John Pool

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"(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]"

Member of North Carolina Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment, North Carolina Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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