predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
constituency established constituency abolished 21 november 1889 nash county , north carolina , u.s. goldsboro , north carolina , u.s. democratic confederate states senator from north carolina 23 august 1824 february 18 , 1862 william theophilus dortch
 may 10 , 1865 william dortch
william theophilus dortch

william theophilus dortch -lrb- august 23 , 1824 -- november 21 , 1889 -rrb- was a prominent north carolina and confederate states of america politician and lawyer .
