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John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) —
also known as John H. Eaton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor of
Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Eaton, Jr. (1810-1881) —
of Warren
County, N.C.
Born in 1810.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives; member of North
Carolina state senate; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1851-52.
Died in 1881
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Kramer Edwards (1914-2001) —
also known as Daniel K. Edwards —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., February
17, 1914.
Son of Charles W. Edwards and Eva Marie (Kramer) Edwards.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member
of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-50; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1949-51.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Civitan;
American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died, at Hillcrest Convalescent
Center, Durham, Durham
County, N.C., July 17,
2001 (age 87 years, 150
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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John Reid Edwards (b. 1953) —
also known as John Edwards; Johnny Reid Edwards;
"Silk Pony"; "The Breck
Girl" —
of North Carolina.
Born in Seneca, Oconee
County, S.C., June 10,
1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1999-2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 2000,
2004;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004,
2008;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; in August 2008, he acknowledged
an extramarital
affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter, though at first he denied
having fathered her baby; this revelation discredited
him and ended his
political career.
Methodist.
In June, 2011, he was indicted
in federal court on campaign
finance charges, based on the argument that the donations he
received in 2007-08 to cover up his affair were illegal
contributions to his presidential campaign.
Still living as of 2011.
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John Christoph Blucher Ehringhaus (1882-1949) —
also known as J. C. B. Ehringhaus —
of Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank
County, N.C., February
5, 1882.
Son of Erskine Ehringhaus and Carrie Colville (Mathews) Ehringhaus.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1905-08; Solicitor, 1st
District, 1910-22; Governor of
North Carolina, 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died, of a heart
attack, in his suite at the Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 31,
1949 (age 67 years, 176
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Elizabeth City, N.C.
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Joseph Wilson Ervin (1901-1945) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., March 3,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1945; died in
office 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1945 (age 44 years, 297
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Samuel James Ervin, Jr. (1896-1985) —
also known as Sam J. Ervin, Jr. —
of Morganton, Burke
County, N.C.
Born in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., September
27, 1896.
Son of Samuel James Ervin and Laura Theresa (Powe) Ervin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-25, 1931; chair of
Burke County Democratic Party, 1924; member of North Carolina
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1930-37; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1937-43; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1946-47; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1948-54; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Historical Association; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Grange; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of
Ahepa; Knights
of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis;
Junior
Order; Newcomen
Society; Sigma
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C., April 23,
1985 (age 88 years, 208
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
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Henry Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902) —
also known as Emerson Etheridge —
of Tennessee.
Born in Currituck, Currituck
County, N.C., September
28, 1819.
Son of Thomas Etheridge (1792-1861) and Elizabeth (Harvey) Etheridge
(1792-1875).
Lawyer; member of Tennessee state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1853-57, 1859-61.
Died in Dresden, Weakley
County, Tenn., October
21, 1902 (age 83 years, 23
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Sharon, Tenn.
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Thaddeus Armie Eure (1899-c.1992) —
also known as Thad Eure —
of Winton, Hertford
County, N.C.
Born in Gates
County, N.C., November
15, 1899.
Son of Tazewell A. Eure and Armecia (Langstun) Eure.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Winton, N.C., 1923-28; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1929; Presidential
Elector for North Carolina, 1932;
secretary
of state of North Carolina, 1936-89.
Congregationalist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Theta
Chi; Junior
Order.
Longest serving state official in American history.
Died about 1992 (age about 93
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Franklin Evans (b. 1883) —
also known as W. F. Evans —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., February
25, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 5th District, 1913.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hamilton Glover Ewart (1849-1918) —
also known as Hamilton G. Ewart —
of Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., October
23, 1849.
Son of James B. Ewart and Mary Ann Ewart.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
North Carolina, 1876;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1887-89, 1895-97,
1911-13; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1889-91;
defeated, 1890, 1904; circuit judge in North Carolina, 1897; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,
1898-99, 1899-1900.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 28,
1918 (age 68 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Hendersonville, N.C.
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Cyrus Mills Faircloth (b. 1876) —
also known as Cyrus M. Faircloth —
of Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born near Salemburg, Sampson
County, N.C., December
1, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Sampson County, 1913.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Colly Farthing (1913-1967) —
also known as James C. Farthing; Jim
Farthing —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C., January
12, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; Solicitor, 16th Solicitorial District,
1947-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1948,
1956;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1957-67; Judge, North Carolina Court of
Appeals, 1967; died in office 1967.
Methodist.
Member, Lions.
Died December
6, 1967 (age 54 years, 328
days).
Interment at Blue
Ridge Memorial Park, Lenoir, N.C.
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Clarence Clyde Ferguson, Jr. (1924-1983) —
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., November
4, 1924.
Son of Clarence Clyde Ferguson and Georgena (Owens) Ferguson.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; law
professor; U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, 1970-72.
Unitarian.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
21, 1983 (age 59 years, 47
days).
Interment at Baltimore
National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Garland Sevier Ferguson, Jr. (1878-1963) —
also known as Garland S. Ferguson —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Waynesville, Haywood
County, N.C., May 30,
1878.
Son of Garland Sevier Ferguson (1843-1924; judge) and Sarah Frances
(Norwood) Ferguson (1849-1912).
Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for Southern Railway,
1903-18; assistant general counsel for Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry
Dock Company, 1918-21; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1927-49; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1930, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1947.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died April 12,
1963 (age 84 years, 317
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arris I. Ferree —
also known as A. I. Ferree —
of Asheboro, Randolph
County, N.C.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1944; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1948.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wesley Luther Ferrell (b. 1895) —
also known as W. L. Ferrell —
of Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., August
28, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Forsyth County,
1923-24; member of North
Carolina state senate 22nd District, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Edward Finley (1861-1917) —
also known as David E. Finley —
of Yorkville (now York), York
County, S.C.
Born in Trenton, Phillips
County, Ark., February
28, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1892-96; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1899-1917; died
in office 1917.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
26, 1917 (age 55 years, 333
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, York, S.C.
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Walter Harrison Fisher (b. 1889) —
also known as Walter H. Fisher —
of Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born in Roseboro, Sampson
County, N.C., October
22, 1889.
Son of Alex F. Fisher and Mary Louise (Owen) Fisher.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1915-17, 1919-21; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1924; delegate
to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1928;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1928; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1930-34.
Methodist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Fred Folger (b. 1900) —
of Mt. Airy, Surry
County, N.C.
Born in Dobson, Surry
County, N.C., September
12, 1900.
Son of Maud L. (Douglas) Folger and John
Hamlin Folger.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 23rd District, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1959;
resigned 1959.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Junior
Order; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Hamlin Folger (1880-1963) —
also known as John H. Folger —
of Mt. Airy, Surry
County, N.C.; Danbury, Stokes
County, N.C.
Born in Rockford, Surry
County, N.C., December
18, 1880.
Son of Thomas Wilson Folger and Ada Dillard (Robertson) Folger.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-28; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1944
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1941-49.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Junior
Order.
Died in Clemmons, Forsyth
County, N.C., July 19,
1963 (age 82 years, 213
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Mt. Airy, N.C.
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William Henry Forney (1823-1894) —
also known as William H. Forney —
of Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., November
9, 1823.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1859-60; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama
state senate, 1865-66; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1875-93 (at-large 1875-77, 7th
District 1877-93).
Died in Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala., January
16, 1894 (age 70 years, 68
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ala.
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Lawrence H. Fountain (1913-2002) —
also known as L. H. Fountain —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Leggett, Edgecombe
County, N.C., April 23,
1913.
Son of Lawrence H. Fountain and Sallie (Barnes) Fountain.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of North
Carolina state senate 4th District, 1947-52; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1953-83; member,
Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism, 1981-82.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Moose; American Bar
Association; Farm
Bureau; Grange; American
Legion; Jaycees.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., October
20, 2002 (age 89 years, 180
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Gould Fowle (1831-1891) —
also known as Daniel G. Fowle —
of Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., March 3,
1831.
Lawyer; Governor of
North Carolina, 1889-91; died in office 1891.
Died April 7,
1891 (age 60 years, 35
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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John Edgar Fowler (1866-1930) —
also known as John E. Fowler —
of Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C.
Born near Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C., September
8, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1895-96; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1897-99; member
of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1905-06.
Died in Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C., July 4,
1930 (age 63 years, 299
days).
Interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Clinton, N.C.
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Clifton C. Frazier —
of Guilford
County, N.C.
Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1932.
Interment somewhere
in Greensboro, N.C.
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Cyrus Clifford Frazier, Sr. (1884-1967) —
also known as C. Clifford Frazier —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Archdale, Randolph
County, N.C., December
16, 1884.
Son of Cyrus Pickett Frazier (1853-1933) and Lucetta (Churchill)
Frazier (1860-1918).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Referee in Bankruptcy, 1917-32;
candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1932; candidate for chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1952.
Quaker.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died August
13, 1967 (age 82 years, 240
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.
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Robert Haines Frazier (b. 1899) —
also known as Robert H. Frazier —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C., January
8, 1899.
Son of Cyrus Pigott Frazier and Lucetta (Churchill) Frazier.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Greensboro, N.C., 1951-55.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Society for International Law; Sons of
the American Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Frazier Hall, at North Carolina A. & T. State University, is named for
him.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Bunn Frink (b. 1899) —
also known as Samuel B. Frink; S. B. Frink —
of Southport, Brunswick
County, N.C.
Born in Shallotte, Brunswick
County, N.C., October
2, 1899.
Son of D. S. Frink and Martha Gore Frink.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 10th District, 1935-36, 1939-40, 1959;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1940,
1952
(alternate).
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
Order; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Burial
location unknown.
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