North Carolina's 6th congressional district

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North Carolina's 6th congressional district
North Carolina's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
North Carolina's 6th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Mark Walker (RGreensboro)
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North Carolina's 6th congressional district is located in north central portion of the state and borders Virginia. As a result of reapportionment following the 2010 census, the district was shifted northward by the Redistricting Committee of the NC Senate. The 6th district includes portions of Guilford, Alamance, Durham, Granville, and Orange counties, and all of Caswell, Person, Rockingham, Surry, and Stokes counties.

The district is represented by Mark Walker, a Republican. He has held this position since 2015.

History

From 2003 to 2013 the 6th District comprised all of Moore and Randolph counties and portions of Alamance, Davidson, Guilford, and Rowan counties.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years District Residence Note
District created March 4, 1793
No image.svg James Gillespie Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799
No image.svg William H. Hill Federalist March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803
NC-Congress-NathanielMacon.jpg Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 - December 13, 1815 Redistricted from the 5th district, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1801-1807, Resigned after being elected to U.S. Senate
No image.svg Weldon N. Edwards Democratic-Republican February 7, 1816 – March 3, 1823
Crawford D-R March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Jacksonian March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
No image.svg Daniel Turner Jacksonian March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
No image.svg Robert Potter Jacksonian March 4, 1829 – November, 1831 Resigned
No image.svg Micajah T. Hawkins Jacksonian December 15, 1831 – March 3, 1837
Democratic March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
No image.svg Archibald H. Arrington Democratic March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 Redistricted to the 8th district
No image.svg James I. McKay Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 Redistricted from the 5th district, Redistricted to the 7th district
No image.svg John R. J. Daniel Democratic March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 Redistricted from the 7th district
No image.svg Richard C. Puryear Whig March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Know Nothing March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
NCG-AlfredScales.jpg Alfred M. Scales Democratic March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
James Madison Leach - Brady-Handy.jpg James M. Leach Opposition March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Civil War and Reconstruction
Nathaniel Boyden - Brady-Handy.jpg Nathaniel Boyden Conservative July 13, 1868 – March 3, 1869
75px Francis E. Shober Democratic March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873
75px Thomas S. Ashe Democratic March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877
75px Walter L. Steele Democratic March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881
No image.svg Clement Dowd Democratic March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885
No image.svg Risden T. Bennett Democratic March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 Redistricted from the At-large district
No image.svg Alfred Rowland Democratic March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
No image.svg Sydenham B. Alexander Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
No image.svg James A. Lockhart Democratic March 4, 1895 – June 5, 1896 Lost contested election
No image.svg Charles H. Martin Populist June 5, 1896 – March 3, 1899 Won contested election
No image.svg John D. Bellamy Democratic March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903
No image.svg Gilbert B. Patterson Democratic March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907
No image.svg Hannibal L. Godwin Democratic March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1921
No image.svg Homer L. Lyon Democratic March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929
No image.svg J. Bayard Clark Democratic March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 Redistricted to the 7th district
William Bradley Umstead.jpg William B. Umstead Democratic March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
No image.svg Carl T. Durham Democratic January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1961
No image.svg Horace R. Kornegay Democratic January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1969
75px L. Richardson Preyer Democratic January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981
75px Walter E. Johnston, III Republican January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
75px Robin Britt Democratic January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
Howiecoble.jpeg Howard Coble Republican January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2015
Mark Walker official photo.jpg Mark Walker Republican January 3, 2015 –

Historical district boundaries

See also

References

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