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He served as colonial governor in New Jersey (1758-1760) and Massachusetts. His reactions to the colonists' response to Parliamentary taxation deepened divisions between Parliament and the colonies. 

Working out of what became known as the Cupola House in Edenton, North Carolina, Corbin was the commissioned  land agent for the Earl of Granville (one of the eight Lords Proprietors who did sell back his land to the British Crown).  The proprietary agent and power of attorney for North Carolina also held numerous other provincial positions: a member of the governor's council, judge of the court of vice admiralty, an associate justice in the colony's general court system, colonel of the Chowan County militia, and a justice in Chowan's courts of pleas and quarter sessions. He fell out of Governor Dobbs' favor and eventually lost his numerous posts. He died in 1769.

Fauquier (1703-1768) served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1758 until his death in 1768.  He served during the terms of two absentee governors: John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, and Sir Jeffery Amherst. Largely via his friendship with the influential George Montagu-Dunk, 4th Earl of Halifax, Fauquier was offered the government role. He is known for steering Virginia through three difficult periods: Indian raids on the frontier, a compromise between colonials and English merchants regarding paper money, and the Stamp Act crisis. He occasionally disobeyed the orders of the Board of Trade and worked to balance the interests of the colonial elites and the English government. In 1756, he wrote An Essay on Ways and Means for Raising Money for the Support of the Present War, without Increasing the Public Debts. In it, he argued that the current taxation measures were insufficient to pay for an expensive Seven Years War. He proposed that the emphasis be on housing and not simply manufactured goods and the laboring classes. The second edition argued for a poll tax on estates and goods consumption.

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Born in New York on May 13, 1880. Cuddihy was a railroad car repairman for the Southern Railway at Spencer Shops in Rowan County, North Carolina. He additionally served as secretary for a labor union called Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen.

Born June 29, 1874, in Taylorsville, North Carolina. Linney was an attorney in Boone, North Carolina, who served as solicitor for the seventh judicial district (1906-1914) and U. S. District Attorney for the western district of North Carolina (1921-1927). He unsuccessfully ran for Congress on the Republican ticket in 1914 and 1918 and also for governor in 1916. During World War I, he was a member of the Watauga County Exemption Board.

Born February 4, 1860, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. Hendren was a lawyer in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, who served as chairman of the Wilkes County Exemption Board during World War I.

Born October 11, 1864, in Yadkin County, North Carolina. Gough moved to Robeson County around age eighteen, becoming one of Lumberton's most promising and prominent businessmen. He served as state senator representing Robeson County in the session of 1917 and was appointed to the State Prison Board by Gov. Thomas W. Bickett, a position he held from 1917 to 1921.

Born September 13, 1871, in New York City, New York. Polk, an attorney by training, was the U.S. Under Secretary of State from July 1, 1919, to June 15, 1919, and U.S. Secretary of State ad interim from February 14, 1920, to March 14, 1920.

Born August 6, 1870, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Register was the head physician at the state prison farm in Halifax County from about 1902 until his resignation in March 1917. In the months before his resignation, Dr. Register had a falling out with prison officials, namely Captain C. N. Christian, over what he considered to be an excessive and cruel use of corporal punishment. He became publicly critical of the state’s prison system and finally determined to leave his position following the passage of a law that would require a prison physician or clergyman to be present during the administration of whippings.

Frank Ramsay McNinch, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 27, 1873. McNinch served as mayor of Charlotte from 1917 to 1921.

Born August 27, 1893, in Blackstone, North Carolina. Isbell was employed at the Ohio Blower Company in Cleveland, Ohio, when he was drafted for military service during World War I. He served with the 317th Field Artillery and the 119th Infantry and saw combat in the Somme Offensive, Ypres-Lys, and the Defense Sector. He received an honorable discharge in April 1919.

Born April 6, 1872, in Franklin County, North Carolina. Wheless was a merchant in Louisburg, North Carolina.

Born June 3, 1878, in North Carolina. Patterson was a prominent farmer in the China Grove area of Rowan County.

Born January 13, 1895, in Henry, North Carolina. Hull was a farmer in Lincolnton when the United States rolled out a draft program to fight World War I.

Fred Edward Walker, born in Hampton, Virginia, on August 30, 1896. Walker served in the military during World War I and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. [Note: Digitized service records for Virginia were not available when research was conducted for this biography in 2020; therefore, specific information regarding his service could not be included in this entry.]

Born September 27, 1857, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. French was a West Point graduate and career army officer. During World War I, he served as commander of Camp Jackson (May 19, 1918 to August 31, 1918) and then Camp Sevier (until December 7, 1918).

Born January 20, 1854, near Pollocksville, North Carolina. Simmons was a United States Senator representing North Carolina from 1901 to 1931.

Born August 22, 1888, in Yorksville, South Carolina. Jonas was a prisoner on the #6 Township Chain Gang in Shelby, North Carolina, when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917. He was inducted into the service in October 1917 and served with the 119th Infantry until he was dishonorably discharged in March 1919.

Born July 11, 1879, near Concord, North Carolina. Means was a notorious criminal in his day, having worked for the Germans during World War I and eventually being brought up on murder charges in 1917.

Born February 22, 1881, in Jefferson, North Carolina. Gentry was a farmer and merchant in the Lansing community of Ashe County when he registered for the draft (World War I) in June 1917.

Born June 15, 1867, in Caswell County, North Carolina. A prominent businessman and banker, Holderness was twice elected to the state senate, winning his seat in 1916 and 1918. 

Major in US Army; commanded a detachment of men from Camp Polk during an attempted lynching in Winston-Salem in November 1918. Rode with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders and took part in the charge up San Juan Hill in 1897. Helped put down IWW raids in Arizona in 1918. Was part of Army forces that curtailed "Apache uprisings" in the west.

He signed a petition on behalf of the residents of Anson County requesting Arthur Dobbs create and appoint a patrol group to provide protection against Native Americans who were raiding their homes and farms.