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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | John Pool |
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Elizabeth City, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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June 16, 1826
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| Died | August 16, 1884
(58 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | POOL, John, (uncle of Walter Freshwater Pool), a Senator from North Carolina; born near Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N.C., June 16, 1826; was tutored at home and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1847; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1847 and practiced in Elizabeth City, N.C., 1847-1856; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member, State senate 1856, 1858, 1864-1865.
Candidate for Governor (W-NC) 1860
Delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865.
US Senator (NU-NC) [1865], (R-NC) 7/4/1868-73; chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Forty-second Congress).
Resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C., where he died August 16, 1884; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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