North Carolina in the 1800s

North Carolina State House of Representatives

1872-1874

This General Assembly met from November 18, 1872 to March 3, 1873. A Special Session was called from November 17, 1873 to February 16, 1874.

This General Assembly was reapportioned based upon the 1870 U.S. Census population results.

Dare County and Swain County sent their first delegates to this General Assembly.

County

 Number of
Delegates Authorized

Delegate(s)

Alamance

1

Jesse Gant

Alexander

1

John M. Carson

Alleghany

1

A.M. Bryan

Anson

1

R.T. Bennett

Ashe

1

Squire Trivett

Beaufort

1

Samuel Corson

Bertie

1

F.C. Miller

Bladen

1

A.H. Perry

Brunswick

1

John A. Brooks

Buncombe

2

T.D. Johnston, D.A. Blackwell

Burke

1

P. Warlick

Cabarrus

1

Thomas J. Shinn

Caldwell

1

Edmund Jones

Camden

1

Simeon A. Jones

Carteret

1

Silas Webb

Caswell

2

George Bowe, Thomas J. Foster

Catawba

1

R.B.B. Houston

Chatham

2

O.A. Hanner, John M. Moring

Cherokee

1

B.K. Dickey

Chowan

1

John L. Winslow

Clay

1

J.S. Anderson

Cleveland

1

John W. Gidney

Columbus 

1

V.V. Richardson

Craven

2

E.R. Dudley (1), I.B. Abbott (1)

Cumberland

2

G.W. Bullard, T.S. Lutterloh

Currituck

1

J.M. Woodhouse

Dare

1

O.N. Gray

Davidson

2

J.T. Brown, John Michael

Davie

1

Charles Anderson

Duplin

2

John D. Stanford, J.K Outlaw

Edgecombe

2

Willis Bunn (1), Joseph Cobb

Forsyth

1

William H. Wheeler

Franklin

1

John H. Williamson (1)

Gaston

1

W.A. Stowe

Gates

1

R.H. Ballard

Granville

2

Hanson T. Hughes (1), Richard G. Sneed

Greene

1

John Patrick

Guilford

2

Joseph Gilmer, William Wiley

Halifax

2

John R. Bryant (1), J.J. Goodwyn

Harnett

1

J.R. Grady

Haywood

1

H.P. Haynes

Henderson

1

James Blythe

Hertford

1

James Sharp

Hyde

1

William S. Carter

Iredell

2

C.L. Shinn, C.L. Turner

Jackson

1

J.N. Bryson

Johnston

2

Jesse Hinnant, W.H. Joyner

Jones

1

Jacob F. Scott

Lenoir

1

Anthony Davis

Lincoln

1

A.J. Morrison

Macon

1

James L. Robinson*

Madison

1

Hezekiah A. Gudger

Martin

1

J.R. Mizell

McDowell

1

G.W. Freeman

Mecklenburg

2

John E. Brown, S.W Reid

Mitchell

1

Jacob W. Bowman

Montgomery

1

Allen Jordan

Moore

1

John Shaw

Nash

1

John E. Lindsay

New Hanover

3

James Heaton, Alfred Lloyd (1), William H. McLaurin (1)

Northampton

1

Burton H. Jones

Onslow

1

John W. Shackleford

Orange

2

Pride Jones, Jones Watson

Pasquotank

1

F.M. Godfrey

Perquimans

1

J.R. Darden

Person

1

Montford McGehee

Pitt

2

Guilford Cox, William P. Bryan

Polk

1

N.B. Hampton

Randolph 

2

J.W. Bean, George W. Reed

Richmond

1

Robert Fletcher (1)

Robeson

2

Thomas A. McNeill, W.S. Norment

Rockingham

2

A.B. Johns, David Settle

Rowan

2

F.N. Luckey, Kerr Craige

Rutherford

1

Eli Whisnant

Sampson

2

W.H. Bryan, W.R. Maxwell

Stanly

1

Matthew T. Waddill

Stokes

1

J.G.H. Mitchell

Surry

1

Harrison M. Waugh

Swain

1

T.D. Bryson

Transylvania

1

F.J. Whitmire

Tyrrell

1

B. Jones

Union

1

Lemuel Presson

Wake

4

Stewart Ellison (1), Richard Badger, John C. Gorman, R.S. Perry

Warren 

2

George H. King, J.W.H. Paschall (1)

Washington

1

D.C. Guyther

Watauga

1

J.B. Todd

Wayne

2

E.G. Copeland, John C. Rhodes

Wilkes

2

A.C. Bryan, Thomas J. Dula

Wilson

1

H.C. Moss

Yadkin

1

John G. Marler

Yancey

1

J.C. Byrd
* James L. Robinson was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. S.D. Pool was Clerk.
(1) A black man.
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