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North Carolina's 6th congressional district

Index North Carolina's 6th congressional district

NOTE: This district's boundaries were changed in 2016. [1]

63 relations: Alamance County, North Carolina, Alfred Moore Scales, Alfred Rowland, American Civil War, Anti-Administration party, Archibald Hunter Arrington, Carl T. Durham, Charles H. Martin (North Carolina), Charles Robin Britt, Clement Dowd, Conservatism in the United States, Daniel Turner (North Carolina), Davidson County, North Carolina, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic-Republican Party, Federalist Party, Francis Edwin Shober, Gilbert B. Patterson, Guilford County, North Carolina, Hannibal Lafayette Godwin, Homer L. Lyon, Horace R. Kornegay, Howard Coble, J. Bayard Clark, Jacksonian democracy, James A. Lockhart, James Gillespie (politician), James Iver McKay, James Madison Leach, John Dillard Bellamy, John Reeves Jones Daniel, Know Nothing, L. Richardson Preyer, List of United States congressional districts, Mark Walker (North Carolina politician), Micajah Thomas Hawkins, Moore County, North Carolina, Nathaniel Boyden, Nathaniel Macon, North Carolina Highway 6, North Carolina's 5th congressional district, North Carolina's 7th congressional district, North Carolina's 8th congressional district, North Carolina's at-large congressional seat, North Carolina's congressional districts, Opposition Party (Southern U.S.), People's Party (United States), Randolph County, North Carolina, Reconstruction era, Republican Party (United States), ..., Richard Clauselle Puryear, Risden Tyler Bennett, Robert Potter (U.S. politician), Rowan County, North Carolina, Sydenham Benoni Alexander, Thomas Samuel Ashe, United States Senate, Walter E. Johnston III, Walter Leak Steele, Weldon Nathaniel Edwards, Whig Party (United States), William B. Umstead, William Henry Hill (North Carolina). Expand index (13 more) »

Alamance County, North Carolina

Alamance County, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Alfred Moore Scales

Alfred Moore Scales (November 26, 1827 – February 9, 1892) was a North Carolina state legislator, Confederate general in the American Civil War and the 45th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1885 to 1889, and Congressman.

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Alfred Rowland

Alfred Rowland (February 9, 1844 – August 2, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Anti-Administration party

The Anti-Administration party (1789–1792) was an informal faction led by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson that opposed policies of then Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in the first term (1789–1792) of President George Washington.

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Archibald Hunter Arrington

Archibald Hunter Arrington (November 13, 1809 – July 20, 1872) was a slave owner, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1841 to 1845 and a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.

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Carl T. Durham

Carl Thomas Durham (August 28, 1892 – April 29, 1974) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

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Charles H. Martin (North Carolina)

Charles Henry Martin (August 28, 1848 – April 19, 1931) was a United States Representative from North Carolina.

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Charles Robin Britt

Charles Robin Britt (born June 29, 1942) is a former Member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina's 6th congressional district.

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Clement Dowd

Clement Dowd (August 27, 1832 – April 15, 1898) was a Democratic politician in North Carolina who served as Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1869 to 1871 and as a U.S. Representative from 1881 to 1885.

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Conservatism in the United States

American conservatism is a broad system of political beliefs in the United States that is characterized by respect for American traditions, republicanism, support for Judeo-Christian values, moral absolutism, free markets and free trade, anti-communism, individualism, advocacy of American exceptionalism, and a defense of Western culture from the perceived threats posed by socialism, authoritarianism, and moral relativism.

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Daniel Turner (North Carolina)

Daniel Turner (26 September 1796 – 21 July 1860) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (1827 – 1829).

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Davidson County, North Carolina

Davidson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Democratic-Republican Party

The Democratic-Republican Party was an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792 to oppose the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by Alexander Hamilton, who was secretary of the treasury and chief architect of George Washington's administration.

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Federalist Party

The Federalist Party, referred to as the Pro-Administration party until the 3rd United States Congress (as opposed to their opponents in the Anti-Administration party), was the first American political party.

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Francis Edwin Shober

Francis Edwin Shober (March 12, 1831 – May 29, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, father of Francis Emanuel Shober.

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Gilbert B. Patterson

Gilbert Brown Patterson (May 29, 1863 – January 26, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.

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Guilford County, North Carolina

Guilford County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Hannibal Lafayette Godwin

Hannibal Lafayette Godwin (November 3, 1873 – June 9, 1929) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1907 and 1921.

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Homer L. Lyon

Homer Le Grand Lyon (March 1, 1879 – May 31, 1956) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

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Horace R. Kornegay

Horace Robinson Kornegay (March 12, 1924 – January 21, 2009) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

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Howard Coble

John Howard Coble (March 18, 1931 – November 3, 2015) was a U.S. Representative for, serving from 1985 to 2015.

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J. Bayard Clark

Jerome Bayard Clark (April 5, 1882 – August 26, 1959) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

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Jacksonian democracy

Jacksonian democracy is a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that espoused greater democracy for the common man as that term was then defined.

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James A. Lockhart

James Alexander Lockhart (June 2, 1850 – December 24, 1905) was a United States Representative from North Carolina.

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James Gillespie (politician)

James Gillespie (c. 1747 – January 11, 1805) was a Democratic-Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1793 and 1799.

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James Iver McKay

James Iver McKay (1793–1853) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Elizabethtown, North Carolina, in 1793; pursued classical studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; appointed United States attorney for the district of North Carolina on March 6, 1817; served in the State senate 1815–1819, 1822, 1826, and 1830; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second through Twenty-fourth Congresses and as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth through Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1849); chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Twenty-fifth Congress), Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Twenty-seventh Congress), Ways and Means Committee (Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses).

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James Madison Leach

James Madison Leach (January 17, 1815 – June 1, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

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John Dillard Bellamy

John Dillard Bellamy (March 24, 1854 – September 25, 1942) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1899 and 1903.

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John Reeves Jones Daniel

John Reeves Jones Daniel (January 13, 1802 – June 22, 1868) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina.

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Know Nothing

The Native American Party, renamed the American Party in 1855 and commonly known as the Know Nothing movement, was an American nativist political party that operated nationally in the mid-1850s.

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L. Richardson Preyer

Lunsford Richardson Preyer (January 11, 1919 – April 3, 2001), who typically went by 'Richardson' or 'Rich,' was a jurist and a U.S. representative in Congress from North Carolina.

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List of United States congressional districts

Congressional districts for the United States House of Representatives are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the House of Representatives.

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Mark Walker (North Carolina politician)

Bradley Mark Walker (born May 20, 1969) is an American politician and pastor from the state of North Carolina.

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Micajah Thomas Hawkins

Micajah Thomas Hawkins (May 20, 1790 – December 22, 1858) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1803 to 1809.

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Moore County, North Carolina

Moore County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Nathaniel Boyden

Nathaniel Boyden (August 16, 1796 – November 20, 1873) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1847 and 1849 and later between 1868 and 1869.

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Nathaniel Macon

Nathaniel Macon (December 17, 1757June 29, 1837) was an American politician who represented North Carolina in both houses of Congress.

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North Carolina Highway 6

North Carolina Highway 6 (NC 6) was an North Carolina state highway.

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North Carolina's 5th congressional district

North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the northwestern corner of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont Triad.

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North Carolina's 7th congressional district

North Carolina's 7th congressional district stretches from Wilmington and the South Carolina border to the southern suburbs of Raleigh.

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North Carolina's 8th congressional district

North Carolina's eighth congressional district comprises a large portion of the southern Piedmont area of North Carolina from Concord to Spring Lake, including China Grove, Albemarle, Troy, Pinehurst and Raeford.

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North Carolina's at-large congressional seat

North Carolina elected one of its members of the United States House of Representatives at-large statewide.

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North Carolina's congressional districts

North Carolina is currently divided into 13 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives.

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Opposition Party (Southern U.S.)

The Opposition Party was a third party in the South in the years immediately prior to the Civil War.

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People's Party (United States)

The People's Party, also known as the Populist Party or the Populists, was an agrarian-populist political party in the United States.

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Randolph County, North Carolina

Randolph County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was the period from 1863 (the Presidential Proclamation of December 8, 1863) to 1877.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Richard Clauselle Puryear

Richard Clauselle Puryear (February 9, 1801 – July 30, 1867) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between the years of 1853 and 1857.

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Risden Tyler Bennett

Risden Tyler Bennett (June 18, 1840 – July 21, 1913) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1883 and 1887.

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Robert Potter (U.S. politician)

Robert Potter (c. 1800–March 2, 1842) was an American politician and Texas independence activist.

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Rowan County, North Carolina

Rowan County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

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Sydenham Benoni Alexander

Sydenham Benoni Alexander (December 2, 1840 – June 14, 1921) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1891 and 1895.

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Thomas Samuel Ashe

Thomas Samuel Ashe (July 19, 1812 – February 4, 1887) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1873 and 1877.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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Walter E. Johnston III

Walter Eugene Johnston III (March 3, 1936 – March 28, 2018), 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.

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Walter Leak Steele

Walter Leak Steele (April 18, 1823 – October 16, 1891) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1877 and 1881.

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Weldon Nathaniel Edwards

Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (January 25, 1788 – December 18, 1873) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Gaston, North Carolina, January 25, 1788; attended Warrenton Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in Warrenton, North Carolina; member of the State house of representatives in 1814 and 1815; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Nathaniel Macon; reelected as a Republican to the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Congresses, elected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth Congress; and served from February 7, 1816, to March 3, 1827; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Eighteenth Congress), Committee on Public Expenditures (Nineteenth Congress); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1826; returned to his plantation; member of the State senate 1833-1844; member of the State constitutional convention in 1835; again elected to the State senate in 1850 and chosen its speaker; president of the State secession convention in 1861; died in Warren County, North Carolina, December 18, 1873; interment in a private cemetery at his home, “Poplar Mount,” about twelve miles from Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina.

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Whig Party (United States)

The Whig Party was a political party active in the middle of the 19th century in the United States.

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William B. Umstead

William Bradley Umstead (May 13, 1895November 7, 1954) was an American Senator and the 63rd Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1953 to 1954.

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William Henry Hill (North Carolina)

William Henry Hill (May 1, 1767 – 1809) was a Congressional representative from North Carolina; born in Brunswick Town, Brunswick County, North Carolina; attended the public schools in Boston, Massachusetts; engaged in agricultural pursuits; studied law in Boston; was admitted to the bar and practiced; appointed United States district attorney for North Carolina by President George Washington in 1790; member of the State senate in 1794; elected as a Federalist to the Sixth and Seventh Congresses (March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803); appointed judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina by President John Adams at the close of his term but the designation was withdrawn by President Thomas Jefferson; returned to his estate near Wilmington, North Carolina, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death there in 1809; interment in the family burial ground on his estate, “Hilton,” near Wilmington.

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Redirects here:

NC-06, NC-6, United States House of Representatives, North Carolina District 6.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina's_6th_congressional_district

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