Editing Wilmington, North Carolina (section)

===Government and politics===
* [[Joseph Carter Abbott]], colonel in [[Union Army]] during [[American Civil War]], [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] state senator representing [[North Carolina]] from 1868–1871
* [[John Dillard Bellamy]], congressman
* [[Timothy Bloodworth]], teacher and statesmen, elected to the [[1st United States Congress]]
* [[Jeanne Milliken Bonds]], mayor of [[Knightdale, North Carolina]]
* [[Deb Butler]], representative for [[North Carolina's 18th House district]]
* [[John Cox (Virginia politician)|John Cox]], member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]]
* [[George Davis (American politician)|George Davis]], politician and lawyer
* [[Lucien C. Gause]], lawyer and politician representing [[Arkansas]]
* [[Eustace Edward Green]] was a state legislator and educator in the North Carolina and a doctor in Georgia
* [[Susi Hamilton]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] representative for [[North Carolina's 18th House district]]
* [[Lethia Sherman Hankins]], African American woman city council member
* [[Cornelius Harnett]], merchant, farmer, and statesman, delegate for North Carolina in the [[Continental Congress]]
* [[William Hooper]], delegate for North Carolina in the [[Continental Congress]], signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]], deputy [[North Carolina Attorney General|attorney general of North Carolina]], and federal judge
* [[John Peter LaFrenz]], politician representing [[New York (state)|New York]]
* [[Charles A. McClenahan]], member of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] for district 38
* [[Daniel F. McComas]], born in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]], served as a member of the [[North Carolina General Assembly]], representing [[New Hanover County, North Carolina|New Hanover County]] in the [[North Carolina's 13th House district|13th]] and [[North Carolina's 19th House district|19th]] House districts
* [[Harry Payne (politician)|Harry Payne]], state representative and [[North Carolina Commissioner of Labor]]
* [[Duncan K. McRae]], attorney, diplomat, and state legislator
* [[Samuel D. Purviance]], represented North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives 
* [[Bill Saffo]], longest serving mayor in Wilmington's history
* [[John Sampson (North Carolina politician)|John Sampson]], politician before and after the [[Colonial history of the United States|American Colonial era]]
* [[John Patterson Sampson]], American abolitionist, newspaper publisher, writer, lawyer, judge, and minister<ref name="encyc">{{cite web |title=Sampson, John Patterson |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/african-american-focus/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/sampson-john-patterson |website=Encyclopedia.com}}</ref>
* [[Carson Smith (politician)|Carson Smith]], Republican member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] for the [[North Carolina's 16th House district|16th district]], previously served as sheriff to [[Pender County, North Carolina]]
* [[Charles Manly Stedman]], politician and lawyer
* [[William Francis Strudwick]], early U.S. congressman between serving 1796 and 1797
* [[James Thorington]], lawyer, judge, and one term U.S. representative for [[Iowa's 2nd congressional district]]
* [[Lara Trump]], daughter-in-law of President [[Donald Trump]] and Co-Chair of the [[Republican National Committee]].
* [[Alfred Moore Waddell]], lawyer, politician, and publisher
* [[Garland H. White]], preacher and politician who served as chaplain for the [[28th United States Colored Infantry Regiment]]
* [[Woodrow Wilson]], 28th [[president of the United States]]