|
North Carolina
State House of Commons |
|
1862-1863 |
| This General Assembly met from November
17th to December 22nd in 1862. A Special Session was called from
January 19th to February 12th in 1863. A second Special Session
was called from June 30th to July 7th in 1863. A third Special
Session was called from November 23rd to December 14th in 1863.
A fourth Special Session was convened in late May of 1864. |
|
County |
Number of
Delegates Authorized |
Delegate(s) |
|
Alamance |
2 |
Rufus Y. McAden, E.F. Watson |
|
Alexander |
1 |
John M. Carson |
|
Anson |
2 |
R.H. Burns, Purdie Richardson |
|
Ashe |
1 |
James M. Gentry |
|
Beaufort |
2 |
Richard S. Donnell*, William
M. Carter |
|
Bertie |
2 |
Peyton T. Henry, James Bond |
|
Bladen |
1 |
J.W. Russ |
|
Brunswick |
1 |
Daniel L. Russell, Jr. |
|
Buncombe |
1 |
John Burgin |
|
Burke |
1 |
John Parks |
|
Cabarrus |
1 |
William S. Harris |
|
Caldwell |
1 |
Matthias A. Bernhardt |
|
Camden |
1 |
John Forbes |
|
Carteret |
1 |
Unknown / Vacant |
|
Caswell |
2 |
Samuel S. Harrison, William
Long |
|
Catawba |
1 |
George S. Hooper (1) / Horace L. Robards (1) / W.P.
Reinhardt (1) |
|
Chatham |
3 |
Thomas B. Harris, William J.
Headen, Maurice Q. Waddell |
|
Cherokee |
1 |
James H. Bryson (2) / John W. Fentress (2) |
|
Chowan |
1 |
Lemuel C. Benbury |
|
Cleveland |
2 |
John R. Logan, David Beam |
|
Columbus |
1 |
William M. Baldwin (3) |
|
Craven |
2 |
J.B.J. Barrow (4) / Thomas H.
Gaskins (4), Richard A. Russell |
|
Cumberland |
3 |
John McCormick, Neill McKay,
Jesse G. Shepherd |
|
Currituck |
1 |
Burwell M. Baxter |
|
Davidson |
2 |
Robert L. Beall, Henry Walser |
|
Davie |
1 |
Henry B. Howard |
|
Duplin |
2 |
John D. Stanford, L.W. Hodges |
|
Edgecombe |
2 |
Robert Bynum, David Cobb |
|
Forsyth |
2 |
E. Kerner, John P. Nissen |
|
Franklin |
1 |
A.W. Pearce |
|
Gaston |
1 |
A.W. Davenport |
|
Gates |
1 |
William H. Manning |
|
Granville |
3 |
Robert B. Gilliam*, James S.
Amis, Eugene Grissom |
|
Greene |
1 |
Henry H. Best |
|
Guilford |
3 |
R.W. Glenn, M.S. Sherwood, William
R. Smith |
|
Halifax |
2 |
Archibald H. Davis, Henry Joyner |
|
Haywood |
1 |
Samuel L. Love |
|
Henderson |
1 |
Alexander Henry |
|
Hertford |
1 |
John A. Vann |
|
Hyde |
1 |
Edward L. Mann |
|
Iredell |
2 |
Thomas A. Allison, John Young |
|
Jackson |
1 |
Joseph Keener |
|
Johnston |
2 |
W.H. Avera, Seth Woodall |
|
Jones |
1 |
Anthony E. Rhodes |
|
Lenoir |
1 |
William W. Dunn |
|
Lincoln |
1 |
Ambrose White |
|
Macon |
1 |
J.M. Lyle |
|
Madison |
1 |
Jesse Wallen |
|
Martin |
1 |
James Robinson |
|
McDowell |
1 |
William F. Craig |
|
Mecklenburg |
2 |
John L. Brown, E.C. Grier |
|
Montgomery |
1 |
Edmund G.L. Barringer |
|
Moore |
1 |
Alexander Kelly |
|
Nash |
1 |
Henry G. Williams |
|
New Hanover |
2 |
Samuel J. Person, John R. Hawes |
|
Northampton |
2 |
Williamn W. Peebles, Samuel
T. Stancil |
|
Onslow |
1 |
James H. Foy |
|
Orange |
2 |
William N. Patterson, John Berry |
|
Pasquotank |
1 |
William E. Mann |
|
Perquimans |
1 |
James H. Riddick |
|
Person |
1 |
M.D.C. Bumpass |
|
Pitt |
2 |
Burton J. Albritton, Churchill
Perkins |
|
Randolph |
2 |
Jonathan Worth (5) / Isaac H.
Foust (5), Marmaduke S. Robins |
|
Richmond |
1 |
Sanders M. Ingram |
|
Robeson |
2 |
Neill McNeill, Murdock McRae |
|
Rockingham |
2 |
W.J. Gilliam, James I. Reynolds |
|
Rowan |
2 |
Nathan Neely Fleming (6), F.E.
Shober |
|
Rutherford |
2 |
A.R. Bryan, J.B. Carpenter |
|
Sampson |
2 |
William Kirby, D.A. Bizzell (7) / Thomas H. Powell
(7) |
|
Stanly |
1 |
Lafayette Green |
|
Stokes |
1 |
William H. Flynt |
|
Surry |
1 |
Joseph Hollingsworth |
|
Tyrrell |
1 |
Eli Spruill |
|
Union |
1 |
Cyrus Q. Lemmond |
|
Wake |
3 |
J.H. Alford, William Laws, Daniel
G. Fowle (8) / Calvin J. Rogers (8) |
|
Warren |
2 |
L. Henderson, Thomas J. Judkins |
|
Washington |
1 |
James H. Smith (9) |
|
Watauga |
1 |
William Horton |
|
Wayne |
2 |
Marcus K. Crawford, B.B. Rives |
|
Wilkes |
2 |
W.W. Hampton, E.M. Welborn |
|
Yadkin |
1 |
Andrew C. Cowles |
|
Yancey |
1 |
D.M. Young |
| * Robert B. Gilliam was elected Speaker
of the House of Commons. He was soon elected as a Judge on the
NC Superior Court. Richard S. Donnell was then elected as Spearker
of the House of Commons. Henry E. Colton was Clerk. |
| (1) George S. Hooper resigned his
seat, reason and date unknown. Horace L. Robards was elected
to replace him. W.P. Reinhardt attended the last Special Session,
indicating that he was elected to replace Horace L. Robards,
who had apparently joined the Confederate Army. |
| (2) James H. Bryson resigned his
seat, reason and date unknown. John W. Fentress was elected to
replace him and he took his seat for the third Special Session., |
| (3) William M. Baldwin resigned his
seat, reason and date unknown. There is no record of anyone replacing
him during this General Assembly. |
| (4) J.B.J. Barrow died before taking
office. Thomas H. Gaskins was elected to replace him and he took
his seat at the second Special Session. |
| (5) Jonathan Worth resigned his seat
after being elected as NC State Treasurer. Isaac H. Foust was
elected to replace him, and he took his seat at the first Special
Session. |
| (6) Nathan Neely Fleming was killed
at the battle of the Wilderness (Virginia - May 5-7, 1864). |
| (7) D.A. Bizzell died in office. Thomas H. Powell
was elected to replace him and he took his seat at the second
Special Session. |
| (8) Daniel G. Fowle resigned his seat, date unknown,
after being appointed as NC State Adjutant General. Calvin J.
Rogers was elected to replace him and he took his seat at the
second Special Session. |
| (9) James H. Smith took his seat at the first
Special Session. |
