U.S. House · Historical · North Carolina District 5
North Carolina's 5th Congressional District
Members who have held the seat for North Carolina's 5th Congressional District, with sourced biographical profiles, party, and term history. The currently-serving holder appears on the serving roster.
- Former U.S. RepresentativeAbraham VenableNorth CarolinaDemocratic1847–1853
- Former U.S. RepresentativeAlfred ScalesNorth CarolinaDemocratic1857–1885
- Former U.S. RepresentativeAlonzo FolgerNorth CarolinaDemocratic1939–1943
- Former U.S. RepresentativeArchibald WilliamsNorth CarolinaDemocratic1891–1893
- Former U.S. RepresentativeCharles HooksNorth CarolinaRepublican1815–1825
- Former U.S. RepresentativeCharles StedmanNorth CarolinaDemocratic1911–1931
- Former U.S. RepresentativeEdward DudleyNorth CarolinaJackson1829–1831
- Former U.S. RepresentativeEdwin ReadeNorth CarolinaAmerican1855–1857
- Former U.S. RepresentativeFranklin Hancock Jr.North CarolinaDemocratic1929–1939
- Former U.S. RepresentativeIsrael LashNorth CarolinaRepublican1867–1871
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJames DobbinNorth CarolinaDemocratic1845–1847
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJames GillespieNorth CarolinaRepublican1793–1805
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJames LeachNorth CarolinaDemocratic1859–1875
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJames OwenNorth CarolinaRepublican1817–1819
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJames ReidNorth CarolinaDemocratic1883–1887
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJohn BrowerNorth CarolinaRepublican1887–1891
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJohn FolgerNorth CarolinaDemocratic1941–1949
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJohn GilmerNorth CarolinaInd. Republican-Democrat1857–1861
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJohn Kerr Jr.North CarolinaWhig1853–1855
- Former U.S. RepresentativeJohn MoreheadNorth CarolinaRepublican1909–1911
- Former U.S. RepresentativeRalph ScottNorth CarolinaDemocratic1957–1967
- Former U.S. RepresentativeRichard ChathamNorth CarolinaDemocratic1949–1957
- Former U.S. RepresentativeRomulus SaundersNorth CarolinaDemocratic1821–1845
- Former U.S. RepresentativeStephen NealNorth CarolinaDemocratic1975–1995
- Former U.S. RepresentativeThomas KenanNorth CarolinaRepublican1805–1811
- Former U.S. RepresentativeThomas SettleNorth CarolinaRepublican1893–1897
- Former U.S. RepresentativeWilliam KitchinNorth CarolinaDemocratic1897–1909
- Former U.S. RepresentativeWilmer MizellNorth CarolinaRepublican1969–1975
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