List of United States Senators From North Carolina

Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for three Congresses in the first election of 1788/1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, and will be contested in 2016.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Benjamin Hawkins	Pro- Administration	November 27, 1789 – March 4, 1795	1	1	Elected in 1789
		Pro- Administration		2
		Anti- Administration		3
2	Timothy Bloodworth	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1801	4	2	Elected in 1795
				5
				6
3	David Stone	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1801 – February 17, 1807	7	3	Elected in 1800 Resigned to return to the State Superior Court
				8
				9
Vacant			February 17, 1807 – March 4, 1807	9
4	Jesse Franklin	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1813	10	4	Elected in 1806 Retired
				11
				12
5	David Stone	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813 – December 24, 1814	13	5	Elected in 1813 Resigned
Vacant			December 24, 1814 – December 1814	13
6	Francis Locke	Democratic- Republican	December 1814 – December 5, 1815	13		Elected to finish Stone's term Resigned without having qualified
6	Francis Locke	Democratic- Republican	December 1814 – December 5, 1815	14
Vacant			December 5, 1815 – December 13, 1815	14
7	Nathaniel Macon	Democratic- Republican	December 13, 1815 – November 14, 1828	14		Elected to finish Locke's term
				15		Elected to finish Locke's term
				16	6	Elected to full term in 1819
				17
		Crawford Republican		18
		Jacksonian		19	7	Re-elected in 1825 Resigned
		Jacksonian		20		Re-elected in 1825 Resigned
Vacant			November 14, 1828 – December 15, 1828	20
8	James Iredell, Jr.	Jacksonian	December 15, 1828 – March 4, 1831	20		Elected to finish Macon's term Retired
8	James Iredell, Jr.	Jacksonian	December 15, 1828 – March 4, 1831	21		Elected to finish Macon's term Retired
9	Willie Mangum	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 19, 1836	22	8	Elected in 1830 Resigned
		Anti-Jacksonian		23
		Anti-Jacksonian		24
Vacant			March 19, 1836 – December 5, 1836	24
10	Robert Strange	Jacksonian	December 5, 1836 – November 16, 1840	24		Elected to finish Mangum's term
		Democratic		25	9	Elected to full term in 1836 Resigned
		Democratic		26
Vacant			November 16, 1840 – November 25, 1840	26
11	William Alexander Graham	Whig	November 25, 1840 – March 4, 1843	26		Elected to finish Strange's term
11	William Alexander Graham	Whig	November 25, 1840 – March 4, 1843	27		Elected to finish Strange's term
12	William H. Haywood, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – July 25, 1846	28	10	Elected in 1843 Resigned
12	William H. Haywood, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – July 25, 1846	29		Elected in 1843 Resigned
Vacant			July 25, 1846 – November 25, 1846
13	George Badger	Whig	November 25, 1846 – March 4, 1855	29		Elected to finish Haywood's term
				30		Elected to finish Haywood's term
				31	11	Re-elected in 1849 Retired
				32
				33
14	Asa Biggs	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – May 5, 1858	34	12	Elected in 1855 Resigned to become U.S. District Court Judge
14	Asa Biggs	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – May 5, 1858	35
Vacant			May 5, 1858 – May 7, 1858	35
15	Thomas Clingman	Democratic	May 7, 1858 – March 11, 1861	35		Appointed to finish Biggs's term
				36		Appointed to finish Biggs's term
				37	13	Elected to full term in 1861 Withdrew, and subsequently expelled for support of the rebellion
Vacant			March 11, 1861 – July 14, 1868	37		Civil War and Reconstruction
				38
				39
				40	14
16	John Pool	Republican	July 14, 1868 – March 4, 1873	40		Elected to finish vacant term Retired
				41
				42
17	Augustus Merrimon	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1879	43	15	Elected in 1872 Lost re-election
				44
				45
18	Zebulon Vance	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – April 14, 1894	46	16	Elected in 1879
				47
				48
				49	17	Re-elected in 1884
				50
				51
				52	18	Re-elected in 1892 Died
Vacant			April 14, 1894 – April 19, 1894
19	Thomas J. Jarvis	Democratic	April 19, 1894 – January 23, 1895			Appointed to continue Vance's term Successor qualified
20	Jeter Pritchard	Republican	January 23, 1895 – March 4, 1903	52		Elected to finish Vance's term
				53
				54
				55	19	Elected to full term in 1897 Lost re-election
				56
				57
21	Lee S. Overman	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – December 12, 1930	58	20	Elected in 1903
				59
				60
				61	21	Re-elected in 1909
				62
				63
				64	22	Re-elected in 1914
				65
				66
				67	23	Re-elected in 1920
				68
				69
				70	24	Re-elected in 1926 Died
				71
22	Cameron A. Morrison	Democratic	December 13, 1930 – December 4, 1932	71		Appointed to continue Overman's term Lost election to finish Overman's term
22	Cameron A. Morrison	Democratic	December 13, 1930 – December 4, 1932	72
23	Robert Reynolds	Democratic	December 5, 1932 – January 3, 1945	72		Elected to finish Overman's term
				73	25	Elected to full term in 1932
				74
				75
				76	26	Re-elected in 1938 Retired
				77
				78
24	Clyde R. Hoey	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – May 12, 1954	79	27	Elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	28	Re-elected in 1950 Died
				83		Re-elected in 1950 Died
Vacant			May 12, 1954 – June 5, 1954	83
25	Sam Ervin	Democratic	June 5, 1954 – December 31, 1974	83		Appointed to continue Hoey's term Elected to finish Hoey's term
				84
				85	29	Re-elected in 1956
				86
				87
				88	30	Re-elected in 1962
				89
				90
				91	31	Re-elected in 1968 Retired and resigned early
				92
				93
Vacant			December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93
26	Robert B. Morgan	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	94	32	Elected in 1974 Lost re-election
				95
				96
27	John P. East	Republican	January 3, 1981 – June 29, 1986	97	33	Elected in 1980 Died
				98
				99
Vacant			June 29, 1986 – July 14, 1986
28	James T. Broyhill	Republican	July 14, 1986 – November 4, 1986			Appointed to continue East's term Lost election to finish East's term
29	Terry Sanford	Democratic	November 5, 1986 – January 3, 1993	99		Elected to finish East's term
				100	34	Elected to full term in 1986 Lost re-election
				101
				102
30	Lauch Faircloth	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999	103	35	Elected in 1992 Lost re-election
				104
				105
31	John Edwards	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005	106	36	Elected in 1998 Retired to run for U.S. President
				107
				108
32	Richard Burr	Republican	January 3, 2005 – Present	109	37	Elected in 2004
				110
				111
				112	38	Re-elected in 2010
				113
				114

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