North Carolina's 8th congressional district

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North Carolina's 8th congressional district
North Carolina's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Richard Hudson (R–Concord)
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+12

North Carolina's eighth congressional district comprises a large portion of the southern Piedmont area of North Carolina from Concord to Lumberton, including Lexington, China Grove, Albemarle, Monroe, Wadesboro, Troy, Rockingham, and Laurinburg. The district includes all of Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, and Stanly counties, as well as portions of Cabarrus, Davidson, Mecklenburg, Randolph, Robeson, Rowan, and Union counties.

The district is currently represented by Richard Hudson, a member of the Republican Party. He won the seat in 2012 after defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Larry Kissell.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District Residence	Note
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
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. Mangum	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
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
E. 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 – January 3, 2013	Biscoe
Richard Hudson	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	Concord	Incumbent

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

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

Footnotes

• NY Times 2010 Election Profile

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present