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 |
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| 1 | Benjamin Hawkins | Pro- Administration |
November 27, 1789 – March 4, 1795 |
1 | 1 | Elected in 1789 |
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| 2 | Timothy Bloodworth | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1801 |
4 | 2 | Elected in 1795 |
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| 3 | David Stone | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1801 – February 17, 1807 |
7 | 3 | Elected in 1800 Resigned to return to the State Superior Court |
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| Vacant | February 17, 1807 – March 4, 1807 |
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| 4 | Jesse Franklin | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1813 |
10 | 4 | Elected in 1806 Retired |
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| 5 | David Stone | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1813 – December 24, 1814 |
13 | 5 | Elected in 1813 Resigned |
| Vacant | December 24, 1814 – December 1814 |
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| 6 | Francis Locke | Democratic- Republican |
December 1814 – December 5, 1815 |
13 | Elected to finish Stone's term Resigned without having qualified |
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| Vacant | December 5, 1815 – December 13, 1815 |
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| 7 | Nathaniel Macon | Democratic- Republican |
December 13, 1815 – November 14, 1828 |
14 | Elected to finish Locke's term | |
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| 16 | 6 | Elected to full term in 1819 | ||||
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| Crawford Republican |
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| Jacksonian | 19 | 7 | Re-elected in 1825 Resigned |
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| Vacant | November 14, 1828 – December 15, 1828 |
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| 8 | James Iredell, Jr. | Jacksonian | December 15, 1828 – March 4, 1831 |
20 | Elected to finish Macon's term Retired |
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| 9 | Willie Mangum | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 19, 1836 |
22 | 8 | Elected in 1830 Resigned |
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| Vacant | March 19, 1836 – December 5, 1836 |
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| 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 |
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| Vacant | November 16, 1840 – November 25, 1840 |
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| 11 | William Alexander Graham | Whig | November 25, 1840 – March 4, 1843 |
26 | Elected to finish Strange's term |
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| 12 | William H. Haywood, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – July 25, 1846 |
28 | 10 | Elected in 1843 Resigned |
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| Vacant | July 25, 1846 – November 25, 1846 |
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| 13 | George Badger | Whig | November 25, 1846 – March 4, 1855 |
29 | Elected to finish Haywood's term | |
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| 31 | 11 | Re-elected in 1849 Retired |
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| 14 | Asa Biggs | Democratic | March 4, 1855 – May 5, 1858 |
34 | 12 | Elected in 1855 Resigned to become U.S. District Court Judge |
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| Vacant | May 5, 1858 – May 7, 1858 |
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| 15 | Thomas Clingman | Democratic | May 7, 1858 – March 11, 1861 |
35 | Appointed to finish Biggs's term | |
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| 37 | 13 | Elected to full term in 1861 Withdrew, and subsequently expelled for support of the rebellion |
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| Vacant | March 11, 1861 – July 14, 1868 |
37 | Civil War and Reconstruction | |||
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| 16 | John Pool | Republican | July 14, 1868 – March 4, 1873 |
40 | Elected to finish vacant term Retired |
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| 17 | Augustus Merrimon | Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1879 |
43 | 15 | Elected in 1872 Lost re-election |
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| 18 | Zebulon Vance | Democratic | March 4, 1879 – April 14, 1894 |
46 | 16 | Elected in 1879 |
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| 49 | 17 | Re-elected in 1884 | ||||
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| 52 | 18 | Re-elected in 1892 Died |
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| Vacant | April 14, 1894 – April 19, 1894 |
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| 19 | Thomas J. Jarvis | Democratic | April 19, 1894 – January 23, 1895 |
Appointed to continue Vance's term Successor qualified |
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| 20 | Jeter Pritchard | Republican | January 23, 1895 – March 4, 1903 |
52 | Elected to finish Vance's term | |
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| 55 | 19 | Elected to full term in 1897 Lost re-election |
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| 21 | Lee S. Overman | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – December 12, 1930 |
58 | 20 | Elected in 1903 |
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| 61 | 21 | Re-elected in 1909 | ||||
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| 64 | 22 | Re-elected in 1914 | ||||
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| 67 | 23 | Re-elected in 1920 | ||||
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| 70 | 24 | Re-elected in 1926 Died |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||
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| 76 | 26 | Re-elected in 1938 Retired |
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| 24 | Clyde R. Hoey | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – May 12, 1954 |
79 | 27 | Elected in 1944 |
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| 82 | 28 | Re-elected in 1950 Died |
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| Vacant | May 12, 1954 – June 5, 1954 |
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| 25 | Sam Ervin | Democratic | June 5, 1954 – December 31, 1974 |
83 | Appointed to continue Hoey's term Elected to finish Hoey's term |
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| 85 | 29 | Re-elected in 1956 | ||||
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| 88 | 30 | Re-elected in 1962 | ||||
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| 91 | 31 | Re-elected in 1968 Retired and resigned early |
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| Vacant | December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
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| 26 | Robert B. Morgan | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
94 | 32 | Elected in 1974 Lost re-election |
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| 27 | John P. East | Republican | January 3, 1981 – June 29, 1986 |
97 | 33 | Elected in 1980 Died |
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| Vacant | June 29, 1986 – July 14, 1986 |
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| 28 | James T. Broyhill | Republican | July 14, 1986 – November 4, 1986 |
Appointed to continue East's term Lost election to finish East's term |
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| 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 |
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| 30 | Lauch Faircloth | Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999 |
103 | 35 | Elected in 1992 Lost re-election |
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| 31 | John Edwards | Democratic | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005 |
106 | 36 | Elected in 1998 Retired to run for U.S. President |
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| 32 | Richard Burr | Republican | January 3, 2005 – Present |
109 | 37 | Elected in 2004 |
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| 112 | 38 | Re-elected in 2010 | ||||
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