North Carolina's 5th congressional district

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North Carolina's 5th congressional district
Current Representative		Virginia Foxx (R–Banner Elk)
Distribution	42.95% urban, 57.05% rural
Population (2000)	619,178
Median income	$39,710
Ethnicity	89.5% White, 6.8% Black, 0.8% Asian, 3.6% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI	R+15

North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the northwestern corner of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont Triad. The district includes Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Davie, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties and parts of Forsyth, Iredell, and Rockingham counties. The district is home to Appalachian State University in Boone.

The fifth district is represented by Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican. She has held the office since 2005, defeating Democrats Roger Sharpe and Roy Carter in 2006 and 2008 respectively.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District Residence	Note
John Sevier	Pro-Administration	June 16, 1790 – March 3, 1791
William B. Grove	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793		Redistricted to the 7th district
Nathaniel Macon	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795		Redistricted from the 2nd district
	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803		Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1801-1807, Redistricted to the 6th district
James Gillespie	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805
Thomas Kenan	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1811
William R. King	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – November 4, 1816		Resigned
Charles Hooks	Democratic-Republican	December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817
James Owen	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
Charles Hooks	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823
	Crawford D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Gabriel Holmes	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – September 26, 1829		Died
Edward B. Dudley	Jacksonian	November 10, 1829– March 3, 1831
James I. McKay	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843		Redistricted to the 6th district
Romulus M. Saunders	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845		Redistricted from the 8th district
James C. Dobbin	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Abraham W. Venable	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853
John Kerr, Jr.	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Edwin G. Reade	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
John A. Gilmer	Know Nothing	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
	Opposition	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Civil War and Reconstruction
Israel G. Lash	Republican	July 20, 1868 – March 3, 1871
James M. Leach	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875
Alfred M. Scales	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – December 30, 1884		Resigned after being elected Governor
James W. Reid	Democratic	January 28, 1885 – December 31, 1886		Resigned
John M. Brower	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
Archibald H. A. Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Thomas Settle III	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
William W. Kitchin	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – January 11, 1909		Resigned after being elected Governor
John M. Morehead	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Charles M. Stedman	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – September 23, 1930		Died
Franklin W. Hancock, Jr.	Democratic	November 4, 1930 – January 3, 1939
Alonzo D. Folger	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – April 30, 1941		Died
John H. Folger	Democratic	June 14, 1941 – January 3, 1949
Richard T. Chatham	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957
Ralph J. Scott	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1967
Nick Galifianakis	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969		Redistricted to the 4th district
Wilmer Mizell	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1975
Stephen L. Neal	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1995
Richard Burr	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2005
Virginia Foxx	Republican	January 3, 2005 – Present

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