The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-08

1851: Furnifold NJ 1857
1889.
Seventeen Congressmen we're also
elected Governors Of North Carolina.
They We're: John Il Ashe ,aied De-
fore qualifying as G~oVernorl; Benja-
min Williams. In Congress- l4s5-IEs5.
Jesse Franklin. 17a5-l7s7. Richard
Dobbs Spaight. l1aT-lsel. David
Stone. 11s9-IS0l: Nathaniel Alex
ander. 1S03-lse5: Hutchings C Bu--
ton. lSIs-ls2i Richard Dosbs
Spaight, Jr,. lS23-lse5: Gabriel
Holmes. Is25-IS29: coward Il Dad
ley. 1s29-1s3I; John Branch. 1851
1899; David :. Reid. 1s45-1S4s: AL
fred NJ. Scales, 1S57-lS5e. l>T5-ls>4;
Lebulon b. Vance. ls5s-1s6I: curtis
II. BroGden. ls17-ls79. Daniel l.
Russell, 1s7s-ISsI. and William w.
The following Congressmen served
ten years or more: william Barry
Grove, OF Cumberland l73l-lso2:
Nathaniel Macon. % Warren. 1881
1915; Richard Stanford. Of Person.
lI9I-ls16; Willis Aston. OF Halifax.
1i9S-lSl5. and ls25-1s3l; William
Blackledge, of Craven, 1S03-lso9,
1S11-1sl3. 1S21-1sz3; John Culpep-
per. OF MONTGOMERY. IS07-ls09. 1919
1917, 1819-lS2l. 1S23-1s25 and 1877
1879; Lemuei Sawyer, OF Camden.
1S07-1S13. 1S17-1s23 1S25-1s2s; Wei
don \. Edwards. OF Warren, 1916
1927; Lewis Williams, OF Surry. 1877
1912; Henry W Conner, OF Catawba.
1S21-1841. Thomas Hall. Of Edge
combe, 1S17-1S25 and 1s27-1s35;
Augustine H. Shepperd. OF Stokes.
1S27-1s39, 1S41-tS45. 1S4.-1S5l. Ed
mund De Berry. OF MONTGOMERY.
~1S29-1S31. 1933-1S45 and 1S49-lS5I:.
Abraham Rencher, of Chatham, 1929
1889 and 1S41-1S43. NJ. T. kins.
of Warren. 1S31-lS41; James J. Me
Kay, of Bladen. 1S32-1S49. James
Graham, of Rutherford. 1S33-1S43
and 1845-1S47; Thomas l.. CHngman,
of Buncombe 1S43-1S45 and 1870
1858; Alfred NJ. Scales, OF Rocking
ham, 1S57-1S59 and 1S15-1SS4:
Robert Il. Vance. Of Buncombe. 1914
1885: John s. Henderson, Of Rowan,
1SS5-1S95; William W Kitchin. OF
Person, 1S~97-1907; John II. Small, OF
Beaufort, since 1899; Charles X.
Thomas. of Craven, 1S99-1911; Claude
kitchin, of Halifax, since 1901; Ed
ward w. Pou, of Johnston. since
1901.
The longest service rendered by any
North Carolinian in the House OF
Representatives was uaat OF Lewis
Williams, of Surry, who served TWEEN
ty-ive years. He was the Father Of
the House Strange to Say-no, not
strange, after all. since he was a
North neutrality-suspicious. moth
ing is now known Of Lewis Williams
and of his services to the Nation.
Nathaniel Macon's combined service
in the House and the Senate surpassed
that of Williams. Macon was a MEM
Der of the House from 1871 to 1915,
and Of the Senate from 1915 to 1873.
making in all q service in Congres
of thirty-SeVen years.
The following North Carolina Con-
gressmen died in office; Nathan
Bryan. 1795-179S; Charles Johnson,
18O1-1802: James Gillespie, 1903
1905: Thomas Blount. 18o5-1S09 and
1S11-1S12; Richard Stanford. 1871
1876: George Mumford. 1S17-1S1S:
Jesse SIocumb. 1S17-1S20. and Lewis
Williams, 1S17-1S42. Nathaniel Alex
ander. 18o3-1S05; HHtchings G Bur
ton, 1Sf9-1S24, and Alfred N. Scales.
~1S57-1S59. 1S75-1SS4. resigned their
seats in Congress upon being elected
Governor of North Carolina. burton
Craig. 1S53-186l; Thomas Rufftn,
1~S53-18s1: +. OBJ. Branch iS55-1Sbl;
Warren Winslow. 1853-1S61: John ~.
Gilmer. 1S57-1S61; Zebulnn -. Vance.
1S57-1S61: James NJ. Leach. lN"9-
1861. and W. y. II. Smith. 1S59-1SGl,
withdrew from Congress when North
Carolina seeded from the Union. May
20. 1851. In the 37th- 3Stn and @9th
Congresses, from 1S61-166I. there
were no representatives from North
Carolina.
Twenty-six representatives from
North Carolina in Congress were
natives Of other states. The follow
ing were born IN Virginia Henry W.
Conner. 1S21-1S41. Jesse Franklin,
1795-1797. John Long. 1S21-1S29;
William &. Love. 1S15-1617. Joseph
Mcdowell. 179a-1795: Richard G..
Purvear. 1S52-1S51: John Sewer.
~I17qG-1791: Robert strange. Abraham
w Venablc. 1847-1853; Felix Walker,