page_title: North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835
section_title: Delegates
hierarchical_section_title: North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835 / Delegates
caption_attribution_description: English: Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. (1796 – November 2, 1850), the 27th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina, from 1835 to 1836.
context_page_description: The North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835 was a meeting of delegates elected by eligible voters in counties in the United States state of North Carolina to amend the Constitution of North Carolina written in 1776 by the Fifth North Carolina Provincial Congress. They met in Raleigh, North Carolina from June 4, 1835, to July 11, 1835, and approved several amendments to the constitution that were voted on and approved by the voters of North Carolina on November 9, 1835. These amendments improved the representation of the more populous counties in the Piedmont and western regions of the state and, for the first time, provided for the election of the governor by popular vote rather than election by the members of the General Assembly.
context_section_description: In 1835, the counties of North Carolina were characterized as either eastern or western counties.  The more sparsely populated counties were in the west.  The voters from the counties elected two delegates for each county in elections held in April 1835.  In 1835, there were 38 Eastern counties and 27 Western counties (Western and Piedmont Regions, see table).  The following delegates were elected by the eligible voters of North Carolina:
caption: Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr.
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