North Carolina ratified the Constitution on November 21, 1789, after the beginning of the 1st Congress. Its current senators are Democrat Kay Hagan and Republican Richard Burr.

Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two Congresses in the first election of 1788/1789 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and will be contested in 2014.

#	Senator	Years	Party	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Samuel Johnston	November 27, 1789 – March 4, 1793	Pro- Administration	1	1	Elected in 1789
				2
2	Alexander Martin	March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1799	Anti- Administration	3	2	Elected in 1793 Lost re-election
			Democratic- Republican	4
				5
3	Jesse Franklin	March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1805	Democratic- Republican	6	3	Elected in 1799 Lost re-election
				7
				8
4	James Turner	March 4, 1805 – November 21, 1816	Democratic- Republican	9	4	Elected in 1804
				10
				11
				12	5	Re-elected in 1810 Resigned due to ill health
				13
				14
		November 21, 1816 – December 4, 1816
5	Montfort Stokes	December 4, 1816 – March 4, 1823	Democratic- Republican			Elected to finish Turner's term
				15	6	Elected to full term in 1816
				16
				17
6	John Branch	March 4, 1823 – March 9, 1829	Crawford Republican	18	7	Elected in 1822
			Jacksonian	19
				20
				21	8	Re-elected in 1828 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy
		March 9, 1829 – December 9, 1829
7	Bedford Brown	December 9, 1829 – November 16, 1840	Democratic	21 (Continued)		Elected to finish Branch's term
				22
				23
				24	9	Re-elected in 1835 Resigned
				25
				26
		November 16, 1840 – November 25, 1840
8	Willie Mangum	November 25, 1840 – March 4, 1853	Whig	26 (Continued)		Elected to finish Brown's term
				27	10	Elected in 1841
				28
				29
				30	11	Re-elected in 1847 Lost re-election
				31
				32
		March 4, 1853 – December 6, 1854		33	12	Legislature failed to elect
9	David Reid	December 6, 1854 – March 4, 1859	Democratic	33 (Continued)		Elected to finish vacant term Lost re-election
				34
				35
10	Thomas Bragg	March 4, 1859 – July 11, 1861	Democratic	36	13	Elected in 1858 Expelled
				37
		July 11, 1861 – July 14, 1868		37 (Continued)		Civil War and Reconstruction
				38
				39	14
				40
11	Joseph Abbott	July 14, 1868 – March 4, 1871	Republican	40 (Continued)		Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term Lost renomination
				41
		March 4, 1871 – January 30, 1872		42	15	Legislature failed to elect
12	Matt W. Ransom	January 30, 1872 – March 4, 1895	Democratic	42 (Continued)		Elected to finish vacant term
				43
				44
				45	16	Re-elected in 1876
				46
				47
				48	17	Re-elected in 1883
				49
				50
				51	18	Re-elected in 1889 Lost re-election
				52
				53
13	Marion Butler	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	Populist	54	19	Elected in 1894 Lost re-election
				55
				56
14	Furnifold M. Simmons	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1931	Democratic	57	20	Elected in 1900
				58
				59
				60	21	Re-elected in 1906
				61
				62
				63	22	Re-elected in 1912
				64
				65
				66	23	Re-elected in 1918
				67
				68
				69	24	Re-elected in 1924 Lost renomination
				70
				71
15	Josiah Bailey	March 4, 1931 – December 15, 1946	Democratic	72	25	Elected in 1930
				73
				74
				75	26	Re-elected in 1936
				76
				77
				78	27	Re-elected in 1942 Died
				79
		December 15, 1946 – December 18, 1946
16	William B. Umstead	December 18, 1946 – December 30, 1948	Democratic	79 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Bailey's term Lost election to finish Bailey's term
				80
17	J. Melville Broughton	December 31, 1948 – March 6, 1949	Democratic	80 (Continued)		Elected to finish Bailey's term
				81	28	Elected to full term in 1948 Died
		March 6, 1949 – March 29, 1949
18	Frank Graham	March 29, 1949 – November 26, 1950	Democratic			Appointed to continue Broughton's term Lost nomination to finish Broughton's term
19	Willis Smith	November 27, 1950 – June 26, 1953	Democratic	82 (Continued)		Elected to finish Broughton's term Died
				82
				83
		June 26, 1953 – July 10, 1953
20	Alton A. Lennon	July 10, 1953 – November 28, 1954	Democratic			Appointed to continue Smith's term Lost nomination to finish Smith's term
21	W. Kerr Scott	November 29, 1954 – April 16, 1958	Democratic			Elected to finish Smith's term
				84	29	Elected to full term in 1954 Died
				85
		April 16, 1958 – April 19 1958
22	B. Everett Jordan	April 19 1958 – January 3, 1973	Democratic	85 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Scott's term Elected to finish Scott's term
				86
				87	30	Re-elected in 1960
				88
				89
				90	31	Re-elected in 1966 Lost renomination
				91
				92
23	Jesse Helms	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2003	Republican	93	32	Elected in 1972
				94
				95
				96	33	Re-elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	34	Re-elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	35	Re-elected in 1990
				103
				104
				105	36	Re-elected in 1996 Retired
				106
				107
24	Elizabeth Dole	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	Republican	108	37	Elected in 2002 Lost re-election
				109
				110
25	Kay Hagan	January 3, 2009 – Present	Democratic	111	38	Elected in 2008
				112

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, and will be contested in 2010.

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

See also

• United States congressional delegations from North Carolina
• List of United States Representatives from North Carolina