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| Date Born: November 17, 1888 |
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Date Died: March 6, 1949 |
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| Place Born: Raleigh, NC |
Place Buried: Montlawn Memorial Park in Raleigh, NC |
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| Residence: Raleigh, NC |
Occupation: Education, Lawyer |
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Joseph Melville Broughton (born 17 November 1888 in Raleigh, North Carolina - died 6 March 1949 in Bethesda, Maryland) was the Democratic governor of the state of North Carolina from 1941 to 1945. A lawyer by training (and an alumnus of Harvard Law School), Broughton worked as a school principal and journalist before actively entering the legal profession. As governor, one of his major legacies was the extension of the public school term from six to nine months. In 1948, Broughton was elected to the US Senate, after defeating William B. Umstead, the appointed incumbent, in the Democratic primary. In November, Broughton won both a special election to complete the Senate term and an election for a full term. He took office on December 31, 1948, but his service in the Senate was brief, as he died in March of 1949. Broughton, Joseph Melville, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., November 17, 1888; attended the public schools; graduated from Hugh Morson Academy in 1906 and Wake Forest (NC) College in 1910; taught school in Bunn, NC. 1910-1912; reporter on a newspaper in Winston-Salem, NC, in 1912; attended Harvard University Law School in 1912 and 1913; admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced practice in Raleigh, NC, the same year; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member, State senate 1927-1929; Governor of North Carolina 1941-1945; served as a member of the board of trustees of Wake Forest College and of the University of North Carolina; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on November 2, 1948, to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1949, caused by the death of Josiah W. Bailey and at the same time was elected for the full term commencing January 3, 1949, and served from December 31, 1948, until his death in Washington, DC, March 6, 1949; interment in Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh, N.C. |
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