For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes. Bold indicates present office holders.
^A power-sharing agreement between the parties was negotiated, with Burgess Sidney Gaither, a Whig, assuming the Senate Presidency, while the Democrats retained the Senate staff.[2]
^A power-sharing agreement between the parties was negotiated, with Calvin Graves, a Democrat, assuming the Senate Presidency, while the Whigs retained most of the Senate staff.[3]
^ abcThe Conservative Party was a state coalition which, during the Civil War, included most Whigs and formerly Unionist Democrats in opposition to secessionsts; postwar, the Conservative Party was in opposition to Republicans and shifted its coalition to be mostly Democrats with some conservative former Whigs. Eventually it changed its name to the modern NC Democratic Party.[4]
^Provisional governor appointed by PresidentAndrew Johnson until a special election could be held.
^ abcThe Populists, in coalition with the Republicans, controlled the Senate in a pact of electoral fusion.[5]
^The Republicans, in coalition with the Populists, controlled the House in a pact of electoral fusion.[5]
^Russell, while a Republican, was supported by many in the Populist Party as part of an electoral fusion coalition, though a separate Populist candidate was also nominated.[5]
^ abcdThe Populists ran with the Republicans on a merged ticket in a pact of electoral fusion.[5]
^Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
^Was 61R, 59D after the 2002 elections, but Michael P. Decker switched parties from Republican to Democratic to establish split control of the House before the start of the 2003 session.
^Independent representative Bert Jones became a Republican.
^The 12th district was vacant from January to November 2014, after the resignation of Mel Watt.
^A Democrat, Paul Tine, switched parties before the 2015 session and became an Independent while caucusing with the Republicans.
Notes: Prior to the Constitution of 1868: the lower house of the North Carolina Legislature was known as the House of Commons and the leader of the Senate was called the Speaker of the Senate.