North Carolina's 1st congressional district

North Carolina's 1st congressional district consists of counties that border Virginia, and extending southward into several counties of the Inner Banks and Research Triangle regions. Geographically and demographically diverse, it covers many rural areas of northeastern North Carolina, among the state's most economically poor, as well as a part of the heavily urbanized Research Triangle. It contains towns and cities such as Durham, Greenville, Elizabeth City, Henderson, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Goldsboro, and New Bern.

North Carolina's 1st congressional district
North Carolina's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2017
Representative	G. K. Butterfield D–Wilson
Distribution	62.9% urban[1] 37.1% rural
Population (2016)	750,278[2]
Median income	$43,853[2]
Ethnicity	44.93% black 43.19% white 8.78% Hispanic 1.98% Asian 1.02% Native American 0.1% other
Cook PVI	D+17[3]

The district is represented by Rep. G. K. Butterfield, a Democrat. He has been the representative since 2005. In the 2006 election, he won unopposed. In 2010 he defeated Republican Ashley Woolard from Washington, North Carolina in the general election.

On February 5, 2016, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the 1st district, as well as the 12th, were gerrymandered along racial lines, which was unconstitutional, and must be redrawn by March 15, 2016.[4]

Besides a brief period from 1895 until 1899 when the district was held by a Populist, the 1st district has been consistently Democratic since 1883.

Recent election results

Presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 57–42%
2004	President	Kerry 57–42%
2008	President	Obama 62–37%
2012	President	Obama 68–31%
2016	President	Clinton 68–31%

Recent congressional races

U.S. House election, 2002: North Carolina's 1st district[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank W. Ballance Jr.	93,157	63.74
	Republican	Greg Dority	50,907	34.83
	Libertarian	Mike Ruff	2,093	1.43
Total votes			146,157	100

U.S. House election, 2004: North Carolina's 1st district[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.	137,667	63.98
	Republican	Greg Dority	77,508	36.02
Total votes			215,175	100

U.S. House election, 2006: North Carolina's 1st district[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.	82,510	100
Total votes			82,510	100

U.S. House election, 2008: North Carolina's 1st district[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.	192,765	70.28
	Republican	Dean Stephens	81,506	29.72
Total votes			274,271	100

U.S. House election, 2010: North Carolina's 1st district[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.	103,294	59.31
	Republican	Ashley Woolard	70,867	40.69
Total votes			174,161	100

U.S. House election, 2012: North Carolina's 1st district[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.	254,644	75.32
	Republican	Pete DiLauro	77,288	22.86
	Libertarian	Darryl Holloman	6,134	1.81
Total votes			338,066	99.9

U.S. House election, 2014: North Carolina's 1st district[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.	154,333	73.38
	Republican	Arthur Rich	55,990	26.62
Total votes			210,323	100

U.S. House election, 2016: North Carolina's 1st district[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.	240,661	68.62
	Republican	H. Powell Dew Jr.	101,567	28.96
	Libertarian	Joseph John Summerell	8,259	2.4
Total votes			346,830	99.98

U.S. House election, 2018: North Carolina's 1st district[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr.	190,457	69.9
	Republican	Roger Allison	82,218	30.2
Total votes			272,675	100.0

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
John B. Ashe	Anti-Administration	March 24, 1790 – March 3, 1791	1st	Elected in 1790. Redistricted to the 3rd district.	1790–1791 "Roanoke division"
John Steele	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1791. [data unknown/missing]	1791–1793 "Yadkin division"
Joseph McDowell	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd	Elected in 1793. Lost re-election.	1793–1803 [data unknown/missing]
James Holland	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	4th	Elected in 1795. Lost re-election.
Joseph McDowell Jr.	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	5th	Elected in 1796. Lost re-election.
Joseph Dickson	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	6th	Elected in 1798. Lost re-election.
James Holland	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Thomas Wynns	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	8th 9th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Retired.	1803–1813 [data unknown/missing]
Lemuel Sawyer	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813	10th 11th 12th	Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Lost re-election.
William H. Murfree	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Retired.	1813–1823 [data unknown/missing]
Lemuel Sawyer	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823	15th 16th 17th	Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Lost re-election.
Alfred M. Gatlin	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1823. Lost re-election.	1823–1833 [data unknown/missing]
Lemuel Sawyer	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Lost re-election.
William B. Shepard	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837	21st 22nd 23rd 24th	Elected in 1829. [data unknown/missing]
					1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
Samuel T. Sawyer	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
Kenneth Rayner	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 9th district.
Thomas L. Clingman	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
James Graham	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas L. Clingman	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	30th 31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 8th district.
Henry M. Shaw	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]	1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
Robert T. Paine	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry M. Shaw	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing]
William N. H. Smith	Opposition	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	North Carolina seceded from the Union in May 1861
Vacant		March 3, 1861 – July 6, 1868		Civil War and Reconstruction
					1863–1873 [data unknown/missing]
John R. French	Republican	July 6, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected to finish the short term. [data unknown/missing]
Clinton L. Cobb	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing]
					1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
Jesse J. Yeates	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph J. Martin	Republican	March 3, 1879 – January 29, 1881	46th	Lost contested election.
Jesse J. Yeates	Democratic	January 29, 1881 – March 3, 1881	46th	Won contested election.
Louis C. Latham	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
Walter F. Pool	Republican	March 4, 1883 – August 25, 1883	48th	[data unknown/missing] Died.	1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		August 25, 1883 – November 20, 1883
Thomas G. Skinner	Democratic	November 20, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected to finish Pool's term. [data unknown/missing]
Louis C. Latham	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas G. Skinner	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	[data unknown/missing]
William A. B. Branch	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
					1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
Harry Skinner	Populist	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	[data unknown/missing]
John H. Small	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1921	56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]
					1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
					1913–1933 [data unknown/missing]
Hallett S. Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925	67th 68th	[data unknown/missing]
Lindsay C. Warren	Democratic	March 3, 1925 – October 31, 1940	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become U.S. Comptroller General.
					1933–1943 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		October 31, 1940 – November 5, 1940
Herbert C. Bonner	Democratic	November 5, 1940 – November 7, 1965	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	Elected to finish Warren's term. Died.
					1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]
					1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]
					1963–1973 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		November 7, 1965 – February 5, 1966
Walter B. Jones Sr.	Democratic	February 5, 1966 – September 15, 1992	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected to finish Bonner's term. Died.
					1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
					1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		September 15, 1992 – November 3, 1992
Eva Clayton	Democratic	November 3, 1992 – January 3, 2003	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected to finish Jones's term. Retired.
					1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
Frank Ballance	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – June 11, 2004	108th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.	2003–2013
Vacant		June 11, 2004 – July 20, 2004
G. K. Butterfield	Democratic	July 20, 2004 – Present	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected to finish Ballance's term.
					2013–2017
					2017–Present

See also

• North Carolina's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. Simpson, Ian (February 8, 2016). "Judges find two N. Carolina congressional districts racially gerrymandered". Reuters. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
5. "11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 15, 2002. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
6. "11/02/2004 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2004. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
7. "11/07/2006 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 17, 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
8. "11/04/2008 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 14, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
9. "11/02/2010 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
10. "11/06/2012 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 16, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
11. "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 25, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
12. "11/06/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
13. "District 1, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". Retrieved November 10, 2018.

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• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present