The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-19

We're elected for two terms. Charles
Manly was defeated for re-electto1.
warren Wirslow. President Of the
Senate, succeeded To the office Of
governor upon the resignation Of Da-
yid ). Reid, who had been eI-Gt<t
United Staes Senator. and Henry.
L. Clark. President of the Senate. ie-
came governor upon the death 81
Governor Ellis. July 1851.
Governor Vance Was turned out
or office My 2eth. 1856 =
military order and was succeeded by
w ". Holden as Provincial Cover
nor. In the election OF 1865 Holden
was defeated by Worth. In 1858. un-
der the new Constitution. Holden was
elected Governor. Unwilling 10 wait
Ter the constitutional beginning Of
h!s term, he induced the military COM
mander Of the district 10 issue IN
order removing Governor Worth AM
placing Holden in Office JULY /. 1858.
he served until March -. 1911.
when, having been convicted in an
Impeachment before the Senate. OF
nigh crimes, he was removed from
ONCE and declared incapable Of again
holding office in North Carolina. He
was succeeded by the Lieuten.nt-
Governor. Tod r. Caldwell.
Governors Since 1858.
Since 1868 the Governor has been
elected by the people for a term of
four Years. No Governor can sue
coed himself. The Constitution If
1868 created the office Of Lieutenant
Governor, who succeeds TO the office
OF Governor in case of a vacancy.
Since 1868 the state has had thirteen
Governors. Four Iieutcnant-GoNcr-
nors have succeeded TO the Governors
office Caldwell became Governor IN
1871 upon the Impeachment and ell
Niction of Holden: BroSden. in 1874,
/ nn0n tho 1nQth 1T IFl1l Ntal1- l a rNfS
in 1879. upon the election Of Vance
to the United states Senate, and Holt.
in 1891, upon the death Of Fouie.
Caldwell and Jarvis wore afterward
elected Governor in their own riGcI.
All told. North Carolina has ha
seventy-siN Governors or Acting-GoV-
ernOrs. exclusive of the two Governors
OF ~'Nirginia' (Raleigh'S Roanoke
colony), and the three Presidents #
the Council Of Safety from 17.5-1776.
Since the adoption Of the Constitution
of 1116 there have been forty-SeNen
cnief executives Of the state. ,hcse
hay. been furnished BY the following
thirty counties: Lenoir. Craven,
Orange. Gnilford, Chowan, New Hon
over. Halifax, Moore. Warren. Iaeh-
lenburg, BERTHE, brunswick. Surry.
Sampson, Baden, Wilkes. Buneonbe.
Wake. Rockingham. cumberland
Northampton, Rowan. Edgecorab".
Randolph, Burke, Wayne, Pitt. AAa-
nance, fOrSytnP and Person me
folio wing counties have giHra he
: State TWO or more Governors: Craven ~
Nash, Richard Dobb Spaisht, ST.
| Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr.; Orange
Thomas Burke and William a. Ora
ham; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Martin
AMI John NJ. Morehead; Chowaa-
Samuel Johnston and James Irodeli:
New HanOSer-Samuel Ashe and
i,dWard b. Dcdley; Halifax-WiiIfam
L. BaVie, John Branch and H1t"hins
G. Burton; Warren-JameS Turner,
William Hawkins and William Miller;
; Observation-Disclosures Smith and Dan
, lie, l.. Russell: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT l.
swain and Zebulon r. Vance: Wake
Charles Manly. w. w. Holden and
Daniel G.. FowIe; Rockingham-David
S. Held and Alfred NJ. Scales: Edge
combe-Henry T. Clark and elias
| Carr: Wayne-Curtis H.. Brogden md
Charles B.. Aycock.
J Counties have been named in honor
I of Caswell. Burke, Ashe, Davie. Swan,
I Graham and Vance.
OF these forty-seNen Governors It
$ IS known that there are portraits Of
: at least thirty-nine. No portrait -
: known 10 exist Of CasweIl. Burke.
Ashe, Alexander, stone. Franklin.
Holmes, the ounge Spaight. 1t g
. onssible. however. that there may lie
portraits Of at least some of these IN
existence. The State ought to possess
!, a collection OF portraits Of all her to-
ernors Would it not be a fine thing
: if each of the counties which have
furnished the State With Governors
would present their portraits 10 he
State