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| Affiliation | Whig |
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| Name | Anderson Mitchell |
| Address | Wilkes County
Wilkesboro, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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June 13, 1800
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| Died | December 24, 1876
(76 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | MITCHELL, Anderson, a Representative from North Carolina; born on a farm near Milton, Caswell County, N.C., June 13, 1800; attended Bingham’s School, Orange County, N.C., and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1821; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Morganton, Burke County, N.C., in 1830; moved to Jefferson, Ashe County, N.C., in 1831; clerk of the superior court of Ashe County; moved to Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, N.C., in 1835, and resumed the practice of law
State Senator (W) 1842
U.S. Representative (NC-W) 4/27/1842-1843; Whig candidate for re-election 1843.
NC House 1852-1854
NC Senate 1860
Delegate to the State convention of May 20, 1861, that passed the ordinance of secession, and voted against secession; was appointed judge of the superior court by Provisional Governor Holden in September 1865, subsequently elected and reelected, and served until June 30, 1875, when he resigned; died in Statesville, N.C., December 24, 1876; interment in the Presbyterian Cemetery.
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