| State: | North Carolina |
| District: | 48 |
| Chamber: | House of Representatives |
| Representative: | Garland Pierce |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Wagram |
| Percent White: | 40 |
| Percent Black: | 35 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 10 |
| Percent Asian: | 1 |
| Percent Native American: | 9 |
| Percent Remainder Of Multiracial: | 4 |
| Population: | 89,511 |
| Population Year: | 2020 |
North Carolina's 48th House district is one of 120 districts in the North Carolina House of Representatives. It has been represented by Democrat Garland Pierce since 2005.[1]
Since 2019, the district has included all of Hoke and Scotland counties. The district overlaps with the 24th Senate district.
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created January 1, 1983. | 1983–1993 All of Polk, Rutherford, and Cleveland counties.[2] | |||||||||||||
| Edith Ledford Lutz | Democratic | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1995 | John Jackson Hunt | Democratic | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1997 | align=left | Charles Donald Owens | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1989 | ||||
| align=left | John Weatherly | Republican | nowrap | January 1, 1989 – January 1, 1991 | ||||||||||
| align=left | William Withrow | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1991 – January 1, 1993 | ||||||||||
| John Weatherly | Republican | January 1, 1993 – January 1, 1999 | Lost re-election | 1993–2003 All of Rutherford and Cleveland counties. Parts of Polk and Gaston counties.[3] | ||||||||||
| Debbie Clary | Republican | January 1, 1995 – January 1, 2003 | Redistricted to the 110th district. | |||||||||||
| Andy Dedmon | Democratic | January 1, 1997 – January 1, 2003 | Redistricted to the 111th district and lost re-election. | |||||||||||
| align=left | Jim Horn | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 1999 – January 1, 2001 | Lost re-election. | |||||||||
| align=left | John Weatherly | Republican | nowrap | January 1, 2001 – January 1, 2003 | Redistricted to the 110th district and retired. | |||||||||
| Representative | Party | Dates | Notes | Counties | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Donald Bonner | Democratic | nowrap | January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2005 | Redistricted from the 87th district Retired. | 2003–2013 Parts of Hoke, Scotland, and Robeson counties.[4] [5] | |
| Garland Pierce | Democratic | January 1, 2005 – Present | |||||
| 2013–2019 Parts of Richmond, Hoke, Scotland, and Robeson counties.[6] | |||||||
| 2019–Present All of Hoke and Scotland counties.[7] [8] |