Category: North Carolina

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

Sec. of Transportation | Republican | DOLE, ELIZABETH HANFORD, (wife of Robert J. Dole), a Senator from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, on July 29, 1936; B.A., Duke University 1958; M.A., Harvard University 1960; J.D., Harvard University 1965; U.S. secretary of transportation 1983-1987; U.S. secretary of labor 1989-1990; president, American Red… Continue reading Elizabeth Dole

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

Representative | Democrat-Republican | MACON, NATHANIEL, (uncle of Willis Alston, uncle of Micajah Thomas Hawkins, great-grandfather of Charles Henry Martin), a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born near Warrenton, Warren County, N.C., December 17, 1757; pursued classical studies and attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University); served in the Revolutionary War;… Continue reading Nathaniel Macon

Representative | Democrat | POU, EDWARD WILLIAM, (cousin of James Paul Buchanan), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Tuskegee, Macon County, Ala., September 9, 1863; moved to North Carolina with his parents, who settled in Smithfield in 1867; received private instructions and attended the common schools and the University of North Carolina at Chapel… Continue reading Edward Pou

Representative | Democrat | DOUGHTON, ROBERT LEE, a Representative from North Carolina; born at Laurel Springs, Alleghany County, N.C., on November 7, 1863; was educated in the public schools at Laurel Springs and Sparta; engaged in agricultural pursuits and the raising of livestock at Laurel Springs; also interested in banking; member of the State board… Continue reading Robert Doughton

Senator | Democrat | OVERMAN, LEE SLATER, (Son-in-law of Augustus Summerfield Merrimon), a Senator from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., January 3, 1854; attended private schools and graduated from Trinity College (now Duke University), Durham, N.C., in 1874; taught school two years; private secretary to the Governor 1877-1879; studied law; admitted to… Continue reading Lee Overman

Senator | Republican | HELMS, JESSE, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Monroe, Union County, N.C., October 18, 1921; educated in the public schools of Monroe, Wingate Junior College, and Wake Forest College; served in the United States Navy 1942-1945; city editor, Raleigh Times; administrative assistant to United States Senators Willis Smith 1951-1953 and… Continue reading Jesse Helms

Lt. Governor | Democrat | JARVIS, THOMAS JORDAN, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Jarvisburg, Currituck County, N.C., January 18, 1836; received his early schooling from his father; graduated from Randolph-Macon College, Virginia, in 1860; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War as a captain and was permanently disabled in the right… Continue reading Thomas Jarvis