North Carolina's 8th congressional district

North Carolina's eighth congressional district is a United States congressional district that comprises a large portion of the southern Piedmont area of North Carolina from Concord to Spring Lake, including China Grove, Albemarle, Troy, Pinehurst and Raeford. The district includes all of Cabarrus County, Montgomery County, Moore County, Hoke County and Stanly County, as well as portions of Rowan County and Cumberland County.

North Carolina's 8th congressional district
North Carolina's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2017
Representative	Richard Hudson R–Concord
Distribution	71.28% urban[1] 28.72% rural
Population (2016)	774,967[2]
Median income	$51,621[3]
Ethnicity	65.7% white 23.44% black 9.9% Hispanic 2.19% Asian 1.2% Native American
Cook PVI	R+8[4]

The district is currently represented by Richard Hudson, a member of the Republican Party. He won the seat in 2012 after defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Larry Kissell.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1793
William J. Dawson	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd	Elected in 1793. Lost re-election.
Dempsey Burges	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799	4th 5th	Elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1796. Lost re-election.
David Stone	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	6th	Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Declined to serve having also been elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		March 4, 1801 – December 7, 1801	7th
Charles Johnson	Democratic-Republican	December 7, 1801 – July 23, 1802		Elected August 6, 1801 to finish Stone's term and seated December 7, 1801. Died.
Vacant		July 23, 1802 – December 7, 1802
Thomas Wynns	Democratic-Republican	December 7, 1802 – March 3, 1803		Elected October 15, 1802 to finish Johnson's term and seated December 7, 1802. Redistricted to the 1st district.
Richard Stanford	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – April 9, 1816	8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Died.
Vacant		April 9, 1816 – December 2, 1816
Samuel Dickens	Democratic-Republican	December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected to finish Stanford's term. Lost re-election.
James S. Smith	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1817. Re-elected in 1819. Retired.
Josiah Crudup	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1821. Retired.
Willie P. Mangum	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Resigned.
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 18, 1826
Vacant		March 18, 1826 – December 4, 1826	19th
Daniel L. Barringer	Jacksonian	December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1833	19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd	Elected November 3, 1826 to finish Mangum's term and seated December 4, 1826. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. [data unknown/missing]
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
William Montgomery	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th 25th 26th	[data unknown/missing]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Romulus M. Saunders	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 5th district.
Archibald Hunter Arrington	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Redistricted from the 6th district. [data unknown/missing]
Henry S. Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing]
Richard S. Donnell	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
Edward Stanly	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas L. Clingman	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – May 7, 1858	33rd 34th 35th	Redistricted from the 1st district. Resigned when appointed U.S. Senator.
Vacant		May 7, 1858 – December 7, 1858	35th
Zebulon B. Vance	Democratic	December 7, 1858 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 3, 1861 – March 3, 1873	37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd	Civil War and Reconstruction
Robert B. Vance	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1885	43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th	[data unknown/missing]
William H. H. Cowles	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893	49th 50th 51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing]
William H. Bower	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Romulus Z. Linney	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901	54th 55th 56th	[data unknown/missing]
E. Spencer Blackburn	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	[data unknown/missing]
Theodore F. Kluttz	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Redistricted from the 7th district. [data unknown/missing]
E. Spencer Blackburn	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	[data unknown/missing]
Richard N. Hackett	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Cowles	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	61st	[data unknown/missing]
Robert L. Doughton	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1933	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 9th district.
Walter Lambeth	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	Redistricted from the 7th district. [data unknown/missing]
William O. Burgin	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – April 11, 1946	76th 77th 78th 79th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		April 11, 1946 – May 25, 1946	79th
Eliza Pratt	Democratic	May 25, 1946 – January 3, 1947	79th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles B. Deane	Democratic	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1957	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th	[data unknown/missing]
Alvin Paul Kitchin	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963	85th 86th 87th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election after redistricting.
Charles R. Jonas	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969	88th 89th 90th	Redistricted from the 10th district. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Earl B. Ruth	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Bill Hefner	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1999	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Robin Hayes	Republican	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Larry Kissell	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	111th 112th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Richard Hudson	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Incumbent

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

2013–2017

See also

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

Footnotes

• NY Times 2010 Election Profile

References

1. Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
2. Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
3. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• 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