North Carolina's 1st congressional district

North Carolina's 1st congressional district
North Carolina's 1st congressional district
	North Carolina's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2021
Representative
	G.K. Butterfield; D–Wilson
Distribution	62.9% urban; 37.1% rural;
Population (2019)	763,500
Median household; income	$47,469
Ethnicity	44.93% Black; 43.19% White; 8.78% Hispanic; 1.98% Asian; 1.02% Native American; 0.1% other;
Cook PVI	D+3

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. It covers many rural areas of northeastern North Carolina, among the state's most economically poor, as well as outer exurbs of urbanized Research Triangle. It contains towns and cities such as Greenville, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Goldsboro, Henderson, and Roanoke Rapids.

The district is represented by Rep. G. K. Butterfield, a Democrat. He has been the representative since 2004, after winning a special election to represent the district. In the 2006 election, he won unopposed. In 2020 he defeated Republican Sandy Smith 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] It was re-drawn again in 2019 following court-mandated redistricting, which removed portions of the Research Triangle from the district and changed it to D+3 from a D+17 on the Cook Partisan Voting Index. ^[5]

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%
2020	President	Biden 54–45%

Recent congressional races[]

2000s[]

U.S. House election, 2000: North Carolina's 1st district^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eva Clayton (incumbent)	124,171	65.6
	Republican	Duane Kratzer, Jr.	62,198	32.9
	Libertarian	Christopher Delaney	2,799	1.5
Total votes			189,168	100

U.S. House election, 2002: North Carolina's 1st district^[7]
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^[8]
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^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (incumbent)	82,510	100
Total votes			82,510	100

U.S. House election, 2008: North Carolina's 1st district^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (incumbent)	192,765	70.28
	Republican	Dean Stephens	81,506	29.72
Total votes			274,271	100

2010s[]

U.S. House election, 2010: North Carolina's 1st district^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (incumbent)	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^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (incumbent)	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^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (incumbent)	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^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (incumbent)	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^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (incumbent)	190,457	69.9
	Republican	Roger Allison	82,218	30.2
Total votes			272,675	100.0

2020s[]

U.S. House election, 2020: North Carolina's 1st district^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kenneth Butterfield Jr. (incumbent)	188,870	54.2
	Republican	Sandy Smith	159,758	45.8
Total votes			348,618	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 Anson, Burke, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Rowan, Rutherford, Wilkes
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 Burke, Guilford, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Rowan, Rutherford, Wilkes
Joseph McDowell	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd	Elected in 1793. Lost re-election.	1793–1803 Ashe, Buncombe, Burke, Lincoln, Rutherford, Wilkes
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 Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans
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 Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans
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	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1823. Lost re-election.	1823–1833 Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans
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. Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. [data unknown/missing]
William B. Shepard	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1837	21st 22nd 23rd 24th		1833–1843 Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank, Perquimans
Samuel T. Sawyer	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1837. [data unknown/missing]
Kenneth Rayner	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Thomas L. Clingman	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. [data unknown/missing]	1843–1853 Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Cleveland, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Rutherford, Yancey
James Graham	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1845. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas L. Clingman	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	30th 31st 32nd	Elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Henry M. Shaw	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1853. [data unknown/missing]	1853–1861 Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington
Robert T. Paine	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1855. [data unknown/missing]
Henry M. Shaw	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1857. [data unknown/missing]
William N. H. Smith	Opposition	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Elected in 1859. North Carolina seceded from the Union in May 1861.
Vacant		March 4, 1861 – July 6, 1868	37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
John R. French	Republican	July 6, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected to finish the short term. [data unknown/missing]	1868–1873 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington
Clinton L. Cobb	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing]
Clinton L. Cobb	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd		1873–1883 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
Jesse J. Yeates	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data unknown/missing]
Joseph J. Martin	Republican	March 4, 1879 – January 29, 1881	46th	Lost contested election.
Jesse J. Yeates	Democratic	January 29, 1881 – March 3, 1881	46th	Won contested election. [data unknown/missing]
Louis C. Latham	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. [data unknown/missing]
Walter F. Pool	Republican	March 4, 1883 – August 25, 1883	48th	Elected in 1882. Died.	1883–1893 Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
Vacant		August 25, 1883 – November 20, 1883	48th
Thomas G. Skinner	Democratic	November 20, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected to finish Pool's term. Re-elected in 1884. [data unknown/missing]
Louis C. Latham	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas G. Skinner	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. [data unknown/missing]
William A. B. Branch	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. [data unknown/missing]
William A. B. Branch	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd		1893–1903 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
Harry Skinner	Populist	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing]
John H. Small	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1921	56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. [data unknown/missing]
					1903–1913 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
					1913–1933 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
Hallett S. Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925	67th 68th	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. [data unknown/missing]
Lindsay C. Warren	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – October 31, 1940	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Resigned to become U.S. Comptroller General.
Lindsay C. Warren	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – October 31, 1940	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th		1933–1943 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
Vacant		October 31, 1940 – November 5, 1940	76th
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. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Died.
					1943–1953 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
					1953–1963 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
					1963–1973 Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington
Vacant		November 7, 1965 – February 5, 1966	89th
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. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Died.
					1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
					1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		September 15, 1992 – November 3, 1992	102nd
Eva Clayton	Democratic	November 3, 1992 – January 3, 2003	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected to finish Jones's term. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired.
Eva Clayton	Democratic	November 3, 1992 – January 3, 2003	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th		1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
Frank Ballance	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – June 11, 2004	108th	Elected in 2002. Resigned.	2003–2013
Vacant		June 11, 2004 – July 20, 2004	108th
G. K. Butterfield	Democratic	July 20, 2004 – Present	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected to finish Ballance's term. Re-elected later in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 2nd district and retiring.
					2013–2017
					2017–2021
					2021—Present

References[]

^ https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
^ ^a ^b Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ Simpson, Ian (February 8, 2016). "Judges find two N. Carolina congressional districts racially gerrymandered". Reuters. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
^ "LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
^ https://ballotpedia.org/North_Carolina%27s_1st_Congressional_District
^ "11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 15, 2002. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "11/02/2004 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2004. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "11/07/2006 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 17, 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "11/04/2008 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 14, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "11/02/2010 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "11/06/2012 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 16, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 25, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "11/06/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^ "District 1, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". Retrieved November 10, 2018.
^ "District 1, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". Retrieved January 5, 2021.

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 36°06′03″N 77°30′14″W / 36.10083°N 77.50389°W / 36.10083; -77.50389

[1] ttps://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html

[auto-2] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-3] "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[4] Simpson, Ian (February 8, 2016). "Judges find two N. Carolina congressional districts racially gerrymandered". Reuters. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

[5] "LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

[6] ttps://ballotpedia.org/North_Carolina%27s_1st_Congressional_District

[7] "11/05/2002 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 15, 2002. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[8] "11/02/2004 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2004. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[9] "11/07/2006 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 17, 2006. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[10] "11/04/2008 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 14, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[11] "11/02/2010 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 12, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[12] "11/06/2012 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 16, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[13] "11/04/2014 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. November 25, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[14] "11/06/2016 Official General Election Results - Statewide". North Carolina State Board of Elections. December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[15] "District 1, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". Retrieved November 10, 2018.

[16] "District 1, North Carolina State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement". Retrieved January 5, 2021.

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