Record #:

10024

Author(s):

Counihan, Harold J.

Abstract:

From 1817 to 1827 Bartlett Yancey held the office of Speaker of the North Carolina Senate, the legislature's most influential post at the time. Yancey was known for his natural oratorical gifts and for exercising sound discernment in governing the affairs of the Internal Improvement Committee of the General Assembly.\r\n

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 41 Issue 10, Mar 1974, p16-17, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--Politics and government--20th century; Yancey, Bartlett Jr., 1785-1828