page_title: North Carolina General Assembly of 1862–1864
section_title: House of Commons members
hierarchical_section_title: North Carolina General Assembly of 1862–1864 / Assembly membership / House of Commons members
caption_attribution_description: English: portrait from The Confederate reveille: memorial edition. Raleigh: Broughton &amp; Edwards. 1898. page 54.
context_page_description: The North Carolina General Assembly of 1862–1864 met in Raleigh from November 17, 1862 to December 22, 1862. Extra sessions were held on January 19, 1863–February 12, 1863; June 30, 1863–July 7, 1863; November 23, 1863–December 14, 1863; and May 17–30 1864. The assembly consisted of the 120 members of the North Carolina House of Commons from 82 counties and 50 senators representing one or more counties in North Carolina Senate elected by the voters in October 1862. Zebulon Baird Vance was Governor of North Carolina during this assembly. This assembly met during the American Civil War as part of the Confederate States of America. Much of the legislation passed by this assembly dealt with the managing the state and its population during wartime.
context_section_description: There were 82 counties with 120 delegates, 5 counties with three delegates, 28 counties with two delegates, and 49 counties with one delegate.  The House of Commons delegates elected a Speaker (Richard Spaight Donnell, Robert B. Gilliam, Marmaduke Swain Robins, William E. Mann), Clerk, Assistant Clerk, Doorkeeper, and Assistant Doorkeeper.  The following delegates to the House of Commons were elected by the voters of North Carolina to represent each county and district:
caption: Rep. David Miller Carter, Beaufort County
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