Martin Nesbitt | |
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Minority Leader of the North Carolina Senate | |
In office January 1, 2011 – March 2, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Phil Berger |
Succeeded by | Dan Blue |
Majority Leader of the North Carolina Senate | |
In office November 17, 2009 – January 1, 2011 | |
Leader | Marc Basnight |
Preceded by | Tony Rand |
Succeeded by | Harry Brown |
Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 49th district | |
In office February 6, 2004 – March 6, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Steve Metcalf |
Succeeded by | Terry Van Duyn |
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives | |
In office January 1, 1997 – February 6, 2004 | |
Preceded by | Larry R. Linney |
Succeeded by | Susan Fisher |
Constituency | 51st district (1997–2003) 114th district (2003–2004) |
In office September 13, 1979 – January 1, 1995 | |
Preceded by | Mary Cordell Nesbitt |
Succeeded by | Lanier M. Cansler Larry R. Linney Wilma Sherrill |
Constituency | 43rd district (1979–1983) 51st district (1983–1995) |
Personal details | |
Born | Martin Luther Nesbitt Jr. September 25, 1946 Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. |
Died | March 6, 2014 Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 67)
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (AB, JD) |
Martin Luther Nesbitt Jr. (September 25, 1946 – March 6, 2014) was a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. He represented the 49th district (Buncombe County). An attorney from Asheville, North Carolina, Nesbitt was elected to eleven terms in the state House before moving to the state senate in 2004.