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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Abraham Rencher |
| Address | Chatham County
Pittsboro, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 12, 1798
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| Died | July 06, 1883
(84 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
Sep 05, 2016 11:16pm |
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| Info | RENCHER, Abraham, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., August 12, 1798; tutored at home and attended the common schools and Pittsboro (N.C.) Academy; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1822; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Pittsboro, Chatham County, N.C.
U.S. Representative (NR,W-NC) 1829-39, 1841-43; declined to be candidate for renomination in 1843 on account of ill health
Minister to Portugal 1843-1847
Affiliated with the Democratic Party in 1851
Governor of New Mexico Territory 1857-1861
Retired to his home in Pittsboro, N.C.; died in Chapel Hill, N.C., on July 6, 1883; interment in St. Bartholomew’s Protestant Episcopal Churchyard, Pittsboro, N.C.
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