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North Carolina's 7th congressional district

84 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1793. Now: David Rouzer R.

Holders
84
54 D · 15 F · 5 W · 3 R · 2 J · 2 P · 1 A · 1 AJ · 1 ID
Longest tenure
12 years
David Rouzer
Current
12 years
David Rouzer, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/nc-7Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Barry Grove · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · FederalistWilliam Barry Grove · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistWilliam Barry Grove · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistWilliam Barry Grove · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistWilliam Barry Grove · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistSamuel Dinsmore Purviance · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · FederalistDuncan McFarlan · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Culpepper · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · FederalistArchibald McBryde · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · FederalistArchibald McBryde · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · FederalistJohn Culpepper · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistJohn Culpepper · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · FederalistJames Stewart · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · FederalistJohn Culpepper · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · FederalistArchibald McNeill · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · FederalistJohn Culpepper · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · FederalistArchibald McNeill · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJohn Culpepper · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsEdmund Deberry · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · Anti JacksonianLauchlin Bethune · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonEdmund Deberry · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · WhigEdmund Deberry · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigEdmund Deberry · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigEdmund Deberry · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigEdmund Deberry · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJohn Reeves Jones Daniel · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Reeves Jones Daniel · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJames Iver McKay · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Shepperd Ashe · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Shepperd Ashe · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Burton Craige · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Burton Craige · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Burton Craige · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Burton Craige · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Hamilton Jones · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJames Clarence Harper · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratWilliam McKendree Robbins · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratWilliam McKendree Robbins · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratWilliam McKendree Robbins · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratRobert Franklin Armfield · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratRobert Franklin Armfield · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratTyre York · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · Ind. DemocratJohn Steele Henderson · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Steele Henderson · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Steele Henderson · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Steele Henderson · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Steele Henderson · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratAlonzo Craig Shuford · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · PopulistAlonzo Craig Shuford · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · PopulistTheodore Franklin Kluttz · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratTheodore Franklin Kluttz · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratRobert Newton Page · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratRobert Newton Page · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratRobert Newton Page · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratRobert Newton Page · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratRobert Newton Page · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratRobert Newton Page · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratRobert Newton Page · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratLeonidas Dunlap Robinson · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratLeonidas Dunlap Robinson · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cicero Hammer · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cicero Hammer · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cicero Hammer · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratWilliam Cicero Hammer · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Cicero Hammer · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratJohn Walter Lambeth · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJerome Bayard Clark · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJerome Bayard Clark · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratAlton Asa Lennon · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratAlton Asa Lennon · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratAlton Asa Lennon · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratAlton Asa Lennon · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratAlton Asa Lennon · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratCharles Grandison Rose III · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratCharles Grandison Rose III · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratCharles Grandison Rose III · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratMike McIntyre · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratMike McIntyre · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratMike McIntyre · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratMike McIntyre · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratDavid Rouzer · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanHinton James · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratFrank Ertel Carlyle · 1949-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · DemocratCharles Grandison Rose III · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · Democrat
David Rouzer R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Mike McIntyre D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Mike McIntyre D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Mike McIntyre D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Mike McIntyre D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Charles Grandison Rose III D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Charles Grandison Rose III D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Charles Grandison Rose III D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Charles Grandison Rose III D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Alton Asa Lennon D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Alton Asa Lennon D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Alton Asa Lennon D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Alton Asa Lennon D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Alton Asa Lennon D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Frank Ertel Carlyle D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1957 · 8 years
Jerome Bayard Clark D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Jerome Bayard Clark D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
John Walter Lambeth D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Cicero Hammer D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Hinton James D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Cicero Hammer D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Cicero Hammer D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Cicero Hammer D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Cicero Hammer D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Leonidas Dunlap Robinson D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Robert Newton Page D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Robert Newton Page D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Robert Newton Page D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Robert Newton Page D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Robert Newton Page D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Robert Newton Page D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Robert Newton Page D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Theodore Franklin Kluttz D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Theodore Franklin Kluttz D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Alonzo Craig Shuford P
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Alonzo Craig Shuford P
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Steele Henderson D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Steele Henderson D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Steele Henderson D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Steele Henderson D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Steele Henderson D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Tyre York ID
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Robert Franklin Armfield D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Robert Franklin Armfield D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William McKendree Robbins D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William McKendree Robbins D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William McKendree Robbins D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
James Clarence Harper D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Alexander Hamilton Jones R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
Francis Burton Craige D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Francis Burton Craige D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Francis Burton Craige D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Francis Burton Craige D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
William Shepperd Ashe D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
William Shepperd Ashe D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
James Iver McKay D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Reeves Jones Daniel D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John Reeves Jones Daniel D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Edmund Deberry W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Edmund Deberry W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Edmund Deberry W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Edmund Deberry W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Edmund Deberry W
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Lauchlin Bethune J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Edmund Deberry AJ
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Culpepper A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Archibald McNeill J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John Culpepper F
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Archibald McNeill F
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
John Culpepper F
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
James Stewart F
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
John Culpepper F
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
John Culpepper F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Archibald McBryde F
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Archibald McBryde F
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
John Culpepper F
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Duncan McFarlan R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Samuel Dinsmore Purviance F
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
William Barry Grove F
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
William Barry Grove F
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
William Barry Grove F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
William Barry Grove F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
William Barry Grove F
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months

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