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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 house of commons, 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.
Slaveowner.
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) —
also known as Alfred M. Scales —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.; Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., November
26, 1827.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state legislature,
1850; 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.
Slaveowner.
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 Moore
County, N.C.; Jonesboro (now part of Sanford), Lee
County, N.C.; Sanford, Lee
County, N.C.; Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Moore
County, N.C., October
30, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1901, 1913-16, 1931
(Moore County 1901, Lee County 1913-16, 1931); member of North
Carolina state senate, 1907, 1925; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1935-38; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1938-45; 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.
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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Josiah Thomas Settle (1850-1915) —
also known as Josiah T. Settle; Joe Settle —
of Panola
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., September
30, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Mississippi, 1876;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1896,
1900,
1912.
African
ancestry.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., August
16, 1915 (age 64 years, 320
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Josiah Thomas Settle (1799-1869) and Nancy Ann (Graves) Settle;
married to Theresa T. Vogelsang; married 1890 to
Frances McCullough. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Augustus Sherrill Seymour (1836-1897) —
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., November
30, 1836.
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; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina,
1882-97; died in office 1897.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
19, 1897 (age 60 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hezekiah
Cook Seymour and Mary (Sherill) Seymour; married, October
22, 1863, to Nancy Ophelia Roberts Barton; first cousin thrice
removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Seymour; third cousin of Silas
Seymour; third cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Dalton
G. Seymour; fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of David
Lowrey Seymour, Thomas
Henry Seymour and Orlo
Erland Wadhams. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conkling-Seymour
family of Utica, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges |
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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.
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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Relatives:
Daughter of James Merritt Sharp and Annie (Blackwell)
Sharp. |
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Augustine Henry Shepperd (1792-1864) —
also known as Augustine H. Shepperd —
of Germanton, Stokes
County, N.C.
Born in Rockford, Surry
County, N.C., February
24, 1792.
Whig. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1822-26; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1827-39, 1841-43, 1847-51
(9th District 1827-39, 1841-43, 4th District 1847-51).
Slaveowner.
Died in Salem (now part of Winston-Salem), Forsyth
County, N.C., July 11,
1864 (age 72 years, 138
days).
Interment at Salem
Cemetery, Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Bartlett Shipp (1786-1869) —
of Lincoln
County, N.C.
Born March 8,
1786.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Lincoln County, 1824, 1826-27,
1828-30; member of North
Carolina state senate from Lincoln County, 1834.
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.
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,
1911-14.
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.
Born in Jones
County, N.C., January
20, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1887-89; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue for the 4th North Carolina District,
1893-97; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1901-31; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1916,
1928;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920.
Died in New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., April
30, 1940 (age 86 years, 101
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Huger Sinkler (1868-1923) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Charleston District (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C., February
20, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1896-1906; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1906-18; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., August
13, 1923 (age 55 years, 174
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Thomas Gregory Skinner (1842-1907) —
of Hertford, Perquimans
County, N.C.
Born near Hertford, Perquimans
County, N.C., January
22, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1876,
1880,
1892;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1883-87,
1889-91; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1899-1900.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
22, 1907 (age 65 years, 334
days).
Interment at Holy
Trinity Churchyard, Hertford, 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; newspaper
editor and publisher; Beaufort
County Superintendent of Schools, 1881; mayor
of Washington, N.C., 1889-90; chair of
Beaufort County Democratic Party, 1889-98; candidate for
Presidential Elector for North Carolina; 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. |
| | | 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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William Howell Smathers (1891-1955) —
also known as William H. Smathers —
of Margate City, Atlantic
County, N.J.
Born near Waynesville, Haywood
County, N.C., January
7, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in New Jersey,
1922; member of New
Jersey state senate from Atlantic County, 1935-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1936,
1940,
1948;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1937-43; defeated, 1942.
Died in a hospital
at Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., September
24, 1955 (age 64 years, 260
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Waynesville, N.C.
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Michael Hoke Smith (1855-1931) —
also known as M. Hoke Smith —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., September
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96; Governor of
Georgia, 1907-09, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1911-21.
Presbyterian.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
27, 1931 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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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.
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
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 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 (1867-1954) —
also known as U. L. Spence —
of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.
Born in Stanly
County, N.C., August
20, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 12th District, 1903, 1935; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1924,
1928;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1929-31.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died June 30,
1954 (age 86 years, 314
days).
Interment at Cross Hill Cemetery, Carthage, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Spence and Margaret (Reeves) Spence; married to Mary
Worthy. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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 2014.
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Mark Squires (1878-1938) —
of Lenoir, Caldwell
County, N.C.
Born in Union
County, N.C., July 6,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Lenoir, N.C., 1912-14; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from North Carolina, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Died September
11, 1938 (age 60 years, 67
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Brown Squires and Mary (Stevens) Squires; married to Mary
Dunlap. |
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Walter Parker Stacy (b. 1884) —
also known as Walter P. Stacy —
of Wilmington, New
Hanover County, N.C.
Born in Ansonville, Anson
County, N.C., December, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from New Hanover County,
1915-16; superior court judge in North Carolina 8th District,
1916-20; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1921; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1925-51.
Methodist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. L. E. Stacy and Rosa (Johnson) Stacy. |
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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.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1837-43, 1849-53 (3rd
District 1837-43, 8th District 1849-53); member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1844-46, 1848-49; Speaker of
the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1844-46; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1846-48; in 1853, he
participated in a duel
with Rep. Samuel
W. Inge, but neither was seriously injured; candidate for Governor of
California, 1857; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
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.
Slaveowner.
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 Washington,
D.C., September
23, 1930 (age 89 years, 237
days).
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,
1913-14.
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.
Slaveowner.
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.
Slaveowner.
Died October
7, 1818 (age 48 years, 232
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Wake County, N.C.
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Harry Williams Stubbs —
also known as Harry W. Stubbs —
of Williamston, Martin
County, N.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 2nd District, 1889-90, 1905-08, 1913-16,
1921-22; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Martin County,
1899-1904, 1909-12.
Interment at Oak
Lawn Cemetery, Williamston, 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.
Burial location unknown.
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David Lowry Swain (1801-1868) —
also known as David L. Swain —
of Buncombe
County, N.C.; Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in a log
cabin near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., January
4, 1801.
Whig. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1824-30; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1830-32; Governor of
North Carolina, 1832-35; president,
University of North Carolina, 1835-68.
Died in Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., August
27, 1868 (age 67 years, 236
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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