List of United States Senators From North Carolina

Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two Congresses in the first election of 1788/1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and will be contested in 2014.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Samuel Johnston	Pro- Administration	November 27, 1789 – March 4, 1793	1	1	Elected in 1789
1	Samuel Johnston	Pro- Administration	November 27, 1789 – March 4, 1793	2	1	Elected in 1789
2	Alexander Martin	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1799	3	2	Elected in 1793 Lost re-election
		Democratic- Republican		4
		Democratic- Republican		5
3	Jesse Franklin	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1805	6	3	Elected in 1799 Lost re-election
				7
				8
4	James Turner	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – November 21, 1816	9	4	Elected in 1804
				10
				11
				12	5	Re-elected in 1810 Resigned due to ill health
				13
				14
Vacant			November 21, 1816 – December 4, 1816
5	Montfort Stokes	Democratic- Republican	December 4, 1816 – March 4, 1823			Elected to finish Turner's term
				15	6	Elected to full term in 1816
				16
				17
6	John Branch	Crawford Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 9, 1829	18	7	Elected in 1822
		Jacksonian		19
				20
				21	8	Re-elected in 1828 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Vacant			March 9, 1829 – December 9, 1829	21
7	Bedford Brown	Democratic	December 9, 1829 – November 16, 1840	21		Elected to finish Branch's term
				22
				23
				24	9	Re-elected in 1835 Resigned
				25
				26
Vacant			November 16, 1840 – November 25, 1840	26
8	Willie Mangum	Whig	November 25, 1840 – March 4, 1853	26		Elected to finish Brown's term
				27	10	Elected in 1841
				28
				29
				30	11	Re-elected in 1847 Lost re-election
				31
				32
Vacant			March 4, 1853 – December 6, 1854	33	12	Legislature failed to elect
9	David Reid	Democratic	December 6, 1854 – March 4, 1859	33		Elected to finish vacant term Lost re-election
				34
				35
10	Thomas Bragg	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – July 11, 1861	36	13	Elected in 1858 Expelled
10	Thomas Bragg	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – July 11, 1861	37		Elected in 1858 Expelled
Vacant			July 11, 1861 – July 14, 1868	37		Civil War and Reconstruction
				38
				39	14
				40
11	Joseph Abbott	Republican	July 14, 1868 – March 4, 1871	40		Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term Lost renomination
11	Joseph Abbott	Republican	July 14, 1868 – March 4, 1871	41		Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term Lost renomination
Vacant			March 4, 1871 – January 30, 1872	42	15	Legislature failed to elect
12	Matt W. Ransom	Democratic	January 30, 1872 – March 4, 1895	42		Elected to finish vacant term
				43
				44
				45	16	Re-elected in 1876
				46
				47
				48	17	Re-elected in 1883
				49
				50
				51	18	Re-elected in 1889 Lost re-election
				52
				53
13	Marion Butler	Populist	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	54	19	Elected in 1894 Lost re-election
				55
				56
14	Furnifold M. Simmons	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1931	57	20	Elected in 1900
				58
				59
				60	21	Re-elected in 1906
				61
				62
				63	22	Re-elected in 1912
				64
				65
				66	23	Re-elected in 1918
				67
				68
				69	24	Re-elected in 1924 Lost renomination
				70
				71
15	Josiah Bailey	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – December 15, 1946	72	25	Elected in 1930
				73
				74
				75	26	Re-elected in 1936
				76
				77
				78	27	Re-elected in 1942 Died
				79		Re-elected in 1942 Died
Vacant			December 15, 1946 – December 18, 1946	79
16	William B. Umstead	Democratic	December 18, 1946 – December 30, 1948	79		Appointed to continue Bailey's term Lost election to finish Bailey's term
16	William B. Umstead	Democratic	December 18, 1946 – December 30, 1948	80
17	J. Melville Broughton	Democratic	December 31, 1948 – March 6, 1949	80		Elected to finish Bailey's term
17	J. Melville Broughton	Democratic	December 31, 1948 – March 6, 1949	81	28	Elected to full term in 1948 Died
Vacant			March 6, 1949 – March 29, 1949
18	Frank Graham	Democratic	March 29, 1949 – November 26, 1950			Appointed to continue Broughton's term Lost nomination to finish Broughton's term
19	Willis Smith	Democratic	November 27, 1950 – June 26, 1953	82		Elected to finish Broughton's term Died
				82
				83
Vacant			June 26, 1953 – July 10, 1953
20	Alton A. Lennon	Democratic	July 10, 1953 – November 28, 1954			Appointed to continue Smith's term Lost nomination to finish Smith's term
21	W. Kerr Scott	Democratic	November 29, 1954 – April 16, 1958			Elected to finish Smith's term
				84	29	Elected to full term in 1954 Died
				85		Elected to full term in 1954 Died
Vacant			April 16, 1958 – April 19 1958	85
22	B. Everett Jordan	Democratic	April 19 1958 – January 3, 1973	85		Appointed to continue Scott's term Elected to finish Scott's term
				86
				87	30	Re-elected in 1960
				88
				89
				90	31	Re-elected in 1966 Lost renomination
				91
				92
23	Jesse Helms	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2003	93	32	Elected in 1972
				94
				95
				96	33	Re-elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	34	Re-elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	35	Re-elected in 1990
				103
				104
				105	36	Re-elected in 1996 Retired
				106
				107
24	Elizabeth Dole	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	108	37	Elected in 2002 Lost re-election
				109
				110
25	Kay Hagan	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – Present	111	38	Elected in 2008
				112
				113

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