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Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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Name | Peter Forney |
Address | Lincoln County , North Carolina , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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April 21, 1756
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Died | February 01, 1834
(77 years)
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Contributor | Chronicler |
Last Modifed | Chronicler Apr 21, 2021 07:49am |
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Info | FORNEY, Peter, (father of Daniel Munroe Forney and grandfather of William Henry Forney), a Representative from North Carolina; born near Lincolnton, Lincoln County, N.C., April 21, 1756; attended the public schools; served as a captain during the Revolutionary War; engaged in the manufacture of iron; member of the State house of commons 1794-1796; served in the State senate in 1801 and 1802
U.S. Rep (DR-NC) 1813-15
Presidential Elector (DR-NC) 1804, 1808, 1816; (Peo) 1824; (D) 1828.
Retired from public life; died at his country home, "Mount Welcome," in Lincoln County, N.C., on February 1, 1834; interment in the private burying ground on his estate.
The epitaph on his tombstone reads "I was a Presidential Elector."
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The North Carolina Electoral College: the People and the Process Behind the Vote, Raleigh NC: Office of the Secretary of State, 1988. |
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