Article II.
Legislative Department

Section 4. Senatorial districts

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Senatorial districts

Until the first session of the General Assembly, which shall be had after the year eighteen hundred and seventy one, the Senate shall be composed of members elected from districts constituted as follows

First District: Perquimans, Chowan, Pasquotank, Currituck, Gates and Camden, shall elect two Senators.
2nd District — Martin, Washington and Tyrrell, shall elect one Senator.
3rd District — Beaufort and Hyde, shall elect one Senator.
4th District — Northampton shall elect one Senator.
5th District — Bertie and Hertford, shall elect one Senator.
6th District — Halifax, shall elect one Senator.
7th District — Edgecombe shall elect one Senator.
8th District — Pitt, shall elect one Senator.
9th District — Nash and Wilson shall elect one Senator.
10th District — Craven and Carteret, shall elect two Senators.
11th District — Jones and Lenoir, shall elect one Senator.
12th District — Duplin and Onslow, shall elect one Senator.
13th District — Brunswick and New Hanover, shall elect two Senators.
14th District — Bladen and Columbus shall elect one Senator.
15th District — Robeson, shall elect one Senator.
16th District — Cumberland, Harnett and Sampson, shall elect two Senators.
17th District — Johnston shall elect one Senator.
18th District — Greene and Wayne, Shall elect one senator.
19th District — Franklin and Wake, shall elect two Senators.
20th District — Warren, shall elect one Senator.
21st District — Granville and Person, Shall elect two Senators.
22nd District — Orange, Shall elect one Senator.
23rd District — Chatham Shall elect one Senator.
24th District — Caswell shall elect one Senator.
25th District — Rockingham, shall elect one Senator.
26th District — Alamance and Guilford, shall elect two Senators.
27th District — Randolph and Montgomery shall elect one Senator.
28th District — Moore and Richmond, shall elect one Senator.
29th District — Anson and Union, Shall elect one Senator.
30th District — Mecklenburg shall elect one Senator.
31st District — Cabarrus and Stanly, shall elect one Senator.
32nd District — Davie and Rowan, shall elect one Senator.
33rd District — Davidson, Shall elect one Senator.
34th District — Forsyth and Stokes, shall elect one Senator.
35th District — Surry and Yadkin, Shall elect one Senator.
36th District — Alexander and Iredell, shall elect one Senator.
37th District — Catawba, Gaston and Lincoln, shall elect one Senator.
38th District — Cleveland, Polk and Rutherford, Shall elect one Senator.
39th District — Alleghany, Ashe and Wilkes, shall elect one Senator.
40th District — Buncombe, Henderson and Transylvania, shall elect one Senator.
41st District — Burke, Caldwell and Watauga, shall elect one Senator.
42nd District — Madison, Mitchel, McDowel, and Yancy, shall elect one Senator.
43rd District — Clay, Cherokee, Haywood, Jackson and Macon, shall elect one Senator.

Apportionment of Representatives

Until the General Assembly shall have made the apportionment as hereinbefore provided, the House of Representatives shall be composed of members elected from the counties in the following manner, to wit:

The county of Wake shall elect four members; the counties of Craven, Granville, Halifax and New Hanover shall elect three members each; the counties of Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Duplin, Edgecombe, Franklin, Guilford, Iredell, Johnston, Mecklenburg, Northampton, Orange, Pitt, Randolph, Robeson, Rockingham, Rowan, Warren, and Wayne shall elect elect two members each; the counties of Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Catawba, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Currituck, Davie, Forsythe, Gaston, Gates, Greene, Harnett, Henderson, Haywood, Hertford, Hyde, Jackson, Jones, Lenoir, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Martin, McDowel, Mitchel, Montgomery, Moore, Nash, Onslow, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Person, Polk, Richmond, Rutherford, Sampson, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Transylvania, Tyrrell, Union, Washington, Watauga, Wilkes, Wilson, Yadkin and Yancy, shall elect one member each.

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1789 — Section 6

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1835 — Article I. Section 2

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1. Until the first Session of the General Assembly which shall be had after the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, the Senate shall be composed of members to be elected from the several districts herein after named, that is to say: the 1st district shall consist of the counties of Perquimons and Pasquotank; the 2d district, of Camden and Curritack; the 3d district, of Gates and Chowan; the 4th district, Washington and Tyrrell; the 5th district, Northampton; the 6th district, Hertford; the 7th district, Bertie; the 8th district, Martin; the 9th district, Halifax; the 10th district, Nash; the 11th district, Wake; the 12th district, Franklin; the 13th district, Johnston; the 14th district, Warren; the 15th district, Edgecomb; the 16th district, Wayne; the 17th district, Greene and Lenoir; the 18th district, Pitt; the 19th district, Beaufort and Hyde; the 20th district, Carteret and Jones; the 21st district, Craven; the 22d district, Chatham; the 23d district, Granville; the 24th district, Person; the 25th district, Cumberland; the 26th district, Sampson; the 27th district, New-Hanover; the 28th district, Duplin; the 29th district, Qnslow; the 30th district, Brunswick, Bladen and Columbus; the 31st district, Robeson and Richmond; the 32d district, Anson; the 33d district, Cabarrus; the 34th district, Moore and Montgomery; the 35th district, Caswell; the 36th district, Rockingham; the 37th district, Orange; the 38th district, Randolph; the 39th district, Guilford; the 40th district, Stokes; the 41st district, Rowan; the 42d district, Davidson; the 43d district, Surry; the 44th district, Wilkes and Ashe; the 45th district, Burke and Yancy; the 46th district, Lincoln; the 47th district, Iredell; the 48th district, Rutherford; the 49th district, Buncombe, Haywood and Macon; and the 50th district, Mecklenburg; each district to be entitled to one Senator.
2. Until the first Session of the General Assembly after the year eighteen hundred and forty-one, the House of Commons shall be composed of members elected from the counties in the following manner, viz: The counties of Lincoln and Orange shall elect four members each. The counties of Burke, Chatham, Granville, Guilford, Halifax, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Rutherford, Surry, Stokes and Wake, shall elect three members each. The Counties of Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Buncombe, Cumberland, Craven, Caswell, Davidson, Duplin, Edgecomb, Franklin, Johnston, Montgomery, New Hanover, Northampton, Person, Pitt, Randolph, Robeson, Richmond, Rockingham, Sampon, Warren, Wayne and Wilkes, shall elect two members each. The counties of Ashe, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Columbus, Chowan, Currituck, Carteret, Cabarrus, Gates, Greene, Haywood, Hertford, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Macon, Moore, Martin, Nash, Onslow, Pasquotank, Perquimons, Tyrrell, Washington and Yancy, shall elect one member each.

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1868 — Article II. Section 4

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1868 — Article II. Section 8

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