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Capital: Raleigh
State Nickname: Tar Heel State
State Bird: Cardinal
State Flower: Dogwood
Admitted to the Union: November 21, 1789
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| Governors |
December 30, 1787 to December 17, 1789:
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Samuel Johnston
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December 17, 1789 to December 14, 1792:
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Alexander Martin
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December 14, 1792 to November 19, 1795:
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Richard D. Spaight
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November 19, 1795 to December 7, 1798:
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Samuel Ashe
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December 7, 1798 to November 23, 1799:
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William R. Davie
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November 23, 1799 to December 6, 1802:
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Benjamin Williams
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December 6, 1802 to December 10, 1806:
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James Turner
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December 10, 1805 to December 1, 1807:
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Nathaniel Alexander
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December 1, 1807 to December 12, 1808:
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Benjamin Williams
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December 12, 1808 to December 1, 1810:
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David Stone
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December 5, 1810 to December 11, 1811:
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Benjamin Smith
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December 11, 1811 to November 29, 1814:
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William Hawkins
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December 7, 1814 to December 3, 1817:
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William Miller
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December 6, 1817 to December 7, 1820:
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John Branch
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December 7, 1820 to December 1, 1821:
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Jesse Franklin
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December 7, 1821 to December 7, 1824:
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Gabriel Holmes
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December 7, 1824 to December 8, 1827:
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Hutchins G. Burton
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December 8, 1827 to December 12, 1828:
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James Iredell
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December 12, 1828 to December 18, 1830:
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John Owen
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December 18, 1830 to December 6, 1832:
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Montfort Stokes
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December 6, 1832 to December 10, 1835:
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David L. Swain
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December 10, 1835 to December 31, 1836:
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Richard D. Spaight, Jr.
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December 31, 1836 to January 1, 1841:
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Edward B. Dudley
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January 1, 1841 to January 1, 1845:
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John M. Morehead
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January 1, 1845 to January 1, 1849:
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William A. Graham
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January 1, 1849 ro January 1, 1851:
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Charles Manly
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January 1, 1851 to December 6, 1854:
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David S. Reid*
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* Resigned from office |
December 6, 1854 to January 1, 1855:
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Warren Winslow*
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* Acting Governor |
January 1, 1855 to January 1, 1859:
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Thomas Bragg
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January 1, 1859 to January 1, 1861:
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John W. Ellis*
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* Died in office |
July 7, 1861 to September 8, 1862:
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Henry T. Clark*
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* Acting governor |
September 8, 1862 to May 29, 1865:
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Zebulon B. Vance*
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* Removed from office -- Last Confederate governor |
May 29, 1865 to December 15, 1865:
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William W. Holden*
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* Provisional governor appointed by President Johnson |
December 15, 1865 to July 1, 1868:
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Jonathan Worth*
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* Removed from officer |
July 1, 1868 to December 15, 1870:
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William W. Holden*
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* Removed from office |
December 15, 1870 to July 11, 1874:
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Tod R. Caldwell*
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* Died in office |
July 11, 1874 to January 1, 1877:
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Curtis H. Brogden
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January 1, 1877 to February 8, 1879*
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Zebulon B. Vance*
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* Resigned from office |
February 5, 1879 to January 21, 1885:
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Thomas J. Jarvis
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January 21, 1885 to January 17, 1889:
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Alfred M. Scales
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January 17, 1889 to April 8, 1891:
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Daniel G. Fowle*
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* Died in office |
April 8, 1891 to January 18, 1893:
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Thomas M. Holt
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January 18, 1893 to January 12, 1897:
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Elias Carr
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January 12, 1897 to January 15, 1901:
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Daniel L. Russell
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January 15, 1901 to January 11, 1905:
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Charles B. Aycock
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January 11, 1905 to January 12, 1909:
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R. B. Glenn
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January 12, 1909 to January 15, 1913:
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W. H. Kitchin
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January 15, 1913 to January 11, 1917:
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Locke Craig
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January 11, 1917 to January 12, 1921:
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Thomas W. Bickett
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January 12, 1921 to January 14, 1925:
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Cameron Morrison
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January 14, 1925 to January 11, 1929:
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Angus Wilton McLean
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January 11, 1929 to January 5, 1933:
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O. Max Gardner
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January 5, 1933 to January 7, 1937:
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John C. B. Ehringhaus
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January 7, 1937 to January 9, 1941:
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Clyde R. Holey
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January 9, 1941 to January 4, 1945:
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J. Melville Broughton
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January 4, 1945 to January 6, 1949:
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R. Gregg Cherry
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January 6, 1949 t0 January 8, 1953:
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W. Kerr Scott
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January 8, 1853 to November 7, 1954:
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William B. Umstead*
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* Died in office |
November 7, 1954 to January 5, 1916:
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Luther H. Hodges
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January 5, 1961 to January 8, 1965:
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Terry Sanford
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January 8, 1965 to January 3, 1969:
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Dan K. Moore
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January 3, 1969 to January 5, 1973:
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Robert W. Scott
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January 5, 1973 to January 8, 1977:
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James E. Holshouser, Jr.
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January 8, 1977 to January 5, 1985:
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James B. Hunt, Jr.
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January 5, 1985 to January 9, 1993:
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James G. Martin
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January 9, 1993 to January 6, 2001:
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James Baxter Hunt Jr.
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January 6, 2001 to January 10, 2009:
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Mike Easley
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January 10, 2009 –
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Beverly Perdue
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| Senators - Class II |
November 27, 1789 – March 3, 1793
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Samuel Johnston
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March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1799
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Alexander Martin
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March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1805
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Jesse Franklin
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March 4, 1805 – November 21, 1816
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James Turner
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December 4, 1816 – March 3, 1823
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Montfort Stokes
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March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829
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John Branch, Jr.
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December 9, 1829 – November 16, 1840
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Bedford Brown
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November 25, 1840 – March 3, 1853
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Willie Person Mangum
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March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
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David Settle Reid
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March 4, 1859 – March 6, 1861
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Thomas Bragg * Resigned office
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March 6, 1861 – July 13, 1868
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Vacant
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July 14, 1868 – March 3, 1871
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Joseph Carter Abbott
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January 30, 1872 – March 3, 1895
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Matt Whitaker Ransom
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March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901
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Marion Butler
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March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1931
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Furnifold McLendel Simmons
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March 4, 1931 – December 15, 1946
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Josiah William Bailey * Died in office
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December 18, 1946 – December 30, 1948
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William Bradley Umstead
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December 31, 1948 – March 6, 1949
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Joseph Melville Broughton * Died in office
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March 29, 1949 – November 26, 1950
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Frank Porter Graham
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November 7th 1950 – June 26th 1953
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Willis Smith * Died in office
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July 10, 1953 – November 28, 1954
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Alton Asa Lennon
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November 29, 1954 – April 16, 1958
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William Kerr Scott * Died in office
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April 19, 1958 – January 3, 1973
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Benjamin Everett Jordan
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January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2003
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Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr.
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January 7, 2003 – January 3, 2009
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Mary Elizabeth Hanford Dole
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January 3, 2009 –
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Kay Ruthven Hagan
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| Senators - Class III |
November 27, 1789 – March 3, 1795
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Benjamin Hawkins
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March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801
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Timothy Bloodworth
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March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1807
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David Stone
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March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813
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Jesse Franklin
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March 4, 1813 – December 24, 1814
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David Stone * Died in office
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December 23, 1814 – December 5, 1815
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Francis Locke * Resigned office
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December 5, 1815 – November 14, 1828
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Nathaniel Macon * Resigned office
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December 5, 1836 – November 16, 1840
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Robert Strange
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March 4, 1843 – July 25, 1846
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William Henry Haywood, Jr * Resigned office
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November 25, 1846 – March 3, 1855
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George Edmund Badger
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March 4, 1855 – May 5, 1858
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Asa Biggs * Resigned office
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May 7, 1858 – March 28, 1861
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Thomas Lanier Clingman * Expelled
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March 29, 1861 – July 3, 1868
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Vacant
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July 4, 1868 – March 3, 1873
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John Pool
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March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879
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Augustus Summerfield Merrimon
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March 4, 1879 – April 14, 1894
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Zebulon Baird Vance *
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April 19, 1894 – January 23, 1895
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Thomas Jordan Jarvis
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January 23, 1895 – March 3, 1903
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Jeter Connelly Pritchard
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March 4, 1903 – December 12, 1930
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Lee Slater Overman * Died in office
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December 13, 1930 – December 4, 1932
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Cameron A. Morrison
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December 5, 1932 – January 3, 1945
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Robert Rice Reynolds
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January 3, 1945 – May 12, 1954
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Clyde Roark Hoey
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June 5, 1954 – December 31,1974
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Samuel James Ervin Jr.
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January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981
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Robert Burren Morgan
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January 3, 1981 - June 29, 1986
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John Porter East * Died in office
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July 14, 1986 - November 4, 1986
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James Thomas Broyhill
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November 5, 1986 – January 3, 1993
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James Terry Sanford
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January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999
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Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth
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January 6, 1999 – January 3, 2005
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Johnny Reid Edwards * Resigned office
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January 3, 2005 –
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Richard Mauze Burr
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| State Song |
The Old North State
Lyrics by William Gaston
Music by Mrs. E. E. Randolph
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Carolina! Carolina! Heaven's blessings attend her!
While we live we will cherish, protect and defend her;
Tho' the scorner may sneer at and witlings defame her,
Still our hearts swell with gladness whenever we name her.
Hurrah! Hurrah! The Old North State forever!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The good Old North State!Tho' she envies not others, their merited glory,
Say whose name stands the foremost, in Liberty's story,
Tho' too true to herself e'er to crouch to oppression,
Who can yield to just rule a more loyal submission?
Hurrah! Hurrah! The Old North State forever!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The good Old North State!Plain and artless her sons, but whose doors open faster
At the knock of a stranger, or the tale of disaster.
How like the rudeness of the dear native mountains,
With rich ore in their bosoms and life in their fountains.
Hurrah! Hurrah! The Old North State forever!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The good Old North State!
And her daughters, the Queen or the forest resembling
So graceful, so constant, yet the gentlest breath trembling.
And true lightwood at heart, let the match be applied them,
How they kindle and flame! Oh! none know but who've tried them.
Hurrah! Hurrah! The Old North State forever!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The good Old North State!
Then let all those who love us, love the land that we live in,
As happy a region as on this side of heaven,
Where plenty and peace, love and joy smile before us,
Raise aloud, raise together the heart thrilling chorus. Hurrah! Hurrah! The Old North State forever!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The good Old North State!
The song was offically adopted in 1927.
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State Population
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1790: 395,005 |
1800: 478,103 |
1810: 555,500 |
1820: 638,829 |
1830: 737,987 |
1840: 753,419 |
1850: 869,039 |
1860: 992,622 |
1870: 1,071,361 |
1880: 1,399,750 |
1890: 1,617,947 |
1900: 1,893,810 |
1910: 2,206,287 |
1920: 2,559,227 |
1930: 3,170,276 |
1940: 3,571,623 |
1950: 4,061,929 |
1960: 4,536,155 |
1970: 5,084,411 |
1980: 5,881,766 |
1990: 6,628,637 |
2000: 8,045,451 |
State Capitol Building 1907
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