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802. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Hertford County
803. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Iredell County
804. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Lenoir County
805. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Lincoln County
806. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Mecklenburg County
807. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Northampton County
808. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Orange County
809. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Person County
810. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Randolph County
811. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Rowan County
812. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Rutherford County
813. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Stokes County
814. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Surry County
815. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Warren County
816. North Carolina 1823 State Senate, Wilkes County
817. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Beaufort County
818. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Bertie County
819. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Buncombe County
820. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Burke County
821. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Cabarrus County
822. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Chatham County
823. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Chowan County
824. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Craven County
825. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Davidson County
826. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Duplin County
827. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Gates County
828. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Granville County
829. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Greene County
830. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Guilford County
831. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Halifax County
832. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Halifax Town
833. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Haywood County
834. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Hertford County
835. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Iredell County
836. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Johnston County
837. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Lenoir County
838. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Lincoln County
839. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Martin County
840. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Mecklenburg County
841. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Montgomery County
842. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Moore County
843. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Nash County
844. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, New Hanover County
845. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Newbern Town
846. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Northampton County
847. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Orange County
848. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Pasquotank County
849. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Person County
850. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Randolph County
851. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Richmond County
852. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Robeson County
853. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Rowan County
854. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Salisbury Borough
855. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Stokes County
856. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Surry County
857. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Wake County
858. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Warren County
859. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Washington County
860. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Wayne County
861. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Wilkes County
862. North Carolina 1824 House of Commons, Wilmington Town
863. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Beaufort County
864. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Bertie County
865. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Buncombe County
866. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Burke County
867. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Cabarrus County
868. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Chatham County
869. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Chowan County
870. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Craven County
871. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Davidson County
872. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Duplin County
873. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Gates County
874. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Granville County
875. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Greene County
876. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Guilford County
877. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Halifax County
878. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Haywood County
879. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Hertford County
880. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Iredell County
881. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Johnston County
882. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Lenoir County
883. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Lincoln County
884. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Martin County
885. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Mecklenburg County
886. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Montgomery County
887. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Moore County
888. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Nash County
889. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, New Hanover County
890. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Northampton County
891. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Orange County
892. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Pasquotank County
893. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Person County
894. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Randolph County
895. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Richmond County
896. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Robeson County
897. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Rowan County
898. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Stokes County
899. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Surry County
900. North Carolina 1824 State Senate, Wake County
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Established in 1663, the proprietary colony of Carolina became the state of North Carolina during the American Revolution. In December of 1776, the North Carolina Provincial Congress ratified the state's first constitution, which established three branches of government: a bicameral General Assembly comprising a Senate and a House of Commons; a judiciary; and a weak executive. Representatives to the legislature were chosen by ballot annually, with each county electing one senator and two members to the House of Commons. Landholding, age, and residency restrictions limited the size of the electorate. The legislature appointed supreme court judges and annually elected the governor and representatives to the United States Congress.
Following the Revolution, Federalists and Anti-Federalists fought for control over the state government. This "critical period" laid the foundation for the clash over ratification of the United States Constitution. North Carolina's delegation to the 1787 Constitutional Convention favored strengthening the central government, but not at the expense of individual liberties or their state's sovereignty. Anti-Federalist representatives to the state's 1788 constitutional convention blocked ratification of the Constitution, but Federalists eventually forced the convening of a second convention. On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the twelfth state to ratify the Constitution. Anti-Federalists chipped away at Federalist dominance during the next decade and, by 1792, secured a majority in the legislature. The efforts of Federalists such as James Iredell and influential easterners allowed the party to continue to elect candidates to the United States Congress and the governorship, but by 1799, distrust of the central government and growing resentment over the Federalist Party's alliance with the state's eastern elite led to the party's demise.
Swept into power by their platform of state hegemony, strict constitutional construction, tax restraint, and the promotion of smallholder interests, Republicans controlled the state's political future. Republicans confronted a series of problems that included currency inflation, unstable banking, Amerindian resistance to western expansion, inadequate internal improvements, educational deficiencies, economic stagnation, and an undemocratic political system. Despite the progressive efforts of Orange County’s Senator Archibald Murphey, resistance from the state's conservatives and easterners derailed proposed reforms. Despite state Republican support for Jefferson's acquisition of Louisiana Territory and for "Mr. Madison's War," North Carolina increasingly found itself isolated from the rest of the nation, earning the moniker the "Rip Van Winkle State."
The 1820s proved to be a transformative period as divisions emerged within the Republican ranks and a wave of democratization swept the state in the wake of Andrew Jackson's rise to prominence. The Missouri Compromise further fractured the Republican Party, and the 1824 presidential election cemented the state's political realignment. Republican leaders nominated William H. Crawford, alienating many Republicans. That decision led to the formation of a splinter party whose "People's Ticket" nominated Jackson for president and John C. Calhoun for vice president. Jackson won the popular vote in North Carolina, but the state's electoral votes went to Crawford. The 1824 election loosened the political grip of the eastern elite, and the continued political democratization propelled Jackson to victory in the 1828 election.
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