US Congressman. An 1859 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he taught school after graduation until enlisting in the Confederate Army in 1861. He was successivly promoted to major in the Third North Carolina Cavalry Regiment and served throughout the Civil War. He served in both the North Carolina House of Representatives and State Senate before his election to Congress as a Democrat in 1886. He served two terms, from 1887 to 1891, before his defeat for reelection in 1890. He then resumed agricultural pursuits in Pender County, North Carolina.
US Congressman. An 1859 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he taught school after graduation until enlisting in the Confederate Army in 1861. He was successivly promoted to major in the Third North Carolina Cavalry Regiment and served throughout the Civil War. He served in both the North Carolina House of Representatives and State Senate before his election to Congress as a Democrat in 1886. He served two terms, from 1887 to 1891, before his defeat for reelection in 1890. He then resumed agricultural pursuits in Pender County, North Carolina.
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