North Carolina's 8th Congressional District

North Carolina's 8th Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and North Carolina's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Mark Harris (Republican) currently represents North Carolina's 8th Congressional District. See Mark Harris's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented North Carolina's 8th Congressional District:

• Dan Bishop — Republican (until 2025)
• Larry Kissell — Democrat (until 2013)
• Robin Hayes — Republican (until 2009)
• Willie Hefner — Democrat (until 1999)
• Earl Ruth — Republican (until 1975)
• Alvin Kitchin — Democrat (until 1963)
• Charles Deane — Democrat (until 1957)
• William Burgin — Democrat (until 1947)
• Eliza Pratt — Democrat (until 1947)
• John Lambeth — Democrat (until 1939)

North Carolina U.S. Senators

• Ted Budd — Republican Senator
• Thom Tillis — Republican Senator
• Richard Burr — Republican Senator
• Kay Hagan — Democrat Senator
• Elizabeth Dole — Republican Senator
• John Edwards — Democrat Senator
• Jesse Helms — Republican Senator
• Duncan Faircloth — Republican Senator
• James Sanford — Democrat Senator
• James Broyhill — Republican Senator
• John East — Republican Senator
• Robert Morgan — Democrat Senator
• Samuel Ervin — Democrat Senator
• Benjamin Jordan — Democrat Senator
• William Scott — Democrat Senator
• Clyde Hoey — Democrat Senator
• Willis Smith — Democrat Senator
• Frank Graham — Democrat Senator
• Joseph Broughton — Democrat Senator
• William Umstead — Democrat Senator
• Josiah Bailey — Democrat Senator
• Robert Reynolds — Democrat Senator
• Furnifold Simmons — Democrat Senator
• Lee Overman — Democrat Senator
• Jeter Pritchard — Republican Senator
• Marion Butler — Populist Senator
• Thomas Jarvis — Democrat Senator
• Matt Ransom — Democrat Senator
• Zebulon Vance — Democrat Senator
• Augustus Merrimon — Democrat Senator
• John Pool — Republican Senator
• Joseph Abbott — Republican Senator
• Thomas Bragg — Democrat Senator
• Thomas Clingman — Democrat Senator
• Asa Biggs — Democrat Senator
• David Reid — Democrat Senator
• George Badger — Whig Senator
• Willie Mangum — Whig Senator
• William Haywood — Democrat Senator
• William Graham — Whig Senator
• Bedford Brown — Democrat Senator
• Robert Strange — Democrat Senator
• James Iredell — Jackson Senator
• Nathaniel Macon — Jackson Senator
• Montfort Stokes — Republican Senator
• James Turner — Republican Senator
• Francis Locke — Unknown Senator
• David Stone — Republican Senator
• Jesse Franklin — Republican Senator
• Timothy Bloodworth — Republican Senator
• Alexander Martin — Republican Senator
• Benjamin Hawkins — Pro-Administration Senator
• Samuel Johnston — Pro-Administration Senator

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