North Carolina's 8th congressional district
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North Carolina's 8th congressional district | |
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North Carolina's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
Current Representative | Richard Hudson (R) |
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Population (2000) | 619,178 |
Median income | 38,390 |
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Occupation | |
Cook PVI | R+12[1] |
North Carolina's eighth congressional district comprises a large portion of the southern Piedmont area of North Carolina from Concord to Lumberton, including Lexington, China Grove, Albemarle, Monroe, Wadesboro, Troy, Rockingham, and Laurinburg. The district includes all of Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, and Stanly counties, as well as portions of Cabarrus, Davidson, Mecklenburg, Randolph, Robeson, Rowan, and Union counties.
The district is currently represented by Richard Hudson, a member of the Republican Party. He won the seat in 2012 after defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Larry Kissell.
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | District Residence | Note |
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District created | March 4, 1793 | |||
William J. Dawson | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | ||
Dempsey Burges | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799 | ||
David Stone | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | ||
Charles Johnson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1801 – July 23, 1802 | Died | |
Thomas Wynns | Democratic-Republican | December 7, 1802 – March 3, 1803 | Redistricted to the 1st district | |
Richard Stanford | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – April 9, 1816 | Redistricted from the 4th district; Died | |
Samuel Dickens | Democratic-Republican | December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817 | ||
James S. Smith | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 | ||
Josiah Crudup | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | ||
Willie P. Mangum | Crawford D-R | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Resigned | |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 18, 1826 | |||
Daniel L. Barringer | Jacksonian | December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1833 | ||
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | |||
William Montgomery | Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | ||
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | |||
Romulus M. Saunders | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | Redistricted to the 5th district | |
Archibald Hunter Arrington | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | Redistricted from the 6th district | |
Henry S. Clark | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | ||
Richard S. Donnell | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | ||
Edward Stanly | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | ||
Thomas L. Clingman | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – May 7, 1858 | Redistricted from the 1st district; Resigned after being appointed to U.S. Senate | |
Zebulon B. Vance | Democratic | December 7, 1858 – March 3, 1861 | ||
District unrepresented | March 3, 1861 – March 3, 1873 | Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
Robert B. Vance | Democratic | March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1885 | ||
William H.H. Cowles | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893 | ||
William H. Bower | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | ||
Romulus Z. Linney | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901 | ||
E. Spencer Blackburn | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | ||
Theodore F. Kluttz | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | Redistricted from the 7th district | |
E. Spencer Blackburn | Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 | ||
Richard N. Hackett | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | ||
Charles H. Cowles | Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 | ||
Robert L. Doughton | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1933 | Laurel Springs | Redistricted to the 9th district |
Walter Lambeth | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | Thomasville | Redistricted from the 7th district |
William O. Burgin | Democratic | January 3, 1939 – April 11, 1946 | Lexington | |
Eliza Pratt | Democratic | May 25, 1946 – January 3, 1947 | ||
Charles B. Deane | Democratic | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1957 | ||
A. Paul Kitchin | Democratic | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963 | Wadesboro | |
Charles R. Jonas | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969 | Lincolnton | Redistricted from the 10th district; Redistricted to the 9th district |
Earl B. Ruth | Republican | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975 | Salisbury | |
Bill Hefner | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1999 | Kannapolis | |
Robin Hayes | Republican | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009 | Concord | |
Larry Kissell | Democratic | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013 | Biscoe | |
Richard Hudson | Republican | January 3, 2013 – Present | Concord | Incumbent |
Historical district boundaries
See also
Footnotes
References
- ↑ "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: 35°07′21″N 79°57′05″W / 35.12250°N 79.95139°W
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