Answer the following question: What key details about thad a. eure can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: thaddeus armie -lrb- thad -rrb- eure -lrb- november 15 , 1899 -- july 21 , 1993 -rrb- was a north carolina political figure who holds the record for longest tenure as north carolina secretary of state -lrb- 1936 -- 1989 -rrb- . prior to his service as secretary of state , eure served as mayor of winton , nc , and as a state legislator . in 1987 , president ronald reagan recognized eure as having held public office longer than any official in the nation at that time , with more than 64 years of continuous service . in his later years , he was known as the '' oldest rat in the democratic barn . '' ironically , in his first run for the office of secretary of state , he asked voters to '' give a young man a chance . '' eure was to become the last remaining living member of the nc legislature to have voted to approve the establishment of the north carolina state highway patrol in 1929 . during his tenure as secretary of state , eure was asked by highway patrol leadership to give the swearing-in oath of office to graduating troopers in each basic school class at the nc highway patrol school , which was first conducted at unc-chapel hill and later in raleigh at the present campus on garner road . eure would proudly address each class and he signed each individual trooper 's oath certificate in his trademark green ink . when his physical condition weakened in 1985 , then-nc governor james martin assigned a trooper to drive eure to and from work each day and troopers joked that they would stab each other in the back to have a chance to drive mr. eure around . eure also served on the board of trustees of elon university from 1942 to 1989 -lrb- chairman , 1955-1989 -rrb- . he was not a graduate of that institution , instead attending the university of north carolina at chapel hill because he wanted to earn a law degree . elon did not have a law school until the 21st century . eure also was credited for the creating the '' long live elon '' end to each speech and address . he died of complications of gallbladder surgery...
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- death place is raleigh , north carolina- successor is rufus l. edmisten- party is democratic- death date is 21 july 1993- predecessor is charles g. powell- office is north carolina secretary of state- spouse is minta banks -lrb- m. 1924 -rrb-- term end is 1989- term start is 1936- birth date is 15 november 1899- name is thad a. eure- image size is 160px- image is thad eure nc.png- birth place is gates county , north carolina- alma mater is university of north carolina at chapel hill elon university