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North Carolina's 6th congressional district

90 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1793. Now: Addison P. McDowell R.

Holders
90
52 D · 23 R · 6 J · 2 F · 2 P · 1 AA · 1 W · 1 A · 1 IRD · 1 C
Longest tenure
16 years
Carl Thomas Durham
Current
21 months
Addison P. McDowell, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/nc-6Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020James Gillespie · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · Anti-AdministrationJames Gillespie · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanJames Gillespie · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Hill · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistWilliam Henry Hill · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistNathaniel Macon · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Macon · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Macon · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Macon · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Macon · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Macon · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Macon · 1815-12-04 – 1815-12-14 · RepublicanWeldon Nathaniel Edwards · 1816-02-07 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanWeldon Nathaniel Edwards · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanWeldon Nathaniel Edwards · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanWeldon Nathaniel Edwards · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanWeldon Nathaniel Edwards · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanWeldon Nathaniel Edwards · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonDaniel Turner · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonRobert Potter · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonMicajah Thomas Hawkins · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonMicajah Thomas Hawkins · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonMicajah Thomas Hawkins · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonMicajah Thomas Hawkins · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratMicajah Thomas Hawkins · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratArchibald Hunter Arrington · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJames Iver McKay · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJames Iver McKay · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJohn Reeves Jones Daniel · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJohn Reeves Jones Daniel · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn Reeves Jones Daniel · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratRichard Clauselle Puryear · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigRichard Clauselle Puryear · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanAlfred Moore Scales · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJames Madison Leach · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratNathaniel Boyden · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · ConservativeFrancis Edwin Shober · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratThomas Samuel Ashe · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratThomas Samuel Ashe · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratWalter Leak Steele · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratWalter Leak Steele · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratClement Dowd · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratClement Dowd · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratRisden Tyler Bennett · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Rowland · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Rowland · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratSydenham Benoni Alexander · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratSydenham Benoni Alexander · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJames Alexander Lockhart · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratCharles Henry Martin · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · PopulistJohn Dillard Bellamy · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJohn Dillard Bellamy · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratGilbert Brown Patterson · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratGilbert Brown Patterson · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratHannibal Lafayette Godwin · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratHannibal Lafayette Godwin · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratHannibal Lafayette Godwin · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratHannibal Lafayette Godwin · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratHannibal Lafayette Godwin · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratHannibal Lafayette Godwin · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratHannibal Lafayette Godwin · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratHomer Le Grand Lyon · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratHomer Le Grand Lyon · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratHomer Le Grand Lyon · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratHomer Le Grand Lyon · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJerome Bayard Clark · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratJerome Bayard Clark · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bradley Umstead · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratCarl Thomas Durham · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratCarl Thomas Durham · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratHorace Robinson Kornegay · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratHorace Robinson Kornegay · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratLunsford Richardson Preyer · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratLunsford Richardson Preyer · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratLunsford Richardson Preyer · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratWalter Eugene Johnston III · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Coble · 1985-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Coble · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Coble · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Coble · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Coble · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Coble · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanMark Walker · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanAddison P. McDowell · 2025-01-03 – present · RepublicanCharles Henry Martin · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · PopulistCarl Thomas Durham · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratHorace Robinson Kornegay · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratLunsford Richardson Preyer · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratCharles Robin Britt · 1983-01-03 – 1985-01-04 · DemocratKathy E. Manning · 2021-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · Democrat
Addison P. McDowell R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Kathy E. Manning D
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2025 · 4 years
Mark Walker R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Howard Coble R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Howard Coble R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Howard Coble R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Howard Coble R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Howard Coble R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Howard Coble R
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1987 · 2 years
Charles Robin Britt D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1985 · 2 years
Walter Eugene Johnston III R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Lunsford Richardson Preyer D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Horace Robinson Kornegay D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Horace Robinson Kornegay D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Horace Robinson Kornegay D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Carl Thomas Durham D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Carl Thomas Durham D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Carl Thomas Durham D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
William Bradley Umstead D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Jerome Bayard Clark D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Jerome Bayard Clark D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Homer Le Grand Lyon D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Homer Le Grand Lyon D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Homer Le Grand Lyon D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Homer Le Grand Lyon D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Gilbert Brown Patterson D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Gilbert Brown Patterson D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Dillard Bellamy D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Dillard Bellamy D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Charles Henry Martin P
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
James Alexander Lockhart D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Charles Henry Martin P
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Sydenham Benoni Alexander D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Sydenham Benoni Alexander D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Alfred Rowland D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Alfred Rowland D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Risden Tyler Bennett D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Clement Dowd D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Clement Dowd D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Walter Leak Steele D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Walter Leak Steele D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Thomas Samuel Ashe D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Thomas Samuel Ashe D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Francis Edwin Shober D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Nathaniel Boyden C
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
James Madison Leach IRD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Alfred Moore Scales D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Richard Clauselle Puryear A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Richard Clauselle Puryear W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Reeves Jones Daniel D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Reeves Jones Daniel D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Reeves Jones Daniel D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
James Iver McKay D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
James Iver McKay D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Archibald Hunter Arrington D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Micajah Thomas Hawkins D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Micajah Thomas Hawkins D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Micajah Thomas Hawkins J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Micajah Thomas Hawkins J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Micajah Thomas Hawkins J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Robert Potter J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Daniel Turner J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Weldon Nathaniel Edwards J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Weldon Nathaniel Edwards R
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Weldon Nathaniel Edwards R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Weldon Nathaniel Edwards R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Weldon Nathaniel Edwards R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Weldon Nathaniel Edwards R
Feb 7, 1816 – Mar 4, 1817 · 13 months
Nathaniel Macon R
Dec 4, 1815 – Dec 14, 1815 · 10 days
Nathaniel Macon R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Nathaniel Macon R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Nathaniel Macon R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Nathaniel Macon R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Nathaniel Macon R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Nathaniel Macon R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
William Henry Hill F
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
William Henry Hill F
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
James Gillespie R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
James Gillespie R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
James Gillespie AA
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months

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