The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of North Carolina

North Carolina

North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

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• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
  Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
  The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government...
  
  
• Secretary of State
  North Carolina Secretary of State
  The North Carolina Secretary of State is an elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina, heading the Department of the Secretary of State, which oversees many of the economic and business-related operations of the state government...
  
  
• Attorney General
  North Carolina attorney general
  The Attorney General of North Carolina is the head of the state's Department of Justice and provides legal representation and advice to all state agencies. He or she does not have the authority to prosecute specific crimes unless requested to do so by a local district attorney...
  
  
• State Auditor
  North Carolina State Auditor
  The North Carolina State Auditor is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The State Auditor is responsible for overseeing and reviewing the financial accounts of all state government agencies...
  
  
• State Treasurer
  North Carolina State Treasurer
  The North Carolina State Treasurer is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina responsible for overseeing the financial operations of state government. The current state treasurer is Janet Cowell....
  
  
• Superintendent of Public Instruction
  North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction
  The North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction is the elected head of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and oversees the public school systems of the state. The Superintendent is currently an elected member of the North Carolina Council of State, chosen in a partisan...
  
  
• Commissioner of Agriculture
  North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture
  The Commissioner of Agriculture is the head of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, as well as chairman of the state Board of Agriculture. As an executive officer elected statewide, the commissioner is also a member of the North Carolina Council of State.Leonidas L....
  
  
• Commissioner of Labor
  North Carolina Commissioner of Labor
  The Commissioner of Labor of North Carolina is the head of the state's Department of Labor.The Constitution of North Carolina provides for the election by the people every four years of a Commissioner of Labor whose term of office runs concurrently with that of the governor...
  
  
• Commissioner of Insurance
  North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance
  The North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance regulates the insurance industry in North Carolina, licenses insurance professionals in the state, educates consumers about different types of insurance, and handles consumer complaints...
  
  

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
  North Carolina Senate
  The North Carolina Senate is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly.Its prerogatives and powers are similar to those of the other house, the House of Representatives. Its members do, however, represent districts that are larger than those of their colleagues in the House. The...
  
  
• State House of Representatives
  North Carolina House of Representatives
  The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the state senate....
  
  
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (A), (AA), (AF), (C), (D), (DR), (F), (N), (NR), (NU), (PA), (R), (W), and .

Year	|Executive offices	|General Assembly North Carolina General Assembly The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The General Assembly drafts and legislates the state laws of North Carolina, also known as the General Statutes...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from North Carolina These are tables of congressional delegations from North Carolina to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-House of Representatives:-Key:...	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Gov.	Lt. Gov. Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government...	Sec. of State North Carolina Secretary of State The North Carolina Secretary of State is an elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina, heading the Department of the Secretary of State, which oversees many of the economic and business-related operations of the state government...	Atty. Gen. North Carolina attorney general The Attorney General of North Carolina is the head of the state's Department of Justice and provides legal representation and advice to all state agencies. He or she does not have the authority to prosecute specific crimes unless requested to do so by a local district attorney...	Auditor North Carolina State Auditor The North Carolina State Auditor is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The State Auditor is responsible for overseeing and reviewing the financial accounts of all state government agencies...	Treasurer North Carolina State Treasurer The North Carolina State Treasurer is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina responsible for overseeing the financial operations of state government. The current state treasurer is Janet Cowell....	Supt. of Pub. Inst. North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction The North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction is the elected head of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and oversees the public school systems of the state. The Superintendent is currently an elected member of the North Carolina Council of State, chosen in a partisan...	Comm. of Ag. North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture The Commissioner of Agriculture is the head of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, as well as chairman of the state Board of Agriculture. As an executive officer elected statewide, the commissioner is also a member of the North Carolina Council of State.Leonidas L....	Comm. of Labor North Carolina Commissioner of Labor The Commissioner of Labor of North Carolina is the head of the state's Department of Labor.The Constitution of North Carolina provides for the election by the people every four years of a Commissioner of Labor whose term of office runs concurrently with that of the governor...	Comm. of Ins. North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance The North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance regulates the insurance industry in North Carolina, licenses insurance professionals in the state, educates consumers about different types of insurance, and handles consumer complaints...	State Senate North Carolina Senate The North Carolina Senate is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly.Its prerogatives and powers are similar to those of the other house, the House of Representatives. Its members do, however, represent districts that are larger than those of their colleagues in the House. The...	State House North Carolina House of Representatives The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the state senate....	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1776	Richard Caswell Richard Caswell Richard Caswell was the first and fifth governor of the U.S. State of North Carolina, serving from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1787....  (N)
1777			James Glasgow James Glasgow James Glasgow served as the first North Carolina Secretary of State, from 1777 to 1798. He resigned in disgrace after a scandal known as the "Glasgow Land Fraud."The son of a Scottish minister, Glasgow was educated at William and Mary College...  (N)
1778
1779
1780	Abner Nash Abner Nash Abner Nash was the second Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1781 and 1782, and represented North Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1786....  (N)
1781	Thomas Burke Thomas Burke (governor) Thomas Burke was an American physician, lawyer, and statesman from Hillsborough, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress and was the third Governor of the state....  (N)
1782	Alexander Martin Alexander Martin Alexander Martin was the fourth and seventh Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1782 to 1784 and from 1789 to 1792.-Biography:...  (N)
1783
1784
1785	Richard Caswell Richard Caswell Richard Caswell was the first and fifth governor of the U.S. State of North Carolina, serving from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1787....  (N)
1786
1787	Samuel Johnston Samuel Johnston Samuel Johnston was an American planter, lawyer, and statesman from Chowan County, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina in both the Continental Congress and the United States Senate, and was the sixth Governor of North Carolina.-Early Life and Revolutionary Politics:Johnston was born in...  (F)
1788
1789	Alexander Martin Alexander Martin Alexander Martin was the fourth and seventh Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1782 to 1784 and from 1789 to 1792.-Biography:...  (AF)
1790
1791
1792	Richard Dobbs Spaight Richard Dobbs Spaight Richard Dobbs Spaight was the eighth Governor of the American State of North Carolina from 1792 to 1795.-Early life:Spaight was born in New Bern, North Carolina, the son of the Secretary of the Crown in the colony...  (F)
1793
1794
1795	Samuel Ashe Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) Samuel Ashe was the ninth Governor of the U.S. State of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798.Ashe was born in Beaufort, North Carolina. His father, John Baptista Ashe, and brother, John Ashe, both served as Speaker of the North Carolina Colonial Assembly, or House of Burgesses. Ashe became an orphan...  (AF)
1796
1797
1798	William Richardson Davie William Richardson Davie William Richardson Davie was a military officer and the tenth Governor of North Carolina from 1798 to 1799, as well as one of the most important men involved in the founding of the University of North Carolina...  (F)		William White William White (Secretary of State) William White is legit:For other people of the same name, see William White.William White was the second North Carolina Secretary of State, serving from 1798 until 1811....
1799	Benjamin Williams Benjamin Williams Benjamin Williams was the 11th and 14th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, from 1799 to 1802 and from 1807 to 1808. He was the first of two North Carolina Governors since the American Revolution to serve nonconsecutive terms.Williams was born in Johnston County, North Carolina in 1751...  (F)
1800
1801
1802	James Turner James Turner James Turner was the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1802 to 1805. He later served as a U.S. senator between 1805 and 1816....  (DR)
1803
1804
1805	Nathaniel Alexander Nathaniel Alexander Nathaniel Alexander was the 13th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1805 to 1807.-Biography:Alexander was born near Concord, North Carolina , the son of a local sheriff...  (DR)
1806
1807	Benjamin Williams (F)
1808	David Stone David Stone David Stone was the 15th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1808 to 1810. Both before and after his term as governor, he served as a U.S. senator, between 1801 and 1807 and between 1813 and 1814.-Biography:...  (DR)
1809
1810	Benjamin Smith (DR)
1811	William Hawkins (DR)		William Hill
1812
1813
1814	William Miller William Miller (North Carolina) William Miller was the 18th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1814 to 1817.Born in Warren County, North Carolina, William Miller was orphaned at the age of 22 and inherited a substantial plantation. He briefly attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1802, but...  (DR)
1815
1816
1817	John Branch John Branch John Branch, Jr. served as U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Navy, the 19th Governor of the state of North Carolina, and was the sixth and last territorial governor of Florida....  (DR)
1818
1819
1820	Jesse Franklin Jesse Franklin Jesse Franklin was the Democratic-Republican U.S. senator from the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1799 and 1805 and between 1807 and 1813. He later served as the 20th Governor of North Carolina from 1820 to 1821....  (DR)
1821	Gabriel Holmes Gabriel Holmes Gabriel Holmes was the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1821 to 1824. He was not affiliated with any party; a Representative from North Carolina; born near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., in 1769; attended Zion Parnassus Academy in Rowan County and Harvard University; studied...  (DR)
1822
1823
1824	Hutchins Gordon Burton Hutchins Gordon Burton Hutchins Gordon Burton was the 22nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1824 to 1827. Some sources indicate that he was not affiliated with any party at the time, although he was associated, according to other sources, with the Federalist Party and later with the National Republican...  (N)
1825
1826
1827	James Iredell, Jr. James Iredell, Jr. James Iredell, Jr. was the 23rd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1827 and 1828.-Early life:...  (DR)
1828	John Owen (D)
1829
1830	Montfort Stokes Montfort Stokes Montfort Stokes was an American Democratic politician who served as U.S. Senator from 1816 to 1823, and the 25th Governor of North Carolina from 1830 to 1832....  (D)
1831
1832	David Lowry Swain David Lowry Swain David Lowry Swain was the 26th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1832 to 1835.-Biography:Swain was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina; his father, George Swain, was a farmer and a member of the North Carolina General Assembly...  (NR)
1833
1834
1835	Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. was the 27th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1835 to 1836.Born in New Bern, North Carolina, Spaight was the son of North Carolina Governor Richard Dobbs Spaight...  (D)
1836	Edward Bishop Dudley Edward Bishop Dudley Edward Bishop Dudley was the 28th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1836 to 1841. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Jacksonian from 1829 to 1831.-Early life:...  (W)
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841	John Motley Morehead John Motley Morehead John Motley Morehead was the 29th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1841 to 1845. He is known as "the Father of Modern North Carolina."...  (W)
1842
1843
1844
1845	William Alexander Graham William Alexander Graham William Alexander Graham was a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1840 to 1843, the 30th Governor of North Carolina from 1845 to 1849 and United States Secretary of the Navy from 1850 to 1852. He was also a candidate for the vice-presidency in 1852.-Education:Graham was born near...  (W)
1846
1847
1848
1849	Charles Manly Charles Manly Charles Manly was the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1849 to 1851, and the last member of his party to hold the office. After one two-year term, Manly was defeated in the 1850 election by David S. Reid, whom Manly had defeated in 1848.He was the brother of Matthias Evans...  (W)
1850
1851	David Settle Reid David Settle Reid David Settle Reid was the 32nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1851 to 1854 and a U.S. Senator from December 1854 to March 1859. His uncle was Congressman Thomas Settle, and his brother was Hugh Kearns Reid....  (D)
1852
1853
1854	Warren Winslow Warren Winslow Warren Winslow was the 33rd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1854 to 1855. Winslow graduated from the University of North Carolina....  (D)
1855	Thomas Bragg Thomas Bragg Thomas Bragg was a politician and lawyer who served as the 34th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1855 through 1859. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Cabinet. He was the older brother of General Braxton Bragg...  (D)
1856
1857			Rufus H. Page
1858
1859	John Willis Ellis John Willis Ellis John Willis Ellis was the 35th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1859 to 1861.Ellis attended the University of North Carolina, studied law under Richmond Mumford Pearson, practiced law, and was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly from Rowan County. He served as a state...  (D)
1860
1861	Henry Toole Clark Henry Toole Clark Henry Toole Clark was the 36th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1861 to 1862 during the American Civil War....  (D)
1862	Zebulon Baird Vance Zebulon Baird Vance Zebulon Baird Vance was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, the 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, and U.S. Senator...  (C)		John P.H. Russ
1863
1864			Charles R. Thomas Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891) Charles Randolph Thomas , father of Charles R. Thomas , was a U.S. Congressional Representative from North Carolina.Thomas was born in Beaufort, NC, February 7, 1827; attended a private school in Hillsboro, N.C., and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1849; He...
1865	William Woods Holden William Woods Holden William Woods Holden was the 38th and 40th Governor of North Carolina in 1865 and from 1868 to 1871. He was the leader of the state's Republican Party during Reconstruction. Holden was the second governor in American history to be impeached, and the first to be removed from office...  (NU)
	Jonathan Worth Jonathan Worth Jonathan Worth was the 39th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1865 to 1868, during the early years of Reconstruction.-Early life:...  (C)
1866
1867
1868	William Woods Holden (R)
1869
1870	Tod Robinson Caldwell Tod Robinson Caldwell Tod Robinson Caldwell was a lawyer and the 41st Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1871 to 1874.He was born in Morganton, North Carolina...  (R)
1871
1872
1873
1874	Curtis Hooks Brogden Curtis Hooks Brogden Curtis Hooks Brogden was the 42nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1874 to 1877.He was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, the son of a local farmer. Brogden joined the North Carolina state militia at the age of 18 and rose to the rank of major general...  (R)
1875
1876
1877	Zebulon Baird Vance (D)
1878
1879	Thomas Jordan Jarvis Thomas Jordan Jarvis Thomas Jordan Jarvis was the 44th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1879 to 1885. Jarvis later served as a U.S. Senator from 1894 to 1895....  (D)
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885	Alfred Moore Scales Alfred Moore Scales Alfred Moore Scales was a North Carolina state legislature, Confederate general in the American Civil War and the 45th Governor of the US state of North Carolina from 1885 to 1889, and Congressman.-Early life:...  (D)
1886
1887
1888
1889	Daniel Gould Fowle Daniel Gould Fowle Daniel Gould Fowle was the 46th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1889 until his death in 1891. He had served as a state superior court judge from 1865 to 1867....  (D)
1890
1891	Thomas Michael Holt Thomas Michael Holt Col. Thomas Michael Holt was a prominent North Carolina industrialist who served as the 47th Governor of North Carolina from 1891 to 1893...  (D)
1892
1893	Elias Carr Elias Carr Elias Carr was the 48th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1893 to 1897. A building on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill is named after him....  (D)
1894
1895
1896
1897	Daniel Lindsay Russell Daniel Lindsay Russell Daniel Lindsay Russell, Jr. was the 49th Governor of North Carolina from 1897 to 1901, an attorney and judge, and a politician. Although he fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, he and his father were both Unionists...  (R)
1898
1899
1900
1901	Charles Brantley Aycock Charles Brantley Aycock Charles Brantley Aycock was the 50th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1901 to 1905. During his tenure as governor, he was an advocate for the improvement of the state's public school systems, and following his term in office, he traveled the country promoting educational...  (D)		J. Bryan Grimes (D)
1902
1903
1904
1905	Robert Broadnax Glenn Robert Broadnax Glenn Robert Broadnax Glenn was the 51st Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1905 to 1909.-Early years and career:A native of Rockingham County, North Carolina, Glenn was born to C. L. Glenn and Annie S. Dodge...  (D)
1906
1907
1908
1909	William Walton Kitchin William Walton Kitchin William Walton Kitchin was the 52nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1909 to 1913.-Early Life and Family:...  (D)
1910
1911
1912
1913	Locke Craig (D)
1914
1915
1916
1917	Thomas Walter Bickett Thomas Walter Bickett Thomas Walter Bickett was the 54th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1917 to 1921.Bickett was a graduate of Wake Forest College...  (D)
1918
1919
1920
1921	Cameron Morrison (D)
1922
1923			William N. Everett (D)
1924
1925	Angus Wilton McLean Angus Wilton McLean Angus Wilton McLean was a lawyer and banker who was the 56th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1925 to 1929...  (D)
1926
1927
1928
1929	Oliver Max Gardner Oliver Max Gardner Oliver Max Gardner was the 57th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1929 to 1933.-Early years and education:...  (D)
1930
1931
1932
1933	John C.B. Ehringhaus John C.B. Ehringhaus John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus was the Governor of North Carolina from 1933 to 1937.-Biography:He was born on February 5, 1882....  (D)
1934
1935
1936
1937	Clyde R. Hoey Clyde R. Hoey Clyde Roark Hoey was a Democratic politician from North Carolina. He served in both houses of the state legislature and served briefly in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1919 to 1921. He was North Carolina's governor from 1937 to 1941. He entered the U.S...  (D)	Wilkins P. Horton Wilkins P. Horton Wilkins Perryman Horton was the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1937 to 1941.Horton was born in Kansas City, Kansas on September 1, 1889. He practiced law and was elected to the North Carolina Senate from the Chatham County area, serving in 1919, 1927, 1931, and 1935...  (D)	Thad A. Eure Thad A. Eure Thaddeus Armie Eure was a North Carolina political figure who holds the record for longest tenure as North Carolina Secretary of State ....  (D)					William Kerr Scott (D)
1938
1939
1940
1941	J. Melville Broughton J. Melville Broughton Joseph Melville Broughton was the 60th Governor of North Carolina from 1941 to 1945.-Biography:He was born on November 17, 1888 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended Harvard Law School then worked as a school principal and journalist before actively entering the legal profession...  (D)	Reginald L. Harris Reginald L. Harris Reginald Lee Harris was a North Carolina politician who served as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1933 and as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1941 to 1945. A Democrat, Harris lived in Roxboro, North Carolina....  (D)
1942
1943
1944
1945	R. Gregg Cherry R. Gregg Cherry Robert Gregg Cherry was the 61st Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1945 to 1949.-Biography:Born in South Carolina, Cherry grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina with relatives after the death of his parents. He earned bachelor's and law degrees at Trinity College...  (D)	Lynton Y. Ballentine Lynton Y. Ballentine Lynton Yates Ballentine was a North Carolina politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1945 to 1949 and as North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture from 1949 until his death in 1964.-Biography:...  (D)
1946
1947					Henry L. Bridges (D)
1948
1949	W. Kerr Scott W. Kerr Scott William Kerr Scott was a Democratic Party politician from North Carolina. He was the 62nd Governor of North Carolina from 1949 until 1953 and a United States Senator from 1954 until 1958.-Biography:...  (D)	Hoyt Patrick Taylor Hoyt Patrick Taylor Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Sr. was Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1949 to 1953.Taylor was born in Winton, North Carolina and attended Wake Forest College... (D)						Lynton Y. Ballentine (D)
1950
1951
1952
1953	William B. Umstead William B. Umstead William Bradley Umstead was an American Senator and the 63rd Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1953 to 1954.-Biography:Umstead was born in the northern Durham County town of Bahama in 1895...  (D)	Luther Hodges (D)				Edwin M. Gill (D)
1954	Luther Hodges (D)	vacant												Sam Ervin Sam Ervin Samuel James "Sam" Ervin Jr. was a Democratic Senator from North Carolina from 1954 until 1974. A native of Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often told humorous stories in his Southern drawl...  (D)
1955
1956
1957		Luther E. Barnhardt Luther E. Barnhardt Luther Ernest Barnhardt was an American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1957 to 1961.Barnhardt was born in Concord, North Carolina, November 29, 1903. He was an attorney and a member of the North Carolina Senate . Barnhardt was elected Lt...  (D)
1958
1959
1960
1961	Terry Sanford Terry Sanford James Terry Sanford was a United States politician and educator from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford was the 65th Governor of North Carolina , a two-time U.S. Presidential candidate in the 1970s and a U.S. Senator...  (D)	Harvey Cloyd Philpott Harvey Cloyd Philpott Harvey Cloyd Philpott was the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina in 1961.Philpott, a onetime member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, was elected as a Democrat to a four-year term as Lieutenant Governor in 1960, but he died only eight months into his term, on August 18, 1961...  (D)
1962		vacant
1963
1964
1965	Dan K. Moore Dan K. Moore Daniel Killian Moore was the 66th Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1965 to 1969. Born in Asheville, North Carolina, Moore earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a member of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity...  (D)	Robert W. Scott Robert W. Scott Robert Walter "Bob" Scott was the 67th Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1969 to 1973. He was born in Haw River, North Carolina.The son of North Carolina Governor W...  (D)						James A. Graham (D)
1966
1967
1968
1969	Robert W. Scott Robert W. Scott Robert Walter "Bob" Scott was the 67th Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1969 to 1973. He was born in Haw River, North Carolina.The son of North Carolina Governor W...  (D)	Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr. Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr. Hoyt Patrick "Pat" Taylor, Jr. is a North Carolina politician and attorney who served as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina....  (D)		Robert Burren Morgan Robert Burren Morgan Robert Burren Morgan was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina from 1975 until 1981. Born in Lillington, N.C., Morgan attended...  (D)			A. Craig Phillips (D)
1970
1971
1972
1973	James Holshouser James Holshouser James Eubert Holshouser, Jr. was the 68th Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977. He was born in Boone, North Carolina....  (R)	James B. Hunt, Jr. (D)							William C. Creel (D)	John R. Ingram (D)	D majority	D majority	Jesse Helms Jesse Helms Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. was a five-term Republican United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001...  (R)		7D, 4R
1974				James H. Carson, Jr. (R)
1975									Thomas A. Nye, Jr.					Robert B. Morgan (D)	9D, 2R
1976				Rufus L. Edmisten Rufus L. Edmisten Rufus Leigh Edmisten is a former North Carolina Secretary of State, Attorney General, and candidate for Governor in 1984. He is currently a lawyer in private practice....  (D)												Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...  and Walter Mondale Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota...  (D)
1977	James B. Hunt, Jr. (D)	James C. Green James C. Green James Collins "Jimmy" Green was a North Carolina politician who served as Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives and as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina .-Political career:...  (D)				Harlan E. Boyles Harlan E. Boyles Harlan E. Boyles was a politician and public servant in North Carolina, who served as North Carolina State Treasurer from January 1977 to January 2001....  (D)			John C. Brooks John C. Brooks John C. Brooks served as North Carolina Commissioner of Labor from 1977 to 1993. His tenure included the 1991 fire at a chicken-processing plant in Hamlet that killed 25 workers. Brooks fined the plant $808,150, which was the largest such penalty in state history, but which was criticized as...  (D)
1978
1979
1980																Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....  and George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...  (R)
1981					Edward Renfrow (D)									John Porter East John Porter East John Porter East was a Republican U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1981 until his suicide in 1986....  (R)	7D, 4R
1982
1983															9D, 2R
1984
1985	James G. Martin James G. Martin James Grubbs "Jim" Martin is the 70th Governor of the state of North Carolina. He served from 1985 to 1993. He was the second Republican elected to the office after Reconstruction, and the fifth overall. He is also the only Republican to serve two full terms as governor.-Early Life &...  (R)	Robert B. Jordan (D)		Lacy Thornburg Lacy Thornburg Lacy Herman Thornburg an American lawyer and judge, was North Carolina attorney general from 1985 to 1993.After serving in the United States Army, Thornburg attended Mars Hill College when it was a junior college. He then earned a law degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...  (D)						James E. Long James E. Long James Eugene "Jim" Long was the North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance from 1985 through 2009 retiring as the senior Democratic member of the North Carolina Council of State...  (D)					6D, 5R
1986														Jim Broyhill Jim Broyhill James Thomas "Jim" Broyhill is a Republican former U.S. Representative and Senator from the state of North Carolina. He represented much of the Foothills region of the state in the House from 1963 to 1986, and served in the Senate for four months in 1986.He was born in Lenoir, North Carolina, the...  (R)
1987														Terry Sanford Terry Sanford James Terry Sanford was a United States politician and educator from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford was the 65th Governor of North Carolina , a two-time U.S. Presidential candidate in the 1970s and a U.S. Senator...  (D)	8D, 3R
1988																George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....  (R)
1989		James Carson Gardner James Carson Gardner James Carson "Jim" Gardner is a North Carolina businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative and as Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina ....  (R)	Rufus L. Edmisten (D)				Bob Etheridge Bob Etheridge Bobby Ray "Bob" Etheridge is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1997 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was defeated in the 2010 election by Renee Ellmers.-Early life, education and career:...  (D)
1990
1991															7D, 4R
1992
1993	James B. Hunt, Jr. (D)	Dennis Wicker (D)		Mike Easley Mike Easley Michael Francis "Mike" Easley is an American politician who served as the 72nd Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, from 2001 to 2009. He is member of the North Carolina Democratic Party and became the first North Carolina governor to admit to a felony in a deal that halted a lengthy...  (D)	Ralph Campbell Ralph Campbell Ralph A. Campbell, Jr. was for three terms the state auditor of North Carolina. A Democrat, Campbell was the first African-American to hold a state-wide elected executive office in North Carolina....  (D)				Harry Payne Harry Payne Harry Thomas Payne was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Swansea and was capped for Wales on one occasion...  (D)					Lauch Faircloth Lauch Faircloth Duncan McLauchlin "Lauch" Faircloth , served one term as a Republican U.S. Senator from North Carolina.Before his Senate service, Faircloth was a prominent and wealthy hog farmer...  (R)	8D, 4R
1994
1995												R majority			8R, 4D
1996			Janice I. Faulkner													Bob Dole Bob Dole Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...  and Jack Kemp Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp was an American politician and a collegiate and professional football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a congressman for Western New York's 31st...  (R)
1997			Elaine Marshall Elaine Marshall Elaine F. Marshall is the current North Carolina Secretary of State; she is the first woman to be elected to that office and the first woman elected to statewide executive office in North Carolina. Marshall was the Democratic Party's nominee for the United States Senate seat currently held by...  (D)				Michael E. Ward Michael E. Ward Michael E. Ward was Superintendent of Public Instruction for the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1996 to 2004.Born in Franklin County, North Carolina, Ward attended North Carolina State University. Upon graduation, he was employed as a public school teacher and later a principal before serving as...  (D)								6R, 6D
1998
1999												D majority		John Edwards John Edwards Johnny Reid "John" Edwards is an American politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in...  (D)	7R, 5D
2000																George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....  and Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....  (R)
2001	Mike Easley (D)	Beverly Perdue (D)		Roy A. Cooper Roy A. Cooper Roy Asberry Cooper, III is the current North Carolina Attorney General. He is a member of the North Carolina Democratic Party.-Personal life and education:...  (D)		Richard H. Moore Richard H. Moore Richard Hancock Moore was the North Carolina State Treasurer from 2001–2009. He first elected to that post in 2000 and re-elected in 2004.-Career:...  (D)		Meg Scott Phipps Meg Scott Phipps Meg Scott Phipps was the Commissioner of Agriculture for the state of North Carolina from 2001 to 2003.-Early life:She is the daughter of former North Carolina governor Bob Scott and former First Lady Jessie Rae Scott, as well as the granddaughter of former U.S. Senator and North Carolina Governor...  (D)	Cherie Berry (R)
2002
2003								Britt Cobb Britt Cobb W. Britt Cobb, Jr. is the chief of staff for North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue and the former Secretary of Administration ....  (D)				Coalition	Elizabeth Dole Elizabeth Dole Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations, as well as a United States Senator....  (R)		7R, 6D
2004							Patricia N. Willoughby Patricia N. Willoughby Patricia N. Willoughby is a North Carolina educator. She was appointed by Governor Mike Easley as the interim North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction in September 2004, following the resignation of Mike Ward, and served the remaining months of Ward's term.A new superintendent was to...  (D)
2005					Les Merritt Les Merritt Leslie Merritt is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of North Carolina and a former North Carolina State Auditor, a position to which he was elected in 2004. Merritt was defeated by Democratic Beth Wood in the North Carolina Council of State elections, 2008 as part of a Democratic sweep....  (R)		June Atkinson June Atkinson June St. Clair Atkinson was elected North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction on November 3, 2004, in a race that was decided by the North Carolina General Assembly on August 23, 2005. She was re-elected in 2008. Dr...  (D)	Steve Troxler Steve Troxler Steve Troxler is a tobacco farmer and the Republican Commissioner of Agriculture for the U.S. state of North Carolina, sworn in February 8, 2005 after an extended election dispute following the November 2004 statewide election....  (R)				63D, 57R		Richard Burr Richard Burr Richard Mauze Burr is the senior United States Senator from North Carolina and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Burr represented North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives....  (R)
2006
2007											31D, 19R	68D, 52R			7D, 6R
2008																Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...  and Joe Biden Joe Biden Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...  (D)
2009	Beverly Perdue (D)	Walter H. Dalton Walter H. Dalton Walter H. Dalton is a Democratic politician from North Carolina and the state's current Lieutenant Governor. Prior to his election to that office, he was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-sixth Senate district, including constituents in Cleveland and...  (D)			Beth Wood Beth Wood Beth Wood is the North Carolina State Auditor since January 10, 2009. She defeated incumbent Republican State Auditor Les Merritt in the 2008 election. She is North Carolina's first female state auditor....  (D)	Janet Cowell Janet Cowell Janet Cowell was elected North Carolina State Treasurer in 2008. She is North Carolina's first woman State Treasurer. She was previously a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate ....  (D)				Wayne Goodwin Wayne Goodwin George Wayne Goodwin was elected North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance in the 2008 election. Goodwin previously served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's sixty-eighth House district, including constituents in Richmond and Stanly counties...  (D)	30D, 20R		Kay Hagan (D)		8D, 5R
2010
2011											31R, 19D	67R, 52D, 1I			7D, 6R
2012
Year	Gov.	Lt. Gov. Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government...	Sec. of State North Carolina Secretary of State The North Carolina Secretary of State is an elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina, heading the Department of the Secretary of State, which oversees many of the economic and business-related operations of the state government...	Atty. Gen. North Carolina attorney general The Attorney General of North Carolina is the head of the state's Department of Justice and provides legal representation and advice to all state agencies. He or she does not have the authority to prosecute specific crimes unless requested to do so by a local district attorney...	Auditor North Carolina State Auditor The North Carolina State Auditor is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The State Auditor is responsible for overseeing and reviewing the financial accounts of all state government agencies...	Treasurer North Carolina State Treasurer The North Carolina State Treasurer is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of North Carolina responsible for overseeing the financial operations of state government. The current state treasurer is Janet Cowell....	Supt. of Pub. Inst. North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction The North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction is the elected head of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and oversees the public school systems of the state. The Superintendent is currently an elected member of the North Carolina Council of State, chosen in a partisan...	Comm. of Ag. North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture The Commissioner of Agriculture is the head of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, as well as chairman of the state Board of Agriculture. As an executive officer elected statewide, the commissioner is also a member of the North Carolina Council of State.Leonidas L....	Comm. of Labor North Carolina Commissioner of Labor The Commissioner of Labor of North Carolina is the head of the state's Department of Labor.The Constitution of North Carolina provides for the election by the people every four years of a Commissioner of Labor whose term of office runs concurrently with that of the governor...	Comm. of Ins. North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance The North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance regulates the insurance industry in North Carolina, licenses insurance professionals in the state, educates consumers about different types of insurance, and handles consumer complaints...	State Senate North Carolina Senate The North Carolina Senate is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly.Its prerogatives and powers are similar to those of the other house, the House of Representatives. Its members do, however, represent districts that are larger than those of their colleagues in the House. The...	State House North Carolina House of Representatives The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the state senate....	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices										|General Assembly North Carolina General Assembly The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The General Assembly drafts and legislates the state laws of North Carolina, also known as the General Statutes...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from North Carolina These are tables of congressional delegations from North Carolina to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-House of Representatives:-Key:...

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