Government
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Congressman
Walter B Jones
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The two houses of Congress resulted from the "Great Compromise" between large and
small states reached at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Membership of the House
of Representatives is apportioned according to a state's population, while in the Senate each state has equal representation.
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U.S. SENATE |
(R) Senator Elizabeth Dole
555 Dirksen Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-6342
E-mail: Senator Elizabeth Dole |
(R) Senator Richard Burr
Senate Dirksen Office Building, #40C
Washington, DC 20510
202-224-3154
E-mail: Senator Richard Burr
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Kinston and Lenoir County’s representatives in the U.S. House are from the
First and Third Districts.
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First District
(D) G. K. Butterfield
413 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-3101
E-mail: G. K. Butterfield |
Third District
(R) Congressman Walter B Jones
422 Cannon House Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20505
(202) 225-3415
E-mail: Congressman Walter B Jones
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The 50 members of the Senate and 120 members of the House of Representatives make up the General Assembly of North Carolina.
They are elected every two years, in the even numbered years, from districts established by law.
Kinston and Lenoir County’s
representative in the NC Senate are elected from the 10th District.
10th - District
(D) Charles W. Albertson
(Duplin)
525 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
(919) 733-5705
E-mail: Senator Charles W. Albertson, III |
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In the 120 House Districts Kinston and Lenoir County’s representatives are elected from the 10th and 12th Districts. |
10th - District
(R) Representative Stephen A. LaRoque (Lenoir)
417B Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
(919) 715-3017
E-mail Representative Stephen A. LaRoque
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12th - District
(D) Representative William L. Wainwright (Craven)
532 Legislative Office Building
Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
(919) 733-5995
E-mail Representative William L. Wainwright
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