North Carolina Governor. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1841, established a successful career in Raleigh, North Carolina and was owner-editor of the newspaper, “North Carolina Standard”. He served as a member of the North Carolina House of Commons from 1846 through 1847, and at the advent of the Civil War, he served as a delegate to the 1861 Secession Convention. With the end of the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson appointed him the Provisional 38th Governor of North Carolina, serving from May 29, 1865 to December 15, 1865. In 1868, he was elected as a Republican the 40th Governor of North Carolina, until he was removed 1870. He was the second governor in the United States to be impeached and the first to be removed. He was acting with the guidance of others in Washington D. C. As governor, he attempted to suppress the active terror of the Ku Klux Klan with state militia or if necessary, federal forces, which may have violated a citizen’s civil rights. After leaving office, he resumed his newspaper career and in 1873, was appointed by President Ulysses Grant as Postmaster of Raleigh, North Carolina, a post he held until his death.
North Carolina Governor. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1841, established a successful career in Raleigh, North Carolina and was owner-editor of the newspaper, “North Carolina Standard”. He served as a member of the North Carolina House of Commons from 1846 through 1847, and at the advent of the Civil War, he served as a delegate to the 1861 Secession Convention. With the end of the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson appointed him the Provisional 38th Governor of North Carolina, serving from May 29, 1865 to December 15, 1865. In 1868, he was elected as a Republican the 40th Governor of North Carolina, until he was removed 1870. He was the second governor in the United States to be impeached and the first to be removed. He was acting with the guidance of others in Washington D. C. As governor, he attempted to suppress the active terror of the Ku Klux Klan with state militia or if necessary, federal forces, which may have violated a citizen’s civil rights. After leaving office, he resumed his newspaper career and in 1873, was appointed by President Ulysses Grant as Postmaster of Raleigh, North Carolina, a post he held until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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W. W. HOLDEN
1818 - 1892
LOUISA V. HARRISON
HIS WIFE
1830 - 1900
"THERE REMAINETH THEREFORE
A REST TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD"
HOLDEN
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HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP
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