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North Carolina's 1st Congressional District
Members who have held the seat for North Carolina's 1st Congressional District, with sourced biographical profiles, party, and term history. The currently-serving holder appears on the serving roster.
- Alfred GatlinNorth CarolinaCrawford Republican1823–1825
- Clinton CobbNorth CarolinaRepublican1869–1875
- Eva ClaytonNorth CarolinaDemocratic1992–2003
- Frank Ballance Jr.North CarolinaDemocratic2003–2004
- G.k. Butterfield Jr.North CarolinaDemocratic2004–2022
- Hallett WardNorth CarolinaDemocratic1921–1925
- Harry SkinnerNorth CarolinaPopulist1895–1899
- Henry ShawNorth CarolinaDemocratic1853–1859
- Herbert BonnerNorth CarolinaDemocratic1939–1967
- James GrahamNorth CarolinaWhig1833–1847
- Jesse YeatesNorth CarolinaDemocratic1875–1881
- John FrenchNorth CarolinaRepublican1867–1869
- John SmallNorth CarolinaDemocratic1899–1921
- John SteeleNorth Carolina1789–1793
- Joseph DicksonNorth CarolinaFederalist1799–1801
- Joseph MartinNorth CarolinaRepublican1879–1881
- Joseph McDowellNorth Carolina1793–1795
- Joseph McDowellNorth CarolinaRepublican1797–1799
- Lemuel SawyerNorth CarolinaJackson1807–1829
- Lindsay WarrenNorth CarolinaDemocratic1925–1941
- Louis LathamNorth CarolinaDemocratic1881–1889
- Robert PaineNorth CarolinaAmerican1855–1857
- Samuel SawyerNorth CarolinaWhig1837–1839
- Thomas SkinnerNorth CarolinaDemocratic1883–1891
- Thomas WynnsNorth CarolinaRepublican1801–1807
- Walter Jones Sr.North CarolinaDemocratic1965–1992
- Walter PoolNorth CarolinaRepublican1883–1885
- William BranchNorth CarolinaDemocratic1891–1895
- William MurfreeNorth CarolinaRepublican1813–1817
- William ShepardNorth CarolinaWhig1829–1837
- William SmithNorth CarolinaInd. Republican-Democrat1859–1861
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