North Carolina U.S. Senators (2026)
NC · U.S. Senate Delegation
Joined the Union
November 21, 1789
Population (Est.)
10,835,491
Current U.S. Senators
Delegation Voting Summary
119th CongressAgreement Rate
95.1%
Thom Tillis and Ted Budd voted the same way on 700 of 736 shared votes
Both are Republicans
Thom Tillis
Senior Senator
Party Unity
96.0%
Missed Votes
11.7%
752 votes cast of 852 roll calls
Ted Budd
Junior Senator
Party Unity
98.6%
Missed Votes
2.7%
829 votes cast of 852 roll calls
Former Senators from North Carolina
All 54 former U.S. senators who represented North Carolina, most recent first.
- Richard Burr 2005 – 2023
- Kay Hagan 2009 – 2015
- Elizabeth Dole 2003 – 2009
- John Edwards 1999 – 2005
- Jesse Helms 1973 – 2003
- Lauch Faircloth 1993 – 1999
- James Sanford 1986 – 1993
- James Broyhill 1986
- John East 1981 – 1986
- Robert Morgan 1975 – 1981
- Samuel Ervin, Jr. 1954 – 1974
- Benjamin Jordan 1958 – 1973
- William Scott 1954 – 1958
- Alton Lennon 1953 – 1954
- Clyde Hoey 1945 – 1954
- Willis Smith 1950 – 1953
- Frank Graham 1949 – 1950
- Joseph Broughton 1948 – 1949
- William Umstead 1946 – 1948
- Josiah Bailey 1931 – 1946
- Robert Reynolds 1932 – 1945
- Cameron Morrison 1930 – 1932
- Furnifold Simmons 1901 – 1931
- Lee Overman 1903 – 1930
- Jeter Pritchard 1895 – 1903
- Marion Butler 1895 – 1901
- Matt Ransom 1872 – 1895
- Thomas Jarvis 1894 – 1895
- Zebulon Vance 1879 – 1894
- Augustus Merrimon 1873 – 1879
- John Pool 1868 – 1873
- Joseph Abbott 1868 – 1871
- Thomas Clingman 1858 – 1861
- Thomas Bragg 1859 – 1861
- David Reid 1854 – 1859
- Asa Biggs 1855 – 1858
- George Badger 1846 – 1855
- Willie Mangum 1831 – 1853
- William Haywood, Jr. 1843 – 1846
- William Graham 1840 – 1843
- Robert Strange 1836 – 1840
- Bedford Brown 1829 – 1840
- James Iredell 1828 – 1831
- John Branch 1823 – 1829
- Nathaniel Macon 1815 – 1828
- Montfort Stokes 1816 – 1823
- James Turner 1805 – 1816
- Francis Locke 1814 – 1815
- David Stone 1801 – 1814
- Jesse Franklin 1799 – 1813
- Timothy Bloodworth 1795 – 1801
- Alexander Martin 1793 – 1799
- Benjamin Hawkins 1789 – 1795
- Samuel Johnston 1789 – 1793