North Carolina's 5th congressional district

North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the central western portion of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the northern suburbs of the Piedmont Triad as well as the bulk of the city of Greensboro. The district borders Tennessee and Virginia, with the bulk of its territory in the mountains; it stretches just far enough to the east to grab most of Greensboro.

The district is overwhelmingly Republican. Large portions were controlled by Republicans even during the "Solid South" era as much of northwestern North Carolina was QuakerAuman, William T. and Scarboro, David D.; 'The Heroes of America in Civil War North Carolina', The North Carolina Historical Review, volume. 58, no. 4 (October, 1981), pp. 327-363 or mountaineer and therefore resisted secession.Auman, William T.; Civil War in the North Carolina Quaker Belt: The Confederate Campaign Against Peace Agitators, Deserters and Draft Dodgers, pp. 11, 66-68 Wilkes County has never voted for the Democratic Party before the Second Party System. For the 2024 election the district has been updated per Senate Bill 757 enacted by the NC General Assembly on October 25, 2023, becoming Session Law 2023–145. District boundaries are based on 2020 census tabulation blocks.

The fifth district is currently represented by Virginia Foxx, a Republican.

Counties and communities For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 legislative session), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST37/CD119_NC05.pdf

Alexander County (4)

All four communities

Alleghany County (1)

Sparta

Ashe County (3)

All three communities

Caldwell County (10)

All ten communities

Guilford County (5)

Greensboro (part; also 6th and 9th), Kernersville (part; also 6th; shared with Forsyth County), Oak Ridge, Stokesdale, Summerfield (part; also 9th)

Rockingham County (8)

All eight communities Stokes County (7) All seven communities Surry County (8) All eight communities

Watauga County (7)

All seven communities

Wilkes County (11)

All 11 communities

Recent election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentMcCain 51% - 47% SenateHagan 52% - 44% GovernorPerdue 50% - 47%2010 SenateBurr 58% - 40%2012 PresidentRomney 54% - 46% GovernorMcCrory 58% - 40%2014 SenateTillis 52% - 44%2016 PresidentTrump 55% - 41% SenateBurr 56% - 41% GovernorMcCrory 52% - 46% Lt. GovernorForest 56% - 41% Secretary of StateLaPaglia 51% - 49% AuditorStuber 54% - 46% TreasurerFolwell 57% - 43% Attorney GeneralNewton 53% - 47%2020 PresidentTrump 57% - 42% SenateTillis 54% - 41% GovernorForest 53% - 46% Lt. GovernorRobinson 58% - 42% Secretary of StateSykes 55% - 45% AuditorStreet 56% - 44% TreasurerFolwell 58% - 42% Attorney GeneralO'Neill 56% - 44%2022 SenateBudd 58% - 40%2024 PresidentTrump 58% - 41% GovernorStein 48% - 47% Lt. GovernorWeatherman 55% - 42% Secretary of StateBrown 56% - 44% AuditorBoliek 56% - 41% TreasurerBriner 59% - 41% Attorney GeneralBishop 55% - 45%

List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District location District established June 16, 1790 John Sevier Pro-Administration June 16, 1790 –March 3, 1791 Elected in 1790.District ceded by the state to the Federal government in 1789 but permitted to serve anyway although he wasn't representing any part of a state. 1790–1791"Western division" William B. Grove Pro-Administration March 4, 1791 –March 3, 1793 Elected in 1791.Redistricted to the after original district ceded to federal government to later become Tennessee. 1791–1793"Cape Fear division" Nathaniel Macon Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –March 3, 1795 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1793.Re-elected in 1795.Re-elected in 1796.Re-elected in 1798.Re-elected in 1800.Redistricted to the . 1793–1803 Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –March 3, 1803 James Gillespie Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –March 3, 1805 Elected in 1803.Re-elected in 1804.Died. 1803–1813 Thomas Kenan Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 –March 3, 1811 Elected August 8, 1805 to begin Gillespie's term.Re-elected in 1806.Re-elected in 1808.Retired. William R. King Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 –November 4, 1816 Elected in 1810.Re-elected in 1813.Re-elected in 1815.Resigned. 1813–1823 Vacant November 4, 1816 –December 2, 1816 Charles Hooks Democratic-Republican December 2, 1816 –March 3, 1817 Elected to finish King's term.Lost re-election. James Owen Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –March 3, 1819 Elected in 1817.Lost re-election. Charles Hooks Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 –March 3, 1823 Elected in 1819.Re-elected in 1821.Re-elected in 1823.Lost re-election. March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 1823–1833 Gabriel Holmes Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –September 26, 1829 Elected in 1825.Re-elected in 1827.Re-elected in 1829.Died. Vacant September 26, 1829 –November 10, 1829 Edward B. Dudley Jacksonian November 10, 1829 –March 3, 1831 Elected November 10, 1829 to finish Holmes's term and seated December 14, 1829. James I. McKay Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1831.Re-elected in 1833.Re-elected in 1835.Re-elected in 1837.Re-elected in 1839.Re-elected in 1841.Redistricted to the . 1833–1843 Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1843 Romulus M. Saunders Democratic March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1845 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1843. 1843–1853 James C. Dobbin Democratic March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1847 Elected in 1845. Abraham W. Venable Democratic March 4, 1847 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1847.Re-elected in 1849.Re-elected in 1851. John Kerr Jr. Whig March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1853. 1853–1861 Edwin G. Reade Know Nothing March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1855. John A. Gilmer Know Nothing March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 Elected in 1857.Re-elected in 1859. Opposition March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1861 Vacant March 3, 1861 –July 20, 1868 Civil War and Reconstruction Israel G. Lash Republican July 20, 1868 –March 3, 1871 Elected to finish the short term.Re-elected in 1868. 1868–1873 James M. Leach Democratic March 4, 1871 –March 3, 1875 Elected in 1870.Re-elected in 1872. 1873–1883 Alfred M. Scales Democratic March 4, 1875 –December 30, 1884 Elected in 1874.Re-elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882.Re-elected in 1884.Resigned when elected governor of North Carolina. 1883–1893 Vacant December 30, 1884 –January 28, 1885 James W. Reid Democratic January 28, 1885 –December 31, 1886 Elected to finish Scales's term.Resigned. Vacant December 31, 1886 –March 3, 1887 John M. Brower Republican March 4, 1887 –March 3, 1891 Elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888. Archibald H. A. Williams Democratic March 4, 1891 –March 3, 1893 Elected in 1890. Thomas Settle III Republican March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1897 Elected in 1892.Re-elected in 1894. 1893–1903 William W. Kitchin Democratic March 4, 1897 –January 11, 1909 Elected in 1896.Re-elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Re-elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906.Resigned when elected governor of North Carolina. 1903–1913 Vacant January 11, 1909 –March 3, 1909 John M. Morehead Republican March 4, 1909 –March 3, 1911 Elected in 1908. Charles M. Stedman Democratic March 4, 1911 –September 23, 1930 Elected in 1910.Re-elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Died. 1913–1933 Vacant September 23, 1930 –November 4, 1930 Franklin W. Hancock Jr. Democratic November 4, 1930 –January 3, 1939 Elected to finish Stedman's term.Re-elected in 1930.Re-elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936. 1933–1943 Alonzo D. Folger Democratic January 3, 1939 –April 30, 1941 Elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Died. Vacant April 30, 1941 –June 14, 1941 John H. Folger Democratic June 14, 1941 –January 3, 1949 Elected to finish his brother's term.Re-elected in 1942.Re-elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946. 1943–1953 Richard T. Chatham Democratic January 3, 1949 –January 3, 1957 Elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954. 1953–1963 Ralph J. Scott Democratic January 3, 1957 –January 3, 1967 Elected in 1956.Re-elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Re-elected in 1962.Re-elected in 1964. 1963–1973 Nick Galifianakis Democratic January 3, 1967 –January 3, 1969 Elected in 1966.Redistricted to the . Vinegar Bend Mizell Republican January 3, 1969 –January 3, 1975 Elected in 1968.Re-elected in 1970.Re-elected in 1972. 1973–1983 Stephen L. Neal Democratic January 3, 1975 –January 3, 1995 Elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Re-elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Re-elected in 1992.Retired. 1983–1993 1993–2003 Richard Burr Republican January 3, 1995 –January 3, 2005 Elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Re-elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Re-elected in 2002.Retired to run for U.S. Senator. 2003–2013 Virginia Foxx Republican January 3, 2005 –present Elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Re-elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Re-elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Re-elected in 2020.Re-elected in 2022.Re-elected in 2024. 2013–2017 2017–2021 2021–2023 2023–2025 2025–present

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Historical district boundaries

North Carolina's 5th congressional district was created in 1789 as "the Western division; ... which shall be formed by annexing two of the Superior Court districts together, in the following manner: that is ... the districts of Washington and Mero shall form the Western division". The district of Mero consisted of the counties of Davidson, Sumner and Tennessee.

North Carolina's 5th congressional district

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