Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
| Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina | |
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| Seat | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once consecutively |
| Constituting instrument | North Carolina Constitution of 1868 |
| Inaugural holder | Tod R. Caldwell |
| Formation | 1868 |
| Salary | US$157,403 per year (2023) |
| Website | Official website |
The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government.
List
- Parties
Democratic (29) Republican (6)
| # | Image | Lieutenant governor | Term of office | Political party | Governor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tod R. Caldwell | 1868–1870[1] | Republican | William W. Holden (R) | |
| Office vacant 1870–1873 | |||||
| 2 | Curtis H. Brogden | 1873–1874[1] | Republican | Tod R. Caldwell (R) | |
| Office vacant 1874–1877 | |||||
| 3 | Thomas J. Jarvis | 1877–1879[1] | Democratic | Zebulon B. Vance (D) | |
| Office vacant 1879–1881 | |||||
| 4 | James L. Robinson | 1881–1885[1] | Democratic | Thomas J. Jarvis (D) | |
| 5 | Charles M. Stedman | 1885–1889[1] | Democratic | Alfred Moore Scales (D) | |
| 6 | Thomas M. Holt | 1889–1891[1] | Democratic | Daniel Gould Fowle (D) | |
| Office vacant 1891–1893 | |||||
| 7 | Rufus A. Doughton | 1893–1897[1] | Democratic | Elias Carr (D) | |
| 8 | Charles A. Reynolds | 1897–1901[1] | Republican | Daniel Lindsay Russell (R) | |
| 9 | Wilfred D. Turner | 1901–1905[1] | Democratic | Charles Brantley Aycock (D) | |
| 10 | Francis D. Winston | 1905–1909[1] | Democratic | Robert Broadnax Glenn (D) | |
| 11 | William C. Newland | 1909–1913[1] | Democratic | William Walton Kitchin (D) | |
| 12 | Elijah L. Daughtridge | 1913–1917[1] | Democratic | Locke Craig (D) | |
| 13 | Oliver Max Gardner | 1917–1921[1] | Democratic | Thomas Walter Bickett (D) | |
| 14 | William B. Cooper | 1921–1925[1] | Democratic | Cameron A. Morrison (D) | |
| 15 | J. Elmer Long | 1925–1929[1] | Democratic | Angus Wilton McLean (D) | |
| 16 | Richard T. Fountain | 1929–1933[1] | Democratic | Oliver Max Gardner (D) | |
| 17 | Alexander H. Graham | 1933–1937[1] | Democratic | John C. B. Ehringhaus (D) | |
| 18 | Wilkins P. Horton | 1937–1941[1] | Democratic | Clyde R. Hoey (D) | |
| 19 | Reginald L. Harris | 1941–1945[1] | Democratic | J. Melville Broughton (D) | |
| 20 | Lynton Y. Ballentine | 1945–1949[1] | Democratic | R. Gregg Cherry (D) | |
| 21 | Hoyt Patrick Taylor | 1949–1953[1] | Democratic | W. Kerr Scott (D) | |
| 22 | Luther H. Hodges | 1953–1954[1] | Democratic | William B. Umstead (D) | |
| Office vacant 1954–1957 | |||||
| 23 | Luther E. Barnhardt | 1957–1961[1] | Democratic | Luther H. Hodges (D) | |
| 24 | Harvey Cloyd Philpott | 1961[2] | Democratic | Terry Sanford (D) | |
| Office vacant 1961–1965 | |||||
| 25 | Robert W. Scott | 1965–1969[1] | Democratic | Dan K. Moore (D) | |
| 26 | Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr. | 1969–1973[1] | Democratic | Robert W. Scott (D) | |
| 27 | Jim Hunt | 1973–1977[1] | Democratic | James Holshouser (R) | |
| 28 | James C. Green | 1977–1985[1] | Democratic | Jim Hunt (D) | |
| 29 | Robert B. Jordan | 1985–1989[1] | Democratic | James G. Martin (R) | |
| 30 | Jim Gardner | 1989–1993[1] | Republican | ||
| 31 | Dennis Wicker | 1993–2001[3] | Democratic | Jim Hunt (D) | |
| 32 | Bev Perdue | 2001–2009[3] | Democratic | Mike Easley (D) | |
| 33 | Walter Dalton | 2009–2013[4] | Democratic | Bev Perdue (D) | |
| 34 | Dan Forest | 2013–2021[5] | Republican | Pat McCrory (R) (2013–2017) | |
| Roy Cooper (D) (2017–2021) | |||||
| 35 | Mark Robinson | 2021–2025[6] | Republican | Roy Cooper (D) | |
| 36 | Rachel Hunt | 2025–present | Democratic | Josh Stein (D) | |
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 North Carolina Manual 2011, p. 161.
- ↑ North Carolina Manual 2011, pp. 161–162.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 North Carolina Manual 2011, p. 162.
- ↑ "Stretch of U.S. 74 in Rutherford County named in honor of Walter Dalton". WLOS News 13. Sinclair Broadcast Group. April 12, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ↑ Nagem, Sarah (May 17, 2022). "Lowery, Townsend win primaries for NC House seat representing Robeson County". Border Belt Independent. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ↑ "North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, state officials sworn in during inauguration ceremony". WXII 12. January 9, 2021. Archived from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
Other websites
- Office of the Lieutenant Governor
- NC History Project Archived 2016-03-13 at the Wayback Machine