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  Dockery, Oliver H.
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AffiliationRepublican  
  1885-01-01  
 
NameOliver H. Dockery
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Rockingham, North Carolina , United States
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Born August 12, 1830
DiedMarch 21, 1906 (75 years)
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Jan 20, 2022 04:22pm
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Info(son of Alfred Dockery), a Representative from North Carolina; born near Rockingham, Richmond County, N.C., August 12, 1830; attended the public schools and Wake Forest (N.C.) College; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1848; studied law, but never practiced; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1858 and 1859; served for a short time in the Confederate service, but withdrew and advocated sustaining the Federal Government.

U.S. Representative (R-NC) 1868-1871; chairman, Committee on the Freedmen’s Bureau (Forty-first Congress).

Nominee U.S. House (R-NC) 1870.

Resumed agricultural pursuits; member of the State constitutional convention in 1875.

Candidate for Governor (R-NC) 1888; recurring contender for Republican nomination 1872 to 1896

United States consul general at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1889-1893; resumed agricultural pursuits.

Contender for nomination for Governor (R-NC) 1896; after narrowly losing the nomination, ran for Lt. Governor (Pop-NC) 1896.

Died in Baltimore, Md., March 21, 1906; interment in the family cemetery at Mangum, Richmond County, N.C.

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Importance? 7.00000 Average

FAMILY
Father Alfred Dockery 1797-1875
Brother Henry C. Dockery 1849-1911

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/06/1900 NC - District 06 Lost 27.42% (-45.10%)
  11/08/1898 NC - District 06 Lost 42.78% (-14.43%)
  11/03/1896 NC Lt. Governor Lost 9.84% (-36.56%)
  08/13/1896 NC Lt. Governor - Pop Convention Won 73.56% (+47.12%)
  05/15/1896 NC Governor - R Convention Lost 40.21% (-2.49%)
  01/20/1891 NC US Senate Lost 0.68% (-85.03%)
  01/22/1889 NC US Senate Lost 29.38% (-41.25%)
  11/06/1888 NC Governor Lost 46.93% (-5.03%)
  11/02/1886 NC - District 06 Lost 0.24% (-62.05%)
  11/04/1884 NC - District 06 Lost 42.00% (-15.99%)
  05/01/1884 NC Governor - R Convention Lost 1.40% (-97.21%)
  11/07/1882 NC - District At Large Lost 49.85% (-0.20%)
  06/07/1882 NC - District At Large - LAP Convention Won 83.33% (+66.67%)
  07/07/1880 NC Governor - R Convention Lost 7.33% (-85.34%)
  11/28/1876 NC US Senate Lost 24.53% (-50.94%)
  11/07/1876 NC - District 06 Lost 0.03% (-62.62%)
  07/12/1876 NC Governor - R Convention Lost 27.08% (-45.83%)
  08/01/1872 NC - District 06 Lost 45.40% (-9.20%)
  04/17/1872 NC Governor - R Convention Lost 13.08% (-41.12%)
  08/04/1870 NC District 03 Lost 49.36% (-1.29%)
  11/03/1868 NC District 03 Won 53.42% (+6.84%)
  04/23/1868 NC District 03 Won 56.87% (+13.74%)
  02/26/1868 NC Lt Governor - R Convention Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  12/08/1864 NC Secretary of State Lost 4.23% (-15.67%)
ENDORSEMENTS
NC US President - Nov 03, 1896 D William Jennings Bryan