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U.S. Senate seat, North Carolina (class 3)

46 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Ted Budd R.

Holders
46
24 D · 14 R · 3 J · 3 W · 1 PA · 1 U
Longest tenure
18 years
Richard Burr
Current
3.8 years
Ted Budd, since Jan 3, 2023
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Benjamin Hawkins · 1789-03-04 – 1795-03-04 · Pro-AdministrationTimothy Bloodworth · 1795-12-07 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Stone · 1801-12-07 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Franklin · 1807-10-26 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Stone · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Macon · 1815-12-13 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Macon · 1819-12-06 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanNathaniel Macon · 1825-12-05 – 1828-11-15 · JacksonWillie Person Mangum · 1831-12-05 – 1836-11-27 · JacksonRobert Strange · 1836-12-05 – 1837-03-04 · DemocratRobert Strange · 1837-09-04 – 1840-11-17 · DemocratWilliam Henry Haywood Jr. · 1843-12-04 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Edmund Badger · 1849-12-03 – 1855-03-04 · WhigAsa Biggs · 1855-12-03 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Pool · 1868-01-01 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanAugustus Summerfield Merrimon · 1873-12-01 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratZebulon Baird Vance · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratZebulon Baird Vance · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratZebulon Baird Vance · 1891-12-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJeter Connelly Pritchard · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJeter Connelly Pritchard · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanLee Slater Overman · 1903-11-09 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratLee Slater Overman · 1909-03-15 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratLee Slater Overman · 1915-12-06 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratLee Slater Overman · 1921-04-11 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratLee Slater Overman · 1927-12-05 – 1930-12-13 · DemocratCameron A. Morrison · 1930-12-13 – 1932-12-05 · DemocratRobert Rice Reynolds · 1932-12-05 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratSamuel James Ervin Jr. · 1954-06-05 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratSamuel James Ervin Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRobert Burren Morgan · 1975-01-14 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratJohn Porter East · 1981-01-05 – 1986-06-30 · RepublicanJames Thomas Broyhill · 1986-07-14 – 1986-11-05 · RepublicanJames Terry Sanford · 1986-11-05 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratJames Terry Sanford · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratDuncan McLauchlin Faircloth · 1993-01-05 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Reid Edwards · 1999-01-06 – 2005-01-04 · DemocratRichard Burr · 2005-01-04 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanFrancis Locke · 1814-01-01 – 1816-01-01 · UnknownJames Iredell · 1828-01-01 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Alexander Graham · 1840-01-01 – 1843-03-04 · WhigGeorge Edmund Badger · 1846-01-01 – 1849-03-04 · WhigThomas Lanier Clingman · 1858-01-01 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jordan Jarvis · 1894-01-01 – 1896-01-01 · DemocratClyde Roark Hoey · 1945-01-03 – 1954-05-13 · DemocratTed Budd · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
Ted Budd R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Richard Burr R
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2023 · 18 years
John Reid Edwards D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2005 · 6 years
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1999 · 6 years
James Terry Sanford D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
James Terry Sanford D
Nov 5, 1986 – Jan 4, 1987 · 2 months
James Thomas Broyhill R
Jul 14, 1986 – Nov 5, 1986 · 4 months
John Porter East R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jun 30, 1986 · 5.5 years
Robert Burren Morgan D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1981 · 6 years
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1975 · 12 years
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D
Jun 5, 1954 – Jan 4, 1963 · 8.6 years
Clyde Roark Hoey D
Jan 3, 1945 – May 13, 1954 · 9.4 years
Robert Rice Reynolds D
Dec 5, 1932 – Jan 4, 1945 · 12 years
Cameron A. Morrison D
Dec 13, 1930 – Dec 5, 1932 · 2 years
Lee Slater Overman D
Dec 5, 1927 – Dec 13, 1930 · 3 years
Lee Slater Overman D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 5, 1927 · 5.9 years
Lee Slater Overman D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1921 · 5.2 years
Lee Slater Overman D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1915 · 6 years
Lee Slater Overman D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1909 · 5.3 years
Jeter Connelly Pritchard R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
Jeter Connelly Pritchard R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Thomas Jordan Jarvis D
Jan 1, 1894 – Jan 1, 1896 · 2 years
Zebulon Baird Vance D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1895 · 3.2 years
Zebulon Baird Vance D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
Zebulon Baird Vance D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1879 · 5.3 years
John Pool R
Jan 1, 1868 – Mar 4, 1873 · 5.2 years
Thomas Lanier Clingman D
Jan 1, 1858 – Mar 4, 1861 · 3.2 years
Asa Biggs D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1859 · 3.2 years
George Edmund Badger W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1855 · 5.2 years
George Edmund Badger W
Jan 1, 1846 – Mar 4, 1849 · 3.2 years
William Henry Haywood Jr. D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1847 · 3.2 years
William Alexander Graham W
Jan 1, 1840 – Mar 4, 1843 · 3.2 years
Robert Strange D
Sep 4, 1837 – Nov 17, 1840 · 3.2 years
Robert Strange D
Dec 5, 1836 – Mar 4, 1837 · 3 months
Willie Person Mangum J
Dec 5, 1831 – Nov 27, 1836 · 5 years
James Iredell J
Jan 1, 1828 – Mar 4, 1831 · 3.2 years
Nathaniel Macon J
Dec 5, 1825 – Nov 15, 1828 · 2.9 years
Nathaniel Macon R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1825 · 5.2 years
Nathaniel Macon R
Dec 13, 1815 – Mar 4, 1819 · 3.2 years
Francis Locke U
Jan 1, 1814 – Jan 1, 1816 · 2 years
David Stone R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Jesse Franklin R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1813 · 5.4 years
David Stone R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1807 · 5.2 years
Timothy Bloodworth R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1801 · 5.2 years
Benjamin Hawkins PA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1795 · 6 years

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