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Calvin Graves of Caswell County was a farmer, lawyer and Speaker of the N.C. House and Senate. Lawrence calls him \"the man who showed a greater display of political courage than any other man in the history of the state.\" The event happened during the Assembly session of 1848-1849. There was a tie vote on a railroad issue important to the state. Though his party opposed it, Graves voted for it, thereby ending any political future he might have had.
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38213
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Senate president Calvin Graves’ conclusion, that North Carolina needed railroads, brought a better connection between the state’s crop producing west and machinery producing east. Results were the founding of cities such as Burlington and creation of conduits for ports such Wilmington’s. The irony behind this beginning is Grave’s concluded political career in his home county and relative anonymity today. Currently, only a highway marker in Yanceyville recognizes his role in the growth of North Carolina’s manufacturing industries’ muscle.
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