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| Affiliation | Federalist |
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| Name | James Iredell Jr. |
| Address | Chowan County
Edenton, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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November 02, 1788
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| Died | April 13, 1853
(64 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Dec 01, 2015 07:47pm |
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| Info | IREDELL, James, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Edenton, Chowan County, N.C., November 2, 1788; attended Edenton Academy and graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1806; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1809 and commenced practice in Edenton; during the War of 1812 served as captain of a company of Volunteers; member, State house of commons 1813, 1816-1828, served as speaker 1817-1828; judge of the superior court of North Carolina 1819.
Governor (F-NC) 1828. James H. Broussard, in his book "The Southern Federalists 1800-1816," calls Iredell a "confirmed but not blatant Federalist" (page 222).
Iredell, like many other North Carolina Federalists, supported Andrew Jackson's bid for the presidency.
U.S. Senator (D-NC) 12/15/1828-1831; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Twenty-first Congress).
Moved to Raleigh in 1830; resumed the practice of law; reporter of the supreme court of North Carolina 1840-1852; commissioner to revise the State laws 1836-1837; died in Edenton, N.C., April 13, 1853; interment in the Johnston Burial Ground on the Hayes plantation at Edenton.
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