North Carolina General Assembly of 1835

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60th North Carolina General Assembly (1835)
1834-1835 1836–1837
Overview
Legislative body North Carolina General Assembly
Jurisdiction North Carolina, United States
Meeting place Raleigh
Term1835
Senate
Members65 Senators (one per county)
SpeakerWilliam D. Moseley
Clerk William J. Cowan
Assistant ClerkDaniel Coleman
DoorkeeperThomas B. Wheel
Assistant DoorkeeperGreen Hill
House of Commons
Members137 Delegates
Speaker William H. Haywood, Jr
Clerk Charles Manley
Assistant Clerk Edmund B. Freeman
Doorkeeper Isaac Truitt
Assistant DoorkeeperJohn Cooper
Sessions
1stNovember 16, 1835 – December 22, 1835

The North Carolina General Assembly of 1835 met in Raleigh from November 16, 1835 to December 22, 1835. The assembly consisted of the 137 members of the North Carolina House of Commons and 65 senators of North Carolina Senate elected by the voters in August 1835. This was the last assembly elected before the amendments to the Constitution of North Carolina from the North Carolina Constitutional Convention of 1835 took effect. Thus, the House of Commons included representatives from towns (also called Districts) and the number of members of the house was greater than 120. William H. Haywood, Jr was elected speaker of the House of Commons and Charles Manley was elected clerk. William D. Mosely was elected President of the Senate and William J. Cowan was elected Clerk. Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr. was elected the Governor by the assembly and served from December 10, 1835 to December 31, 1836. He was the last governor of North Carolina to be elected by the General Assembly. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Contents

Councilors of State

The General Assembly elected the following individuals to the Council of State on December 4, 1835: [6]

William Hill continued to serve as the North Carolina Secretary of State [9] Samuel F. Patterson was elected by the assembly to serve as North Carolina State Treasurer in 1835. John Reeves Jones Daniel was elected to serve as North Carolina Attorney General.

Membership of the assembly

House of Commons members

Speaker of the House of Commons William Henry Haywood, Jr NC-Congress-WilliamHenryHaywoodJr.jpg
Speaker of the House of Commons William Henry Haywood, Jr
Rep. William Alexander Graham William Alexander Graham - Brady-Handy.jpg
Rep. William Alexander Graham
Rep. Owen Rand Kenan Owen Rand Kenan.jpg
Rep. Owen Rand Kenan
Rep. Kenneth Rayner Kenneth Rayner.jpg
Rep. Kenneth Rayner
Edward Bishop Dudley Edward Bishop Dudley.jpg
Edward Bishop Dudley

There were 137 delegates in the House of Commons, two from each of the 65 counties and one from each of the seven towns/Districts. They elected William H. Haywood, Jr. from Wake County as their Speaker and Charles Manly from Wake County as their Clerk. [3] [1] [2] [6]

County/TownDelegate
Anson Jeremiah Benton
Anson John A. McRae
Ashe Jonathan Horton
Ashe Taliaferro Witcher
Beaufort Henry S. Clark
Beaufort S. Smallwood
Bertie John F. Lee
Bertie Thomas H. Speller
Bladen B. Fitzrandolph
Bladen Robert Lyon
Brunswick Abram Baker
Brunswick William R. Hall
Buncombe Nathaniel Harrison
Buncombe Joseph Pickett
Burke Edward J. Erwin
Burke James H. Perkins
Cabarrus George Barnhardt
Cabarrus Levi Hope
Camden J.S. Burgess
Camden James N. McPherson
Carteret James W. Hunt
Carteret Thomas Marshall
Caswell Stephen Dodson
Caswell Littleton A. Gwinn
Chatham R.C. Cotten
Chatham John S. Guthrie
Chowan William Beyrum
Chowan Thomas S. Hoskins
Columbus  Thomas Frink
Columbus  Marmaduke Powell
Craven John M. Bryan
Craven Abner Neale
Cumberland Dillon Jordan
Cumberland David McNeill
Currituck Joshua Harrison
Currituck Alfred Perkins
Davidson Charles Brummell
Davidson George Smith
Duplin James K. Hill
Duplin Owen Rand Kenan
Edgecombe S. DeBerry
Edgecombe Joseph J. Pipkin
Franklin Thomas Howerton
Franklin Simon G. Jeffreys
Gates Lemuel Riddick
Gates Whitmell Stallings
Granville Charles R. Eaton
Granville Elijah Hester
Greene James Harper
Greene Thomas Hooker
Guilford Ralph Gorrell [10]
Guilford Jesse H. Lindsay
Halifax Sterling H. Gee
Halifax William M. West
Haywood John L. Smith
Haywood Joseph H. Walker
Hertford R.C. Borland
Hertford Kenneth Rayner
Hyde R.M.G. Moore
Hyde John L. Swindell
Iredell James A. King
Iredell Solomon Lowdermilk
Johnston James Tomlinson
Johnston Kedar Whitley
Jones John H. Hammond
Jones James W. Howard
Lenoir Windall Davis
Lenoir Council Wooten
Lincoln Henry Cansler
Lincoln Michael Hoke
Macon James W. Gwinn
Macon Jacob Siler
Martin Raleigh Roebuck
Martin Alfred M. Slade [11]
Mecklenburg J.A. Dunn
Mecklenburg James M. Hutchison
Montgomery William Harris
Montgomery Peter R. Lilley
Moore John O. Kelly
Moore John A.D. McNeill
Nash Samuel Brown
Nash Ford Taylor
New Hanover Charles Henry
New Hanover John R. Walker
Northampton William E. Crump
Northampton Roderick B. Gary
Onslow Daniel S. Sanders
Onslow Daniel Thompson
Orange James Forest
Orange John Stockard
Pasquotank Thomas Bell
Pasquotank John B. Muse
Perquimans Josiah T. Granberry
Perquimans Jonathan H. Jacocks
Person Robert Jones
Person James M. Williamson
Pitt J.L. Foreman
Pitt Macon Moye
Randolph  William B. Lane
Randolph  Zebedee Rush
Richmond John R. Buie
Richmond George Thomas
Robeson Oliver K. Tuton
Robeson Alexander Watson
Rockingham Blake W. Brasswell
Rockingham Philip Irion
Rowan John Clements
Rowan Jesse W. Wharton
Rutherford John H. Bedford
Rutherford Joseph M.D. Carson
Sampson Isaac W. Lane
Sampson Dickson Sloan
Stokes Caleb H. Matthews
Stokes John F. Poindexter
Surry Thomas L. Clingman
Surry Mordecai Fleming
Tyrrell Thomas Hassell
Tyrrell Charles McCleese
Wake William Henry Haywood, Jr.
Wake Allen Rogers
Warren  John H. Hawkins
Warren  Thomas I. Judkins
Washington A. Davenport
Washington Uriah H. Swanner
Wayne Calvin Coor
Wayne Giles Smith
Wilkes William Horton
Wilkes Benjamin F. Martin
Yancey Samuel Byrd
Yancey May Jervis
Town of Edenton Hugh W. Collins
Town of Fayetteville Thomas L. Hybart
Town of Halifax Robert C. Bond
Town of Hillsborough William Alexander Graham
Town of New Bern Matthias Evans Manly
Town of Salisbury William Chambers
Town of Wilmington Edward Bishop Dudley [note 2] [12]

Senate members

Sen. William Dunn Moseley William Dunn Moseley daguerreotype.jpg
Sen. William Dunn Moseley

There were 65 Senators in the Senate, one from each of the 65 counties in North Carolina. [4] [1] [2]

County/TownSenator
AnsonAlexander Little
AsheJohn Gambill
BeaufortJames O'Kelly Williams
BertieAlexander W. Mebane
BladenGeorge Cromartie
Brunswick Frederick Jones Hill [13]
BuncombeHodge Rabun
BurkePeter Ballew
CabarrusDavid Long
CamdenThomas Tillett
Carteret James West Bryan [14]
CaswellJames Kerr
ChathamHugh McQueen
ChowanWilliam Bullock
ColumbusCaleb Stephens
CravenThomas J. Pasteur
CumberlandDuncan McCormick
CurrituckDaniel Lindsay, Jr.
DavidsonJohn A. Hogan
DuplinJohn E. Hussey
EdgecombeBenjamin Sharpe
FranklinHenry G. Williams
GatesWilliam W. Cowper
GranvilleJames Wyche
GreeneWyatt Moye
GuilfordJames T. Morehead
Halifax Andrew Joyner [15]
HaywoodNinian Edmonston
HertfordJohn Vann
HydeWilliam Selby
IredellJohn M. Young
JohnstonJosiah Houlder
JonesJames Harrison
Lenoir William Dunn Moseley [16]
LincolnJohn B. Harry
MaconBenjamin S. Brittain
MartinJesse Cooper
MecklenburgStephen Fox
MontgomeryReuben Kendall
MooreCornelius Dowd
Nash Samuel L. Arrington
New HanoverLouis H. Marsteller
NorthamptonWilliam Moody
OnslowDavid W. Simmons
OrangeJoseph Allison
PasquotankFrederick Whitehurst
PerquimansJesse Wilson
PersonIsham Edwards
PittAlfred Moye
RandolphAlfred Staley
RichmondAlexander Martin
RobesonMalcolm Patterson
Rockingham David S. Reid
Rowan Thomas Gilchrist Polk [17]
RutherfordAlanson W. Moore
SampsonEdward C. Gavin
StokesMatthew R. Moore
SurryHarrison M. Waugh
Tyrrell George H. Alexander
WakeSamuel Whitaker
Warren Weldon Nathaniel Edwards [18]
WashingtonJohn B. Beasley
WayneJohn Exum
Wilkes James Wellborn/Welborn [19]
YanceyThomas Baker

Acts passed by the assembly

The following acts were passed by this General Assembly: [20]

See also

Notes

  1. Louis D. Henry resigned on July 16, 1836
  2. Edward Bishop Dudley is referred to as Edward M. Dudley in some references.

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