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08 Nov 2018

David Lowry Swain

DAVID L. SWAIN, the twenty-sixth governor of North Carolina, was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina on January 4, 1801. His early education was attained at New Academy near Asheville,…
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08 Nov 2018

Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.

RICHARD D. SPAIGHT, the twenty-seventh governor of North Carolina, was born in New Bern, North Carolina in 1796. When he was just six years old, his father, Governor Richard D.…
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08 Nov 2018

Edward Bishop Dudley

EDWARD B. DUDLEY, the twenty-eight governor of North Carolina, was born near Jacksonville, North Carolina on December 15, 1789. His education was attained at an academy in Onslow. During the…
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08 Nov 2018

John Motley Morehead

JOHN M. MOREHEAD, the twenty-ninth governor of North Carolina, was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on July 4, 1796. His education was attained at the University of North Carolina, where…
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08 Nov 2018

William Alexander Graham

WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, the thirtieth governor of North Carolina, was born near Lincolnton, North Carolina on September 5, 1804. His education was attained at the University of North Carolina, where…
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08 Nov 2018

Charles Manly

CHARLES MANLY, the thirty-first governor of North Carolina, was born in Chatham County, North Carolina on May 13, 1795. His education was attained at the Pittsboro Academy, and at the…
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08 Nov 2018

David Settle Reid

DAVID S. REID, the thirty-second governor of North Carolina, was born near Reidsville, North Carolina on April 19, 1813. His early education was attained in the common schools of his…
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08 Nov 2018

Warren Winslow

WARREN WINSLOW, the thirty-third governor of North Carolina, was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina on January 1, 1810. His education was attained at the University of North Carolina, where he…
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08 Nov 2018

Thomas Bragg

THOMAS BRAGG, the thirty-fourth governor of North Carolina, was born in Warrenton, North Carolina, on November 9, 1810. His education was attained at an academy in Warrenton, and at Captain…
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08 Nov 2018

John Willis Ellis

JOHN W. ELLIS, the thirty-fifth governor of North Carolina, was born in Rowan County, North Carolina on November 23, 1820. His education was attained at Randolph Macon College, and at…
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08 Nov 2018

Henry Toole Clark

HENRY T. CLARK, the thirty-sixth governor of North Carolina, was born near Taraboro, North Carolina on February 7, 1808. His education was attained at the George Phillips School, at the…
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08 Nov 2018

Zebulon Baird Vance

ZEBULON B. VANCE, the thirty-seventh and forty-third governor of North Carolina, was born near Asheville, North Carolina on May 13, 1830. His education was attained at Washington College in Tennessee,…
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