August I, 1936
THE STATE
Page Seven
They Made Good Elsewhere
About two months ago we suggested to Pete
Murphy that he write us a series of articles about
North Carolinians who had achieved political
success in other states. Mr. Murphy said he
would be glad to do so. The first of this series
of articles appeared in the May 23 issue and had
to do with Tar Heels who emigrated to Alabama
and made good there.
After having written that first piece, Pete must
have been caught in the whirl of the political
campaign, because we didn't hear any more from
him. However, while in Greensboro recently,
he promised to continue the articles, so here is the
second one. We believe you will want to keep a
permanent file of these brief biographies.
Ky Walter ('•Pete") Murphy
ARKANSAS
Poindexter Dunn
Horn near Raleigh, N. C.,
in 1834, moved to Alabama,
(lienee to Arkansas, captain
C. S. A.; elected a member
of the national House of
Representatives in 1878
and served until 1889;
moved to Texas, died in
Texarkana, ’lex., 1905.
Lucien Cotesworth Gause
Horn in Hr II II s w i e
к
County, N. ('., 1836; moved
to Tennessee, graduated at
the University of Virginia;
Colonel C. S. A.; elected
a member of the national
House of Representatives,
served from 1875 until 1879; died 1890.
James P. Eagle
Horn in Rowan County, N. (’., in
1842; moved to Arkansas at an early
age; elected Governor of Arkansas in
1889 and served until 1893 (not men¬
tioned in previous list of governors).
John Henry Rogers
Horn in Bertie County, N. C.. in
1845, moved to Mississippi in 1852,
graduated al the University of Missis¬
sippi in 1868, moved to Arkansas in
1869 ; circuit judge 1877 to 1882; 1st
Lieut. ('. S. A.; elected as a member of
the national House of Representatives
in 1882; served until 1892; appointed
Г.
S. District Judge by Mr. Cleveland
in 1896; served until his death in 191 1,
died April 16, 1911.
William Leake Terry
Horn near Wadesboru, N. (’.. in
1850; graduated from Trinity College.
N. C., in 1872; elected to the national
House of Representatives in 1890;
served until 1901, died in 1917.
Archibald Yell
Horn in I’niou County, N. C\, (at
that time Anson County) in 1797;
moved to Tennessee, served under
Jackson at the battle of New Orleans,
appointed judge of Arkansas Territory
by President Jackson in 1832; was
elected to the national House of Repre¬
sentatives in 1836; served until 1839;
Governor of Arkansas 1840-44; again
elected to Congress ; re-signed to lake-
part in the war with Mexico; colonel
of the 1st Arkansas Rcgt.; killed al the
battle of Huena Vista 1847.
Joseph M. Hill
A son of General IX H. Hill, of the
Confederate army, a grandson of Dr.
Robert Hall Morrison, the first pres¬
ident of Davidson College, a brother of
Dr. IX H. Hill, late president of the
A. and M. College at Raleigh; for a
uiiinlier of years was Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Arkansas. 11. G.
Runn, of Nash County, preceded
Justice Hill, as Chief Justice; It. T.
Fuller a native of Caswell County was
both a superior and supreme judge,
and Isaac Baker of Brunswick County
and J. M. Townsend of Perquimans
< 'utility held the olliee of superior court
judges.
CONNECTICUT
Joseph R. Hawley
Horn in Slcwnrtsville, North Caro¬
lina. October 31. 1826; graduated from
Hamilton College 1847; la-gnn the
practice of law in Hartford, Con¬
necticut in 1850. Hawley was a cap¬
tain in the first Connecticut regiment
in the first battle of Hull Run; later he
.
. Handed a brigade in the Florida
campaign; be also participated in the
campaigns around Richmond and
Petersburg; was made a brigadier
general and in 1865 was brevetted
major general of Volunteers; in 1866-
67 was governor of Connecticut; a
member of the lower House of Con¬
gress in 1872, elevated to the Senate
in 1880 and served until 1905. He
was president of the Centennial Com¬
mission and directed the great exposi¬
tion in Philadelphia in
1876, with great skill and
satisfaction to the public.
General Hawley was editor
of the II ail foril Con mill,
one of the great and power¬
ful papers of tin- period and
be served in the editorial
harness from 1857 to 1905.
FLORIDA
•Sketches of governors
Jackson. Branch, Eaton
and Mosely have appeared
in a previous issue.
Robert Bullock
A Representative in tin-
lower House of Congress,
was born in Greenville. Pill
County, N. C., December
8. 1828; moved to Florida in 1841 and
settled near the present city of Ocala,
taught school.
!«•<
nme clerk of the cir¬
cuit court in 1849; in 1856 was com¬
missioned by the governor to raise a
mounted company of volunteers for
suppression of Indian hostilities; the
company was mustered into the service
of the I'niled States; during the war
I’CtWccn the States. Bullock entered the
Confederate army as a captain in the
7th regiment of Florida Volunteers;
promoted to colonel in 1863 and briga¬
dier general in 1865; studied law and
entered polities; elected to the lower
House of Congress and served from
1889 to 1893; elected judge of Marion
County in 1903 ami served until his
death in 1905.
GEORGIA
Duncan Lamont Clinch
Horn in Fdgeeome County in 1787,
entered the United Slates Army as first
lieutenant in 1808; promoted' to cap¬
tain in 1810; appointed Lieutenant
Colonel Forty-third Regiment IT. S. In¬
fantry 1813; became colonel of the
Eighth Regiment U. S. Infantry
1819; brigadier general 1829; com¬
manded at the battle of Ouithlncooohc
against the Seuiinoles in 1835; re¬
signed from the army in 1836, elected
to the lower House of Congress and
served 1844-45, died 1849.
Howell Cobb
Horn in Granville County, 1772,
moved to Georgia, where be U-cuiiie a
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