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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Henry E. Frye |
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Greensboro, North Carolina , United States |
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August 01, 1932
(91 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
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| Info | Henry E. Frye is an American judge and politician who concluded his public-service career as the first African-American chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
He was born August 1, 1932 in Richmond County, North Carolina. Frye reached the rank of captain in the United States Air Force, serving in Korea and Japan. He went on to become the first African-American to complete a full Law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
When Frye was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly as a state representative in 1968, he was the only black North Carolina legislator, and the first elected in the 20th century. He was re-elected several times to the state House, serving until 1980, and served one term in the state Senate from 1981 to 1982.
In 1983, Governor Jim Hunt appointed Frye to the North Carolina Supreme Court as an associate justice, the first African-American to hold that position in North Carolina history. Elected in 1984 to the court and re-elected in 1992, Jim Hunt appointed Frye to the state's highest judicial post, chief justice, in 1999 to replace the retiring Burley Mitchell. He was defeated for election to a full term in 2000 by Associate Justice I. Beverly Lake. Frye currently practices law with Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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