North Carolina's 8th congressional district
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North Carolina's 8th congressional district
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| North Carolina's 8th congressional district | ||
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| Current Representative | Larry Kissell (D–Biscoe) | |
| Distribution | 69.41% urban, 30.59% rural | |
| Population (2000) | 619,178 | |
| Median income | $38,390 | |
| Ethnicity | 64.7% White, 26.8% Black, 1.7% Asian, 6.6% Hispanic, 1.8% Native American, 0.2% other | |
| Cook PVI | R+2 | |
North Carolina's eighth congressional district consists of a large portion of southern North Carolina from Charlotte to Fayetteville, including Concord, Albemarle, Monroe, Wadesboro, Troy, Rockingham, Laurinburg, and Raeford. The district includes all of Anson, Hoke, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, and Stanly counties, as well as portions of Cabarrus, Cumberland, Mecklenburg, and Union counties.
The district is currently represented by Larry Kissell, a member of the Democratic Party. He won the seat in 2008 after defeating five-term Republican incumbent Robin Hayes.
List of representatives
| Representative | Party | Years | District Residence | Note |
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| 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 |
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| 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. Magnum | 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 |
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| 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 | ||
| Edmund 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 | Laurel Springs | Redistricted to the 9th district |
| Walter Lambeth | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 | Thomasville | Redistricted from the 7th district |
| William O. Burgin | Democratic | January 3, 1939 – April 11, 1946 | Lexington | |
| 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 | Wadesboro | |
| Charles R. Jonas | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969 | Lincolnton | Redistricted from the 10th district; Redistricted to the 9th district |
| Earl B. Ruth | Republican | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975 | Salisbury | |
| Bill Hefner | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1999 | Kannapolis | |
| Robin Hayes | Republican | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2009 | Concord | |
| Larry Kissell | Democratic | January 3, 2009 – Present | Biscoe | Incumbent |
Footnotes
References
- 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
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