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Representative | Republican | JONES, WALTER BEAMAN, JR., (Son of Walter Beaman Jones, Sr.), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Farmville, Pitt County, N.C., February 10, 1943; graduated from Hargrave Military Academy, Chatham, Va., 1961; B.A., Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College), Wilson, N.C., 1966; North Carolina National Guard, 1967-1971; member of the North… Continue reading Walter Jones, Jr.

Representative | Federalist | GROVE, WILLIAM BARRY, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., January 15, 1764; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the State house of commons in 1786, 1788, and 1789; delegate to the convention in 1788 called to consider the ratification of the… Continue reading William Grove

Representative | Whig | WILLIAMS, LEWIS, (brother of John Williams, brother of Robert Williams, cousin of Marmaduke Williams), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Surry County, N.C., February 1, 1782; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1808; member of the State house of commons in 1813 and 1814;… Continue reading Lewis Williams

Representative | Democrat | KITCHIN, CLAUDE, (son of William Hodges Kitchin, brother of William Walton Kitchin, uncle of Alvin Paul Kitchin), a Representative from North Carolina; born near Scotland Neck, Halifax County, N.C., March 24, 1869; attended the common schools and was graduated from Wake Forest College, North Carolina, in 1888; studied law; was admitted… Continue reading Claude Kitchin

Representative | Democrat-Republican | MCKAY, JAMES IVER, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Elizabethtown, Bladen County, N.C., in 1793; pursued classical studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; appointed United States attorney for the district of North Carolina on March 6, 1817; served in the state senate 1815-1819, 1822, 1826, and… Continue reading James McKay

Representative | Democrat | SIMMONS, FURNIFOLD MCLENDEL, a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born on his father’s plantation near Polloksville, Jones County, N.C., January 20, 1854; attended a private school and Wake Forest (N.C.) College; graduated from Trinity College (now Duke University), Durham, N.C., in 1873; studied law; admitted to the bar in… Continue reading Furnifold Simmons

Representative | Democrat | ERVIN, SAMUEL JAMES JR., (brother of Joseph Wilson Ervin), a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Morganton, Burke County, N.C., September 27, 1896; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1917 and from the law school of Harvard University in… Continue reading Sam Ervin

Representative | Whig | MANGUM, WILLIE PERSON, a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Orange (now Durham) County, N.C., May 10, 1792; attended academies at Hillsboro, Fayetteville, and Raleigh; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1815; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1817 and commenced practice… Continue reading Willie Mangum

Representative | Democrat | VANCE, ZEBULON BAIRD, (nephew of Robert Brank Vance, brother of Robert Brank Vance), a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born on Reems Creek, near Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., May 13, 1830; attended the common schools of Buncombe County, and Washington (Tenn.) College; studied law at the University of North… Continue reading Zebulon Vance