North Carolina's 5th congressional district

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North Carolina's 5th congressional district is a long-standing U.S. House district in northwestern North Carolina that has historically been represented by influential political figures.

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Label Occurrences
North Carolina's 5th congressional district canonical 8

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district ⓘ
containsCity Boone ⓘ
Mount Airy ⓘ
Winston-Salem ⓘ
containsCounty Alexander County (part) ⓘ
linked to: Alexander County

Alleghany County ⓘ
Ashe County ⓘ
Davie County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Forsyth County (part) ⓘ
Iredell County (part) ⓘ
linked to: Iredell County

Rockingham County (part) ⓘ
Rowan County (part) ⓘ
Stokes County ⓘ
Surry County ⓘ
Watauga County ⓘ
Wilkes County ⓘ
Yadkin County ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
created 19th century ⓘ
createdAs one of North Carolina's original U.S. House districts ⓘ
currentRepresentative Virginia Foxx ⓘ
currentRepresentativeParty Republican Party ⓘ
districtNumber 5 ⓘ
elects one member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
governmentalJurisdictionOf federal elections for the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
hasCharacteristic historically represented by influential political figures ⓘ
long-standing congressional district ⓘ
hasRedistricting boundaries adjusted after each decennial U.S. census ⓘ
hasRepresentativeSince Virginia Foxx, 2005 ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn North Carolina ⓘ
locatedInRegion northwestern North Carolina ⓘ
notableRepresentative James T. Broyhill ⓘ
Richard Burr ⓘ
Virginia Foxx ⓘ
politicalLeaning generally Republican-leaning in recent decades ⓘ
previousRepresentative Alfred L. Bulwinkle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Archer A. Blackburn ⓘ
Charles A. Jonas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles H. Martin ⓘ
James T. Broyhill ⓘ
Ralph H. Bostic ⓘ
Richard Burr ⓘ
Stephen L. Neal ⓘ
Wilmer D. Mizell ⓘ
Zebulon Weaver ⓘ
representedBy Virginia Foxx ⓘ
state North Carolina ⓘ
stateDelegation North Carolina congressional delegation ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nathaniel Macon → represented → North Carolina's 5th congressional district ⓘ
Forsyth County, North Carolina → congressionalDistrict → North Carolina's 5th congressional district ⓘ
North Carolina's 6th congressional district → borderedByDistrict → North Carolina's 5th congressional district ⓘ
Caldwell County, North Carolina → isInCongressionalDistrict → North Carolina's 5th congressional district ⓘ
Caldwell County, North Carolina → locatedInCongressionalDistrict → North Carolina's 5th congressional district ⓘ
subject linked to: Caldwell County
Ashe County, North Carolina → congressionalDistrict → North Carolina's 5th congressional district ⓘ
Richard Burr → representedDistrict → North Carolina's 5th congressional district ⓘ
Wilmer D. Mizell → representedArea → North Carolina's 5th congressional district ⓘ