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North Carolina's 10th congressional district

65 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1793. Now: Pat Harrigan R.

Holders
65
31 R · 20 D · 4 F · 4 W · 2 U · 2 A · 2 J
Longest tenure
10 years
Cass Ballenger
Current
21 months
Pat Harrigan, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/nc-10Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Benjamin Williams · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04Nathan Bryan · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Bryan · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Dobbs Spaight · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Stanly · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistNathaniel Alexander · 1803-03-04 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanEvan Shelby Alexander · 1806-02-24 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanEvan Shelby Alexander · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Pearson · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · FederalistJoseph Pearson · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · FederalistJoseph Pearson · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistWilliam Carter Love · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Mumford · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Fisher · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Long · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Long · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04John Long · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJohn Long · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsAbraham Rencher · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonAbraham Rencher · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonAbraham Rencher · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · WhigAbraham Rencher · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigAbraham Rencher · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigCharles Fisher · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratAbraham Rencher · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJames Madison Gudger Jr. · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJames Madison Gudger Jr. · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Thomas Crawford · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJohn Gaston Grant · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJames Madison Gudger Jr. · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames Madison Gudger Jr. · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJames Jefferson Britt · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanJames Jefferson Britt · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanZebulon Weaver · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratZebulon Weaver · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratZebulon Weaver · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratZebulon Weaver · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratZebulon Weaver · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Moore Pritchard · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanZebulon Weaver · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Lee Bulwinkle · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratCameron A. Morrison · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratHamilton Chamberlain Jones · 1947-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratCharles Raper Jonas · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanBasil Lee Whitener · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratBasil Lee Whitener · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratJames Thomas Broyhill · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJames Thomas Broyhill · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanJames Thomas Broyhill · 1979-01-15 – 1986-07-15 · RepublicanCass Ballenger · 1986-11-04 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanCass Ballenger · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanCass Ballenger · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanCass Ballenger · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanCass Ballenger · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · RepublicanPatrick T. McHenry · 2005-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanPatrick T. McHenry · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanPatrick T. McHenry · 2015-01-06 – 2025-01-04 · RepublicanRichard Dobbs Spaight · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Fisher · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanZebulon Weaver · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Wilson Ervin · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratCharles Raper Jonas · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanJames Thomas Broyhill · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanPat Harrigan · 2025-01-03 – present · RepublicanSamuel James Ervin Jr. · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · Democrat
Pat Harrigan R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Patrick T. McHenry R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2025 · 10 years
Patrick T. McHenry R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Patrick T. McHenry R
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2009 · 4 years
Cass Ballenger R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
Cass Ballenger R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Cass Ballenger R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Cass Ballenger R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Cass Ballenger R
Nov 4, 1986 – Jan 4, 1987 · 2 months
James Thomas Broyhill R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jul 15, 1986 · 7.5 years
James Thomas Broyhill R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
James Thomas Broyhill R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
James Thomas Broyhill R
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Basil Lee Whitener D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Basil Lee Whitener D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Charles Raper Jonas R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Charles Raper Jonas R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1953 · 6 years
Joseph Wilson Ervin D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Cameron A. Morrison D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Alfred Lee Bulwinkle D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Zebulon Weaver D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
George Moore Pritchard R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Zebulon Weaver D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Zebulon Weaver D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Zebulon Weaver D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Zebulon Weaver D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Zebulon Weaver D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
James Jefferson Britt R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Zebulon Weaver D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
James Jefferson Britt R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James Madison Gudger Jr. D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Madison Gudger Jr. D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
John Gaston Grant R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Thomas Crawford D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
James Madison Gudger Jr. D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Madison Gudger Jr. D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Abraham Rencher W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Charles Fisher D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Abraham Rencher W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Abraham Rencher W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Abraham Rencher W
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Abraham Rencher J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Abraham Rencher J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Long A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John Long A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John Long
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
John Long R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Charles Fisher R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
George Mumford R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Charles Fisher R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
William Carter Love R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Joseph Pearson F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Joseph Pearson F
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Joseph Pearson F
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Evan Shelby Alexander R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Evan Shelby Alexander R
Feb 24, 1806 – Mar 4, 1807 · 12 months
Nathaniel Alexander R
Mar 4, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 2 years
John Stanly F
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Richard Dobbs Spaight R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
Nathan Bryan R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Richard Dobbs Spaight R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Nathan Bryan R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Benjamin Williams
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.