Edwin Robeson MacKethan

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Edwin Robeson MacKethan
Member of the
North Carolina House of Representatives
from Cumberland County
In office
1901–1901

Edwin Robeson MacKethan (September 7, 1869 - December 16, 1951) was an American lawyer, a white supremacist, and a Democratic party politician in North Carolina, where he was a member of both chambers of the General Assembly. After serving in the Spanish–American War, he was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives, elected mayor of Fayetteville, and elected to the North Carolina Senate.

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Biography

MacKethan was born September 7, 1869 to Edwin Turner MacKethan and Janie Wright MacKethan ( née Robeson) in the family home Cool Spring Place in Fayetteville, North Carolina. [1] The house belonged to his family for generations after his grandfather Alfred A. MacKethan purchased it in 1860. [2] [3]

Edwin was the eldest of five children with three brothers and one sister. [1] He attended Davidson College, graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1891 and received his law degree in 1892 from the law school at the same university. [1] After living in Savannah, Georgia, for a few years, he returned to Fayetteville and worked as a lawyer. [1]

He served in the Spanish–American War and he continued after the war as an officer in the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry. [1] He served as rank of captain until he retired around 1911 and was given the rank of Major. [4]

MacKethan married Lulie Williams Biggs in 1906, the granddaughter of Asa Biggs, they married in her home town Oxford, North Carolina. [5] [1] He had three children, [6] including a son Edwin Robeson MacKethan Jr. and grandson Edwin Robeson MacKethan III. [7]

He was a Democrat and a white supremacist and was elected in March 1900 as the president if the White Supremacy Club in Fayetteville. [8] He retired from the post by the end of the year as he was running for a seat in the House of Representatives. [9]

MacKethan was elected a represent Cumberland County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1901. [10] [11] Due to his military service he was selected as the chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs. [1] He later served as mayor of Fayetteville 1921–1923 and then he served in the North Carolina Senate from 1925–1929. [1] [12]

He was one of the incorporators of the Cumberland County Genealogical and Historical Society. [13] He was a state commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and a member of the Sons of the Revolution. [11]

MacKethan died on December 16, 1951, at the age of 82, after suffering a long illness. [12]

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  2. ↑ "Old Homes and Gardens of North Carolina". 1939.
  3. ↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (March 1972). "Cool Spring Place" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Order for military election". Fayetteville Weekly Observer. 15 February 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2024. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. ↑ "Interesting Carolinian: Mrs. E. R. MacKethan Is Loyal Tar Heel". The Charlotte Observer. 15 August 1948. p. 63. Retrieved 14 April 2024. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. ↑ "North Carolina Manual". 1925.
  7. ↑ "Edwin Robeson MacKethan, Jr. Papers, 1946-1984 | Sargeant Memorial Collection". smcarchives.libraryhost.com.
  8. ↑ "A fine gathering of cross creek democrats". Fayetteville Observer. 2 March 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 14 April 2024. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  9. ↑ "Hon D. H. McLean Speaks". The Farmer and Mechanic. 2 October 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2024. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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  11. 1 2 "Obituary for Edwin T MacKethan (Aged 82)". The News and Observer. 17 December 1951. p. 18. Retrieved 14 April 2024. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  12. 1 2 "Obituary for Edwin Robeson MacKethan". The Charlotte Observer. 17 December 1951. p. 6. Retrieved 13 April 2024. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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