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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | Richard S. Donnell |
| Address | Craven County
New Bern, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 20, 1820
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| Died | June 03, 1867
(46 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | DONNELL, Richard Spaight, (grandson of Richard Dobbs Spaight Sr.), a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, N.C., September 20, 1820; attended New Bern Academy and Yale College; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1839; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in New Bern, N.C.; elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); was not a candidate for renomination in 1848; resumed the practice of law in Washington, N.C.; delegate to the State secession convention in 1861 and to the State constitutional convention in 1865; member of the State house of commons in 1862 and 1864, and served as speaker; died in New Bern, N.C., June 3, 1867; interment in Cedar Grove Cemetery.
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