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11455
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Mrs. Gertrude Dills McKee, who lives in Sylva in Jackson County, won election to the 1931 State Senate. She holds the distinction of being the first woman in the state to sit as a member of that representative body.
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11562
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses Lily Morehead Mebane, the widow of industrialist B. Frank Mebane. She was one of the first women elected to the House of Representatives and represented Rockingham County.
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11563
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses R. Bruce Etheridge, who represented Dare County for four sessions in the General Assembly and is now director of the State Department of Conservation and Development.
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11537
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses Reginald Lee Harris of Person County. Harris was elected Speaker of the House in 1933. He has also served on the Advisory Budget Commission and on the old State Educational Commission.
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11531
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses Robert Grady Johnson from Pender County. He is a three-term member of the General Assembly.
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11526
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Robert Hanes, a banker and legislator, is the subject of this biographical sketch. He has represented Forsyth County for three terms, two in the House and one in the Senate, but is not running for reelection in 1935. Hanes is president of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company.
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11547
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses Robert Martin Cox, who represents Forsyth County in the House of Representatives. He was first elected to the House for one term in 1907, and since 1917, he has been Forsyth County's representative.
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11565
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses Rufus A. Doughton, who represented Alleghany County in the General Assembly. He has also served as State Revenue Commissioner and as a member of the State Advisory Budget Commission.
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11524
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Thad Eure, who was born in Hertford County, is the subject of this biographical sketch. He was mayor of Winton before he was elected to the 1929 North Carolina House of Representatives. He has been principal clerk of the House for the last two sessions.
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11545
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses Thomas Contee Bowie, a seven-term member of the House of Representatives from Ashe County.
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11546
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses Van Sharpe Watson, who represented Nash County in the House of Representatives.
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11742
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses W. Brantley Womble, who represented Wake County in the State House of Representatives.
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11534
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses Wilkins Perryman Horton of Chatham County. In the recent sales tax issue before the General Assembly, Horton stood in opposition to it and endured the wrath of newspaper editors Josephus Daniels and O. J. Peterson. Horton has served three terms in the legislature.
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11743
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses William Addison Sullivan, who represented Buncombe County in the State House of Representatives.
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11745
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In this continuing series of biographical sketches of members of the state legislature, Lucas discusses William Olin Burgin, who represented the Eighteenth Senatorial District in the North Carolina General Assembly.
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