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Office of North Carolina
Office of North Carolina
Member of	Council of State
Seat	Raleigh, North Carolina
Term length	Four years, renewable once

North Carolina General Assembly 1969
North Carolina General Assembly 1969
Overview
Legislative body	North Carolina General Assembly
Jurisdiction	North Carolina, United States
Term	1969
North Carolina Senate
Members	xx Senators
North Carolina House of Representatives
Members	xx Representatives

North Carolina General Assembly 1783
North Carolina General Assembly 1783
Overview
Legislative body	North Carolina General Assembly
Jurisdiction	North Carolina, United States
Meeting place	Hillsborough
Term	1782
North Carolina Senate
Members	50 Senators authorized
Speaker	Richard Caswell, Sr.
North Carolina House of Representatives
Members	106 Representatives authorized

Current Draft, 1783[edit]

The North Carolina General Assembly of 1783 was the state legislature that convened in Hillsboro, North Carolina from April 18, 1783 to May 17, 1783. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Commons were elected by eligible North Carolina voters. This was the last assembly to meet during the American Revolution. Much of their time was devoted to taking care of the North Carolina soldiers that fought in the war.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The General Assembly elected Alexander Martin of Guilford County as Governor on April 26, 1782. James Glasgow was Secretary of State. James Iredell was Attorney General. There was no Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina until 1868.^[2]

Councilors of State[edit]

The General Assembly elected the following Councilors of State on May 9, 1783:^[2]

James Saunders from Caswell County
Nathaniel Macon from Warren County Warren
Spruce Macay from Rowan County^[6]
Philemon Hawkins II from Warren County
Thomas Polk from Mecklenburg County
Robert Burton from Granville County
Marquis de Bretigny from Craven County

Members[edit]

There was one Senator and two members of the House of Commons for each of the 50 counties. In addition, each of the six districts had one representative each. The House of Commons leadership and staff included: Edward Starkey, Speaker; John Hunt, Clerk; and John Haywood, Assistant Clerk. The Senate leadership and staff included: Richard Caswell, speaker; John Haywood, clerk; and Sherwood Haywood, assistant cleark. Members of the House of Commons and Senate are listed below for each county and district.^[1]^[3]^[4]

County/District	Senate Member	House Member	House Member
Anson County	Thomas Wade	John Jackson	John Jackson
Beaufort County	William Brown	Thomas Alderson	John Gray Blount
Bertie County	James Campbell	William Horn	David Turner
Bladen County	Thomas Brown	Samuel Cain	Francis Lucas
Brunswick County	Benjamin Smith	William Waters	Dennis Hawkins
Burke County	Charles McDowell	Waightstill Avery	Joseph McDowell
Camden County	Isaac Gregory	Dempsey Sawyer	Benjamin Jones
Carteret County	John Easton	Enoch Ward	Eli West
Caswell County	William Moore	David Shelton	Unknown
Chatham County	Ambrose Ramsey	Matthew Jones	Richard Kennon
New Bern District		Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr.^[7]
Chowan County	Charles Johnson	Stephen Chambers	Richard Benbury
Craven County	James Coor	William Bryan	William Blount
Cumberland County	Ica Atkins	Edward Winslow	Patrick Travis
Currituck County	William Ferebee	Thomas Jarvis	Joseph Ferebee
Dobbs County	Richard Caswell, Sr. (Speaker)	Richard Caswell, Jr.	John Herritage
Duplin County	James Kenan	Richard Clinton	James Gillespie
Edgecombe County	Elisha Battle	Robert Diggs	James Wilson
Franklin County	Alexius M. Foster	Simon Jeffreys	Harrison Macon
Gates County	Jacob Hunter	Joseph Riddick	David Rice
Granville County	Robert Harris	Thomas Person	Philemon Hawkins, Jr.
Guilford County	Charles Bruce	James Galloway	John Leak
Halifax County	Benjamin McCulloch	John Whitaker	John Geddy
Halifax District		Henry Montfort
Hertford County	John Brickell	Lewis Brown	Thomas Brickell
Hyde County	William Russell	Benjamin Parmele	John Eborne
Johnston County	Hardy Bryan	Arthur Bryan	Nathan Williams
Jones County	Nathan Bryan	Frederick Hargett	William Randall
Lincoln County	Robet Alexander	Daniel McKissick	John Sloan
Martin County	Whitmell Hill	Samuel Smithwick	Samuel Williams
Mecklenburg County	Robert Irwin	Caleb Phifer	David Wilson
Montgomery County	Edward Moore	James McDonald	Mark Allen
Nash County	Hardy Griffin	Micajah Thomas	John Bonds
Wilmington District		Archibald MacLaine
New Hannover County	John A. Campbell	Timothy Bloodworth^[8]	Thomas Bloodworth^[9]
Northampton County	Allen Jones	James Vaughan	Drury Gee
Hillsboro/Hillsborough District		Thomas Farmer
Onslow County	John Spicer	Edward Starkey (Speaker)	James Howard
Orange County	William McCauley	Alexander Mebane	Thomas Burke
Pasquotank County	Edward Everagin	William Lane	Thomas Reading
Perquimans County	Jesse Eaton	Jonathan Skinner	John Reed
Pitt County	John Williams	John Jordan	Richard Moye
Randolph County	Thomas Dougan	Jeduthan Harper	Robet McLean
Richmond County	Henry William Harrington	Robert Webb	John Childs
Salisbury District		Dr. Anthony Newman
Rowan County	Griffith Rutherford	Matthew Locke	George Henry Barrier
Rutherford County	James Holland	William Gilbert****	Richard Singleton****
Sullivan County (became part of Tennessee)	Joseph Martin	Abraham Bledsoe	William Cage
Surry County	Martin Armstrong	William T. Lewis	James Martin
Tyrrell County	Jeremiah Frazier	Nehemiah Norman	Nathan Hooker
Wake County	Joel Lane	Theophilus Hunter	Hardy Sanders
Warren County	Herbert Haynes	Joseph Hawkins	John Macon
Washington County (became part of Tennessee)	Unknown	Joseph Hardin	Thomas Haughton
Wayne County	Burwell Mooring	Needham Whitfield	Richard McKinnie
Wilkes County	Elijah Isaacs	Joseph Herndon	William Lenoir
Edenton District		William Cumming

Legislation[edit]

The American Revolution was ending, so much of the session was devoted to enacting legislation to compensate soldiers. There were also act to name an agent for dealing with the Cherokees, dealing with slaves, and monetary policy.^[10]^[11]^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Wheeler, John H. (1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina". Retrieved April 9, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Connor, R.D.D. (1913). A Manual of North Carolina (PDF). Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Lewis, J.D. "North Carolina State House of Commons 1783". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Lewis, J.D. "North Carolina State Senate 1781". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Laws of North Carolina for 1783 (PDF). 1783.
^ Brawley, James S. (1991). "Spruce Macay". NCPedia. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
^ elected Delegate to the Continental Congress on April 25, 1783
^ Ineligible for seat since he was already Treasurer for the Wilmington District
^ Ineligible since he was Marshal of the Court of Admiralty for the Port of Bruswick.
^ Clark, Walter, ed. (1901). Journal of the Senate of the General Assembly of North Carolina, April 18, 1783 to May 17, 1783 (PDF). Nash Brothers.
^ Clark, Walter, ed. (1899). Journal of the House of Commons of the General Assembly of North Carolina, April 18, 1783 to May 17, 1783 (PDF). Nash Brothers.

1969[edit]

The North Carolina General Assembly of 1969 was the state legislature that first convened in January 1969 and concluded in December 2020. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected on November 6, 2018.

District	Senator	Party	Home Town
1	Marc Basnight	Democratic	Raleigh, North Carolina

Public office[edit]

[Manual1874-1] Wheeler, John H. (1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina". Retrieved April 9, 2019.

[Manual1913-2] Connor, R.D.D. (1913). A Manual of North Carolina (PDF). Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission. Retrieved April 27, 2019.

[House-3] Lewis, J.D. "North Carolina State House of Commons 1783". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

[Senate-4] Lewis, J.D. "North Carolina State Senate 1781". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

[Laws1783-5] Laws of North Carolina for 1783 (PDF). 1783.

[Macay-6] Brawley, James S. (1991). "Spruce Macay". NCPedia. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

[7] ted Delegate to the Continental Congress on April 25, 1783

[8] Ineligible for seat since he was already Treasurer for the Wilmington District

[9] Ineligible since he was Marshal of the Court of Admiralty for the Port of Bruswick.

[SenateJournal-10] Clark, Walter, ed. (1901). Journal of the Senate of the General Assembly of North Carolina, April 18, 1783 to May 17, 1783 (PDF). Nash Brothers.

[HouseJournal-11] Clark, Walter, ed. (1899). Journal of the House of Commons of the General Assembly of North Carolina, April 18, 1783 to May 17, 1783 (PDF). Nash Brothers.

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v t e North Carolina General Assemblies by year convened and order
List of North Carolina state legislatures Senate President pro tempore of the Senate House of Commons House of Representatives Speakers of the House of Representatives (see Note)	1 (1777) 2 (1778) 3 (1779) 4 (1780) 5 (1781) 6 (1782) 7 (1783) 8 (Apr 1784) 9 (Oct 1784) 10 (1785) 11 (1786) 12 (1787) 13 (1788) 14 (1789) 15 (1790) 16 (1791) 17 (1792) 18 (1793) 19 (1794) 20 (1795) 21 (1796) 22 (1797) 23 (1798) 24 (1799) 25 (1800) 26 (1801) 27 (1802) 28 (1803) 29 (1804) 30 (1805) 31 (1806) 32 (1807) 33 (1808) 34 (1809) 35 (1810) 36 (1811) 37 (1812) 38 (1813) 39 (1814) 40 (1815) 41 (1816) 42 (1817) 43 (1818) 44 (1819) 45 (1820) 46 (1821) 47 (1822) 48 (1823) 49 (1824) 50 (1825) 51 (1826) 52 (1827) 53 (1828) 54 (1829) 55 (1830) 56 (1831) 57 (1832) 58 (1833) 59 (1834) 60 (1835) 61 (1836) 62 (1840) 63 (1842) 64 (1844) 65 (1846) 66 (1846) 67 (1848) 68 (1850) 69 (1852) 70 (1854) 71 (1856) 72 (1858) 73 (1860) 74 (1862) 75 (1864) 76 (1865) 77 (1866) 78 (1868) 79 (1869) 80 (1870) 81 (1872) 82 (1874) 83 (1876) 84 (1879) 85 (1881) 86 (1883) 87 (1885) 88 (1887) 89 (1889) 90 (1891) 91 (1893) 92 (1895) 93 (1897) 94 (1899) 95 (1901) 96 (1903) 97 (1905) 98 (1907) 99 (1909) 100 (1911) 101 (1913) 102 (1915) 103 (1917) 104 (1919) 105 (1921) 106 (1923) 107 (1925) 108 (1927) 109 (1929) 110 (1931) 111 (1933) 112 (1935) 113 (1937) 114 (1939) 115 (1941) 116 (1943) 117 (1945) 118 (1947) 119 (1949) 120 (1951) 121 (1953) 122 (1955) 123 (1957) 124 (1959) 125 (1961) 126 (1963) 127 (1965) 128 (1967) 129 (1969) 130 (1971) 131 (1973) 132 (1975) 133 (1977) 134 (1979) 135 (1981) 136 (1983) 137 (1985) 138 (1987) 139 (1989) 140 (1991) 141 (1993) 142 (1995) 143 (1997) 144 (1999) 145 (2001) 146 (2003) 147 (2005) 148 (2007) 149 (2009) 150 (2011) 151 (2013) 152 (2015) 153 (2017) 154 (2019) 155 (2021) 156 (2023)
Other	Executive Branch: Governor of North Carolina (List), Lieutenant Governor (since 1868), Cabinets, Council of State, Attorney General
Conventions	Hillsborough Convention of 1788, Fayetteville Convention of 1789
Provincial Congresses and Constitution	North Carolina Provincial Congress (1774–1776: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th), Constitution of North Carolina (1776, 1835 Convention, 1861 Convention, 1868 redraft, 1875 Convention, Constitution of 1971)
Notes: Prior to the Constitution of 1868: the lower house of the North Carolina Legislature was known as the House of Commons and the leader of the Senate was called the Speaker of the Senate.