Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

Lieutenant Governor of
North Carolina
Incumbent
Rachel Hunt

since January 1, 2025 (2025-01-01)
Style
Member of
SeatRaleigh, North Carolina
Term lengthFour years, renewable once consecutively
Constituting instrumentNorth Carolina Constitution of 1868
Inaugural holderTod R. Caldwell
Formation1868
SalaryUS$157,403 per year
(2023)
WebsiteOfficial 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.

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)

References

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  1. 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.
  2. North Carolina Manual 2011, pp. 161–162.
  3. 3.0 3.1 North Carolina Manual 2011, p. 162.
  4. "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.
  5. Nagem, Sarah (May 17, 2022). "Lowery, Townsend win primaries for NC House seat representing Robeson County". Border Belt Independent. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
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