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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | David S. Reid |
| Address | Rockingham County
Reidsville, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 19, 1813
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| Died | June 19, 1891
(78 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | REID, David Settle, (nephew of Thomas Settle), a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born near Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C., on April 19, 1813; attended the common schools and an academy; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1833 and commenced practice in Wentworth, N.C., the following year; member, State senate 1835-1842.
U.S. Representative (D-NC) 1843-47.
Governor (D-NC) 1851-54.
U.S. Senator (D-NC) 1854-59; chairman, Committee on Patents and the Patent Office (Thirty-fifth Congress).
Delegate to the peace convention held at Washington, D.C., in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; member of the State constitutional convention in 1875; practiced law at Reidsville, N.C., and died there June 19, 1891; interment in Greenview Cemetery.
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