"(July 15, 1825 -- October 8, 1881) Joseph Carter Abbot was a(n) lawyer, owner and editor of a newspaper, general, soldier, collector of port, inspector of posts, establisher of a town, manufacturer of lumber, editor of multiple newspapers, special agent, and American politician. He was born in Concord, New Hampshire and moved to Wilmington, North Carolina. Abbot was a owner and editor of the Daily American (1852-1856), editor of the Boston Atlas (1859), and editor of the Washington Post. He served as a member of the commission to adjust the boundary between New Hampshire and Canada, delegate to the State constitution convention (1868), collector of the port of Wilmington, inspector of posts along the eastern line of the sourthern coast, established the town of Abbotsburg, North Carolina, and was employed as a special agent in the United States Treasury Department. Joseph was adjutant general of New Hampshire (1855 - 1861), served in the Union Army (1861 - 1865), breveted brigadier general, and was commandant of Wilmington, North Carolina. Abbot was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate (July 14, 1868 - March 3, 1871). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=A000006]"

(July 19, 1812 — February 4, 1887) Ashe was an American politician, lawyer, and judge. Thomas Samuel Ashe was born in Almance County, North Carolina in 1812. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1832 and was admitted to the bar in 1834. Ashe served as solicitor of the fifth judicial district of North Carolina from 1847 to 1851, and as a member to the State Senate in 1854. During the Civil War, he was a member of the Confederate Congress, serving in the Confederate House of Representatives (1861-1864) and being elected to the Confederate Senate (1864), but never carried out his office because the war ended. Ashe was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877. After serving in Congress, he was elected as an associate justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court and served until his death in 1887. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/A000309]

(August 25, 1842 — April 20, 1879) Cobb was an American politician and lawyer. Clinton Levering Cobb was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina in 1842. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was admitted to the bar in 1867. While practicing law in Elizabeth City, Cobb also was engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C000544]

"(June 4, 1835 -- July 4, 1906) John Thomas Deweese was a(n) lawyer, soldier, register in bankruptcy, public servant, American politician. He moved to Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas and moved to North Carolina. John studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1856. He was appointed register in bankruptcy for North Carolina and a delegate to the Democratic National Convention (1876). Deweese served in the Union Army as a lieutenant of Company E 24th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (July 6, 1861 - February 15, 1862), mustered in as a captain of Company F 4th Indiana Calvary (August 8, 1862), promoted to colonel, upon reorganization of army was made a second lieutenant of the 8th United States Infantry (July 24, 1866 - August 14, 1867). John was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congress (July 6, 1868 - his resignation February 29, 1870) where he resigned pending the investigation of certain appointments of the United States Military and Naval Academies. John was censured by the United States House of Representatives (March 1, 1870) for selling an appointment to the United States Naval Academy. During his time on Congress, he served as chairmen on the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (41st Congress) and on the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (41st Congress). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=D000291]"

(April 9, 1828 — March 3, 1883) Dixon was a businessman and politician. Joseph Dixon was born in Greene County, North Carolina in 1828. After receiving an education, he worked in agriculture and the mercantile business. Not long after the Civil War, Dixon was appointed colonel of the North Carolina State Militia and served as a judge of the county court from 1864 to 1865. Before being elected to Congress, Dixon served in the State House of Commons from 1865 to 1867. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of David Heaton. Dixon served in Congress from December 5, 1870 to March 3, 1871. In 1875, he was a delegate to the State constitutional convention. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000370]

"(August 12, 1830 -- March 21, 1906) Oliver Hart Dockery was a(n) farmer, public servant, consul general, and American politician. He was born close to Rockingham, Richmond County, North Carolina. Oliver was a member of the state house of representatives (1858 and 1859), served in the Confederate service but withdrew, member of the state constitutional convention (1875), unsuccessful Governor (1888), and appointed United States consul general at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (June 14, 1889 -- July 1, 1893). Oliver was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congress (July 13, 1869 - March 3, 1871) and was not elected in 1870. During his time on Congress, he served as chairman on the Committee on the Freedmen's Bureau (41st Congress). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=D000386]"

(December 6, 1819 — January 8, 1890) Harper was a civil engineer, draftsman, surveyor, businessman, and politician. James Clarence Harper was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and moved to North Carolina in 1840. Harper is known for drafting the layout of the town of Lenoir, North Carolina in 1841. He worked in the mercantile business and became involved in the manufacturing of cotton and woolen goods. He served in the State House of Commons from 1865 to 1866, and as a colonel in the State Militia. Harper was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives, serving during the Forty-Second Congress from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000222]

"(March 10, 1823 -- June 25, 1870) David Heaton was a(n) lawyer, public servant, special agent, auditor, and American politician. He was born in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio and moved to Minnesota and then New Bern, North Carolina. David studies law and was admitted to the bar. He served in the Ohio state senate (1855), member of the State senate of Minnesota (1858-1863), appointed Third Auditor of the Treasury (1854) but declined, member of the constitutional convention of North Carolina (1867), and special agent of the Treasury Department and the United States depository in New Bern, North Carolina (1863). Heaton was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congress (July 15, 1868 - his death June 25, 1870). He was reelected to the 42nd Congress but died before he could take his seat. During his time on Congress he served as chairman on the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures (41st Congress). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000432]"

"July 21, 1822 -- January 29, 1901) Alexander Hamilton Jones was a(n) merchant, soldier, public servant, and American politician. He was born in Buncombe County, North Carolina. Alexander enlisted in the Union Army in 1863, was captured in east Tennessee while raising a regiment of Union Volunteers and imprisoned, escaped (November 14, 1864), and rejoined the Union forces in Cumberland, Maryland. He served as a member of the state convention (1865). Jones was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congress (July 6, 1868 - March 3, 1871). He was elected to the 39th Congress but was not permitted to qualify and was not elected in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Congress of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=J000208]"

"(August 18, 1810 -- April 1, 1878) Israel George Lash was a(n) merchant, cigar manufacturer, banker, public servant, and American politician. He was born in Bethania, Forsyth County, North Carolina. Lash was a delegate to the State constitutional Convention (1868). Israel was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congress (July 20, 1868 - March 4, 1871), was not elected in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Congress of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=L000105]"

(January 17, 1815 — June 1, 1891) Leach was an American politician and lawyer. James Madison Leach was born in Randolph County, North Carolina in 1815. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1838 and was admitted to the bar in 1842 after studying law. While practicing law in North Carolina, Leach also served in the State House of Commons from 1848 to 1858. He was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the United States House of Representatives and served during the Thirty-Sixth Congress from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1861. During the Civil War, he was a member of the Confederate Congress. After the war, he serve in the State Senate in 1865, 1866 and 1879. He was elected again to the House of Representatives, this time as a Democrat candidate, and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/L000170]

(July 30, 1830 — February 12, 1899) Manning was an American politician and lawyer. John Manning, Jr. was born in Edenton, North Carolina in 1830. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1850, and was admitted to the bar in 1853 after studying law. Manning served as a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1861 and became a first lieutenant in the Fifteenth Regiment during the Civil War. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of John Deweese. He served in the House from December 7, 1870 to March 3, 1871. Manning served again as a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1875. He also worked as a member of the State House of Representatives and was commissioned to codify the laws of North Carolina in 1881. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000109]

(September 15, 1830 — November 14, 1892) Merrimon was an American politician, judge, and lawyer. Augustus Summerfield Merrimon was born in Asheville, North Carolina in 1830, where he received a limited education. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852. Merrimon served in the State House of Commons from 1860 to 1861, before enlisting in the Confederate Army at the start of the Civil War. He only served in the army for a year before he resigned to act as solicitor for the eighth judicial court of North Carolina. Merrimon was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate during the Forty-Third, Forty-Fourth, and Forty-Fifth Congresses from March 1873 to March 1879. After he served in Congress, he was appointed justice on the State Supreme Court and served in that capacity until his death in 1892. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000659]

"(June 16, 1826 -- August 16, 1884) John Pool was a(n) lawyer, farmer, public servant, American politician. He was born close to Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, North County. Pool studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847. He served on the state senate (1856, 1858, 1864-1865), was an unsuccessful Whig candidate for governor (1860), and delegate to the State constitution convention (1865). John presented credentials (December 29, 1865), as a Republican Senator-elect to the United States Senate (February 8, 1866) but was not permitted to take his seat because the State had not been readmitted to representation. He was elected to the United States Senate (July 14, 1868 - March 3, 1873) and was not reelected. [Source: 'Biographical Congress of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=P000427]"

(October 8, 1826 — October 8, 1904) Ransom was a businessman, lawyer, and politician. Matt Whitaker Ransom was born in Warren County, North Carolina. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1847, after which he studied law and was admitted to the bar. Ransom served as a member of the State House of Commons and as the attorney general of North Carolina. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and attained the rank of major general. After the war Ransom moved to Weldon, North Carolina and became a planter as well as practiced law. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the Senate at the start of the congressional session. He served in the Senate from January 30, 1872 until March 3, 1895. After serving in Congress, Ransom worked in the agriculture business until his death in 1904. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000062]

(October 26, 1828 — May 5, 1905) Robbins was an American politician and lawyer. William McKendree Robbins was born in Trinity, North Carolina in 1828. He attended Trinity College and graduated from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia. Robbins studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1854. After being admitted to the bar, he moved to Alabama and practiced law in Eufaula. During the Civil War, Ransom served in the Confederate Army for four years and attained the rank of major. After the war, he served in the State Senate from 1868 to 1872, before being elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives. He served in Congress from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000302]

(September 30, 1825 — August 14, 1874) Rogers was an American politician and lawyer. Sion Hart Rogers was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1825. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1846, after which he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848. Rogers was first elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Whig and served from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855. He returned to Raleigh and served as the solicitor of the district superior court. During the Civil War, he was a lieutenant in the Confederate Army and was eventually commissioned colonel. He resigned from the army in 1863 because he had been elected as State attorney general. Rogers was again elected, this time as a Democrat, to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000402]

(March 12, 1831 — May 29, 1896) Shober was a politician, lawyer, and judge. Francis Edwin Shober was born in Salem, North Carolina in 1831. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. Shober served in the State House of Commons in 1862 and 1864, and in the State Senate in 1865. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1873. After serving in Congress, Shober was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1875 and served as a county judge in Rowan County. In 1877, he was appointed as Chief Clerk to the United States Senate and served until he as appointed Secretary of the Senate in 1881, after the death of Secretary, John Burch. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000372]

(January 9, 1828 — May 16, 1888) Smith was a businessman and politician. William Alexander Smith as born in Warren County, North Carolina in 1828. While working in agriculture, he served as a delegate of the State constitutional convention in 1865. Smith also served in the State Senate in 1870. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000630]

(February 7, 1827 — February 18, 1891) Thomas was an American politician, judge, and lawyer. Charles Randolph Thomas was born in Beaufort, North Carolina in 1827. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. Thomas was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1861 and acted as Secretary of State of North Carolina in 1864. Before being elected to Congress, he was a judge of the superior court from 1868 to 1870. Thomas was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000158]

(April 24, 1828 — November 28, 1899) Vance was a businessman, court clerk, and politician. Robert Frank Vance was born in Reems Creek, North Carolina in 1828. After receiving an education at the common schools, he worked in the mercantile business and in agriculture. During the Civil War, Vance enlisted in the Confederate Army and was elected as a captain, colonel, and appointed as a brigadier general. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served for six congressional sessions from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1885. After serving in Congress, he returned to Alexander, North Carolina and served in the State House of Representatives from 1894 to 1896. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/V000019]

(September 16 ,1834 — March 17, 1912) Waddell was a businessman, politician, and lawyer. Alfred Moore Waddell was born in Hillsboro, North Carolina in 1834. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1853. After that, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855. Waddell was clerk of the court of equity from 1858 to 1861 and served as a delegate to the Constitutional Union National Convention in 1860. Waddell also worked in newspaper, editing the Wilmington Daily Herald from 1860 to 1861. During the Civil War, he served as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army. Waddell was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1879. After serving in Congress, he continued to practice law and work in the literary business. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000002]