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  Nichols, John
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AffiliationRepublican  
  1888-01-01  
 
NameJohn Nichols
Address Wake County
Raleigh, North Carolina , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born November 14, 1834
DiedSeptember 22, 1917 (82 years)
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifedE Pluribus Unum
Jan 30, 2024 08:36pm
Tags Freemason - Union Member -
InfoNICHOLS, John, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Eagle Rock, Wake County, N.C., November 14, 1834; attended the common schools; learned the printing trade, serving six years; at the age of twenty-one attended Lovejoy Academy, Raleigh, N.C., for one year; engaged in the book and job printing business and newspaper publishing; principal of the North Carolina Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind 1873-1877; revenue-stamp agent in Durham, N.C., 1879-1881

Postmaster of Raleigh, N.C., 1881-1885; removed by the incoming Cleveland administration for hiring Negro clerks (Raleigh News & Observer, 9/15/1886).

Secretary and treasurer of the State fair association.

U.S. Representative (I/R-NC) 1887-1889. Unsuccessful Republican candidate for reelection in 1888.

Leader in the Masonic movement and Knights of Labor in North Carolina.

Chief of the division of mail and files, Treasury Department, 1889-1893; private secretary to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 1893. Returned to Raleigh, N.C., and served in the office of the collector of internal revenue from November 26 to December 17, 1893; appointed United States commissioner for the eastern district of North Carolina on July 1, 1897, and served until his death in Raleigh, N.C., September 22, 1917; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.

[Link] ; Greensboro North State 5/24/1888

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  11/06/1888 NC - District 04 Lost 46.56% (-6.86%)
  11/02/1886 NC - District 04 Won 52.37% (+4.75%)
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US House Speaker - Dec 05, 1887 R Charles N. Brumm