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James Terry Sanford (1917-1998) —
also known as Terry Sanford —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.; Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Laurinburg, Scotland
County, N.C., August
20, 1917.
Democrat. FBI
agent; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1953-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1956,
1964;
Governor
of North Carolina, 1961-65; president
of Duke University, 1969-85; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1972,
1976;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1986-93; defeated, 1992.
Methodist.
Died, of cancer, in
Durham, Durham
County, N.C., April 18,
1998 (age 80 years, 241
days).
Entombed at Duke
University Chapel, Durham, N.C.
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Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (1800-1865) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.; Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., 1800.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1829-32; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1834; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1837-39; newspaper
editor; U.S. Collector
of Customs, 1853-58; major in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Died in Bloomfield, Essex
County, N.J., November
29, 1865 (age about 65
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Moore Scales (1827-1892) —
of Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., November
26, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state legislature;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1857-59, 1875-84 (6th
District 1857-59, 5th District 1875-84); general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Governor of
North Carolina, 1885-89.
Died February
9, 1892 (age 64 years, 75
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.
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Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell (b. 1864) —
also known as Aaron A. F. Seawell —
of Jonesboro, Lee
County, N.C.; Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Moore
County, N.C., October
30, 1864.
Son of Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell and Jeanette Anne (Buie)
Seawell.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1901, 1913, 1915, 1931
(Moore County 1901, Lee County 1913, 1915, 1931); member of North
Carolina state senate, 1907, 1925; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1935-38; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1938; appointed 1938.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Junior
Order; Order of the
Coif; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Phi; Newcomen
Society.
Interment at Buffalo
Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.
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Buie Seawell (b. 1937) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Lumberton, Robeson
County, N.C., July 8,
1937.
Son of Malcolm
Buie Seawell.
Democrat. Lawyer; Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1985-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1988.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2001.
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Augustus Sherill Seymour (1836-1897) —
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., November
30, 1836.
Son of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour and Mary (Sherill) Seymour (1815-1865).
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1868-70; delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1871; member of
North
Carolina state senate, 1872-74; superior court judge in North
Carolina, 1874.
Died February
19, 1897 (age 60 years, 81
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: First
cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of David
Lowrey Seymour; third cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; son of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour and Mary (Sherill) Seymour (1815-1865); third cousin
of Silas
Seymour; fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour, Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; married, October
22, 1863, to Nancy Ophelia Roberts Barton; third cousin twice
removed of Dalton
G. Seymour. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
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Susie Marshall Sharp (1907-1996) —
of Reidsville, Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., July 7,
1907.
Daughter of James Merritt Sharp and Annie (Blackwell) Sharp.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina,
1949-62; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1962-74; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1974-79.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Altrusa;
Soroptimists.
Died March 1,
1996 (age 88 years, 238
days).
Interment somewhere
in Reidsville, N.C.
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Bartlett Shipp (1786-1869) —
Born March 8,
1786.
Son of Thomas Shipp and Hannah Joyce Shipp.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons.
Died May 26,
1869 (age 83 years, 79
days).
Interment at St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lincolnton, N.C.
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William Marcus Shipp (1819-1890) —
also known as William M. Shipp —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., November
9, 1819.
Son of Bartlett
Shipp and Susan (Forney) Shipp.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1870-73; defeated, 1872;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1881-90.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., June 29,
1890 (age 70 years, 232
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.
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John Cuthbert Sikes (b. 1880) —
also known as J. C. Sikes —
of Monroe, Union
County, N.C.
Born in Union
County, N.C., August
31, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Union County,
1911-13.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Furnifold McLendel Simmons (1854-1940) —
also known as Furnifold M. Simmons; F. M.
Simmons —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.; near Trenton, Jones
County, N.C.
Born in Jones
County, N.C., January
20, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1887-89; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1901-31; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1916;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920.
Died in 1940
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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John Humphrey Small (1858-1946) —
also known as John H. Small; "The Father of Inland
Waterways" —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.
Born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., August
29, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Washington, N.C., 1889-90; Presidential Elector for North
Carolina, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1899-1921;
vice-president, Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, 1912-46;
president, National Rivers and Harbors Congress, 1919-25.
Died in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., July 13,
1946 (age 87 years, 318
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
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Relatives:
Married to Isabella Carter Wharton (1866-1953). |
| | | Epitaph: "Though his interests carried
him into far fields, his heart was ever with his beloved eastern
Carolina." / "He served the needs of others." / "As a teacher,
lawyer, public servant, and citizen, he was a pioneer in many battles
for public and individual progress, and a lifelong advocate of public
education, better farming, good roads, public health, drainage and
conservation." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Whitman Erskine Smith (b. 1896) —
also known as W. Erskine Smith —
of Albemarle, Stanly
County, N.C.
Born in Norwood, Stanly
County, N.C., February
13, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 19th District, 1927-29, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Willis Smith (1887-1953) —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., December
19, 1887.
Son of Willis Smith and Mary Shaw (Creecy) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Order of the
Coif; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Phi Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Kiwanis.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 26,
1953 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Union Lee Spence (b. 1867) —
also known as U. L. Spence —
of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.
Born in Stanly
County, N.C., August
20, 1867.
Son of Daniel Spence and Margaret (Reeves) Spence.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 12th District, 1903, 1935; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1929-31.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Worthy. |
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John McKee Spratt, Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as John M. Spratt, Jr. —
of York, York
County, S.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1964
(alternate), 1996
(speaker),
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1983-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Edward Stanly (1810-1872) —
of Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., January
10, 1810.
Son of John
Stanly.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1837-43, 1849-53 (3rd
District 1837-43, 8th District 1849-53); member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1844-46, 1848-49; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1844-46; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1846-48; candidate for Governor of
California, 1857; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., July 12,
1872 (age 62 years, 184
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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John Stanly (1774-1834) —
of North Carolina.
Born in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., April 9,
1774.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1798-99, 1812-15, 1818-19, 1823-26; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1801-03, 1809-11.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., August 2,
1834 (age 60 years, 115
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Charles Manly Stedman (1841-1930) —
also known as Charles M. Stedman —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Pittsboro, Chatham
County, N.C., January
29, 1841.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1880;
Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1885-89; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1888; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1911-30; died in
office 1930.
Died in 1930
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Cross
Creek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, N.C.
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Plummer Stewart —
of Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Mecklenburg County,
1913.
Burial
location unknown.
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Montfort Stokes (1762-1842) —
of Wilkesboro, Wilkes
County, N.C.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., March 12,
1762.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1816-23; Governor of
North Carolina, 1830-32.
Died November
4, 1842 (age 80 years, 237
days).
Interment at Fort
Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Okla.
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David Stone (1770-1818) —
of Bertie
County, N.C.
Born in Bertie
County, N.C., February
17, 1770.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1801; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1801-07, 1813-14; Governor of
North Carolina, 1808-10.
Died October
7, 1818 (age 48 years, 232
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Wake County, N.C.
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Edward White Summersill (b. 1902) —
also known as E. W. Summersill —
of Jacksonville, Onslow
County, N.C.
Born in Jacksonville, Onslow
County, N.C., April 25,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 7th District, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Lowry Swain (1801-1868) —
also known as David L. Swain —
of Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in a log
cabin near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., January
4, 1801.
Whig. Lawyer; Governor of
North Carolina, 1832-35.
Died August
27, 1868 (age 67 years, 236
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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