North Carolina's 8th congressional district

North Carolina's 8th congressional district
North Carolina's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2017.
Current Representative Richard Hudson (R–Concord)
Distribution
  • 71.28[1]% urban
  • 28.72% rural
Population (2016) 774,967[2]
Median income 38,390
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+8[3]

North Carolina's eighth congressional district 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, Montgomery, Moore, Hoke and Stanly counties, as well as portions of Rowan and Cumberland counties.

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 representatives

Representative Party Years Note
District created March 4, 1793
William J. Dawson Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
Dempsey Burges Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799
David Stone Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801
Charles Johnson Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 – July 23, 1802 Died
Thomas Wynns Democratic-Republican December 7, 1802 – March 3, 1803 Redistricted to the 1st district
Richard Stanford Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 – April 9, 1816 Redistricted from the 4th district;
Died
Samuel Dickens Democratic-Republican December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817
James S. Smith Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821
Josiah Crudup Democratic-Republican March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823
Willie P. Mangum Crawford D-R March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 Resigned
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 – March 18, 1826
Daniel L. Barringer Jacksonian December 4, 1826 – March 3, 1833
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
William Montgomery Jacksonian March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Democratic March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Romulus M. Saunders Democratic March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 Redistricted to the 5th district
Archibald Hunter Arrington Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 Redistricted from the 6th district
Henry S. Clark Democratic March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Richard S. Donnell Whig March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
Edward Stanly Whig March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853
Thomas L. Clingman Democratic March 4, 1853 – May 7, 1858 Redistricted from the 1st district, resigned after being appointed to U.S. Senate.
Zebulon B. Vance Democratic December 7, 1858 – March 3, 1861
District unrepresented March 3, 1861 – March 3, 1873 Civil War and Reconstruction
Robert B. Vance Democratic March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1885
William H. H. Cowles Democratic March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893
William H. Bower Democratic March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Romulus Z. Linney Republican March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901
E. Spencer Blackburn Republican March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
Theodore F. Kluttz Democratic March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 Redistricted from the 7th district
E. Spencer Blackburn Republican March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
Richard N. Hackett Democratic March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909
Charles H. Cowles Republican March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Robert L. Doughton Democratic March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1933 Redistricted to the 9th district
Walter Lambeth Democratic March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 Redistricted from the 7th district
William O. Burgin Democratic January 3, 1939 – April 11, 1946 Died
Eliza Pratt Democratic May 25, 1946 – January 3, 1947
Charles B. Deane Democratic January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1957
A. Paul Kitchin Democratic January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1963
Charles R. Jonas Republican January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969 Redistricted from the 10th district, redistricted to the 9th district
Earl B. Ruth Republican January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975
Bill Hefner Democratic January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1999
Robin Hayes Republican January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009
Larry Kissell Democratic January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013
Richard Hudson Republican January 3, 2013 – present Incumbent

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013
2013–2017

See also

Footnotes

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. ↑ "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

Coordinates: 35°07′21″N 79°57′05″W / 35.12250°N 79.95139°W / 35.12250; -79.95139

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