John Howard Coble was an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 6th congressional district,serving from 1985 to 2015. He was a member of the Republican Party. The district includes all or portions of ten counties in the northern-central part of the state,including portions of Greensboro and Durham.
James Grubbs Martin is an American chemist and politician who served as the 70th governor of North Carolina from 1985 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 9th congressional district from 1973 to 1985.
Alma Shealey Adams is an American politician who represents North Carolina's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. A Democrat,Adams represented the state's 58th House district in Guilford County in the North Carolina General Assembly from her appointment in April 1994 until her election to Congress,succeeded by Ralph C. Johnson. A college administrator and art professor from Greensboro,Adams is known for her many distinctive hats. She won the 2014 special election in North Carolina's 12th congressional district to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Mel Watt,becoming the 100th woman serving in the 113th Congress. She won election to a full two-year term at the same time.
William Wilfred Cobey Jr. is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served one term in the United States House of Representatives for North Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1985 to 1987.
James Thomas Broyhill was an American businessman and politician who served as a Republican 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 United States Senate for four months in 1986.
Southern Democrats are affiliates of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the Southern United States.
Tommy Franklin Robinson is an American businessman,lobbyist,and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district from 1985 to 1991. He is a member of the Republican Party. Before he was elected to Congress,Robinson was the sheriff of Pulaski County.
The 1984 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,with the 33 seats of Class 2 contested in regular elections. They coincided with the landslide re-election of President Ronald Reagan in the presidential election. In spite of the lopsided presidential race,Reagan's Republican Party suffered a net loss of two Senate seats to the Democrats,although it retained control of the Senate with a reduced 53-47 majority. Democrats defeated incumbents in Illinois and Iowa,and won an open seat in Tennessee,while Republicans defeated an incumbent in Kentucky.
Itimous Thaddeus "Tim" Valentine Jr. was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1983 to 1995.
Zebulon Weaver was an American lawyer and politician who served 14 terms as a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1917 and 1929 and again between 1931 and 1947.
Floyd Davidson Spence was an American attorney and a politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. Elected for three terms to the South Carolina House of Representatives from Lexington County as a Democrat,in 1962 Spence announced his decision to switch to the Republican Party,as he was unhappy with shifts in the national party.
Katie Beatrice Hall was an American educator in Gary,Indiana,and a politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1982 to 1985. When Hall was sworn into federal office on November 2,1982,she became the first black woman from Indiana elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Hall represented Indiana's 1st Congressional District in the final months of the 97th Congress and an entire two-year term in the 98th Congress from 1983 to 1985. She is best known for sponsoring legislation and leading efforts on the floor of the U.S. House in 1983 to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday after previous efforts had failed. H.R. 3706 to establish the third Monday in January as a federal holiday in King's honor was introduced in July 1983 and passed in the House on August 2,1983. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on November 2,1983.
Mendel Jackson Davis was an attorney and a United States Representative from South Carolina.
Sanford "Sant" Kirkpatrick was a revenue agent and a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was the last Civil War veteran elected to represent Iowa in Congress. Elected in 1912 to an historically Republican district in a year in which Bull Moose Party and Republican Party supporters split the Republican vote,Kirkpatrick failed to win renomination two years later.
Thomas Joseph Corcoran is an American former politician. He served four terms in Congress as a U.S. Representative from Illinois (1977–84). He is a Republican.
John Light Napier is an American politician,lawyer,former member of the United States House of Representatives,and judge from South Carolina.
Thomas Forbes "Tommy" Hartnett is a former American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Walter Eugene Johnston III,usually known as Gene Johnston,was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina between 1981 and 1983.
The 2001 United States elections were held on November 6 of that year. The 2001 recession was a dominant issue throughout the year as well as the September 11 attacks and subsequent war on terror.
Kathy Ellen Manning is an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. She is the U.S. representative from North Carolina's 6th congressional district. The district is in the heart of the Piedmont Triad and includes Greensboro and most of Winston-Salem. She was the nominee for North Carolina's 13th congressional district in the 2018 election,and ran for and won the neighboring 6th in the 2020 election after court-ordered redistricting.
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