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60th North Carolina General Assembly (1835)
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Overview
Legislative bodyNorth Carolina General Assembly
JurisdictionNorth Carolina, United States
Meeting placeRaleigh
Term1835
Senate
Members65 Senators (one per county)
SpeakerWilliam D. Moseley
ClerkWilliam J. Cowan
Assistant ClerkDaniel Coleman
DoorkeeperThomas B. Wheel
Assistant DoorkeeperGreen Hill
House of Commons
Members137 Delegates
SpeakerWilliam H. Haywood, Jr
ClerkCharles Manley
Assistant ClerkEdmund B. Freeman
DoorkeeperIsaac 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]

Councilors of State

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

  • Allen Rogers, Wake County (elected President of the Council)
  • Thomas B. Haywood (elected Secretary of the Council)
  • William Shepperd Ashe, New Hanover County
  • Peter H. Dillard, Rockingham County
  • Louis D. Henry, Cumberland County[note 1]
  • Henry Skinner, Perquimans County
  • Daniel Turner, Warren County[8]
  • George Williamson, Caswell County

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

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House of Commons members

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Speaker of the House of Commons William Henry Haywood, Jr
Rep. William Alexander Graham
Rep. Owen Rand Kenan
Rep. Kenneth Rayner
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/Town Delegate
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

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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/Town Senator
Anson Alexander Little
Ashe John Gambill
Beaufort James O'Kelly Williams
Bertie Alexander W. Mebane
Bladen George Cromartie
Brunswick Frederick Jones Hill[13]
Buncombe Hodge Rabun
Burke Peter Ballew
Cabarrus David Long
Camden Thomas Tillett
Carteret James West Bryan[14]
Caswell James Kerr
Chatham Hugh McQueen
Chowan William Bullock
Columbus Caleb Stephens
Craven Thomas J. Pasteur
Cumberland Duncan McCormick
Currituck Daniel Lindsay, Jr.
Davidson John A. Hogan
Duplin John E. Hussey
Edgecombe Benjamin Sharpe
Franklin Henry G. Williams
Gates William W. Cowper
Granville James Wyche
Greene Wyatt Moye
Guilford James T. Morehead
Halifax Andrew Joyner[15]
Haywood Ninian Edmonston
Hertford John Vann
Hyde William Selby
Iredell John M. Young
Johnston Josiah Houlder
Jones James Harrison
Lenoir William Dunn Moseley[16]
Lincoln John B. Harry
Macon Benjamin S. Brittain
Martin Jesse Cooper
Mecklenburg Stephen Fox
Montgomery Reuben Kendall
Moore Cornelius Dowd
Nash  Samuel L. Arrington
New Hanover Louis H. Marsteller
Northampton William Moody
Onslow David W. Simmons
Orange Joseph Allison
Pasquotank Frederick Whitehurst
Perquimans Jesse Wilson
Person Isham Edwards
Pitt Alfred Moye
Randolph Alfred Staley
Richmond Alexander Martin
Robeson Malcolm Patterson
Rockingham  David S. Reid
Rowan Thomas Gilchrist Polk[17]
Rutherford Alanson W. Moore
Sampson Edward C. Gavin
Stokes Matthew R. Moore
Surry Harrison M. Waugh
Tyrrell  George H. Alexander
Wake Samuel Whitaker
Warren Weldon Nathaniel Edwards[18]
Washington John B. Beasley
Wayne John Exum
Wilkes James Wellborn/Welborn[19]
Yancey Thomas Baker

Acts passed by the assembly

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

  • Implementation of the new election procedures enacted in the constitution convention, including duties of the sheriffs
  • Suppression of the vice of gambling in the state
  • Disposition of un-surveyed Cherokee lands in Haywood and Macon Counties
  • Various acts dealing with Banks, the poor, hawking and peddling, county registers, and veteran seamen
  • Completion of the construction of the state capital
  • Chartering of railroad companies in the state
  • Regulation of slavery
  • Regulation of the state militia
  • Incorporation of schools

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c Connor, R.D.D. (1913). A Manual of North Carolina (PDF). Raleigh: North Carolina Historical Commission. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Wheeler, John Hill (1874). "The Legislative Manual and Political Register of the State of North Carolina". google.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Lewis, J.D. "North Carolina State House 1835". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Lewis, J.D. "North Carolina State Senators 1835". The American Revolution in North Carolina. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  5. ^ Norris, David A. (2006). "North Carolina Capitals, Colonial and State". NCPedia.org. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Cheney, John L. Jr. (1974). North Carolina Government, 1585–1974.
  7. ^ Journal of the Senate and House of Commons of the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina at the Session of 1835. Lawrence and Lamay. 1836. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  8. ^ Mcfarland, Daniel M. (1996). "Daniel Turner". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  9. ^ York, Maury (1988). "William Hill". NCPedia. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  10. ^ Bell, John L. Jr. (1986). "Ralph Gorrell". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  11. ^ Howerton, Timothy L. (1994). "Alfred M. Slade". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  12. ^ McFarland, Daniel M. (1986). "Edward Bishop Dudley". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  13. ^ London, Lawrence F. (1988). "Fredrick Jones Hill". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  14. ^ Carroway, Gertrude S. (1979). "James West Bryan". NCPedia.
  15. ^ Murphy, Eva (1968). "Andrew Joyner". NCPedia.
  16. ^ Powell, William S. (1991). "William Dunn Moseley". NCPedia. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  17. ^ Kirkman, Roger N. (1994). "Thomas Gilchrist Polk". NCPedia.com. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  18. ^ McFarland, Daniel M. (1986). "Nathaniel Weldon Edwards". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  19. ^ Powell, William S. (1996). "James Welborn". NCPEDIA. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  20. ^ Spaight, Richard D. (1836). Acts passed by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina by the Session of 1835. Raleigh, North Carolina: Philo White, Publisher to the State. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
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