North Carolina's 5th congressional district

North Carolina's 5th congressional district
North Carolina's 5th congressional district, as of effective November 3, 2020
Representative	Virginia Foxx R–Banner Elk
Distribution	58.99% urban[1] 41.01% rural
Population (2016)	751,232[2]
Median income	$46,513[3]
Ethnicity	79.01% white 14.69% black 9.49% Hispanic 1.64% Asian 0.29% Native American 0.2% other
Cook PVI	R+10[4]

North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the central western portion of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the Metronlina western suburbs. the district borders Tennessee, Virginia and South Carolina While the bulk of its territory is in the mountains it stretches south into the Piedmont where it's largest city, Gastonia can be found. The district is overwhelmingly Republican. Large portions were controlled by Republicans even during the “Solid South” era as much of northwestern North Carolina was Quaker^[5] or mountaineer and therefore resisted secession.^[6] Two counties in the district – Avery and Yadkin – have never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since their creation, and Wilkes County has never done so since before the Second Party System. For the 2020 election the district has been updated per House Bill 1029^[7] enacted by the NC General Assembly on November 15, 2019, becoming Session Law 2019–249. District boundaries are based on 2010 census tabulation blocks.

The fifth district is currently represented by Virginia Foxx, a Republican.

Counties covered

The entirety of:

• Alexander County
• Alleghany County
• Ashe County
• Burke County
• Caldwell County
• Cleveland County
• Gaston County
• Watauga County
• Wilkes County

Portions of:

• Catawba County Small Northwestern Portion
• Rutherford County Eastern Half

Former counties covered

• Avery County - Redistricted to 11th district
• Forsyth County - Redistricted to 6th district and 10th district
• Stokes County - Redistricted to 10th district
• Surry County - Redistricted to 10th district
• Yadkin County - Redistricted to 10th district

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
John Sevier	Pro-Administration	June 16, 1790 – March 3, 1791	1st	Elected in 1790. District ceded by the state to the Federal government in 1789 but permitted to serve anyway although he wasn't representing any part of a state.	1790–1791 "Western division"
William B. Grove	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	2nd	Elected in 1791. Redistricted to the 7th district after original district ceded to federal government to later become Tennessee.	1791–1793 "Cape Fear division"
Nathaniel Macon	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th	Redistricted from the 2nd districtand re-elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1795. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Re-elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 6th district.	1793–1803 [data unknown/missing]
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803
James Gillespie	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1803. Re-elected in 1804. Died.	1803–1813 [data unknown/missing]
Thomas Kenan	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1811	9th 10th 11th	Elected August 8, 1805 to begin Gillespie's term. Re-elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired.
William R. King	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – November 4, 1816	12th 13th 14th	Elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1813. Re-elected in 1815. Resigned.
					1813–1823 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		November 4, 1816 – December 2, 1816	14th
Charles Hooks	Democratic-Republican	December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817		Elected to finish King's term. Lost re-election.
James Owen	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected in 1817. Lost re-election.
Charles Hooks	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823	16th 17th 18th	Elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1821. Re-elected in 1823. Lost re-election.
	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825			1823–1833 [data unknown/missing]
Gabriel Holmes	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – September 26, 1829	19th 20th 21st	Elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Died.
Vacant		September 26, 1829 – November 10, 1829	21st
Edward B. Dudley	Jacksonian	November 10, 1829 – March 3, 1831		Elected November 10, 1829 to finish Holmes's term and seated December 14, 1829. [data unknown/missing]
James I. McKay	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district.
					1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
Romulus M. Saunders	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Redistricted from the 8th district. [data unknown/missing]	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
James C. Dobbin	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing]
Abraham W. Venable	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	30th 31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing]
John Kerr Jr.	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]	1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
Edwin G. Reade	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
John A. Gilmer	Know Nothing	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Vacant		March 3, 1861 – July 20, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
					1863–1873 [data unknown/missing]
Israel G. Lash	Republican	July 20, 1868 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	[data unknown/missing]
James M. Leach	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing]
					1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
Alfred M. Scales	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – December 30, 1884	44th 45th 46th 47th 48th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when elected Governor of North Carolina.
					1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		December 30, 1884 – January 28, 1885	48th
James W. Reid	Democratic	January 28, 1885 – December 31, 1886	48th 49th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		December 31, 1886 – March 3, 1887	49th
John M. Brower	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	[data unknown/missing]
Archibald H. A. Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas Settle III	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	[data unknown/missing]	1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
William W. Kitchin	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – January 11, 1909	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned when elected Governor of North Carolina.
					1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		January 11, 1909 – March 3, 1909	60th
John M. Morehead	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	61st	[data unknown/missing]
Charles M. Stedman	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – September 23, 1930	62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	[data unknown/missing] Died.
					1913–1933 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		September 23, 1930 – November 4, 1930	71st
Franklin W. Hancock Jr.	Democratic	November 4, 1930 – January 3, 1939	71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]
					1933–1943 [data unknown/missing]
Alonzo D. Folger	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – April 30, 1941	76th 77th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		April 30, 1941 – June 14, 1941	77th
John H. Folger	Democratic	June 14, 1941 – January 3, 1949	77th 78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing]
					1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]
Richard T. Chatham	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957	81st 82nd 83rd 84th	[data unknown/missing]
					1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]
Ralph J. Scott	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	[data unknown/missing]
					1963–1973 [data unknown/missing]
Nick Galifianakis	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969	90th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district.
Vinegar Bend Mizell	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd	[data unknown/missing]
					1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
Stephen L. Neal	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1995	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
					1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]
					1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
Richard Burr	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired to run for U.S. senator in 2004.
					2003–2013
Virginia Foxx	Republican	January 3, 2005 – Present	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.
					2013–2017
					2017–Present
TBD					2021–

Election results

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

See also

• North Carolina's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

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

External links

• History of Elections to Congress from District 5

This page was last edited on 23 July 2020, at 13:52