Please answer the following question: Facts: - preceded: william r. cox - district: 4th - term end: march 3 , 1889 - succeeded: benjamin h. bunn - term start: march 4 , 1887 - state: north carolina - name: john nichols Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john nichols -lrb- politician -rrb- .
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john nichols -lrb- 14 november 1834 -- september 22 , 1917 -rrb- was a u.s. congressman from the state of north carolina between 1887 and 1889 .