected January 6, 1825 to finish Burton's term and seated January 19, 1825. Lost re-election. |
Willis Alston (Hyde Park) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831 | 19th 20th 21st | Elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Retired. |
Vacant | March 4, 1831 – May 12, 1831 | 22nd | |
John Branch (Enfield) | Jacksonian | May 12, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Elected to finish the vacant term. Retired. |
Jesse A. Bynum (Halifax) | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | 23rd 24th 25th 26th | Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. [data missing] | 1833–1843 "North Carolina congressional district map (1813–43)".[8] |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
John Daniel (Halifax) | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | 27th | Elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 7th district. |
Daniel M. Barringer (Concord) | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | 28th 29th | Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Redistricted to the 3rd district. | 1843–1853 [data missing] |
Nathaniel Boyden (Salisbury) | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | 30th | Elected in 1847. Retired. |
Joseph P. Caldwell (Statesville) | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | 31st 32nd | Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Retired. |
Thomas H. Ruffin (Goldsboro) | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861 | 33rd 34th 35th 36th | Elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. [data missing] | 1853–1861 [data missing] |
Vacant | March 3, 1861 – July 25, 1868 | 37th 38th 39th 40th | Civil War and Reconstruction |
David Heaton (New Bern) | Republican | July 25, 1868 – June 25, 1870 | 40th 41st | Elected to finish the short term. Re-elected in 1868. Died. | 1868–1873 [data missing] |
Vacant | June 26, 1870 – December 4, 1870 | 41st |
Joseph Dixon (Hookerton) | Republican | December 5, 1870 – March 3, 1871 | Elected to finish Heaton's term. Retired. |
Charles Thomas (New Bern) | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 | 42nd 43rd | Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost renomination. |
1873–1883 [data missing] |
John A. Hyman (Warrenton) | Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 44th | Elected in 1874. Lost renomination to immediate past governor. |
Curtis H. Brogden (Goldsboro) | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | 45th | Elected in 1876. Retired. |
William H. Kitchin (Scotland Neck) | Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | 46th | Elected in 1878. Lost re-election. |
Orlando Hubbs (New Bern) | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | 47th | Elected in 1880. Retired. |
James E. O'Hara (Enfield) | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | 48th 49th | Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Lost re-election. | 1883–1893 [data missing] |
Furnifold M. Simmons (New Bern) | Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | 50th | Elected in 1886. Lost re-election. |
Henry P. Cheatham (Littleton) | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 | 51st 52nd | Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Lost re-election. |
Frederick A. Woodard (Wilson) | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | 53rd 54th | Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Lost re-election. | 1893–1903 [data missing] |
George H. White (Tarboro) | Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901 | 55th 56th | Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired after state passage of 1900 disfranchisement constitution, which suppressed black voters for more than 60 years. |
Claude Kitchin (Scotland Neck) | Democratic | March 4, 1901 – May 31, 1923 | 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th | Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Died. |
1903–1913 [data missing] |
1913–1933 [data missing] |
Vacant | May 31, 1923 – November 5, 1923 | 68th | |
John H. Kerr (Warrenton) | Democratic | November 6, 1923 – January 3, 1953 | 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd | Elected to finish Kitchens's term. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Lost renomination. |
1933–1943 [data missing] |
1943–1953 [data missing] |
L. H. Fountain (Tarboro) | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1983 | 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th | Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Retired. | 1953–1963 [data missing] |
1963–1973 [data missing] |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
Tim Valentine (Nashville) | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1995 | 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd | Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired. | 1983–1993 [data missing] |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
David Funderburk (Buies Creek) | Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | 104th | Elected in 1994. Lost re-election. |
Bob Etheridge (Lillington) | Democratic | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011 | 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th | Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election. |
2003–2013 |
Renee Ellmers (Dunn) | Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017 | 112th 113th 114th | Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Lost renomination. |
2013–2017 |
George Holding (Raleigh) | Republican | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2021 | 115th 116th | Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired. | 2017–2021 |
Deborah Ross (Raleigh) | Democratic | January 3, 2021 – present | 117th 118th | Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | 2021–2023 |
2023–2025 |