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| Affiliation | Conservative |
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| Name | Francis E. Shober |
| Address | Rowan County
Salisbury, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 12, 1831
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| Died | May 29, 1896
(65 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | SHOBER, Francis Edwin, (father of Francis Emanuel Shober), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Salem (now Winston-Salem), N.C., March 12, 1831; attended the common schools and the Moravian School, Bethlehem, Pa.; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1851; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Salisbury, N.C., in 1854; member of the State house of commons in 1862 and 1864; served in the State senate in 1865.
U.S. Representative (C-NC) 1869-73.
Delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1875; county judge of Rowan County in 1877 and 1878; appointed Chief Clerk of the United States Senate in the Forty-fifth Congress; upon the death of Secretary John C. Burch in the Forty-seventh Congress was appointed Acting Secretary of the Senate and served from October 24, 1881, to March 3, 1883; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1880 and 1884; again a member of the State senate in 1887; resumed the practice of his profession; died in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., May 29, 1896; interment in Oakdale Cemetery.
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