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The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in North Carolina were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the fourteen U.S. representatives from the State of North Carolina, one from all fourteen of the state's congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2024. Background In 2021, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled against a congressional map proposed by the state legislature deeming it as a partisan gerrymander and drew its own congressional map that was used for the 2022 election cycle. However, after the 2022 elections, Republicans gained a majority on the State Supreme Court, and ruled in April 2023 that claims of partisan gerrymandering are non-justiciable. The General Assembly passed a new map placing three incumbent Democrats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of the United States Constitution, Article One of the Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution to pass or defeat federal legislation, known as Bill (United States Congress), bills. Those that are also passed by the Senate are sent to President of the United States, the president for signature or veto. The House's exclusive powers include initiating all revenue bills, Impeachment in the United States, impeaching federal officers, and Contingent election, electing the president if no candidate receives a majority of votes in the United States Electoral College, Electoral College. Members of the House serve a Fixed-term election, fixed term of two years, with each seat up for election before the start of the next Congress. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camden County, North Carolina
Camden County is a consolidated city-county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,355, making it the fourth-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Camden. Camden County is included in the Virginia Beach- Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area. History The county was formed in 1777 from part of Pasquotank County. It was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Lord Camden, a British politician who had opposed the Stamp Act and was sympathetic towards American colonists. The county is the site of the southern terminus of the Dismal Swamp Canal. The first county courthouse was constructed in 1782 and was replaced in 1847. It was the site of the Battle of South Mills in April 1862, during the American Civil War. Shiloh Baptist Church, founded around 1727 by Paul Palmer, is the oldest Baptist church in North Carolina. It is located in the Shiloh township. Though technically there are (or were) no incorpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perquimans County, North Carolina
Perquimans County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,005. Its county seat is Hertford. The Harvey Point Defense Testing Activity facility is located in Perquimans County. History The county was originally created as Berkeley Precinct. It was renamed Perquimans Precinct around 1684 and gained county status in 1739. The largest community and county seat is Hertford. File:Perquimans County Courthouse and the Jim "Catfish" Hunter Memorial - Hertford, North Carolina.jpg, Courthouse and the Jim "Catfish" Hunter Memorial File:Perquimans River and the "S" Bridge - Hertford, North Carolina.jpg, The Perquimans River and the "S" Bridge. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (24.86%) is water. Major water bodies * Albemarle Sound * Little River * Perquimans River Adjacent counties * Gates County – northwest * Pasquotank County – east * Tyrr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquotank County, North Carolina
Pasquotank County ( ) , from the North Carolina Collection's website at the . Retrieved September 18, 2012. is a located in the of . As of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northampton County, North Carolina
Northampton County ( ) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 17,471. Its county seat is Jackson, North Carolina, Jackson. Northampton County is part of the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Roanoke Rapids, NC Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Rocky Mount-Wilson, North Carolina, Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC Rocky Mount metropolitan area, Combined Statistical Area. History The area was first organized under English colonial authority as the Albemarle County, North Carolina, Albemarle Precinct. In 1729 part of Albemarle was split off to form Bertie County, North Carolina, Bertie Precinct. In 1739 all former precincts became counties. Northampton County was formed from part of Bertie County in 1741. It was named for James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton. In 1759 parts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nash County, North Carolina
Nash County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,970. Its county seat is Nashville. Nash County is part of the Rocky Mount, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The area eventually comprising Nash County was originally organized as a part of Edgecombe County. Settlement first occurred in the 1740s; the earliest land grants date to 1743. As the population of Edgecombe increased, citizens in the western portion of the county found it difficult to travel to the county seat of Tarboro to conduct official business. Legislator Nathan Boddie proposed to the North Carolina Provincial Congress that the county be divided. As a result, Nash was formed from all parts of Edgecombe west of the Falls of the Tar River in 1777. It was named for American Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Nash, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown. The first session of the county court met on April 1, 1778, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin County, North Carolina
Martin County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 22,031. Its county seat is Williamston, North Carolina, Williamston. History Martin County was formed in 1774 from the southeastern part of Halifax County, North Carolina, Halifax County and the western part of Tyrrell County, North Carolina, Tyrrell County. It was named for Josiah Martin, the List of governors of North Carolina (1712–1776), governor of North Carolina from 1771 to 1776. Whereas Dobbs County, North Carolina, Dobbs County and Tryon County, North Carolina, Tryon County, North Carolina, named for his predecessors, were abolished after American Revolution, American independence, Martin County was neither abolished nor renamed. The Martin County Courthouse (North Carolina), Martin County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenoir, North Carolina
Lenoir ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 18,263 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Lenoir is located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. To the northeast are the Brushy Mountains (North Carolina), Brushy Mountains, a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Hibriten Mountain, located just east of the city limits, marks the western end of the Brushy Mountains range. Lenoir is one of the principal cities in the The Unifour, Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Lenoir was established in 1841 and incorporated in 1851. The city was named for American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War general and early North Carolina statesman William Lenoir (general), William Lenoir, who settled north of present-day Lenoir. His restored home, Fort Defiance (Lenoir, North Carolina), Fort Defiance, is a tourist attraction. Early history The original settlement of Lenoir was known a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertford County, North Carolina
Hertford County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 21,552. Its county seat is Winton, North Carolina, Winton. It is classified within the region known in the 21st century as the Inner Banks. History Hertford County is home of the Meherrin Indian Tribe, descendants of indigenous people who had inhabited the region for many centuries. After decades of encroachment by English colonists, the Tribe moved south from Virginia, where they settled in 1706 on a reservation abandoned by the Chowanoke. This six-square-mile reservation was at Parker's Ferry near the mouth of the Meherrin River. It was confirmed by a treaty of 1726. However, they were not able to keep the reservation lands. European explorers and surveyors visited the land in the late 1500s and 1600s. The first land grant to a white settler dates to 1703. Early settlers were of English, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halifax County, North Carolina
Halifax County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,622. Its county seat is Halifax. Halifax County is part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Rocky Mount- Wilson-Roanoke Rapids, NC Combined Statistical Area. History Halifax County is located in North Carolina's Piedmont, Coastal Plain, and Atlantic Coast Flatwoods regions. The geography and history of the county were shaped by the Roanoke River, which forms its northern boundary. The county was formed from neighboring Edgecombe County in 1758. According to Preservation North Carolina, "Halifax County is one of the oldest counties in North Carolina with a rich history dating back to the earliest days of European settlement of North America. Over the years, Halifax County has provided North Carolina with more leaders – governors, congressmen, generals – than any other county in the state." Originally t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greene County, North Carolina
Greene County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,451. Its county seat is Snow Hill. History Greene County, being a part of land grant by King Charles II of England in 1663, was first settled around 1710 by immigrants from Maryland, Virginia, and parts of North Carolina. The original inhabitants of the area, the Tuscarora Indians, fought with these immigrants and on March 20–23, 1713, a fighting force of South Carolinians and Yamasee Indians, under Colonel Murice Moore, defeated the Tuscarora, under the leadership of Chief Hancock. This was the final major battle of the Tuscarora War at Fort Neoheroka near current day Snow Hill. In 1758, the area now recognized as Greene and Lenoir Counties was separated from Johnston and named Dobbs for the Royal Governor. The county was formed in 1791 from the northern part of Dobbs County. It was originally named Glasgow County, for James Glasgow, North Carolina Secr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gates County, North Carolina
Gates County is a County (United States), county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of North Carolina, on the border with Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 10,478, making it the List of counties in North Carolina, fifth-least populous county in North Carolina. Its county seat is Gatesville, North Carolina, Gatesville. Gates County is included in the Hampton Roads, Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC Combined Statistical Area. It is part of the Albemarle Sound area of the Inner Banks. History Early history As in other areas along the waterways, Indigenous peoples of the Americas lived in this region for thousands of years, with different groups leaving and new ones migrating to settle again. They created settlements, increasingly permanent, along the Chowan River. At the time of European contact, the Chowanoke were the largest tribe in North Carolina of the many in the Algonquin language, Algonquian language family and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
