page_title: North Carolina General Assembly of 1835
section_title: House of Commons members
hierarchical_section_title: North Carolina General Assembly of 1835 / Membership of the assembly / House of Commons members
caption_attribution_description: English: William Henry Haywood, Jr.
context_page_description: The North Carolina General Assembly of 1835 met in Raleigh from November 16, 1835 to December 22, 1835. The assembly consisted of the 137 members of the North Carolina House of Commons and 65 senators of North Carolina Senate elected by the voters in August 1835. This was the last assembly elected before the amendments to the Constitution of North Carolina from the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835 took effect. Thus, the House of Commons included representatives from towns and the number of members of the house was greater than 120. William H. Haywood, Jr was elected speaker of the House of Commons and Charles Manley was elected clerk. William D. Mosely was elected President of the Senate and William J. Cowan was elected Clerk. Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. was elected the Governor by the assembly and served from December 10, 1835 to December 31, 1836. He was the last governor of North Carolina to be elected by the General Assembly.
context_section_description: There were  137 delegates in the House of Commons, two from each of the 65 counties and one from each of the seven towns/Districts.  They elected William H. Haywood, Jr. from Wake County as their Speaker and Charles Manly from Wake County as their Clerk.
caption: Speaker of the House of Commons William Henry Haywood, Jr
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