North Carolina in the 1800s

North Carolina State Senate

1868-1869

This General Assembly met from November 16, 1868 to April 12, 1869. A Special Session was called earlier from July 1st to August 24th in 1868. Another session was convened from November 15, 1869 to March 28. 1870.

The new NC State Constitution of 1868 totally reworked the Senate - from 50 districts down to 43 districts, with some districts allowed two (2) Senators. The Speaker of the Senate position was abolished, and the newly-created position of Lt. Governor had the extra duty as President of the Senate when the Senate was in session.

Although they had been established several years earlier, the following counties sent their first delegates to the 1868 General Assembly: Alleghany, Clay, Mitchell, Polk, Transylvania, and Wilson.

District

No. of
Senators

County/Counties

Delegate(s) (County From)

1

2

Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans

Joseph W. Etheridge (Currituck),
Elihu A. White (Perquimans)

2

1

Martin, Tyrrell, Washington

Franklin G. Martindale (Martin)

3

1

Beaufort, Hyde

J.B. Respess (Beaufort)

4

1

Northampton

William Barrow

5

1

Bertie, Hertford

James W. Beasley (Bertie)

6

1

Halifax

Henry Epps (1)

7

1

Edgecombe

N.B. Bellamy

8

1

Pitt

W.A. Cherry

9

1

Nash, Wilson

Joshua Barnes (Wilson)

10

2

Carteret, Craven

W.A. Moore (Carteret),
W.H.S. Sweet (Craven)

11

1

Jones, Lenoir

D.D. Colgrove (Jones)

12

1

Duplin, Onslow

William A. Allen (Duplin)

13

2

Brunswick, New Hanover

Edwin Legg (Brunswick),
A.H. Galloway (1) (NH)

14

1

Bladen, Columbus

John W. Purdie (Bladen)

15

1

Robeson

O.S. Hayes

16

2

Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson

L.D. Hall (Cumberland),
James S. Harrington (Harnett)

17

1

Johnston

J.B. Cook

18

1

Greene, Wayne

Curtis H. Brogden (Wayne)

19

2

Franklin, Wake

Willie D. Jones (Wake),
R.I. Wynne (Wake)

20

1

Warren

John A. Hyman (1)

21

2

Granville, Person

R.W. Lassiter (Granville),
C.S. Winstead (Person)

22

1

Orange

Josiah Turner, Jr.

23

1

Chatham

Silas Burns

24

1

Caswell

Bedford Brown

25

1

Rockingham

John M. Lindsay

26

2

Alamance, Guilford

T.M. Shoffner (Alamance),
G.W. Welker (Guilford)

27

1

Montgomery, Randolph

John H. Davis (Montgomery)

28

1

Moore, Richmond

William B. Richardson (Moore)

29

1

Anson, Union

P.T. Beeman (Anson)

30

1

Mecklenburg

James W. Osborne

31

1

Cabarrus, Stanly

Christopher Melchor (Cabarrus)

32

1

Davie, Rowan

W.M. Robbins (Rowan)

33

1

Davidson

P.A. Long

34

1

Forsyth, Stokes

Peter A. Wilson (Forsyth)

35

1

Surry, Yadkin

Samuel Forkner (Surry)

36

1

Alexander, Iredell

J.H. McLaughlin (Iredell)

37

1

Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln

Lawson A. Mason (Gaston)

38

1

Cleveland, Polk, Rutherford

J.B. Eaves (Rutherford)

39

1

Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes

Samuel P. Smith (Wilkes)

40

1

Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania

James Blythe (Henderson)

41

1

Burke, Caldwell, Watauga

Edmund W. Jones (Caldwell)

42

1

Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Yancey

William M. Moore (Yancey)

43

1

Cherokee, Clay, Haywood, Jackson, Macon

W. Levi Love (Macon)
Tod R. Caldwell was President of the Senate. T.A. Byrnes was the Clerk.
(1) Henry Epps, A.H. Galloway, and John A. Hyman (plus 18 in the House of Representatives) were among the first black men to be elected to the NC Legislature after the Civil War.
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