Austin Murphy Allran is a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-second Senate district,including constituents in Iredell and Catawba counties. He currently serves in a local capacity as a Catawba County Commissioner. An attorney from Hickory,North Carolina,Allran served for twelve terms in the state Senate. He was Vice-Chairman of the Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources Committee and the Judiciary II (Criminal) Committee. He was also a member of four other committees - Education/Higher Education,Finance,Health Care,and Ways and Means.
Frank Winston Ballance Jr. was an American politician and attorney who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2004,representing North Carolina's 1st congressional district.
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. A member of the North Carolina Council of State,the lieutenant governor serves a four-year term with a two consecutive term limit. The current lieutenant governor is Mark Robinson,a Republican,who has held the office since 2021. The Constitution of North Carolina designates the lieutenant governor the ex officio president of the State Senate and a member of the State Board of Education. They are also required to serve as acting governor of the state in the event of the governor's absence,and assume the governorship in the event it becomes vacant.
Paul Yelverton Coble served one term as Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina from December 1999 to December 2001. Coble served on the Wake County Board of Commissioners from 2006 to 2014,and served as chairman of the board from 2010 to 2012. In 2015,he became the Legislative Services Officer for the North Carolina General Assembly.
Lura Cowles Self Tally was a politician and educator from North Carolina,who served five terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives and six terms in the North Carolina Senate. She is a graduate of Duke University and holds a master's degree from North Carolina State University. The Lura S. Tally Center for Leadership Development is based at Methodist University in Fayetteville,NC.
Thomas C. Alexander is an American businessman who is currently serving as the President of the South Carolina Senate. He serves in the senate as a Republican from the 1st District. Alexander served as an honorary chair of the 2023 Inauguration Committee for Governor Henry McMaster.
Clarence Everett Lightner was an American politician and mortician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as Mayor of Raleigh,North Carolina from 1973 to 1975. He was the first popularly elected Mayor of Raleigh since 1947,and the first African American elected mayor of a mostly-white,major Southern city in the United States.
Robert L. Barker was a North Carolina State Senator representing Wake,Harnett and Lee Counties. Barker was born in Harnett County and grew up in Raleigh,attending Millbrook High School. He attended North Carolina State University.
Neal K. Hunt is an American real estate businessman and politician who served as a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing constituents in Wake County in the fifteenth district of the North Carolina Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 2004. He previously served two terms in an at-large seat on the Raleigh City Council.
David Cheston Rouzer is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Previously he was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly,representing Johnston County and Wayne County in the 12th district of the North Carolina Senate.
Carol Ann Alvarado is the state senator for Texas's 6th state senate district. The district includes southeast Houston,and portions of Pasadena. She is a member of the Democratic Party. On December 11,2018,Alvarado won a special election to fill the Senate seat for the 6th district left vacant by the resignation of Sylvia Garcia,who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
James William Copeland was an American politician and jurist who served in the North Carolina Senate representing the 1st District from 1949 to 1959 and as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1975 to 1985.
William Richardson Timmons IV is an American attorney,entrepreneur and politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district since 2019. His district is in the heart of the Upstate and includes Greenville,Spartanburg,and most of their suburbs. A member of the Republican Party,Timmons served as the South Carolina state senator from the 6th district from 2016 to 2018.
Alexander Mack Aikin Jr. was an American politician who served in the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate as a Democrat. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1932,and after serving two terms was elected to the Senate in 1937. In total,he served for 46 years in the two chambers of the Texas Legislature,making him the longest-tenured legislator in the history of Texas at the time of his retirement in January 1979.
George Wilmarth "Wiley" Nickel III is an American attorney and Democratic politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district since 2023.
Rachel H. Hunt is a member of the North Carolina State Senate. A Democrat,Hunt was elected in November 2022 to represent Senate District 42 in Mecklenburg County,North Carolina. Prior to that,Hunt served two successful terms in the North Carolina House beating incumbent Republican Rep. Bill Brawley twice.
John Wesley Winters Sr. was an American real estate developer,politician,and civil rights activist. A member of the Democratic Party,he served on City Council of Raleigh,North Carolina,from 1961 until 1967 and in the North Carolina Senate for the 14th district from 1975 until 1977.
Victoria Burgess Sawyer is a Republican member of the North Carolina Senate. She represents the Senate's 37th district which includes Iredell and Mecklenburg Counties. Sawyer was previously appointed to serve in the Senate for District 34. Prior to that,she served in Senate District 44 from August 2,2018 to January 2019.
The North Carolina General Assembly of 1835 met in Raleigh from November 16,1835 to December 22,1835. The assembly consisted of the 137 members of the North Carolina House of Commons and 65 senators of North Carolina Senate elected by the voters in August 1835. This was the last assembly elected before the amendments to the Constitution of North Carolina from the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835 took effect. Thus,the House of Commons included representatives from towns and the number of members of the house was greater than 120. William H. Haywood,Jr was elected speaker of the House of Commons and Charles Manley was elected clerk. William D. Mosely was elected President of the Senate and William J. Cowan was elected Clerk. Richard Dobbs Spaight,Jr. was elected the Governor by the assembly and served from December 10,1835 to December 31,1836. He was the last governor of North Carolina to be elected by the General Assembly.
Charles Perry is an American politician and accountant serving as a member of the Texas Senate from the 28th district. He assumed office on September 30,2014. He was previously a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 83rd district from 2010 to 2014.
