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| Date Born: 1769 |
Date Died: September 26, 1829 |
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| Place Born: Sampson County, NC |
Place Buried: Sampson County, NC |
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| Residence: Sampson County, NC |
Occupation: Lawyer |
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| Gabriel Holmes (1769 - 26 September 1829) was the governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1821 to 1824. He was not affiliated with any party. a Representative from North Carolina; born near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., in 1769; attended Zion Parnassus Academy in Rowan County and Harvard University; studied law in Raleigh, N.C.; was admitted to the bar in 1790 and commenced practice in Clinton, N.C.; served in the State house of commons 1794 and 1795; member of the State senate 1797-1802, 1812, and 1813; Governor of North Carolina 1821-1824; elected to the Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1825, until his death near Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., September 26, 1829; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Twentieth Congress); interment in the family burial plot on his estate. | |||||
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