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| Affiliation | Independent Democrat |
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| Name | Duncan K. McRae |
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Raleigh, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 16, 1820
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| Died | February 12, 1888
(67 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Aug 16, 2020 03:31pm |
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| Info | McRAE, Duncan Kirkland - Democratic politician in North Carolina.
Born in Fayetteville NC on 8/16/1820.
Attended the University of Virginia and William and Mary.
Studied law with Robert Strange.
NC House (D-Cumberland) 1842-1843
Founded a short-lived Raleigh newspaper with Perrin Busbee, named the Democratic Signal, 1843
Served as consul with the Ambassador to France during the Pierce administration.
Candidate for Governor (ID-NC) 1858. Ran as the Land Distribution Democratic nominee, calling for public lands given by NC to the federal government in 1790 to be sold and the money granted to North Carolina.
Published a law journal in Memphis TN during Reconstruction, later moved to Chicago.
Returned to Wilmington NC in his later years.
Died at his daughter's house in Brooklyn NY on 2/12/1888 (Raleigh State Chronicle, 2/24/1888).
John H. Wheeler, Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians, p. |
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