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| Name | Daniel G. Fowle |
| Address | 2 W Davie Street
Raleigh, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 03, 1831
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| Died | April 07, 1891
(60 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Apr 27, 2020 08:02am |
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| Info | FOWLE, Daniel G(ould), Democratic politician and North Carolina Governor.
Born in 1831 in Washington NC; parents were Samuel R. and Martha B. (Marsh) Fowle.
Graduate of Princeton University.
Admitted to the bar, 1853.
During the Civil War, Fowle served in the 14th and 31st NC regiments. He was captured and paroled at Roanoke Island.
NC House (Wake) 1862-1863, 1864-1865
NC Adjutant General 1863
Superior Court Judge 1865-1867; resigned when Gen. Sickles would not permit the carrying out of the corporal punishment of a black man convicted of a crime under questionable circumstances.
Leader of the Conservative Party during Reconstruction in NC and was the defense attorney for the Klan leaders who were taken to court by the Republican governors.
By the late 1870s, Fowle and Lt. Gov. Jarvis became the leaders of the two factions of the state Democratic Party. Their intense hatred of each other was mentioned in the New York Times on 4/12/1878, when both were jockeying for position in the 1880 nomination for Governor. Fowle was the leader of the faction that supported the Union during the Civil War [NYT 6/17/1880].
Candidate for NC Governor at the Democratic state convention, 1880; narrowly defeated for nomination. [NYT 6/17/1880]
Governor (D-NC) 1889-1891 (died in office). Nominated on the 23d ballot in a bitterly divided Democratic state convention, 1888. The NC governor's mansion was constructed during his term.
Died at 11:30 p.m. EST on 4/7/1891; remains interred in Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh. [Link]
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NC Government; NYT 4/8/1891 |
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