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Memucan Hunt —
of Granville
County, N.C.
North
Carolina state treasurer, 1784-87.
In 1786, charges
of misconduct were brought against him and heard by the Legislature
in joint session; two days later, he was defeated for re-election.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Potter (c.1800-1842) —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.
Born near Williamsboro, Vance
County, N.C., about 1800.
Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826, 1834-35; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1829-31; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Nacogdoches, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Navy, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Red River and Fannin, 1840-42;
died in office 1842.
Resigned
from the U.S. Congress in 1831 after maiming
two men in a jealous rage; convicted,
and sentenced
to six months in prison.
Expelled
in 1835 from the North Carolina House for cheating
at cards.
Shot
and killed by
members of an opposing faction who surrounded his home, in Harrison
County (part now in Marion
County), Tex., March 2,
1842 (age about 42
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Marion County, Tex.; reinterment in
1928 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) —
also known as Thomas L. Clingman; "The Prince of
Politicians" —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Huntsville, Yadkin
County, N.C., July 27,
1812.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1843-45, 1847-58 (1st
District 1843-45, 1847-53, 8th District 1853-58); U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1858-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1868,
1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Clingman's Dome in the Great Smoky
Mountains is named for
him.
Died in Morganton, Burke
County, N.C., November
3, 1897 (age 85 years, 99
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Thomas Bragg (1810-1872) —
of Northampton
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., November
9, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1842; Governor of
North Carolina, 1855-59; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1859-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861-62.
Presbyterian.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
21, 1872 (age 61 years, 73
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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George Davis (1820-1896) —
of Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C.
Born in Porter's Neck, Pender
County, N.C., March 1,
1820.
Lawyer;
Delegate
from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; Senator
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Confederate
Attorney General, 1864-65.
Episcopalian.
At the end of the Civil War, with other Confederate
officials, attempted
to flee overseas, but turned
himself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months in prison at
Fort Hamilton; pardoned
in 1866.
Died in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., February
23, 1896 (age 75 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; statue at Third
and Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C.
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William Woods Holden (1818-1892) —
also known as William W. Holden —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
24, 1818.
Newspaper
editor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1860;
delegate
to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Governor of
North Carolina, 1865, 1868-70.
Methodist.
Impeached
and removed from
office as Governor in 1870, over corruption scandal.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., March 1,
1892 (age 73 years, 98
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Joseph Williams Thorne (b. 1816) —
also known as J. Williams Thorne —
of Chester
County, Pa.; Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Pennsylvania, December
25, 1816.
Republican. Delegate to
North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1875; member of
North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1875; expelled 1875;
member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1876.
Expelled
in 1875 from the North Carolina House as an "infidel," reportedly for
his support of Darwin's theory of evolution.
Interment at Longwood
Cemetery, Longwood, Pa.
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James Kemp Doughton, Sr. (1884-1973) —
of Sparta, Alleghany
County, N.C.
Born in Alleghany
County, N.C., May 18,
1884.
Son of Rufus
A. Doughton.
Banker;
farmer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1948-57; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1951-57.
Methodist.
Indicted
for bank
fraud in 1928; tried and
acquitted.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Sparta, Alleghany
County, N.C., March 17,
1973 (age 88 years, 303
days).
Interment at Shiloh
Methodist Church Cemetery, Sparta, N.C.
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Ike Franklin Andrews (1925-2010) —
also known as Ike F. Andrews —
of Siler City, Chatham
County, N.C.
Born in Bonlee, Chatham
County, N.C., September
2, 1925.
Son of Archie Franklin Andrews (1895-1972) and Ina (Dunlap) Andrews
(1895-1987).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate 13th District, 1959-60; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-62, 1967-72;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1964;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1973-85;
defeated, 1984.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees.
In October 1982, he was arrested
and charged
with drunk
driving.
Died in Carrboro, Orange
County, N.C., May 10,
2010 (age 84 years, 250
days).
Interment at Bonlee Baptist Church Cemetery, Bonlee, N.C.
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James C. Green (c.1922-2000) —
also known as Jimmy Green —
of Clarkton, Bladen
County, N.C.
Born about 1922.
Democrat. Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1961-77; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1975-77; Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1977-85; candidate in primary for Governor of
North Carolina, 1984.
Presbyterian.
Charged
in 1983 with accepting a
bribe from an undercover FBI agent, but acquitted; convicted
of tax
evasion in 1997, fined,
and sentenced
to home
confinement.
Died at Bladen County Hospital,
Elizabethtown, Bladen
County, N.C., February
4, 2000 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Clarkton
Cemetery, Clarkton, N.C.
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Frank W. Ballance, Jr. (b. 1942) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Windsor, Bertie
County, N.C., February
15, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; librarian;
college
professor; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1982-85; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1989-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 2003-04;
resigned 2004; indicted
in federal court in September 2004 on federal money
laundering charges
for diverting
state funds through a charitable foundation; pleaded
guilty to one count, sentenced
to four years in prison,
fined
$10,000, ordered to pay restitution,
and disbarred.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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