Political party strength in North Carolina

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

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

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

1776–1867

Year Council of State General Assembly United States Congress Electoral votes
Gov. Sec. of State Atty. Gen. Auditor Treasurer Supt. of Pub. Inst. State Senate State House Senator (Class II) Senator (Class III) House
1776 Richard Caswell (I)vacantvacantno such officevacantno such office[ ? ][ ? ]no such officeno such officeno such officeno such office
1777 James Glasgow (I) Waightstill Avery (I)district system[ ? ][ ? ]
1778
1779 James Iredell (F)[ ? ][ ? ]
1780 Abner Nash (I)
1781 Thomas Burke (I)[ ? ][ ? ]
1782 Alexander Martin (I)
1783 Alfred Moore (F)[ ? ][ ? ]
1784 Memucan Hunt (I)
1785 Richard Caswell (I)[ ? ][ ? ]
1786
1787 Samuel Johnston (F) John Haywood (F)[ ? ][ ? ]
1788
1789 Alexander Martin (AF)[ ? ][ ? ] Samuel Johnston (PA) Benjamin Hawkins (PA)3PA, 2AAineligible to
participate
1790
1791[ ? ][ ? ]
1792 Richard Dobbs Spaight (F) John Haywood (F)
1793[ ? ][ ? ] Alexander Martin (AA) Benjamin Hawkins (AA)9AA, 1PA Washington (I)Green check.svg
1794
1795 Samuel Ashe (AF)[ ? ][ ? ] Alexander Martin (DR) Timothy Bloodworth (DR)9DR, 1F
1796Blake Baker (I)8DR, 2F
1797[ ? ][ ? ]9DR, 1F Jefferson (DR)Red x.svg
1798 William Richardson Davie (F) William White
1799 Benjamin Williams (F)[ ? ][ ? ] Jesse Franklin (DR)6DR, 4F
1800
1801[ ? ][ ? ] David Stone (DR) Jefferson (DR)Green check.svg
1802 James Turner (DR) [lower-alpha 1]
1803Henry Seawell (DR)[ ? ][ ? ]11DR, 1F
1804
1805 Nathaniel Alexander (DR)[ ? ][ ? ] James Turner (DR)12DR Jefferson/
Clinton (DR)Green check.svg
1806
1807 Benjamin Williams (F)[ ? ][ ? ] Jesse Franklin (DR)11DR, 1F
1808 David Stone (DR)Oliver Fitts (DR)
1809[ ? ][ ? ]9DR, 3F Madison/
Clinton (DR)Green check.svg
1810 Benjamin Smith (DR) William Miller (DR)
1811 William Hawkins (DR)William Hill (DR) Hutchins Gordon Burton (F)[ ? ][ ? ]10DR, 2F
1812
1813[ ? ][ ? ] David Stone (DR)10DR, 3F Madison/
Gerry (DR)Green check.svg
1814 William Miller (DR)
1815[ ? ][ ? ] Nathaniel Macon (DR)11DR, 2F
1816 Montfort Stokes (DR)
1817 John Branch (DR)William P. Drew (DR)[ ? ][ ? ] Monroe/
Tompkins (DR)Green check.svg
1818
1819[ ? ][ ? ]10DR, 3F
1820 Jesse Franklin (DR)
1821 Gabriel Holmes (DR)[ ? ][ ? ]13DR Monroe/
Tompkins (DR)Green check.svg
1822
1823[ ? ][ ? ] John Branch (DR)12DR, 1F
1824 Hutchins Gordon Burton (DR)
1825James F. Taylor (F)[ ? ][ ? ] John Branch (J) Nathaniel Macon (J)12J, 1NR Jackson/
Calhoun (DR)Red x.svg
1826
1827 James Iredell Jr. (DR) William S. Robards [ ? ][ ? ]8J, 5NR
1828 John Owen (D)William Hill (I)Robert H. Jones (I)
1829 Romulus M. Saunders (D)[ ? ][ ? ] Bedford Brown (J) James Iredell Jr. (J)9J, 4NR Jackson/
Calhoun (D)Green check.svg
1830 Montfort Stokes (D)
1831William S. Mhoon[ ? ][ ? ] Willie P. Mangum (J)10J, 3NR
1832 David L. Swain (NR)
1833[ ? ][ ? ] Willie P. Mangum (NR)7NR, 6J Jackson/
Van Buren (D)Green check.svg
1834
1835 Richard D. Spaight Jr. (D) John R. J. Daniel (D) Samuel F. Patterson (W)[ ? ][ ? ]
1836 Edward Bishop
Dudley
(W)
33D, 30W, 2?68W, 64D, 4?, 1 vac. [lower-alpha 2] vacant
Robert Strange (J)
1837Daniel W. Courts (D)26W, 24D62D, 58W Bedford Brown (D) Robert Strange (D)8W, 5D Van Buren/
Johnson (D)Green check.svg
1838
1839Charles L. Hinton27W, 23D66W, 54D7D, 6W
1840 Willie P. Mangum (W)
1841 John Motley
Morehead
(W)
Hugh McQueen (W)28W, 22D75W, 45D William A. Graham (W)8W, 5D Harrison/
Tyler (W)Green check.svg
1842Spier Whitaker (D)
1843 John H. Wheeler (D)30W, 20D67D, 53W William Henry
Haywood Jr.
(D)
6D, 3W
1844
1845 William A. Graham (W)Charles L. Hinton25W, 25D [lower-alpha 3] 70W, 50D Clay/
Frelinghuysen (W)Red x.svg
1846
1847Edward Stanly (W)27W, 23D65W, 55D George E. Badger (W)5W, 4D
1848
1849 Charles Manly (W) Bartholomew F. Moore (W)25D, 25W [lower-alpha 4] 62W, 58D Taylor/
Fillmore (W)Green check.svg
1850
1851 David Settle Reid (D)William Eaton Jr. (D)Daniel W. Courts (D)27D, 23W65D, 55W
1852
1853 Matt W. Ransom (D) Calvin H. Wiley (W)28D, 22W62W, 58Dvacant4D, 3W Pierce/
King (D)Green check.svg
1854 Warren Winslow (D) David Reid (D)
1855 Thomas Bragg (D)Joseph B. Batchelor (D)30D, 20W63D, 57W Asa Biggs (D)5D, 3KN
1856
1857 Rufus H. Page (D) William H. Bailey (D)33D, 17KN+W80D, 40KN+W7D, 1KN Buchanan/
Breckinridge (D)Green check.svg
1858William A. Jenkins (D) Thomas L. Clingman (D)
1859 John Willis Ellis (D)32D, 18O82D, 38O Thomas Bragg (D)5D, 3O
1860
1861 Henry Toole Clark (D)31D, 19W+O64D, 56W+O Breckinridge/
Lane (SD)Red x.svg
1862 Zebulon Vance (C) [lower-alpha 5] John P. H. Russ (C)Richard H.
Battle (D)
vacantvacant
1863 Sion H. Rogers (C) Jonathan Worth (C) [lower-alpha 5] American Civil War
1864 Charles R. Thomas (C) Samuel F.
Phillips
(C)
1865 William Woods Holden (NU) [lower-alpha 6] Robert W. Best (C)William Sloan (NU)ineligible to
participate
1866 Jonathan Worth (C) [lower-alpha 5] vacant Kemp P. Battle (C)50NP120NP
1867office abolished40R, 10C66R, 54C

1868–present

Year Council of State General Assembly United States Congress Electoral votes
Gov. Lt. Gov. Sec. of State Atty. Gen. Auditor Treasurer Supt. of Pub. Inst. Comm. of Ag. Comm. of Labor Comm. of Ins. State Senate State House Senator (Class II) Senator (Class III) House
1868 William Woods Holden (R) Tod Robinson Caldwell (R) Henry J. Menninger (R)William M. Coleman (R) Henderson Adams (R) David A. Jenkins (R)Samuel S. Ashley (R)no such officeno such officeno such office40R, 10C66R, 54C Joseph Carter Abbott (R) John Pool (R)6R, 1Cons
1869 Lewis P. Olds (R)38R, 12C82R, 38C6R, 1D Grant/
Colfax (R)Green check.svg
1870 Tod Robinson Caldwell (R)William M. Shipp (C)
1871Alexander McIver (R)36C, 14R75C, 42R, 3Ivacant5D, 2R
1872vacant Matt W. Ransom (D)
1873 Curtis Hooks Brogden (R)William H. Howerton (R)Tazewell L. Hargrove (R)John Reilly (R)32D, 18R65D, 54R, 1I Augustus Summerfield
Merrimon
(D)
5D, 3R Grant/
Wilson (R)Green check.svg
1874 Curtis Hooks Brogden (R)
1875vacantStephen D. Pool (C)37D, 11R, 2I84D, 34R, 2I7D, 1R
1876 John M. Worth (D) John Pool (R)
1877 Zebulon Vance (D) Thomas J. Jarvis (D)Joseph A. Engelhard (D) Thomas Kenan (D)Samuel L. Love (D)John C. Scarborough (D) Leonidas L. Polk (D)40D, 10R84D, 36R Tilden/
Hendricks (D)Red x.svg
1878
1879 Thomas J. Jarvis (D)William L. Saunders (D)34D, 16R79D, 41R Zebulon Vance (D)6D, 1R, 1GB
1880vacant Montford McGehee (D)7D, 1GB
1881 James L. Robinson (D) William Paul Roberts (D)38D, 12R83D, 37R7D, 1R Hancock/
English (D)Red x.svg
1882
188334D, 16R68D, 52R7D, 2R
18848D, 1R
1885 Alfred Moore Scales (D) Charles Manly Stedman (D)Theodore F. Davidson (D)Donald W. Bain (D)Sidney M. Finger (D)43D, 7R97D, 23R Cleveland/
Hendricks (D)Green check.svg
1886
1887 John Robinson (D)Wesley N. Jones33D, 17R65D, 55R7D, 1R, 1I
1888
1889 Daniel Gould Fowle (D) Thomas Michael Holt (D)George W. SanderlinJohn C. Scarborough (D)37D, 13R85D, 35R6D, 3R Cleveland/
Thurman (D)Red x.svg
1890
1891 Thomas Michael Holt (D) Octavius Coke (D)43D, 7R102D, 17R, 1I8D, 1R
1892vacantSamuel McDowell Tate (D)William I. Harris
1893 Elias Carr (D) Rufus A. Doughton (D) Frank I. Osborne (D)Robert M. Furman (D)John C. Scarborough (D) Benjamin R. Lacy (D)46D, 3Pop, 1R92D, 19R, 9Pop7D, 1R, 1Pop Cleveland/
Stevenson (D)Green check.svg
1894 Thomas J. Jarvis (D)
1895 Charles M. Cooke (D)William H. Worth (Pop) Samuel L. Patterson (D)24Pop, 18R, 8D [lower-alpha 7] 46D, 38R, 36Pop [lower-alpha 8] Marion Butler (Pop) Jeter C. Pritchard (R)3Pop, 3R, 3D
1896
1897 Daniel Lindsay Russell (R) [lower-alpha 9] Charles A. Reynolds (R) Cyrus Thompson (Pop) Zeb V. Walser (R)Hal W. Ayer (Pop)Charles H. Mebane (Pop)James M. Mewborne (Pop)James Y. Hamrick (Pop)24Pop, 17R, 9D [lower-alpha 7] 49R, 36D, 35Pop [lower-alpha 7] 5Pop, 3R, 1D6 – Bryan/
Sewall (D)Red x.svg
5 – Bryan/
Watson (Pop)Red x.svg
1898 John R. Smith (R)
1899 Samuel L. Patterson (D) Benjamin R. Lacy (D) James R. Young 40D, 10Pop [lower-alpha 10] 94D, 26Pop [lower-alpha 10] 6D, 2R, 1Pop
1900 Robert Dick Douglas (R)
1901 Charles Brantley Aycock (D) Wilfred D. Turner (D) John Bryan Grimes (D)Robert D. Gilmer (D)Benjamin F. Dixon Benjamin R. Lacy (D) Thomas F. Toon (D)Henry B. Varner (D)39D, 8R, 3Pop [lower-alpha 10] 101D, 17R, 2Pop [lower-alpha 10] F. M. Simmons (D)2R, 7D Bryan/
Stevenson (D)Red x.svg
1902James Y. Joyner (D)
190345D, 5R100D, 17R, 3ID Lee S. Overman (D)10D
1904
1905 Robert Broadnax Glenn (D) Francis D. Winston (D)44D, 6R104D, 16R1R, 9D Parker/
Davis (D)Red x.svg
1906
190746D, 4R99D, 21R10D
1908 William A. Graham (D)
1909 William Walton Kitchin (D) William C. Newland (D) Thomas Walter Bickett (D)Mitchell L. Shipman (D)40D, 10R96D, 24R3R, 7D Bryan/
Kern (D)Red x.svg
1910Benjamin F. Dixon Jr.
1911William P. Wood (D)43D, 7R99D, 21R10D
1912
1913 Locke Craig (D) Elijah L. Daughtridge (D)47D, 3R107D, 13R Wilson/
Marshall (D)Green check.svg
1914
191543D, 7R98D, 20R, 2I1R, 9D
1916
1917 Thomas Walter Bickett (D) Oliver Max Gardner (D)James S. Manning (D)41D, 9R97D, 22R, 1I10D Wilson/
Marshall (D)Green check.svg
1918
1919 Eugene C. Brooks (D)40D, 10R93D, 27R
1920
1921 Cameron A. Morrison (D) William B. Cooper (D)Baxter Durham (D) Stacey W. Wade (D)39D, 11R91D, 29R Cox/
Roosevelt (D)Red x.svg
1922
1923William N. Everett (D)Arch T. Allen (D)William A. Graham Jr. (D)47D, 3R110D, 10R
1924
1925 Angus Wilton McLean (D) J. Elmer Long (D)Dennis G. Brummitt (D)Franklin D. Grist (D)102D, 18R Davis/
Bryan (D)Red x.svg
1926
1927Daniel C. Boney (D)104D, 16R
1928James A. Hartness (D)
1929 Oliver Max Gardner (D) Richard T. Fountain (D)Nathan O'Berry (D)38D, 12R84D, 36R8D, 2R Hoover/
Curtis (R)Green check.svg
1930
193148D, 2R115D, 5R Josiah Bailey (D) Cameron A. Morrison (D)10D
1932John P. Stedman (D)
1933 John C. B. Ehringhaus (D) Alexander H. Graham (D)Stacey W. Wade (D)Charles M. Johnson (D)Arthur L. Fletcher (D)112D, 8R Robert R. Reynolds (D)11D Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
1934Clyde A. Erwin (D)
1935 Aaron A. F. Seawell (D)108D, 12R
1936Charles G. Powell (D)
1937 Clyde R. Hoey (D) Wilkins P. Horton (D) Thad A. Eure (D)George Ross Pou (D) W. Kerr Scott (D)112D, 8R Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
1938 Harry McMullan (D) Forrest H. Shuford (D)
1939114D, 6R
1940
1941 J. Melville Broughton (D) Reginald L. Harris (D) Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)Green check.svg
1942William P. Hodges (D)
1943108D, 12R12D
1944
1945 R. Gregg Cherry (D) Lynton Y. Ballentine (D)47D, 3R106D, 14R Clyde R. Hoey (D) Roosevelt/
Truman (D)Green check.svg
1946
1947 Henry L. Bridges (D)48D, 2R108D, 12R William B. Umstead (D)
1948 David S. Coltrane (D)
1949 W. Kerr Scott (D) Hoyt Patrick Taylor (D)Brandon P. Hodges (D) Lynton Y. Ballentine (D)Waldo C. Cheek (D)109D, 11R J. Melville Broughton (D) Truman/
Barkley (D)Green check.svg
1950 Frank Porter Graham (D)
1951111D, 9R Willis Smith (D)
1952Charles F. Carroll (D)
1953 William B. Umstead (D) Luther H. Hodges (D) Edwin M. Gill (D)Charles F. Gold (D)106D, 14R Alton Lennon (D)11D, 1R Stevenson/
Sparkman (D)Red x.svg
1954 Luther H. Hodges (D)vacant Frank Crane (D) Sam Ervin (D) [lower-alpha 11]
1955 William B. Rodman Jr. (D)49D, 1R110D, 10R W. Kerr Scott (D)
1956 George B. Patton (D)
1957 Luther E. Barnhardt (D)47D, 3R107D, 13R Stevenson/
Kefauver (D)Red x.svg
1958 Malcolm Buie Seawell (D) B. Everett Jordan (D)
195949D, 1R116D, 4R
1960 T. Wade Bruton (D)
1961 Terry Sanford (D) Harvey Cloyd Philpott (D)48D, 2R105D, 15R Kennedy/
Johnson (D)Green check.svg
1962vacant Edwin S. Lanier (D)
196399D, 21R9D, 2R
1964 James Allen Graham (D)
1965 Dan K. Moore (D) Robert W. Scott (D)49D, 1R106D, 14R Johnson/
Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
1966
196743D, 7R94D, 26R8D, 3R
1968
1969 Robert W. Scott (D) Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr. (D) Robert Burren Morgan (D)A. Craig Phillips (D)38D, 12R91D, 29R7D, 4R Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
1970
197143D, 7R96D, 24R
1972
1973 James Holshouser (R) Jim Hunt (D) William C. Creel (D) John Ingram (D)34D, 16R85D, 35R Jesse Helms (R) Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
1974 James H. Carson Jr. (R)
1975 Thomas Avery Nye Jr. (R)49D, 1R111D, 9R Robert Burren Morgan (D)9D, 2R
1976 Rufus Edmisten (D)
1977 Jim Hunt (D) James C. Green (D) Harlan E. Boyles (D) John C. Brooks (D)46D, 4R114D, 6R Carter/
Mondale (D)Green check.svg
1978
197945D, 5R105D, 15R
1980
1981 Ed Renfrow (D)40D, 10R96D, 24R John Porter East (R)7D, 4R Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
1982
198344D, 6R102D, 18R9D, 2R
1984
1985 James G. Martin (R) Robert B. Jordan (D) Lacy Thornburg (D) James E. Long (D)38D, 12R82D, 38R6D, 5R Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
1986 Jim Broyhill (R)
198740D, 10R81D, 39R Terry Sanford (D)8D, 3R
1988
1989 Jim Gardner (R) Rufus Edmisten (D) Bob Etheridge (D)37D, 13R74D, 46R Bush/
Quayle (R)Green check.svg
1990
199136D, 14R81D, 39R7D, 4R
1992
1993 Jim Hunt (D) Dennis A. Wicker (D) Mike Easley (D) Ralph Campbell Jr. (D) Harry Payne (D)39D, 11R78D, 42R Lauch Faircloth (R)8D, 4R Bush/
Quayle (R)Red x.svg
1994
199526D, 24R68R, 52D8R, 4D
1996 Janice H. Faulkner (D)
1997 Elaine Marshall (D) Michael E. Ward (D)30D, 20R61R, 59D6R, 6D Dole/
Kemp (R)Red x.svg
1998
199935D, 15R66D, 54R John Edwards (D)7R, 5D
2000
2001 Mike Easley (D) Bev Perdue (D) Roy Cooper (D) Richard H. Moore (D) Meg Scott Phipps (D) Cherie Berry (R)62D, 58R Bush/
Cheney (R)Green check.svg
2002
2003 Britt Cobb (D)28D, 22R60D, 60R [lower-alpha 12] Elizabeth Dole (R)7R, 6D
2004 Patricia N. Willoughby (D)
2005 Les Merritt (R) June Atkinson (D) Steve Troxler (R)29D, 21R63D, 57R Richard Burr (R) Bush/
Cheney (R)Green check.svg
2006
200731D, 19R68D, 52R7D, 6R
2008
2009 Bev Perdue (D) Walter H. Dalton (D) Beth Wood (D) Janet Cowell (D) Wayne Goodwin (D)30D, 20R Kay Hagan (D)8D, 5R Obama/
Biden (D)Green check.svg
2010
201131R, 19D67R, 52D, 1I7D, 6R
201268R, 52D [lower-alpha 13]
2013 Pat McCrory (R) Dan Forest (R)33R, 17D77R, 43D9R, 4D [lower-alpha 14] Romney/
Ryan (R)Red x.svg
2014
201534R, 16D74R, 45D, 1I [lower-alpha 15] Thom Tillis (R)10R, 3D
2016
2017 Roy Cooper (D) Josh Stein (D) Dale Folwell (R) Mark Johnson (R) Mike Causey (R)35R, 15D74R, 46D Trump/
Pence (R)Green check.svg
2018
201929R, 21D65R, 55D
20209R, 3D [lower-alpha 16]
2021 Mark Robinson (R) Catherine Truitt (R) Josh Dobson (R)28R, 22D69R, 51D8R, 5D Trump/
Pence (R)Red x.svg
2022
202330R, 20D72R, 48D [lower-alpha 17] Ted Budd (R)7D, 7R
2024 Jessica Holmes (D)
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. John Baptista Ashe was elected in 1802 to succeed Williams but died before he could take office, leading the legislature to elect Turner.
  2. Elected William Henry Haywood Jr., a Democrat, as a minority-party Speaker. [1]
  3. A power-sharing agreement between the parties was negotiated, with Burgess Sidney Gaither, a Whig, assuming the Senate Presidency, while the Democrats retained the Senate staff. [2]
  4. A power-sharing agreement between the parties was negotiated, with Calvin Graves, a Democrat, assuming the Senate Presidency, while the Whigs retained most of the Senate staff. [3]
  5. 1 2 3 The Conservative Party was a state coalition which, during the Civil War, included most Whigs and formerly Unionist Democrats in opposition to secessionsts; postwar, the Conservative Party was in opposition to Republicans and shifted its coalition to be mostly Democrats with some conservative former Whigs. Eventually it changed its name to the modern NC Democratic Party. [4]
  6. Provisional governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson until a special election could be held.
  7. 1 2 3 The Populists, in coalition with the Republicans, controlled the Senate in a pact of electoral fusion. [5]
  8. The Republicans, in coalition with the Populists, controlled the House in a pact of electoral fusion. [5]
  9. Russell, while a Republican, was supported by many in the Populist Party as part of an electoral fusion coalition, though a separate Populist candidate was also nominated. [5]
  10. 1 2 3 4 The Populists ran with the Republicans on a merged ticket in a pact of electoral fusion. [5]
  11. Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
  12. Was 61R, 59D after the 2002 elections, but Michael P. Decker switched parties from Republican to Democratic to establish split control of the House before the start of the 2003 session.
  13. Independent representative Bert Jones became a Republican.
  14. The 12th district was vacant from January to November 2014, after the resignation of Mel Watt.
  15. A Democrat, Paul Tine, switched parties before the 2015 session and became an Independent while caucusing with the Republicans.
  16. The 11th district was vacant from April to December 2020, after the resignation of Mark Meadows.
  17. Democrat Tricia Cotham switched parties to Republican during the 2023 session.

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The Constitutional Union Party was a United States political party active during the 1860 elections. It consisted of conservative former Whigs, largely from the Southern United States, who wanted to avoid secession over the slavery issue and refused to join either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. The Constitutional Union Party campaigned on a simple platform "to recognize no political principle other than the Constitution of the country, the Union of the states, and the Enforcement of the Laws".

New York is a Democratic stronghold and is considered one of the "Big Three" Democratic strongholds alongside California and Illinois. The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of New York:

Fusion Party is a name for multiple political parties in United States history and more recently a Federal political party established in Australia. The different parties that used the name don't share any particular political positions; instead, confederations of people from disparate political backgrounds united around a common cause individual to their situation—often opposition to a common enemy—and used the name Fusion Party to reflect the aggregate nature of their new party.

The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties of the United States political system and the oldest active political party in the country as well as in the world. The Democratic Party was founded in 1828. It is also the oldest active voter-based political party in the world. The party has changed significantly during its nearly two centuries of existence. Once known as the party of the "common man," the early Democratic Party stood for individual rights and state sovereignty, and opposed banks and high tariffs. In the first decades of its existence, from 1832 to the mid-1850s, under Presidents Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and James K. Polk, the Democrats usually bested the opposition Whig Party by narrow margins.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Carolina Republican Party</span> North Carolina affiliate of the Republican Party

The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP) is the affiliate of the Republican Party in North Carolina. Michael Whatley was the chair from 2019 until his election as national chair in March 2024. It is currently the state's dominant party, controlling half of North Carolina's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, and a 3/5 supermajority control of both chambers of the state legislature, as well as a majority on the state supreme court.

The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Idaho:

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

Theodore Martin "T.M." Stikeleather (1848–1934) was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1894 and to the State Senate in 1900 from the Populist Party. In the Senate he represented the 27th district, which included Iredell, Davie and Yadkin counties.

Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton (1878–1961) was an American historian of the South, author, and the founder of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where he spent most of his academic career. He published books and articles about the history of Reconstruction but his most influential role was as an archivist, collecting manuscripts from around the South that form the core of the Southern Historical Collection.

From 1894 to 1900 the North Carolina Republican Party and the Populist Party collaborated via electoral fusion to compete against the North Carolina Democratic Party. This political coalition was dubbed Fusionism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Radicalism in the United States</span> Historical American ideology

"Radicalism" or "radical liberalism" was a political ideology in the 19th century United States aimed at increasing political and economic equality. The ideology was rooted in a belief in the power of the ordinary man, political equality, and the need to protect civil liberties.

References

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  2. Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac (1916). Party Politics in North Carolina, 1835-1860. Seeman Printery. pp. 99–100. ISBN   978-0-598-68407-3.
  3. Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac (1916). Party Politics in North Carolina, 1835-1860. Seeman Printery. p. 126. ISBN   978-0-598-68407-3.
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