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| Name | J. Melville Broughton |
| Address | Wake County
Raleigh, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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November 17, 1888
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| Died | March 06, 1949
(60 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | BROUGHTON, Joseph Melville, a Senator and Governor from North Carolina; born in Raleigh, Wake County, NC, 11/17/1888; attended the public schools; was graduated from Hugh Morson Academy in 1906 and Wake Forest (N.C.) College in 1910; taught school in Bunn, N.C., 1910-1912; reporter on a newspaper in Winston-Salem NC, in 1912; attended Harvard University Law School in 1912 and 1913; was admitted to the bar in 1914 and commenced practice in Raleigh NC, the same year; also engaged in agricultural pursuits
NC Senate (D) 1927-1929
Governor (D-NC) 1941-1945
Served as a member of the board of trustees of Wake Forest College and of the University of North Carolina
US Senator (D-NC) 1948-1949
Died of a heart attack in Washington DC 3/6/1949 (NYT 3/8/1949); interment in Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh NC.
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